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.

2017 WPA World Nine-ball Juniors Championship

Tournament information
Dates	31 October 2017–3 November 2017
City	Moscow
Country	Russia
Organisation(s)	WPA
Format	double elimination, single elimination
Final
Champion	Mahkeal Parris (U17) Yip Kin Ling (boys) Chen Chia-hua (girls)
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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

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Wettbewerb	Gold	Silber	Bronze
U17-Junioren[2]	Mahkeal Parris	Emil Andre Gangfløt	Kristián Mrva
			Christoffer Lentz
U19-Junioren[3]	Yip Kin Ling	Robbie Capito	Christian Fröhlich
			Wiktor Zieliński
U19-Juniorinnen[4]	Chen Chia-hua	Seo Seoa	April Larson
			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.^[5]

Under 17 Junior

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

Under 19 Men's

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

Under 19 women's

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