The 2016 US Open 9-Ball Championships 2016 was an international pool tournament in the discipline 9-Ball, from 16 to 22 October 2016 at Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It was the 41st entry of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships. The American Shane Van Boening won the event with a 13–9 final victory against the Taiwanese Chang Jung-Lin to win his fifth US Open. van Boening's fifth title put him equal for the most wins with Earl Strickland. Third place went to Jayson Shaw .
Defending champion was the Kevin Cheng. However, after defeats against Hsieh Chia-chen and Antonio Lining, Cheng lost in the double elimination round without a win.
Tournament format The tournament was played as a double-elimination tournament and as a to 11 under rules.
Rankings The following were the 32 best placed players. PlacePlayer1 Shane Van Boening2 Chang Jung-Lin3 Jayson Shaw4 Dennis Orcollo5 Jeremy Jones David Alcaide7 Alex Pagulayan Chang Yu-lung9 Ko Ping-chung Brandon Shuff Abdullah al-Shammari Ko Pin-yi13 Hsieh Chia-chen Mike Dechaine Carlo Biado Warren KiamcoPlacePlayer17 Josh Roberts Naoyuki Ōi Mark Gray Daryl Peach Francisco Sánchez Ruiz Imran Majid Hsu Kai-lun Justin Bergman25 Jeremy Sossei Eklent Kaçi Mario He Corey Deuel Mika Immonen Nick van den Berg Radosław Babica Wu Kun-lin
References
External links official Website
US Open 9-Ball Championships 2016 at sixpockets.de