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{{Infobox pool tournament
|tournament_name=2016 U.S. Open 9-ball Championship
|dates=
|startdate=16
|enddate=22 October 2016
|venue=Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel
|city=[[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]], [[Virginia]]
|country=[[United States]]
|organisation=[[World Pool-Billiard Association]]
|format=[[Double elimination]]
|Total prize fund=
|winners_share=
|highest_break=
|defending_champion=
|winner={{flagicon|USA}} [[Shane Van Boening]]
|runner_up= {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chang Jung-Lin]]
|score=13-6
|previous=
|next=
}}
The 2016 '''US Open 9-Ball Championships 2016''' was an international [[Pool (cue sports)|pool tournament]] in the discipline [[Nine-ball|9-Ball]], from 16 to 22 October 2016 at Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in [[Norfolk, Virginia|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.<ref name="Spielplan"/> van Boening's fifth title put him equal for the most wins with [[Earl Strickland]]. Third place went to [[Jayson Shaw]] .<ref name="Rangliste"/>
Defending champion was the [[Kevin Cheng (pool player)|Kevin Cheng]]. However, after defeats against Hsieh Chia-chen and [[Antonio Lining]], Cheng lost in the double elimination round without a win.<ref name="Spielplan"/>
==Tournament format==
The tournament was played as a [[double-elimination tournament]] and as a {{cuegloss|race}} to 11 under {{Cuegloss|winner break}} rules.
==Rankings==
The following were the 32 best placed players.<ref name="Spielplan"/><ref name="Rangliste"/><ref name="Accustats"/>
{|
|
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Place
! style="width:14em" |Player
|-
| align="center" |1
|{{flagicon|USA|#}} [[Shane Van Boening]]
|-
| align="center" |2
|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} [[Chang Jung-Lin]]
|-
| align="center" |3
|{{flagicon|SCO|#}} [[Jayson Shaw]]
|-
| align="center" |4
|{{flagicon|PHL|#}} [[Dennis Orcollo]]
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |5
|{{flagicon|USA|#}} [[Jeremy Jones (pool player)|Jeremy Jones]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP|#}} [[David Alcaide]]
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |7
|{{flagicon|CAN|#}} [[Alex Pagulayan]]
|-
|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} [[Chang Yu-lung]]
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |9
|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} [[Ko Ping-chung]]
|-
|{{flagicon|USA|#}} [[Brandon Shuff]]
|-
|{{flagicon|SAU|#}} [[Abdullah al-Shammari]]
|-
|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} [[Ko Pin-yi]]
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |13
|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} [[Hsieh Chia-chen]]
|-
|{{flagicon|USA|#}} [[Mike Dechaine]]
|-
|{{flagicon|PHL|#}} [[Carlo Biado]]
|-
|{{flagicon|PHL|#}} [[Warren Kiamco]]
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Place
! style="width:14em" |Player
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |17
|{{flagicon|USA|#}} [[Josh Roberts (pool player)|Josh Roberts]]
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN|#}} [[Naoyuki Ōi]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG|#}} [[Mark Gray (snooker player)|Mark Gray]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG|#}} [[Daryl Peach]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP|#}} [[Francisco Sánchez Ruíz]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG|#}} [[Imran Majid]]
|-
|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} [[Hsu Kai-lun]]
|-
|{{flagicon|USA|#}} [[Justin Bergman]]
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |25
|{{flagicon|USA|#}} [[Jeremy Sossei]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ALB|#}} [[Eklent Kaçi]]
|-
|{{flagicon|AUT|#}} [[Mario He]]
|-
|{{flagicon|USA|#}} [[Corey Deuel]]
|-
|{{flagicon|FIN|#}} [[Mika Immonen]]
|-
|{{flagicon|NLD|#}} [[Nick van den Berg]]
|-
|{{flagicon|POL|#}} [[Radosław Babica]]
|-
|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} [[Wu Kun-lin]]
|}
|}
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Spielplan">{{cite web |title=US Open 9-Ball Championships 2016 – Tournament Brackets |website=azbilliards.com |url=http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/158-us-open-9-ball-championship/7227-us-open-9-ball-championships-2016/brackets/132-us-open-9-ball-championship/ |url-status=live |accessdate=21 October 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021122259/http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/158-us-open-9-ball-championship/7227-us-open-9-ball-championships-2016/brackets/132-us-open-9-ball-championship/ |archivedate=21 October 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="Rangliste">{{cite web |title=US Open 9-Ball Championships 2016 – Tournament Results |website=azbilliards.com |url=http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/158-us-open-9-ball-championship/7227-us-open-9-ball-championships-2016/results/ |url-status=live |accessdate=23 October 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023100819/http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/158-us-open-9-ball-championship/7227-us-open-9-ball-championships-2016/results/ |archivedate=23 October 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="Accustats">{{cite web |title=US Open 2016 |periodical=Accu-stats.com |url=http://www.accu-stats.com/41usopen.html |url-status=dead |accessdate=21 October 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021212934/http://www.accu-stats.com/41usopen.html |archivedate=21 October 2016 }}</ref>
}}
==External links==
* [http://www.usopen9ballchampionships.com/ official Website]
{{AZB|http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/158-us-open-9-ball-championship/7227-us-open-9-ball-championships-2016/}}
* [http://www.sixpockets.de/2016/10/us-open-9-ball-championships-2016/ US Open 9-Ball Championships 2016] at sixpockets.de
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