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{{short description|World Junior pool championship, held October/November 2017}}
{{Infobox pool tournament
|tournament_name=2017 WPA World Nine-ball Juniors Championship
|dates=
|startdate=October 30, 2017
|enddate=2 November, 2017
|venue=
|city=[[Moscow]]
|country=[[Russia]]
|organisation=[[World Pool-Billiard Association|WPA]]
|format=[[double elimination]], [[single elimination]]
|Total prize fund=
|winners_share=
|highest_break=
|defending_champion=
|winner=[[Sanjin Pehlivanovic]] (U17)<br/> [[Fjodor Gorst]] (boys)<br/> [[Kristina Tkach]] (girls)
|runner_up=
|score=
|previous=[[2016 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship|2016]]
|next=[[2018 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship|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.<ref name="wpap_2017">{{Cite web |title=2017 World 9-Ball Junior Championships - WPA Pool |work=WPA Pool |access-date=4 February 2019 |url=https://wpapool.com/2017-world-9-ball-junior-championships/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809123240/http://wpapool.com/2017-world-9-ball-junior-championships/ |archive-date=9 August 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The event was split into three competitions, Under 17s, boys and girls.<ref name="euro_Mosc">{{Cite web |title=Moscow, Russia hosts the 2017 World Junior Championships – European Pocket Billiard Federation |work=europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com |access-date=4 February 2019 |url=http://europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com/moscow-russia-hosts-the-2017-world-junior-championships/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072222/http://europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com/moscow-russia-hosts-the-2017-world-junior-championships/ |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[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 (pool player)|Lee Woo-jin]] in the final.<ref name="azbi_Trip">{{Cite web |title=Triple gold for team Europe |work=azbilliards.com |access-date=4 February 2019 |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/13678-triple-gold-for-team-europe/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202042229/https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/13678-triple-gold-for-team-europe/ |archive-date=2 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#EFEFEF;"
! style="width:13em"| Competition
! style="background:gold; width:14em;"| Winner
! style="background:silver; width:14em;"| Runner-up
! style="background:#CC9966; width:14em;"| Semifinalist
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[#Under 17s event|Under 17s event]]<ref name="u17">{{Cite web |title=World Juniors 9-ball Championship 2017 U17 - Tournament Service |work=tournamentservice.net |access-date=4 February 2019 |url=http://tournamentservice.net/tournament.php?chart=24276 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015325/http://tournamentservice.net/tournament.php?chart=24276 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | {{flag|BIH|#}} [[Sanjin Pehlivanović]]
| rowspan="2" | {{flag|HKG|#}} [[Robbie Capito]]
| {{flag|POL|#}} [[Wiktor Zieliński]]
|-
| {{flag|TRNC}} [[Mustafa Alnar]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[#Boys event|Boys event]]<ref name="u19">{{Cite web |title=World Juniors 9-ball Championship 2017 U19 - Tournament Service |work=tournamentservice.net |access-date=4 February 2019 |url=http://tournamentservice.net/tournament.php?chart=24275 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015842/http://tournamentservice.net/tournament.php?chart=24275 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | {{flag|RUS|#}} [[Fedor Gorst]]
| rowspan="2" | {{flag|MNG|#}} [[Enkhbold Temuujin]]
| {{flag|DEU|#}} [[Patrick Hofmann (pool player)|Patrick Hofmann]]
|-
| {{flag|NLD|#}} [[Jan van Lierop]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[#Girls event|Girls event]]<ref name="u19w">{{Cite web |title=World Juniors 9-ball Championship 2017 Girls U19 - Tournament Service |work=tournamentservice.net |access-date=4 February 2019 |url=http://tournamentservice.net/tournament.php?chart=24277 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015019/http://tournamentservice.net/tournament.php?chart=24277 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

| rowspan="2" | {{flag|RUS|#}} [[Kristina Tkatsch]]
| rowspan="2" | {{flag|KOR|#}} [[Lee Woo-jin (pool player)|Lee Woo-jin]]
| {{flag|USA|#}} [[April Larson]]
|-
| {{flag|TPE|#}} [[Chen Chia-hua]]
|}

== Competitions ==
=== Under 17s event===
<ref name="u17" />
==== Preliminary round ====
The following players were eliminated in the preliminary round:
; Round 1 (17–23 Place)
* {{flag|SAU|#}} [[Khalid Omar Alghamdi]]
* {{flag|CAN|#}} [[Brenden Croft]]
* {{flag|RUS|#}} [[Roman Grischin]]
* {{flag|ZAF|#}} [[Stephanus Grove]]
* {{flag|BON|NL|#}} [[Gyairon Martis]]
* {{flag|ZAF|#}} [[Vian Smithers]]
* {{flag|TPE|#}} [[Wang Wei-cheng]]

;  Round 2 (13–16 Place)
* {{flag|CAN|#}} [[Dean Cuillerier]]
* {{flag|ZAF|#}} [[Craig Petersen]]
* {{flag|KOR|#}} [[Seo Young-won]]
* {{flag|USA|#}} [[Joshua Shultz]]

; Round 3 (9.–12. Place)
* {{flag|RUS|#}} [[Stanislaw Dmitrijewitsch Achtjamow|Stanislaw Achtjamow]]
* {{flag|UKR|#}} [[Danylo Kaljajew]]
* {{flag|USA|#}} [[Eric Roberts (pool player)|Eric Roberts]]
* {{flag|USA|#}} [[Joey Tate]]

==== Finals ====
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1-team1={{flag|HKG|#}} '''[[Robbie Capito]]'''
| RD1-score1='''9'''
| RD1-team2={{flag|CRI|#}} [[Andrés Aguilar (pool player)|Andrés Aguilar]]
| RD1-score2=4
| RD1-team3={{flag|TRNC}} '''[[Mustafa Alnar]]'''
| RD1-score3='''9'''
| RD1-team4={{flag|RUS|#}} [[Dmitri Schkudow]]
| RD1-score4=4
| RD1-team5={{flag|BLR|#}} [[Uladsislau Schopik]]
| RD1-score5=2
| RD1-team6={{flag|POL|#}} '''[[Wiktor Zieliński]]'''
| RD1-score6='''9'''
| RD1-team7={{flag|BIH|#}} '''[[Sanjin Pehlivanović]]'''
| RD1-score7='''9'''
| RD1-team8={{flag|CUW|#}} [[Shamir Tremus]]
| RD1-score8=1
| RD2-team1={{flag|HKG|#}} '''[[Robbie Capito]]'''
| RD2-score1='''9'''
| RD2-team2={{flag|TRNC}} [[Mustafa Alnar]]
| RD2-score2=7
| RD2-team3={{flag|POL|#}} [[Wiktor Zieliński]]
| RD2-score3=4
| RD2-team4={{flag|BIH|#}} '''[[Sanjin Pehlivanović]]'''
| RD2-score4='''9'''
| RD3-team1={{flag|HKG|#}} [[Robbie Capito]]
| RD3-score1=1
| RD3-team2={{flag|BIH|#}} '''[[Sanjin Pehlivanović]]'''
| RD3-score2='''9'''
}}

=== Boys event ===
<ref name="u19" />

==== Preliminary round ====
The following players were eliminated in the preliminary round:
; Round 1 (17.–24. Place)
* {{flag|SAU|#}} [[Sulaiman Aljulaidan]]
* {{flag|USA|#}} [[William Hunkins]]
* {{flag|RUS|#}} [[Alexander Kirin]]
* {{flag|RUS|#}} [[Wladimir Matwijenko]]
* {{flag|ZAF|#}} [[Peter Nwaila]]
* {{flag|ZAF|#}} [[Clint Petersen]]
* {{flag|MNG|#}} [[Tseveennamjil Taivanbat]]
* {{flag|JPN|#}} [[Tanaka Taiki]]

; Round 2 (13.–16. Place)
* {{flag|ARG|#}} [[Luciano Ayala]]
* {{flag|KOR|#}} [[Kim Dae-hyun]]
* {{flag|RUS|#}} [[Ilja Anatoljewitsch Nekleionow|Ilja Nekleionow]]
* {{flag|JPN|#}} [[Sugayama Kouki]]

; Round 3 (9.–12. Place)
* {{flag|ARG|#}} [[Alexis Groshaus]]
* {{flag|TPE|#}} [[Hsu Yi-fu]]
* {{flag|ZAF|#}} [[David Kriel]]
* {{flag|USA|#}} [[Austin Summers]]

==== Finals ====
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1-team1={{flag|RUS|#}} '''[[Fedor Gorst]]'''
| RD1-score1='''11'''
| RD1-team2={{flag|HKG|#}} [[Kin Ling Yip]]
| RD1-score2=2
| RD1-team3={{flag|DEU|#}} [[Kevin Schiller]]
| RD1-score3=7
| RD1-team4={{flag|DEU|#}} '''[[Patrick Hofmann (pool player)|Patrick Hofmann]]'''
| RD1-score4='''11'''
| RD1-team5={{flag|RUS|#}} [[Jegor Trifonow]]
| RD1-score5=8
| RD1-team6={{flag|MNG|#}} '''[[Enkhbold Temuujin]]'''
| RD1-score6='''11'''
| RD1-team7={{flag|NLD|#}} '''[[Jan van Lierop]]'''
| RD1-score7='''11'''
| RD1-team8={{flag|USA|#}} [[Richard Evans (pool player)|Richard Evans]]
| RD1-score8=6
| RD2-team1={{flag|RUS|#}} '''[[Fedor Gorst]]'''
| RD2-score1='''11'''
| RD2-team2={{flag|DEU|#}} [[Patrick Hofmann (pool player)|Patrick Hofmann]]
| RD2-score2=8
| RD2-team3={{flag|MNG|#}} '''[[Enkhbold Temuujin]]'''
| RD2-score3='''11'''
| RD2-team4={{flag|NLD|#}} [[Jan van Lierop]]
| RD2-score4=6
| RD3-team1={{flag|RUS|#}} '''[[Fedor Gorst]]'''
| RD3-score1='''11'''
| RD3-team2={{flag|MNG|#}} [[Enkhbold Temuujin]]
| RD3-score2=3
}}

=== Girls event ===
<ref name="u19w" />

==== Preliminary round ====
The following players were eliminated in the preliminary round:
; Round 1 (17.–21. Place)
* {{flag|USA|#}} [[Ashley Fullerton]]
* {{flag|RUS|#}} [[Darja Gorkowa]]
* {{flag|RUS|#}} [[Wiktorija Gurowa]]
* {{flag|RUS|#}} [[Walerija Popowa]]
* {{flag|USA|#}} [[Savanna Wolford]]

; Round 2 (13.–16. Place)
* {{flag|USA|#}} [[Hailey Fullerton]]
* {{flag|TPE|#}} [[Hsu Fang-yu]]
* {{flag|USA|#}} [[Vivian Liu]]
* {{flag|UKR|#}} [[Daryna Sirantschuk]]

; Round 3 (9.–12. Place)
* {{flag|PER|#}} [[Nataly Damian]]
* {{flag|POL|#}} [[Weronika Karwik]]
* {{flag|JPN|#}} [[Okuda Tamami]]
* {{flag|USA|#}} [[Jiang Yixia]]

==== Finals ====
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1-team1={{flag|TPE|#}} '''[[Chen Chia-hua]]'''
| RD1-score1='''9'''
| RD1-team2={{flag|JPN|#}} [[Muramatsu Sakura]]
| RD1-score2=3
| RD1-team3={{flag|KOR|#}} '''[[Lee Woo-jin (pool player)|Lee Woo-jin]]'''
| RD1-score3='''9'''
| RD1-team4={{flag|KOR|#}} [[Seo Seoa]]
| RD1-score4=6
| RD1-team5={{flag|USA|#}} [[Alex Booth]]
| RD1-score5=0
| RD1-team6={{flag|USA|#}} '''[[April Larson]]'''
| RD1-score6='''9'''
| RD1-team7={{flag|RUS|#}} '''[[Kristina Tkach]]'''
| RD1-score7='''9'''
| RD1-team8={{flag|RUS|#}} [[Walerija Truschewskaja]]
| RD1-score8=3
| RD2-team1={{flag|TPE|#}} [[Chen Chia-hua]]
| RD2-score1=4
| RD2-team2={{flag|KOR|#}} '''[[Lee Woo-jin (pool player)|Lee Woo-jin]]'''
| RD2-score2='''9'''
| RD2-team3={{flag|USA|#}} [[April Larson]]
| RD2-score3=7
| RD2-team4={{flag|RUS|#}} '''[[Kristina Tkach]]'''
| RD2-score4='''9'''
| RD3-team1={{flag|KOR|#}} [[Lee Woo-jin (pool player)|Lee Woo-jin]]
| RD3-score1=6
| RD3-team2={{flag|RUS|#}} '''[[Kristina Tkach]]'''
| RD3-score2='''9'''
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{AZB|https://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/127-juniors-world-9-ball-championship/8070-junior-world-9-ball-championship-2017/}}

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