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Friday 29 July - Thursday 4 August 2016

All photography courtesy of �Vinod Divakaran/ Doha Stadium Plus - used with permission
Austria's Albin Ouschan wins the 2016 World 9-ball Championship with an emphatic 13-6 win over American Shane Van Boening

Austria�s Albin Ouschan knew coming into today�s semi-finals and finals at the World 9-ball Championship that just about everything in his personal and professional pool playing life was going just about perfect. But even he couldn�t have imagined the dream day he just conjured up on the way to winning pool�s most prestigious prize.

After first blowing out Canada�s Alex Pagulayan in the semi-final, Ouschan came back to put an emphatic and somewhat shocking 13 � 6 drubbing on American Shane Van Boening to capture his first WPA World 9-ball championship in front of over 400 people at the Al Arabi Sports Club in Doha.

The victory was all the more sweet for the 25 year old Austrian because just two years ago, he placed second to the Netherland�s Niels Feijen in this very same arena. Ouschan took that loss hard, but true to his disciplined and hard working nature, he sucked up the pain of defeat and came back better for it. Over the last two years took his game to new heights, including winning the brutally tough China Open in 2015, a successful stint on the winning European Mosconi Cup team, and wins and high finishes in many European events. And he had a baby with his girlfriend and found a peace of mind that he had never known.

This week in Doha this combination of the professional and personal all came together to form an impenetrable force that would let nothing get in the way of success. Over the last six days Ouschan played exceptional and steady pool, and brushed off the inevitable mistakes. He executed every facet of the game to perfection. He stayed calm under pressure. And once he took a lead, he never, ever relinquished it, right up to the very last 9-ball that won him the world title.

For Van Boening, the rout in his second straight World 9-ball Championship final has to be one of the most bitter defeats of his illustrious career. Last year the American played brilliant pool throughout the event, only to stumble in the last half of the final and watch Taiwan�s Ko Pin Yi win the title.

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