WPA World Eight-ball Championship
World Championship in pool, played in Eight-ball
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 |
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.
Winners
Year | Host | Final | Semifinalists | |||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
2004 | ![]() | ![]() 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 | ![]() | ![]() Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | 10–6 | ![]() Wiktor Zielinski | ![]() Jayson Shaw | ![]() Mario He | ||
2023 | ![]() | ![]() Shane Van Boening | 10–7 | ![]() Sanjin Pehlivanović | ![]() Wojciech Szewczyk | ![]() Max Lechner |
Top performers
Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Semi-final or better |
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Dennis Orcollo | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Ronnie Alcano | ![]() | 2 | ||
Chang Jung-Lin | ![]() | 0 | 1 | |
Efren Reyes | ![]() | |||
Karl Boyes | ![]() | |||
Ralf Souquet | ![]() | |||
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | ![]() | |||
Shane Van Boening | ![]() | |||
Wu Jiaqing | ![]() |
- Active participants are shown in bold.
- In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
Wheelchair champions
Year | Winner |
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2003 | ![]() |
2004 | ![]() |
2003 | ![]() |
References
- ^ "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.
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