| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–4 March 2018 |
| Venue | Tercentenary Sports Hall, Victoria Stadium |
| City | Gibraltar |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Invitational event |
| Total prize fund | $80,000 |
| Winner's share | $20,000 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Niels Feijen |
| Runner-up |  Shane Van Boening |
| Score | 8–4 |
← 2017 2019 → | |
The 2018 World Pool Masters, also known as World Pool Masters XXV, was a nine-ball pool tournament that took place in Gibraltar between 2–4 March 2018. It was the 25th edition of the invitational tournament organised by Matchroom Sport.[1]
Dutchman Niels Feijen defeated Shane Van Boening of the United States in the final to win the title for the second time in his career.[2]
Tournament prize money
| Prize money | |
|---|---|
| Winner | 20.000 US$ |
| Runner-up | 10.000 US$ |
| Semi-finalist | 5.000 US$ |
| Quarter-finalist | 4.000 US$ |
| First round loser | 3.000 US$ |
| Total | 80.000 US$ |
Players
16 players took part in the tournament, including 12 former champions. Two other former champions – Tony Drago and Francisco Bustamante – had been scheduled to take part, but withdrew before the start of the competition and were replaced by Karl Boyes and Joshua Filler.[3][4] Spain's David Alcaide defended the title he won in 2017, but was defeated in the first round by Karl Boyes.[5][6]
Tournament
Seeds
China's Wu Jiaqing withdrew prior to the start of the competition, and was replaced in the draw by England's Chris Melling.
David Alcaide (first round)
Jayson Shaw (semifinals)- Shane Van Boening (final)
Wu Jiaqing(withdrew)- Niels Feijen (champion)
Darren Appleton (quarterfinals).svg.png.webp)
Alex Pagulayan (quarterfinals)
Ralf Souquet (quarterfinals)
Draw
The draw for the tournament was made on 30 January.[7]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | David Alcaide
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Karl Boyes
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Karl Boyes
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Ralf Souquet
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Ralf Souquet
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
 Karol Skowerski
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Karl Boyes
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Niels Feijen
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Niels Feijen
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
 Raj Hundal
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Niels Feijen
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
 Dennis Orcollo
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Melling
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Orcollo
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Niels Feijen
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Shane Van Boening
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Shane Van Boening
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Daryl Peach
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Shane Van Boening
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Darren Appleton
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Darren Appleton
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Earl Strickland
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Shane Van Boening
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jayson Shaw
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Alex Pagulayan
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alex Lely
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Alex Pagulayan
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jayson Shaw
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jayson Shaw
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joshua Filler
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "World Pool Masters returns to Gibraltar". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ "World Pool Masters: Niels Feijen wins title for second time in his career". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ↑ "Shaw & Wu complete Masters 16". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ "Filler and Boyes join MansionBet Masters". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ↑ "David Alcaide wins World Pool Masters in Gibraltar". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ "Wins for Souquet, Boyes and Feijen as defending champ goes out". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ↑ "Draw made for World Pool Masters XXV". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 26 February 2018.