Professional world champions in eight-ball pool and its variations include:

American-style

This section lists world champions in the internationally standardized game ("American-style") of eight-ball, as played by professionals around the world. This is played on the 9-foot pool tables with colored, numbered balls.

WPA World Eight-ball Championship

Main article: WPA World Eight-ball Championship

The following is a list of WPA world eight-ball champions sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA).

Year Location Winner Nationality Runner-up Nationality
2022 San Juan, Puerto Rico Francisco Sanchez Ruiz  Spain Wiktor Zielinski  Poland
2012[1] Fujairah, Emirates Chang Jung-lin  Chinese Taipei Fu Che-wei  Chinese Taipei
2011[2] Dennis Orcollo  Philippines Niels Feijen  Netherlands
2010[3] Karl Boyes  England Niels Feijen  Netherlands
2008[4] Ralf Souquet  Germany Ronnie Alcano  Philippines
2007 Ronnie Alcano  Philippines Dennis Orcollo  Philippines
2005[5] Wu Jiaqing  Chinese Taipei Nick van den Berg  Netherlands
2004[6] Efren Reyes  Philippines Marlon Manalo  Philippines

British-style

This section lists world champions in British-style eight-ball, which exists in a few slight-variant versions (usually referred to as blackball and eightball pool) with different governing bodies. This version is played at the amateur and semi-professional levels in Commonwealth countries and a few continental European nations. These tournaments are played on 7-foot pool tables with colored balls—typically red and yellow—instead of the solid and striped balls of American-style pool, though both game types feature a black 8 ball.

WPA World Blackball Championship

The following is a list of WPA world blackball champions, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). The blackball rules variant was first discussed by the WPA in a unification meeting in 2004, with rules ratified in 2005 in anticipation of blackball's first world championship in 2006.[7]

Date Location Winner Nationality Runner-up Nationality
2022 France, Albi Yannick Beaufils  France Daniel Davy  England
Marion Jude  France Deb Burchell  England
2018[8] Bridlington, England Scott Gillespie  Scotland Dean Shields  England
Ashley Marie Bird  England Emma Reeves  England
2016 Killarney, Ireland Liam Dunster  Scotland Jon McAllister  England
Sabrilla Brunet (3)  France Sandra Bryan  Ireland
2014 Perth, Scotland Claudio Cassar  Malta Paul Vincent Bennett  South Africa
Sabrilla Brunet (2)  France Aspra Panchoo  South Africa
2012[9] Blackpool, England Gavin Phillips  Scotland Jimmy Carney  England
Sabrilla Brunet  France Claire Dempster  Scotland
2010[10] Limoges, France Jayson Shaw  Scotland Sébastien Ramier  France
Claire Dempster  Scotland Emillie Gilberto  France
2008[11] Mbabane, Eswatini Wetsi Morake  South Africa Yulan Govender  South Africa
Apsra Panchoo  South Africa Amanda Watson  England
2006 Cork, Ireland Andy Lucas  England Simon Ward  Wales
Amanda Watson  England Shona Lucas  Scotland


WEPF World Eightball Championship

Main article: WEPF World Eightball Championship

The following is a list of WEPF world eightball champions, sanctioned by the World Eightball Pool Federation. It was held for 22 consecutive years in Blackpool, England, then in 2022 for the first time was held in Killarney, Ireland. The WEPF rules were introduced in 1998 then modified for profesional play in 2022.

Date Location Winner[12] Nationality Runner-up Nationality
2023 Agadir, Morocco Clayton Castaldi  Malta Josh Kane  England
Marion Jude  France Harriet Haynes  England
2022 Killarney, Ireland Ronan McCarthy  Northern Ireland Chris Day  England
Barbara Taylor (2)  England Sarah Coxon  Wales
2019 Blackpool, England Mick Hill (6)  England Dom Cooney  England
Amy Beauchamp (3)[13]  England Sharon James  England
2018[14] Mick Hill (5)  England Phil Harrison  England
Barbara Taylor[15]  England Sharon James  England
2017[16] Mick Hill (4)  England Phil Harrison  England
Amy Beauchamp (2)  England Kerry Griffiths  England
2016[17] Shaun Chipperfield  England Karl Sutton  England
Sabrilla Brunet  France Amy Beauchamp  England
2015 Mick Hill (3)  England Nigel Clarke  England
Amy Beauchamp  England Emma Wilkinson  England
2014 Tom Cousins (2)  Wales Giuseppe d'Imperio  England
Kirsty Lee Davis  Wales Amy Beauchamp  England
2013[18] Tom Cousins  Wales Craig Waddingham  England
Emma Cunningham (3)  Northern Ireland Barbara Taylor  England
2012[19][20] John Roe  England Lee Kendall  England
Sue Thompson (11)  Scotland Sharon Wright  England
2011[21][22] Adam Davis  England Phil Harrison  England
Emma Cunningham (2)  Northern Ireland Renata Delahunty  Australia
2010[23] Mick Hill (2)  England Gareth Potts  England
Sue Thompson (10)  Scotland Emma Cunningham  Northern Ireland
2009[24] Phil Harrison  England Mick Hill  England
Sue Thompson (9)  Scotland Emma Cunningham  Northern Ireland
2008[25] Gareth Potts (3)  England Jason Twist  England
Lynette Horsburgh  Scotland Barbara Taylor  England
2007[26] Gareth Potts (2)  England Mick Hill  England
Sue Thompson (8)  Scotland Emma Cunningham  Northern Ireland
2006[27] Mark Selby  England Darren Appleton  England
Sue Thompson (7)  Scotland Emma Cunningham  Northern Ireland
2005[28] Gareth Potts  England Chris Melling  England
Emma Cunningham  Northern Ireland Sue Thompson  Scotland
2004[29] Mick Hill  England Darren Appleton  England
Sue Thompson (6)  Scotland Emma Cunningham  Northern Ireland
2003[29] Chris Melling (2)  England Jason Twist  England
Sue Thompson (5)  Scotland Lisa Quick  England
2002[30] Jason Twist (2)  England Yannick Beaufils  France
Sue Thompson (4)  Scotland Lisa Quick  England
2001[31] Chris Melling  England Rob McKenna  Wales
Lisa Quick (2)  England Linda Leadbetter  England
2000 Jason Twist  England Carl Morris  England
Sue Thompson (3)  Scotland Linda Leadbitter  England
1999 Quinten Hann  Australia Terry Hunt  England
Lisa Quick  England Linda Leadbitter  England
1998 Carl Morris  England Keith Brewer  England
Linda Leadbitter (3)  England Sue Thompson  Scotland
1997 Manchester, England Rob McKenna (2)  Wales Lee Kendall  England
Sue Thompson (2)  Scotland Linda Leadbitter  England
1996 Greg Farren  Ireland Tony Holgate  Ireland
Sue Thompson  Scotland Rosalia Diliberto  France
1995 Chorley, England Daz Ward  England Jason Twist  England
Linda Leadbitter (2)  England Sue Thompson  Scotland
1994 Manchester, England Rob McKenna  Wales Greg Farren  Ireland
Linda Leadbitter  England Sue Thompson  Scotland
1993 Kevin Wright  England Nigel Davis  Wales
Linda Moffat  England Natalie Froling  Australia


IPA World Blackball Championship

The following is a list of IPA world blackball champions, sanctioned by the International Professional Pool Association.[32] The IPA events use the WPA blackball rules.

Date Location Winner Nationality Runner-up Nationality
2024[33] Bradford, England Gareth Hibbott (2)  England Jake-Dylan Newlove  England
Keira Whitcombe  Wales Rhiannon Graham  England
2022 Liam Dunster  Scotland Gareth Hibbott  England
Harriet Haynes  England Deb Burchell  England
2020 Jon McAllister  England Aaron Davies  England
Amy Beauchamp[34]  England Emma Cunningham  Northern Ireland
2019 Marc Farnsworth  England Tom Cousins  Wales
Emma Cunningham[35]  Northern Ireland Kerry Griffiths  England
2018 Ben Davies  Wales Simon Ward  Wales
Michelle Roonay[36]  Northern Ireland Collette Henriksen  Northern Ireland
2017 Craig Marsh  Wales Simon Fitzsimmons  England
Collette Henriksen[37]  Northern Ireland Leanne Evans  Wales
2016[38][39] Gareth Hibbott (1)  England Craig Marsh  Wales
Deb Burchell (2)  England Shona Lucas  Scotland
2015[40] Jack Whelan  England Jason Twist  England
Deb Burchell  England Shona Lucas  Scotland
2014[41] Gareth Potts  England Clint I'Anson  England

PPPO World Eightball Championship

The following is a list of PPPO world eightball champions, sanctioned by the Professional Pool Players Organisation. In 1985, the PPPO (also known as EUKPF) ran their first event under the EPA rules of the English Pool Association, which pre-dated the standardized WEPF world rules introduced in 1998. PPPO drew contestants from other pool disciplines and from snooker to popularize the game more broadly. From 1996, the tournament was annual, up to 2005, when the last of its events was held.

Date Location Winner Nationality Runner-up Nationality
2005[42] Bridlington, England Ben Davies  Wales Derek Murphy  Scotland
2004[43] Andy Lucas (2)  England Rob Hill  England
2003[44] Rob Hill  England Antz Morrison  Scotland
2002[45] Lerwick, Scotland Steve Sanders  England Andy Lucas  England
2001 Morecambe, England Ross McInnes (4)  Scotland Rob Chambers  England
2000 Bridlington, England Ross McInnes (3)  Scotland Steve Sanders  England
1999 Morecambe, England Andy Lucas  Scotland Ronan McCarthy  Northern Ireland
1998 Ross McInnes (2)  Scotland Steve Sanders  England
1997 Kevin Treanor  Scotland Ronan McCarthy  Northern Ireland
1996 Ross McInnes  Scotland Mark White  England
1985 London, England Jim Rempe  United States Joe Barbara  England

Chinese-style

CBSA World Chinese Eight-ball Championship

Main article: Chinese Eight-ball World Championship

The following is a list of CBSA World Chinese eight-ball champions, a Chinese variant of eight-ball pool played on a 9-foot snooker table, sanctioned by the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association.[46]

Year Location Winner Nationality Runner-up Nationality
2019 Yushan, China Zheng Yubo (2)  China Zhao Ruliang  China
Chen Siming (2)  China Wang Ye  China
2018 Zheng Yubo  China Chris Melling  England
Han Yu  China Liu Shasha  China
2017 Fan Yang  China Bing Jie Chu[47]  China
Fu Xiaofang  China Jin Peng Yu  China
2016 Shi Hanqing  China Mick Hill[48]  England
Chen Siming  China Kelly Fisher  England
2015 Darren Appleton  England Mark Selby[49]  England
Bai Ge  China Zhang Xiaotong  China

See also

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