2017 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship explained

Tournament Name:	2017 WPA World Nine-ball Juniors Championship
Startdate:	October 30, 2017
Enddate:	2 November, 2017
City:	Moscow
Country:	Russia
Organisation:	WPA
Format:	double elimination, single elimination
Winner:	Sanjin Pehlivanovic (U17) Fjodor Gorst (boys) Kristina Tkach (girls)
Previous:	2016
Next:	2018

The 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship was a professional youth 9-Ball World Championship held between October 30 and November 2, 2017.^[1] The event was split into three competitions, Under 17s, boys and girls.^[2] Sanjin Pehlivanović won the U17 event, defeating Robbie Capito in the final, with Fjodor Gorst winning the boys event. Kristina Tkatsch won the girls event defeating South Korea's Lee Woo-jin in the final.^[3]

Results

Competition	Winner	Runner-up	Semifinalist
Under 17s event^[4]	Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanjin Pehlivanović	Hong Kong Robbie Capito	Poland Wiktor Zieliński
			Mustafa Alnar
Boys event^[5]	Russian Federation Fedor Gorst	Mongolia Enkhbold Temuujin	Germany Patrick Hofmann
			Netherlands Jan van Lierop
Girls event^[6]	Russian Federation Kristina Tkatsch	Korea, Republic of Lee Woo-jin	United States April Larson
			Chen Chia-hua

Competitions

Under 17s event

Preliminary round

The following players were eliminated in the preliminary round:

Round 1 (17–23 Place)

• Saudi Arabia Khalid Omar Alghamdi
• Canada Brenden Croft
• Russian Federation Roman Grischin
• South Africa Stephanus Grove
• Gyairon Martis
• South Africa Vian Smithers
• Wang Wei-cheng

Round 2 (13–16 Place)

• Canada Dean Cuillerier
• South Africa Craig Petersen
• Korea, Republic of Seo Young-won
• United States Joshua Shultz

Round 3 (9.–12. Place)

• Russian Federation Stanislaw Achtjamow
• Ukraine Danylo Kaljajew
• United States Eric Roberts
• United States Joey Tate

Finals

Boys event

Preliminary round

The following players were eliminated in the preliminary round:

Round 1 (17.–24. Place)

• Saudi Arabia Sulaiman Aljulaidan
• United States William Hunkins
• Russian Federation Alexander Kirin
• Russian Federation Wladimir Matwijenko
• South Africa Peter Nwaila
• South Africa Clint Petersen
• Mongolia Tseveennamjil Taivanbat
• Japan Tanaka Taiki

Round 2 (13.–16. Place)

• Argentina Luciano Ayala
• Korea, Republic of Kim Dae-hyun
• Russian Federation Ilja Nekleionow
• Japan Sugayama Kouki

Round 3 (9.–12. Place)

• Argentina Alexis Groshaus
• Hsu Yi-fu
• South Africa David Kriel
• United States Austin Summers

Finals

Girls event

Preliminary round

The following players were eliminated in the preliminary round:

Round 1 (17.–21. Place)

• United States Ashley Fullerton
• Russian Federation Darja Gorkowa
• Russian Federation Wiktorija Gurowa
• Russian Federation Walerija Popowa
• United States Savanna Wolford

Round 2 (13.–16. Place)

• United States Hailey Fullerton
• Hsu Fang-yu
• United States Vivian Liu
• Ukraine Daryna Sirantschuk

Round 3 (9.–12. Place)

• Peru Nataly Damian
• Poland Weronika Karwik
• Japan Okuda Tamami
• United States Jiang Yixia

Finals

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017 World 9-Ball Junior Championships - WPA Pool . WPA Pool . 4 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180809123240/http://wpapool.com/2017-world-9-ball-junior-championships/ . 9 August 2018 . live .
2. Web site: Moscow, Russia hosts the 2017 World Junior Championships – European Pocket Billiard Federation . europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com . 4 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072222/http://europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com/moscow-russia-hosts-the-2017-world-junior-championships/ . 7 February 2019 . dead .
3. Web site: Triple gold for team Europe . azbilliards.com . 4 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190202042229/https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/13678-triple-gold-for-team-europe/ . 2 February 2019 . live .
4. Web site: World Juniors 9-ball Championship 2017 U17 - Tournament Service . tournamentservice.net . 4 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015325/http://tournamentservice.net/tournament.php?chart=24276 . 7 February 2019 . live .
5. Web site: World Juniors 9-ball Championship 2017 U19 - Tournament Service . tournamentservice.net . 4 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015842/http://tournamentservice.net/tournament.php?chart=24275 . 7 February 2019 . live .
6. Web site: World Juniors 9-ball Championship 2017 Girls U19 - Tournament Service . tournamentservice.net . 4 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015019/http://tournamentservice.net/tournament.php?chart=24277 . 7 February 2019 . live .