THE world’s best nineball pool players are in Saudi Arabia for the first time ever battling for the World Pool Championship NOW.
Reigning WPA World Nineball champion Francisco Sanchez Ruiz is looking to secure back-to-back titles, while British star Jayson Shaw will be hot on his tails.
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And 128 of the world’s top cueists will battle for a share of an historic prize fund.
Find out all the information on the UK Pool Championship below.
When is the World Pool Championship 2024?
The World Pool Championship 2024 will start on Monday, June 3.
It is scheduled to run for six days – concluding on Saturday, June 8.
Matches begin at 1pm local or 11am BST.
It will be held at the Green Halls, Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ruiz beat Mohammad Soufi in last year’s final in Poland.
How can I watch the World Pool Championship 2024?
Fans can watch the World Pool Championship on TV on Sky Sports Main Event in the UK and Ireland.
NOW TV will also be streaming the entire tournament through any selected tablet or mobile device.
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World Pool Championship schedule and results
Monday, June 3
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 9-2 Waleed Albalkhi
Ko Pin Yi 9-8 Jeffrey Ignacio
Kyle Amoroto 9-5 Khalid Alghamdi
Jayson Shaw 9-4 Jefrey Roda
Eklent Kaci 9-4 Omar Alshaheen
Johann Chua 9-8 Hamzaa Ali
Dang Jin Hu 8-9 Phuong Nam Pham
David Alcaide 7-9 Abdullah Alshammari
Oliver Szolnoki 9-0 Hussein Mustafa
Konrad Juszczyszyn 9-2 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Alexander Kazakis 9-6 Besar Spahiu
Lee Vann Corteza 9-1 Nawaf Shamardal
Dmitri Jungo 9-5 Riku Romppanen
Skyler Woodward 4-9 Kuo Po Cheng
Aloysius Yapp 9-3 Mubarak Al-Wahaibi
Chris Melling 9-3 Daniel Guttenberger
Carlo Biado 5-9 Marco Teutscher
Naoyuki Oi 8-9 Daniel Maciol
Denis Grabe 9-4 Talal Alblooshi
Dmittris Loukatos 4-9 Ko Ping Han
Thorsten Hohmann 7-9 Kledio Kaci
Tyler Styer 9-5 James Heorgiadis
Jonas Souto Comino 9-6 Wpjciech Szewczyk
Ralf Souget 9-2 Ahmed Al Ahmadi
Roland Garcia 9-7 Nicholas De Leon
Bj Ussery 9-5 Ahmed Zahid
Niels Feijin 8-9 Hunter Lombardo
Mohammad Soufi 7-9 Ajdin Piknjac
Marc Bijsterbosch 9-7 Lo Hum Sum
Darren Appleton 9-2 Georgi Georgiev
Ko Ping Chung 9-4 DJ McGinley
Mickey Krause 9-4 Jeremy Sossei
Tuesday, June 4
Shane van Boening 9-1 Fahad Alharbi
Francesco Candela 9-7 Patric Gonzales
Chang Jung-Lin 9-2 Othman Alzahrani
John Morra 8-9 Albert Manas
Pijus Labutis 9-1 Pia Filler
James Aranas 9-6 Fahad Aldhayan
Billy Thorpe 9-2 Ahmed Al Jabar
Moritz Neuhausen 9-7 Emil-Andre Gangflot
Wiktor Zielinski 9-5 Hussain Maroom
Tobias Bongers 7-9 Jan Van Lierop
Shane Wolford 9-3 Alvin Anggito
Robbie Capito 9-3 Karl Gnadeberg
Aleksa Pecelj 9-8 Sam Henderson
Anton Raga 9-1 Bernie Regalario
Chang Yu Lung 9-4 Khalid Al Otaibi
Albin Ouschan 8-9 Fu Che Wei
Joshua Filler 9-5 Joao Grilo
Hsieh Chia Chen 9-2 Saad Aldress
Wu Kun Lin 4-9 Ali Al Obaidli
Michael Feliciano 9-4 Michael Schneider
Sanjin Pehlivanovic 2-9 Liu Ri Teng
Abdullah Alyousef 5-9 Petri Makkonen
Imran Majid 6-9 Bader Alawadhi
Mario He 9-3 Tim De Ruyter
Max Lechner 9-2 Masato Yoshioka
Alex Pagulayan 4-9 Ameer Ali
Jani Uski 9-5 Nikos Ekonomopoulos
Mieszko Fortunski 3-9 Fitim Haradinaj
Duong Quoc Hoang 8-9 Toh Lian Han
Oscar Dominguez 9-5 Sullivan Clark
Elliott Sanderson 9-8 Luong Duc Thien
Fedor Gorst 3-9 Mustafa Alnar
Tuesday, June 4 (Losers Race to 9)
Waleed Albalkhi 0-9 Khalid Alghamdi
Hussein Mustafa 9-7 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Besar Spahiu 9-5 Nawaf Shamardal
Riku Romppanen 4-9 Skyler Woodward
Mubarak Al-Wahaibi 0-9 Daniel Guttenberger
Dang Jin Hu 9-5 Carlo Biado
Naoyuki Oi 9-8 Talal Alblooshi
Dimitris Loukatos 5-9 David Alcaide
Jefrey Roda 6-9 Hamzaa Ali
Thorsten Hohmann 6-9 James Georgiadis
Wojciech Szewczyk 9-3 Ahmed Al Ahmadi
Nicholas De Leon 3-9 Jeffrey Ignacio
Omar Al Shaheen 8-9 Jeremy Sossei
Ahmed Zahid 3-9 Niels Feijen
Mohammad Soufi 9-6 Lo Ho Sum
Georgi Georgiev 9-7 DJ McGinley
Alvin Anggito 8-9 Karl Gnadeberg
Fahad Alharbi 1-9 Patric Gonzales
Othman Alzahrani 1-9 John Morra
Pia Filler 9-4 Fahad Aldhayan
Ahmed Al Jabar vs Emil-Andre Gangflot
Hussain Maroom 9-5 Tobias Bongers
Sam Henderson 3-9 Bernie Regalario
Khalid Al Otabibi 2-9 Albin Ouschan
Joao Grilo 9-2 Saad Aldress
Wu Kun Lin 9-6 Michael Schneider
Sanjin Pehlivanovic 9-5 Abdullah Alyousef
Imran Majid 9-7 Tim De Ruyter
Masato Yoshioka 6-9 Alex Pagulayan
Nikos Keonompoulos 9-8 Mieszko Fortunski
Duong Quoc Hoang 9-6 Sullivan Clark
Luang Duc Thien 7-9 Fedor Gorst
Wednesday, June 5
Round 2 winners – winners qualification – race to 9
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 9-5 Kyle Amoroto
Oliver Szolnoki 9-7 Konrad Juszczyszyn
Alexander Kazakis 5-9 Lee Vann Corteza
Dimitri Jungo 3-9 Kuo Po Cheng
Aloysius Yapp 9-7 Chris Melling
Phuong Nam Pham 2-9 Marco Teutscher
Daniel Maciol 6-9 Denis Grabe
Ko Ping Han 9-6 Abdullah Alshammari
Jayson Shaw 9-4 Johann Chua
Kledio Kaci 9-4 Tyler Styer
Jonas Souto Comino 9-6 Ralf Souquet
Roland Garcia 5-9 Ko Pin Yi
Eklent Kaci 9-3 Mickey Krause
BJ Ussery 9-4 Hunter Lombardo
Ajdin Piknjac 2-9 Marc Bijsterbosch
Darren Appleton 0-9 Ko Ping Chung
Shane Wolford 7-9 Robbie Capito
Shane Van Boening 9-3 Francesco Candela
Chang Jung-Lin 7-9 Albert Manas
Pijus Labutis 9-3 James Aranas
Billy Thorpe 7-9 Moritz Neuhausen
Wiktor Zielinski 9-3 Jan Van Lierop
Aleksa Pecelj 9-4 Anton Raga
Chang Yu Lung 6-9 Fu Che Wei
Joshua Filler 9-3 Hsieh Chia Chen
Ali Al Obaidli 9-5 Michael Feliciano
Liu Ri Teng 9-2 Petri Makkonen
Bader Alawadhi vs Mario He
Max Lechner 5-9 Ameer Ali
Jani Uski vs Fitim Haradinaj
Toh Lian Han vs Oscar Dominguez
Elliot Sanderson 9-8 Mustafa Alnar
Round 2 losers – losers qualification – race to 9
Khalid Alghamdi 4-9 Mustafa Alnar
Hussein Mustafa 5-9 Oscar Dominguez
Besar Spahiu 7-9 Fitim Haradinaj
Skyler Woodward 6-9 Max Lechner
Daniel Guttenberger 5-9 Bader Alawadhi
Dang Jin Hu 9-3 Petri Makkonen
Naoyuki Oi 9-3 Michael Feliciano
David Alcaide 9-2 Hsieh Chia Chen
Hamzaa Ali 2-9 Chang Yu Lung
James Georgiadis 4-9 Anton Raga
Wojciech Szewczyk 9-6 Shane Walford
Jeffrey Ignacio 9-4 Jan Van Lierop
Jeremy Sossei 7-9 Billy Thorpe
Niels Feijen 7-9 James Aranas
Mohammad Soufi 9-4 Chang Jun-Lin
Georgi Georgiev 7-9 Francesco Candela
Patric Gonzales 9-8 Darren Appleton
John Morra 5-9 Ajdin Piknjac
Pia Filler 8-9 Hunter Lombardo
Ahmed Al Jabar 7-9 Mickey Krause
Hussain 7-9 Roland Garcia
Karl Gnadeberg 8-9 Ralf Souquet
Bernie Regalario 9-7 Tyler Styer
Albin Ouschan 3-9 Johann Chua
Joao Grilo 9-6 Abdullah Alshammari
Wu Kun Lin 9-6 Daniel Maciol
Sanjin Pehlivanovic 9-7 Phuong Nam Pham
Imran Majid 4-9 Chris Melling
Alex Pagulayan 9-3 Dimitri Jungo
Nikos Ekonomopoulos 1-9 Alexander Kazakis
Duong Quoc Hoang 8-9 Konrad Juszczyszyn
Fedor Gorst 9-8 Kyle Amoroto
*Latter rounds subject to change*
What is the World Pool Championship prize money 2024?
This year’s crown jewel of the World Nineball Tour will witness a RECORD prize fund of $1MILLION (approx. £850,000) for the first time in its history.
Here is the full breakdown:
Winner: $250,000
Runner-up: $100,000
Semi-finalists: $50,000
Quarter-finalists: $27,000
Last 16: $15,000
Last 32: $7,000
Last 64: $3,500
Losers Qualification: $2,000
Last 128: $1,000
What’s been said?
Matchroom Sport chairman Eddie Hearn said: “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has forged a reputation for growth for sports to grow in a new market to new fans.
“The country has hosted some of the world’s premier sporting events in recent years, welcoming visitors from all over to experience its passion for sport and unique culture.
“The addition of both the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters and World Pool Championship over the next decade further enhances that as it heralds an exciting chapter for Snooker and Nineball pool.
“We have seen the incredible impact Boxing has had in this region.
“Now, I believe we will see Billiards cement its legacy here too, creating incredible opportunities and competition for the finest players on the planet.”
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