WEPF World Eightball Championship

The WEPF World Eightball Pool Championship is a pool world championship organised by the World Eightball Pool Federation using International Rules. Until 2022 the competition used World Rules. The competition has taken place annually since 1993.

The most successful player in the men's singles is the English player Mick Hill, who won the World Champion title six times and has been runner-up twice. His compatriot Gareth Potts has been World Champion three times and runner-up once.

In the Ladies competition, Scotland's Sue Thompson is the most successful player with eleven titles. Linda Leadbitter from England has won four times, while Emma Cunningham from Northern Ireland and Amy Beauchamp from England have both won the event on three occasions.

History

Men's

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
1993 Manchester Kevin Wright 8 : 4 Nigel Davis
1994 Manchester Rob McKenna (1) 9 : 3 Greg Farren
1995 Chorley Daz Ward 11 : 8 Jason Twist
1996 Manchester Greg Farren 11 : 10 Tony Holgate
1997 Manchester Rob McKenna (2) 11 : 9 Lee Kendall
1998 Blackpool Carl Morris 11 : 5 Keith Brewer
1999 Quinten Hann 11 : 4 Terry Hunt
2000 Jason Twist (1) 11 : 10 Carl Morris
2001[1] Chris Melling (1) 11 : 10 Rob McKenna
2002[2] Jason Twist (2) 11 : 9 Yannick Beaufils
2003[3] Chris Melling (2) 11 : 7 Jason Twist
2004[4] Mick Hill (1) 11 : 9 Darren Appleton
2005[5] Gareth Potts (1) 11 : 7 Chris Melling
2006[6] Mark Selby 11 : 7 Darren Appleton
2007 Gareth Potts (2) 11 : 5 Mick Hill
2008 Gareth Potts (3) 11 : 4 Jason Twist
2009[7] Phil Harrison 11 : 7 Mick Hill
2010 Mick Hill (2) 11 : 8 Gareth Potts
2011[8] Adam Davis 11 : 9 Phil Harrison
2012[9] John Roe 11 : 7 Lee Kendall
2013[10] Tom Cousins (1) 11 : 10 Craig Waddingham
2014[11] Tom Cousins (2) 11 : 7 Giuseppe d’Imperio
2015[12] Mick Hill (3) 11 : 5 Nigel Clarke
2016[13] Shaun Chipperfield 11 : 4 Karl Sutton
2017[14] Mick Hill (4) 11 : 6 Phil Harrison
2018[15] Mick Hill (5) 11 : 8 Phil Harrison
2019[16] Mick Hill (6) 11 : 6 Dom Cooney
2020 COVID-19 NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2021 COVID-19 NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2022 Killarney Ronan McCarthy 11 : 6 Chris Day
2023 Agadir Clayton Castaldi 11 : 9 Josh Kane
2024 Blackpool Ronan McCarthy 11 : 9 Karl Sutton
2025 Ennis

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles Runner-up
1 Mick Hill 6 2
2 Gareth Potts 3 1
3 Jason Twist 2 3
4 Rob McKenna 2 1
Chris Melling 2 1
6 Tom Cousins 2 0
Ronan McCarthy 2 0
8 Phil Harrison 1 3
9 Carl Morris 1 1
10 Shaun Chipperfield 1 0
Adam Davis 1 0
Greg Farren 1 0
Quinten Hann 1 0
John Roe 1 0
Mark Selby 1 0
Daz Ward 1 0
Kevin Wright 1 0
Clayton Castaldi 1 0

Women's

Source WEPF Roll of Honour[17]

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
1993 Manchester Linda Moffat (1) 6:1 Natalie Froling
1994 Manchester Linda Leadbitter (nee Moffat) (2) 6:3 Sue Thompson
1995 Chorley Linda Leadbitter (3) 7:3 Sue Thompson
1996 Manchester Sue Thompson (1) 7:1 Rosalia Diliberto
1997 Manchester Sue Thompson (2) 8:5 Linda Leadbitter
1998 Blackpool Linda Leadbitter (4) 8:6 Sue Thompson
1999 Lisa Quick (1) 8:3 Linda Leadbitter
2000[18] Sue Thompson (3) 8:5 Linda Leadbitter
2001 Lisa Quick (2) 8:6 Linda Leadbitter
2002[19] Sue Thompson (4) 8:3 Lisa Quick
2003[20] Sue Thompson (5) 8:3 Lisa Quick
2004[21] Sue Thompson (6) 8:2 Emma Cunningham
2005[22] Emma Cunningham (1) 8:5 Sue Thompson
2006[23] Sue Thompson (7) 8:6 Emma Cunningham
2007 Sue Thompson (8) 8:3 Emma Cunningham
2008 Lynette Horsburgh 8:6 Barbara Taylor
2009 Sue Thompson (9) 8:6 Emma Cunningham
2010 Sue Thompson (10) 8:4 Emma Cunningham
2011[24] Emma Cunningham (2) 8:2 Renata Delahunty
2012[25] Sue Thompson (11) 8:3 Sharon Wright
2013[26] Emma Cunningham (3) 8:4 Barbara Taylor
2014[27] Kirsty Davies 8:6 Emma Wilkinson
2015[28] Amy Beauchamp (1) 8:4 Emma Wilkinson
2016[29] Sabrilla Brunet 8:4 Amy Beauchamp
2017[30] Amy Beauchamp (2) 8:1 Kerry Griffiths
2018[31] Barbara Taylor 8:7 Sharon James
2019[32] Amy Beauchamp (3) 8:5 Sharon James
2020 COVID-19 NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2021 COVID-19 NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2022 Killarney Barbara Taylor (2) 8:5 Sarah Coxon
2023 Agadir Marion Jude (1) 8:6 Harriet Haynes
2024 Blackpool Tasneem Solomons (1) 8:7 Kirsty-Lee Davies
2025 Ennis

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles Runner-up
1 Sue Thompson 11 4
2 Linda Leadbitter 4 4
3 Emma Cunningham 3 5
4 Amy Beauchamp 3 1
5 Lisa Quick 2 2
Barbara Taylor 2 2
7 Kirsty Davies 1 1
8 Lynette Horsburgh 1 0
Sabrilla Brunet 1 0
Marion Jude 1 0
Tasneem Solomons 1 0

Junior

(U20 for 2022 due to COVID 19)

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
1994 Manchester Derek Murphy Unknown
1995 Chorley Mathew Franceschini Unknown
1996 Manchester Ben Crawley Unknown
1997 Manchester Chris Melling Unknown
1998 Blackpool Kurt Morris Unknown
1999 Tim Singh Unknown
2000 Gareth Potts Unknown
2001[33] Darren Matthew 7:3 Marcus Phillips
2002[34] Darren Matthew 7:5 Gary Clark
2003[35] Darren Matthew 7:3 Thomas Morrow
2004[36] Jordan Church 7:3 Richard Twomey
2005[37] Jordan Church 7:4 Stephen Dempsey
2006[38] Pat McCarron 8:4 Sam Jeffrey
2007 Sean Conway Unknown
2008 Paul McGuire Unknown
2009 Ben Clark Unknown
2010 Frank Costello Unknown
2011[39] Frank Costello 8:5 Joe O’Connor
2012[40] Joe O’Connor 8:7 Callum Singleton
2013[41] Carl Martin 8:7 Joe O’Connor
2014[42] Carl Martin 8:5 Adam Maher
2015[43] Aaron Davies 8:4 Nathan Ellis
2016[44] Matthew Curwood 8:6 Scott Muscat
2017[45] Cormac Kerr 8:6 Ben Doyle
2018[46] Luke Gilbert 8:4 Karol Galka
2019 Danyal Hussain 8:4 Lee McCutcheon
2020 COVID-19 NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2021 COVID-19 NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2022 Killarney Evan Plummer 8:2 Piotr Samulewicz
2023 Agadir Toby Clack 8:5 Joshua Hands
2024 Blackpool Jaden Billingham 8:2 Cillian Smyth
2025 Ennis

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles
1 Darren Matthew 3
2 Jordan Church 2
Frank Costello 2
Carl Martin 2

U-23 Juniors

(until 2014 U-21 juniors) (For 2022 U-25 juniors due to COVID 19)

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
2011[47] Blackpool Ashley Radford 8:7 Ryan Fleming
2012[48] Ryan Davie 8:6 Glen Hannibal
2013[49] Michael Hope 8:2 Giuseppe d’Imperio
2014[50] Giuseppe d’Imperio 8:7 Amine Amiri
2015[51] Ben Fortey 8:6 Luke Bowry
2016[52] Giuseppe d’Imperio 8:4 Aaron Davies
2017[53] Callum Singleton 8:7 Craig Lauder
2018[54] Cormac Kerr 8:4 Jack Smithers
2019 Luke Gilbert 8:7 Jordan Synnott
2020 COVID-19 NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2021 COVID-19 NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2022 Killarney Scott Muscat 8:7 Luke Gilbert
2023 Agadir Luke Gilbert 8:4 Jack Schofield
2024 Blackpool Joshua Traynor 8:4 Luke Cronin
2025 Ennis

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles Runner-Up
1 Giuseppe d’Imperio 2 1
Luke Gilbert 2 1
3 Ryan Davie 1 0
Ben Fortey 1 0
Michael Hope 1 0
Cormac Kerr 1 0
Ashley Radford 1 0
Callum Singleton 1 0
Scott Muscat 1 0
Joshua Traynor 1 0

Senior's

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
2011[55] Blackpool Tony Kay 8:6 Terry Bond
2012[56] Keith Brewer 8:0 Peter Golding
2013[57] Stacey Vine 8:2 Don Colbert
2014[58] Keith Brewer 8:3 Steven Gray
2015[59] Steven Gray 8:6 Keith Brewer
2016[60] Keith Brewer 8:1 Marcel Micallef
2017[61] Steve Chambers 8:6 Shaun Eaton-Lees
2018[62] Christ Mills 8:5 Pat Ward
2019 James Pheely 8:3 Videsh Sabharwal
2020 COVID-19 NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2021 COVID-19 NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2022 Killarney Keith Brewer 8:2 Pat Ward
2023 Agadir Paddy Clarke 8:4 Sanjay Patel
2024 Blackpool Stacey Vine 8:5 Derek Smyth
2025 Ennis

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles Runner-up
1 Keith Brewer 4 1
2 Stacey Vine 2 0
3 Steven Gray 1 1
4 Steve Chambers 1 0
Tony Kay 1 0
Christ Mills 1 0
James Pheely 1 0
Paddy Clarke 1 0

Wheelchair

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
2008[63] Blackpool Tony Southern 5:4 Frankie Gillen
2009 Unknown Unknown
2010 Unknown Unknown
2011 Unknown Unknown
2012 Unknown Unknown
2013[64] Aslam Abubaker 5:1 Stephen Pettinato
2014[65] Dave Beaumont 5:0 Theresa Sheridan
2015[66] Dave Beaumont 5:4 Ryan Kisten
2016[67] Aslam Abubaker 5:2 Dave Beaumont
2017[68] Aslam Abubaker 5:1 Dave Beaumont
2018[69] Dave Beaumont 5:3 Aslam Abubaker
2019 Aslam Abubaker 5:4 Dave Beaumont
2020 COVID-19 NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2021 COVID-19 NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2022 Killarney Roy Kimberley 5:4 Dave Beaumont
2023 Agadir NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2024 Blackpool NOT CONTESTED N/A NOT CONTESTED
2025 Ennis

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles
1 Aslam Abubaker 4
Dave Beaumont 4
2 Tony Southern 1
Roy Kimberley 1

Over 60's

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
2022 Killarney Nick Burton 7:5 Michael Fortune
2023 Agadir Paul Waterfield 7:3 Nick Burton
2024 Blackpool Will Doidge 7:5 Derek Tolliday
2025 Ennis

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles
1 Nick Burton 1
Paul Waterfield 1
Will Doidge 1

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