The Qatari capital was the seventh time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.

[2] Albin Ouschan defeated American Shane Van Boening 13–6 in the final and became the first Austrian 9-ball world champion.

[4] The defending champion was Taiwanese player Ko Pin-yi, who lost to Jayson Shaw in the last 64.

From July 25 to 28, 2016, a qualifying tournament was held in which 128 participants played in three knockout competitions for the remaining 12 starting places.

[5] In the main tournament, the 128 participants were first divided into 16 groups of 8 players and competed there from July 30 to August 1 in the double knockout system against each other.