The WPA World Eight-ball Championship is a professional eight-ball pool tournament sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), initially contested from 2004 to 2012 in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.[1][2] After not being held for several years, it was announced by the WPA that the championship would return in 2017, to be held at the Olympic Centre in Jinan, China.[3] However, that event did not occur, and the championship continued to remain dormant until Predator Cues re-established the tournament as part of their Pro Billiard Series, beginning with the 2022 edition of the tournament.
Sport | Pool |
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Founded | 2004 |
Founder | World Pool-Billiard Association |
Most recent champion(s) | Shane Van Boening (2023) |
Related competitions | Nine-ball, Ten-ball |
Official website | wpapool |
Winners
editYear | Host | Final | Semifinalists | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | |||||||
2004 | United Arab Emirates | Efren Reyes |
11–4 | Marlon Manalo |
Francisco Bustamante |
Alex Pagulayan | |||
2005 | Wu Jiaqing |
11–5 | Nick van den Berg |
Francisco Bustamante |
Niels Feijen | ||||
2007 | Ronnie Alcano |
11–8 | Dennis Orcollo |
Niels Feijen |
Joven Bustamante | ||||
2008 | Ralf Souquet |
13–9 | Ronnie Alcano |
Marcus Chamat |
Dennis Orcollo | ||||
2010 | Karl Boyes |
13–12 | Niels Feijen |
Ruslan Chinachov |
Darren Appleton | ||||
2011 | Dennis Orcollo |
10–3 | Niels Feijen |
David Alcaide |
Darren Appleton | ||||
2012 | Chang Jung-lin |
11–6 | Fu Che-wei |
Chris Melling |
Liu Haitao | ||||
2022 | Puerto Rico | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz |
10–6 | Wiktor Zielinski |
Jayson Shaw |
Mario He | |||
2023 | Austria | Shane Van Boening |
10–7 | Sanjin Pehlivanović |
Wojciech Szewczyk |
Max Lechner | |||
2024 | New Zealand |
Top performers
editName | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Semi-final or better |
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Dennis Orcollo | Philippines | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Ronnie Alcano | Philippines | 2 | ||
Chang Jung-Lin | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | |
Efren Reyes | Philippines | |||
Karl Boyes | England | |||
Ralf Souquet | Germany | |||
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | Spain | |||
Shane Van Boening | United States | |||
Wu Jiaqing | China |
- Active participants are shown in bold.
- In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
Wheelchair champions
editYear | Winner |
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2003 | Henrik Larsson |
2004 | Kurt Deklerck |
2003 | Emil Schranz |
References
edit- ^ "World 8 Ball Pool Championship 2007 Fujairah". World8BallChampionship.com. WPA. March 2007. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "World 8-Ball Championship - Men - Fujaira UAE - 19-26 Feb 2011". WPA-Pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). 26 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-02-21. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "World Pool-Billiard Association". Archived from the original on 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2016-10-16.