# 2018 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship

The 2018 WPA World Junior Nine-ball Championships was the 27th hosting of the Junior World Championship in the pool discipline 9-Ball. The event ran from 31 October to 3 November 2018 Moscow, Russia.
Under 19 world champion was Yip Kin Ling from Hong Kong. In the final against his countryman Robbie Capito he won 11–10 against last year's finalist. In the Under 17 age group was won by Mahkeal Parris who won the final against the Norwegian Emil Andre Gangfløt 9–6. In the junior women, Chen Chia-hua won the event, winning 9–5 victory against the South Korean Seo Seoa in the final.
Defending champion were Sanjin Pehlivanović (U17), Fedor Gorst (U19) and Kristina Tkatsch (Junior). Gorst was the only champion to attempt to defend their title. While Pehlivanović now played in the Under 19 category, Tkatsch was due to age no longer eligible.

## Winners

| Wettbewerb | Gold | Silber | Bronze |
| U17-Junioren | Mahkeal Parris | Emil Andre Gangfløt | Kristián Mrva |
| U17-Junioren | Mahkeal Parris | Emil Andre Gangfløt | Christoffer Lentz |
| U19-Junioren | Yip Kin Ling | Robbie Capito | Christian Fröhlich |
| U19-Junioren | Yip Kin Ling | Robbie Capito | Wiktor Zieliński |
| U19-Juniorinnen | Chen Chia-hua | Seo Seoa | April Larson |
| U19-Juniorinnen | Chen Chia-hua | Seo Seoa | My Nguyen |

## Tournament format

All three competitions were first held in the Double-elimination tournament with a Single-elimination tournament from the quarter-finals onwards. The events were all played as winner breaks.

## Under 17 Junior

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Christoffer Lentz | 9 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Dennis Laszkowski | 8 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Dennis Laszkowski | 8 | Christoffer Lentz | Christoffer Lentz | 7 | | | |
| | | | Emil Andre Gangfløt | Emil Andre Gangfløt | 9 | | | |
| 4 | Emil Andre Gangfløt | 9 | Emil Andre Gangfløt | Emil Andre Gangfløt | 9 | | | |
| 5 | Artem Lukin | 6 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Artem Lukin | 6 | | | | Emil Andre Gangfløt | Emil Andre Gangfløt | 6 |
| | | | | | | Mahkeal Parris | Mahkeal Parris | 9 |
| 2 | Quinten Pongers | 6 | | | | | | | Mahkeal Parris | Mahkeal Parris | 9 |
| 7 | Kristián Mrva | 9 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kristián Mrva | 9 | Kristián Mrva | Kristián Mrva | 7 | | | |
| | | | Mahkeal Parris | Mahkeal Parris | 9 | | | |
| 3 | Austin Summers | 7 | Mahkeal Parris | Mahkeal Parris | 9 | | | |
| 6 | Mahkeal Parris | 9 | | | | | | |

## Under 19 Men's

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Wiktor Zieliński | 11 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Andrés Aguilar | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Andrés Aguilar | 3 | Wiktor Zieliński | Wiktor Zieliński | 10 | | | |
| | | | Robbie Capito | Robbie Capito | 11 | | | |
| 4 | Robbie Capito | 11 | Robbie Capito | Robbie Capito | 11 | | | |
| 5 | Wu Shi-hao | 4 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Wu Shi-hao | 4 | | | | Robbie Capito | Robbie Capito | 10 |
| | | | | | | Yip Kin Ling | Yip Kin Ling | 11 |
| 2 | Yip Kin Ling | 11 | | | | | | | Yip Kin Ling | Yip Kin Ling | 11 |
| 7 | Wladimir Matwijenko | 7 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Wladimir Matwijenko | 7 | Yip Kin Ling | Yip Kin Ling | 11 | | | |
| | | | Christian Fröhlich | Christian Fröhlich | 6 | | | |
| 3 | Christian Fröhlich | 11 | Christian Fröhlich | Christian Fröhlich | 6 | | | |
| 6 | Fedor Gorst | 10 | | | | | | |

## Under 19 women's

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | My Nguyen | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Seo Seoa | 9 | | | |
| 4 | Seo Seoa | 9 | Seo Seoa | Seo Seoa | 5 |
| | | | Chen Chia-hua | Chen Chia-hua | 9 |
| 3 | Chen Chia-hua | 9 | Chen Chia-hua | Chen Chia-hua | 9 |
| 2 | April Larson | 4 | | | |