2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship


The WPA 9-Ball World Championship 2004 was the 15th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 10 to 18, 2004 in the Taiwanese capital city Taipei.
Canadian Alex Pagulayan won the championship with a 17–13 victory in the final against Taiwanese Chang Pei-Wei. Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann dropped out in the round of 32 against Kang Chin-ching from Chinese Taipei.

Format

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in round robin mode against each other. The top four players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system, featuring the remaining 64 players.

Group stage

The following players exited the competition in the group stage:

Final round