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.
| Sport | Pool |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | World Pool-Billiard Association |
| Most recent champion(s) | Shane Van Boening (2023) |
| Related competitions | Nine-ball, Ten-ball |
| Official website | wpapool |
Winners edit
| 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 | ||
Top performers edit
| 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
| |||
| Karl Boyes |  England
| |||
| Ralf Souquet |  Germany
| |||
| Francisco Sánchez Ruíz |  Spain
| |||
| 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.
Wheelchair champions edit
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2003 |  Henrik Larsson
|
| 2004 |  Kurt Deklerck
|
| 2003 | Emil Schranz
|
References edit
- ^ "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.