Sport | Pool |
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Founded | 2004 |
Founder | World Pool-Billiard Association |
Most recent champion(s) | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (2022) |
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-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.
See also: List of world eight-ball champions |
Year | Host | Final | Semifinalists | |||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
2004 | ![]() |
![]() 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 | ![]() |
![]() Francisco Sánchez Ruíz |
10–6 | ![]() Wiktor Zielinski |
![]() Jayson Shaw |
![]() Mario He |
Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Semi-final or better |
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Dennis Orcollo | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 3 |
Ronnie Alcano | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 2 |
Chang Jung-Lin | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Efren Reyes | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Karl Boyes | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Ralf Souquet | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Wu Jiaqing | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Year | Winner |
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2003 | ![]() |
2004 | ![]() |
2003 | ![]() |