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The following is a list of World Blackball Champions, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA).
The WPA World Blackball Championship is an annual professional tournament in the pocket billiards
Also included are champions in the similar but non-WPA blackball/eight-ball pool tournaments (not to be confused with the internationally standardised game of eight-ball).
Men's division edit
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| Date | Location | Winner | Nationality | Runner-up | Nationality |
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| 2006 | Cork, Ireland | Andy Lucas (1) |  England
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Simon Ward |  Wales
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Women's division edit
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The WPA official website, WPA-Pool.com, has yet to publish the Women's Division statistics, as of September 2008, for unknown reasons.
Related and similar titles edit
Besides the WPA, other sport governing bodies have held world championships in eight-ball pool (not to be confused with the WPA Eight-ball World Champions, who also differ from the WPA Blackball World Champions, above).
PPPO/EUKPF Eight-ball Pool World Champions edit
Men's division edit
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The following is a list of PPPO World Eight-ball Champions, sanctioned by the EUKPF (European and UK Pool Federation) and PPPO (Professional Pool Players Organization). The last year this championship was held was 2005, as the EUKPF was then renamed to EBA (European Blackball Association) and amalgamated under the umbrella of the WPA (World Pool Association).
| Date | Location | Winner | Nationality | Runner-up | Nationality |
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| 2005 | Ben Davies (1) | Wales
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Derek Murphy |  Scotland
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| 2004 | Andy Lucas (1) | England
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Rob Hill | England
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| 2003 | Bridlington, UK | Rob Hill (1) | England
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Antz Morrison | Scotland
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| 2002 | Steve Sanders (1) | England
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Andy Lucas | England
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| 1996 | Morecambe, UK | Pat Holtz (1) | Scotland
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Ross McInnes | Scotland
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Women's division edit
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WEPF Eight-ball Pool World Champions edit
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The following is a Eight-ball Pool World Champions, sanctioned by the World Eight-ball Pool Federation.[2][3][4] They should not be confused with the WPA Eight-ball World Champions.
| Date | Location | Winner | Runner-up | |
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| 2008 (June 29 – July 10) | Gareth Potts (3)
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Jason Twist
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| 2007 | Gareth Potts (2)
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Mick Hill
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| 2006 (June 5–June 15) | Mark Selby
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Darren Appleton
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| 2005 (June 2–9) | Gareth Potts
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Chris Melling
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| 2004 (May 27 – June 4) | Mick Hill
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Darren Appleton
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| 2003 (May 23–31) | Blackpool, UK | Chris Melling (2)
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Jason Twist
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| 2002 | Jason Twist (2)
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Yannick Beaufils 
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| 2001 | Chris Melling
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Rob McKenna
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| 2000 | Jason Twist
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| 1999 | Quinten Hann 
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| 1998 | Carl Morris
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| 1997 | Rob McKenna (2)
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| 1996 | Greg Farren 
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| 1995 | Daz Ward
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| 1994 | Rob McKenna
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| 1993 | Kevin Wright
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