2025 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | 9-ball |
| Location | Green Halls, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | July 21–26, 2025 |
| Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Matchroom Pool |
| Participants | 128 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Carlo Biado (PHI) |
| Runner-up |  Fedor Gorst (USA) |
The 2025 World Pool Championship was a cue sports tournament in the discipline of nine-ball contested on July 21–26, 2025, at the Green Halls in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[1]
The tournament had a prize pool of $1,000,000,[1] with a $250,000 prize for the winner. The field consisted of 128 players with an initial match format of race-to-nine; once the field was reduced to 64 players, the format was race-to-11 until the championship match, which was a race-to-15. The defending champion was Fedor Gorst of the United States, who won the 2024 edition of the event.[2] The tournament was won by Carlo Biado of the Philippines, who defeated Gorst in the championship match with a score of 15-13.[3]
Prize money
The event saw a total prize pool of $1,000,000.[4]
| Prize money[5] | |
|---|---|
| Winner | 250.000 US$ |
| Final | 100.000 US$ |
| Semi-final | 50.000 US$ |
| Quarter-final | 15.000 US$ |
| Last 16 | 15.000 US$ |
| Last 32 | 7.000 US$ |
| Last 64 | 3.500 US$ |
| Last 96 | 2.500 US$ |
| Last 128 | 1.500 US$ |
| Total | 1.000.000 US$ |
References
- ^ a b "WPA World Pool Championship 2025". azbilliards.com. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ "World Pool Championship 2024". azbilliards.com. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ Terrado, Jonas (July 26, 2025). "Carlo Biado makes history with second World Pool Championship title". inquirer.net. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ "WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2018". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
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