List of world eight-ball champions
This article is a list of professional world champions in eight-ball Pool and its variations.
American-style eight-ball pool
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
The following is a list of WPA world eight-ball champions sanctioned by the WPA (World Pool-Billiard Association).
Year | Location | Winner[1] | Runner-up |
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2012 | Fujairah, Emirates | Chang Jung-lin | Fu Che-wei |
2011[2] | Dennis Orcollo | Niels Feijen | |
2010[3] | Karl Boyes | Niels Feijen | |
2008[4] | Ralf Souquet | Ronnie Alcano | |
2007 | Ronnie Alcano | Dennis Orcollo | |
2005[5] | Wu Jia-qing | Nick van den Berg | |
2004[6] | Efren Reyes | Marlon Manalo |
IPT World Eight-ball Championship
The following is a list of IPT world eight-ball champions sanctioned by the tournament founder Kevin Trudeau.
Year | Location | Winner | Runner-up |
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2006 | Reno, United States | Efren Reyes | Rodney Morris |
PBT World Eight-ball Championship
The following is a list of PBT world eight-ball champions sanctioned by the PBT (Professional Billiards Tour Association).
Year | Location | Winner | Runner-up |
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1996 | Vegas, United States | Efren Reyes (2) | Jimmy Wetch |
1995 | Efren Reyes | Jeff Carter | |
1994 | Toledo, United States | Nick Varner | Allen Hopkins |
Chinese-style eight-ball pool
CBSA World Eight-ball Championship
The following is a list of CBSA world eight-ball champions, a Chinese variant of eight-ball pool played on a 9-foot snooker table, sanctioned by the CBSA (Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association).[7]
Year | Location | Winner | Nationality | Runner-up | Nationality |
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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[8] | China | |
Fu Xiaofang | China | Jin Peng Yu | China | ||
2016 | Shi Hanqing | China | Mick Hill[9] | England | |
Chen Siming | China | Kelly Fisher | England | ||
2015 | Darren Appleton | England | Mark Selby[10] | England | |
Bai Ge | China | Zhang Xiaotong | China |
British-style eight-ball pool
This section lists world champions in the world-standardized eight-ball variant blackball, and its older competing-standards "British-style" versions (usually referred to as "eightball pool") played at the amateur and semi-professional levels in Commonwealth countries and a few European nations. These tournaments are played on a 7-foot pool table with either the "spots and stripes" numbered balls, or colored balls - typically yellow and red, with a black ball.
PPPO World Eightball Championship
The following is a list of PPPO world eightball champions, sanctioned by the EUKPF (European and UK Pool Federation) and PPPO (Professional Pool Players Organization). 2005 was the last time the championship was held, as the EUKPF was then renamed to EBA (European Blackball Association) and amalgamated under the umbrella of the WPA (World Pool-Billiard Association).
Date | Location | Winner | Nationality | Runner-up | Nationality |
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2005[11] | Bridlington, England | Ben Davies | Wales | Derek Murphy | Scotland |
2004[12] | Andy Lucas (2) | England | Rob Hill | England | |
2003[13] | Rob Hill | England | Antz Morrison | Scotland | |
2002[14] | 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 |
† In 1996 it was an open event under the EUKPF and the rest were PPPO titles.
WPA World Blackball Championship
The following is a list of WPA world blackball champions, sanctioned by the WPA (World Pool-Billiard Association) and Blackball International. Blackball was first discussed by the WPA in a unification meeting in 2004 and then rules were presented and ratified in 2005 in anticipation of Blackball's first World Championships in 2006.[15] The 2020 event was cancelled. The official 2022 world championships are to held in Tangier, Morocco.
Date | Location | Winner | Nationality | Runner-up | Nationality |
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2018[16] | Bridlington, England | Scott Gillespie | Scotland | Dean Shields | England |
Ashley Marie Bird | England | Emma Reeves | England | ||
2016 | Killarney, Ireland | Liam Dunster | Scotland | Jon McAllister | England |
Sabrila 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[17] | Blackpool, England | Gavin Phillips | Scotland | Jimmy Carney | England |
Sabrilla Brunet | France | Claire Dempster | Scotland | ||
2010[18] | Limoges, France | Jayson Shaw | Scotland | Sébastien Ramier | France |
Claire Dempster | Scotland | Emillie Gilberto | France | ||
2008[19] | Mbabane, Swaziland | Wetsi Morake | South Africa | Yulan Govender | South Africa |
Aspra Panchoo | South Africa | Amanda Watson | England | ||
2006 | Cork, Ireland | Andy Lucas | England | Simon Ward | Wales |
Amanda Watson | England | Shona Lucas | Scotland |
IPA World Blackball Championship
The following is a list of IPA world blackball champions, sanctioned by the IPA (International Professional Pool Association)[20]
Date | Location | Winner | Nationality | Runner-up | Nationality |
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2022 | Bradford, England | Liam Dunster | Scotland | Gareth Hibbott | England |
Harriet Haynes | England | Deb Burchell | England | ||
2020 | Jon McAllister | England | Aaron Davies | England | |
Amy Beauchamp[21] | England | Emma Cunningham | Northern Ireland | ||
2019 | Marc Farnsworth | England | Tom Cousins | Wales | |
Emma Cunningham[22] | Northern Ireland | Kerry Griffiths | England | ||
2018 | Ben Davies | Wales | Simon Ward | Wales | |
Michelle Roonay[23] | Northern Ireland | Collette Henriksen | Northern Ireland | ||
2017 | Craig Marsh | Wales | Simon Fitzsimmons | England | |
Collette Henriksen[24] | Northern Ireland | Leanne Evans | Wales | ||
2016[25][26] | Gareth Hibbott | England | Craig Marsh | Wales | |
Deb Burchell (2) | England | Shona Lucas | Scotland | ||
2015[27] | Jack Whelan | England | Jason Twist | England | |
Deb Burchell | England | Shona Lucas | Scotland | ||
2014[28] | Gareth Potts | England | Clint I'Anson | England |
WEPF World Eightball Championship
The following is a list of WEPF world eightball champions, sanctioned by the WEPF (World Eightball Pool Federation).
See also
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