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.
Year | 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 |
Name | 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 |
Year | Winner |
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2003 | Henrik Larsson |
2004 | Kurt Deklerck |
2003 | Emil Schranz |