WPA World Eight-ball Championship
| Sport | Pool |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | World Pool-Billiard Association |
| Most recent champion(s) | Joshua Filler (2024) Jasmin Ouschan (2025) |
| 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 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
Men's
| Year | Host | Final | Semifinalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Joshua Filler |
10–8 | Hsu Jui-an |
Marco Teutscher |
Wu Kun-lin | ||
Top performers
| Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Semi-final or better |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Orcollo | Philippines | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ronnie Alcano | Philippines | 2 | ||
| Chang Jung-Lin | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | |
| Efren Reyes | Philippines | |||
| Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | Spain | |||
| Joshua Filler | Germany | |||
| Karl Boyes | England | |||
| Ralf Souquet | Germany | |||
| 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.
Women's
| Year | Host | Final | Semifinalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
| 2025 | United States | Jasmin Ouschan |
9–8 | Chezka Centeno |
Marharyta Fefilava |
Chen Chia-hua | ||
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.