128 Players Confirmed To Battle At The 2025 World Pool Championship

Over 40 countries represented in pool’s most glorious event

The full 128-player field is now confirmed for the 2025 World Pool Championship, with a truly global line-up set to compete for pool’s most coveted prize from 21–26 July at the Green Halls in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

In partnership with the Saudi Arabian Billiard & Snooker Federation and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Sport, the World Nineball Tour’s flagship event returns to the Kingdom for the second consecutive year.

This year’s edition will once again feature a truly global field, as players from over 40 different countries descend on Jeddah. From world champions to rising talents and seasoned legends, the diversity of this field reinforces the World Pool Championship’s standing as the most glorious event on the international pool calendar.

Reigning World Champion Fedor Gorst (USA) leads the 2025 draw, joined by former champions Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (Spain), Shane Van Boening (USA), and Carlo Biado (Philippines). Also returning are crowd favourites such as Joshua Filler (Germany), Ko Pin Yi (Chinese Taipei), Jayson Shaw (Great Britain), and Johann Chua (Philippines) – each seeking to add their name to the sport’s most exclusive roll of honour.

With powerhouse nations such as the USA, Chinese Taipei, Germany, the Philippines, Poland, and Great Britain all well represented, the World Pool Championship 2025 will also welcome players from Bahrain, Kuwait, Syria, Turkey, and New Zealand – a reflection of the sport’s fast-expanding global reach.

The Top 64 WNT Pros

1. Fedor Gorst - USA

2. Aloysius Yapp - Singapore

3. Francisco Sanchez Ruiz - Spain

4. Joshua Filler - Germany

5. Johann Chua - The Philippines

6. Eklent Kaçi - Albania

7. Ko Ping Chung - Chinese Taipei

8. Jayson Shaw - Great Britain

9. David Alcaide - Spain

10. Mickey Krause - Denmark

11. Ko Pin Yi - Chinese Taipei

12. Shane Van Boening - USA

13. Pijus Labutis - Lithuania

14. Jonas Souto - Spain

15. Wiktor Zielinski - Poland

16. Moritz Neuhausen - Germany

17. Niels Feijen - The Netherlands

18. Carlo Biado - The Philippines

19. Naoyuki Oi - Japan

20. Wojciech Szewczyk - Poland

21. Robbie Capito - Hong Kong

22. Tyler Styer - USA

23. Albin Ouschan - Austria

24. Duong Quoc Hoang - Vietnam

25. Jefrey Roda - The Philippines

26. Mario He - Austria

27. Johan Morra - Canada

28. Mohammad Soufi - Syria

29. Michael Feliciano - The Philippines

30. Marc Bijsterbosch - The Netherlands

31. Aleksa Pecelj - Serbia

32. Max Lechner - Austria

33. Kledio Kaçi - Albania

34. Jeffrey Ignacio - The Philippines

35. Oscar Dominguez - USA

36. Sanjin Pehlivanovic - Bosnia & Herzegovina

37. Anton Raga - The Philippines

38. Alex Kazakis - Greece

39. Wu Kun Lin - Chinese Taipei

40. Georgi Georgiev - Bulgaria

41. Daniel Maciol - Poland

42. James Aranas - The Philippines

43. Ralf Souquet - Germany

44. Petri Makkonen - Finland

45. Thorsten Hohmann - Germany

46. Chang Yu-Lung - Chinese Taipei

47. Lee Vann Corteza - The Philippines

48. Joao Grilo - Portugal

49. Lukas Fracasso-Verner - USA

50. Mieszko Fortunski - Poland

51. Alex Pagulayan - Canada

52. Elliott Sanderson - Great Britain

53. Denis Grabe - Estonia

54. Bernie Regalario - The Philippines

55. Liu Ri Teng - Chinese Taipei

56. Dimitris Loukatos - Greece

57. Ko Ping Han - Chinese Taipei

58. Patric Gonzales - The Philippines

59. Chris Melling - Great Britain

60. Oliver Szolnoki - Hungary

61. Jani Uski – Finland

62. Gerson Martinez Boza – Peru

63. AJ Manas - The Philippines

64. Francesco Candela - Italy

65. Kuo Po Cheng - Chinese Taipei

66. Jan Van Lierop - The Netherlands

67. Imran Majid - Great Britain

68. Tobias Bongers - Germany

69. Roland Garcia - The Philippines

70. Michael Baoanan - The Philippines

71. Pham Phuong Nam - Vietnam

72. Jose Alberto Delgado - Spain

73. Mateusz Śniegocki - Poland

74. Mustafa Alnar - Turkey

75. Lo Ho Sum - Hong Kong

76. Nguyễn Anh Tuan - Vietnam

77. Hunter Lombardo - USA

78. Emil-Andre Gangflot - Norway

79. Konrad Juszczyszyn - Poland

80. Marco Teutscher - The Netherlands

81. Fitim Haradinaj - Germany

82. Luong Duc Thien - Vietnam

83. Marvin Asis - The Philippines

84. Bader Alawadhi - Kuwait

85. Fu Che Wei - Chinese Taipei

86. Sullivan Clark - New Zealand

87. Bui Truong An – Vietnam

88. Felix Vogel – Germany

89. Riku Romppanen – Finland

90. Sam Henderson – USA

91. Fraser Patrick – Great Britain

92. Seo Seoa - South Korea

93. Husain Ali Yaqoob – Bahrain

94. Alexis Ferrer – The Philippines

The WPA Wildcards

• Lu Hui Chan – Chinese Taipei

• Szymon Kural – Poland

• James Georgiadis – Australia

• JJ Faul – South Africa

• Martin Daigle – Canada

• Roman Hybler – Czechia Republic

• Ameer Ali – Iraq

• Henry Nguyen – New Zealand

• Casper Matikainen – Finland

• Mahmoud Charif – UAE

• Stefan Kasper – Germany

• Max Eberle – USA

• Wesam Hamamm - Egypt

• Minug Ha – South Korea

• Mauricio Garcia - Peru

• Hsu Jui An – Chinese Taipei

Saudi Arabia Billiards and Snooker Federation Players

• Mohammed Baabad

• Muhannad Al-Ghumaiz

• Abdullah Al-Shammari

• Khaled Alghamdi

• Fahad Al-Dhayan

• Meshary Al-Hazzah

• Abdulaziz Al-Amoudi

• Sulaiman Al-Juleidan

• Al Waleed Al-Mudayan

• Khaled Al-Otaibi

• Mohamed Al-Balkhi

• SABSF Wildcard

International Qualifiers

• Mohamed Al Doay – Yemen

• Mark Kalagayan – The Philippines

• Marlon Caneda – The Philippines

• Abdullah El Enezi – Kuwait

• Int Qualifier 5

• Int Qualifier 6