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The following is a list of WPA World Nine-ball Champions. The World Nine-ball Championships are held annually, and are sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association. The men's and women's tournaments are usually held separately. In 1999, two men's tournaments were held.

Men's champions

Date Location Winner Nationality Runner-up Nationality
1990 Bergheim, Germany Earl Strickland (1)  United States Jeff Carter  United States
1991 Las Vegas, Nevada Earl Strickland (2)  United States Nick Varner  United States
1992 Taipei, Taiwan Johnny Archer (1)  United States Bobby Hunter  United States
1993 Königswinter, Germany Chao Fong-pang (1)  Chinese Taipei Thomas Hasch  Germany
1994 Chicago, Illinois Okumura Takeshi (1)  Japan Yasunari Itsuzaki  Japan
1995 Taipei, Taiwan Oliver Ortmann (1)  Germany Dallas West  United States
1996 Borlänge, Sweden Ralf Souquet (1)  Germany Tom Storm  Sweden
1997 Chicago, Illinois Johnny Archer (2)  United States Lee Kun-fang  Chinese Taipei
1998 Taipei, Taiwan Takahashi Kunihiko (1)  Japan Johnny Archer  United States
1999 (1), December 5–12 Alicante, Spain Nick Varner (1)  United States Jeremy Jones  United States
1999 (2) Cardiff, Wales Efren Reyes (1)  Philippines Chang Hao-ping  Chinese Taipei
2000, July 1–9 Chao Fong-pang (2)  Chinese Taipei Ismael Paez  Mexico
2001, July 14–22 Mika Immonen (1)  Finland Ralf Souquet  Germany
2002, July 13–21 Earl Strickland (3)  United States Francisco Bustamante  Philippines
2003, July 12–20 Thorsten Hohmann (1)  Germany Alex Pagulayan  Canada
2004, July 10–18 Taipei, Taiwan Alex Pagulayan (1)  Canada Chang Pei-wei  Chinese Taipei
2005, July 2–10 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Wu Chia-ching (1)  Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-cheng  Chinese Taipei
2006, November 4–12 (main article) Pasay, Philippines Ronato Alcano (1)  Philippines Ralf Souquet  Germany
2007, November 3–11 Philippines

Women's champions

Date Location Winner Nationality Runner-up Nationality
1990 ? Robin Bell (1)  United States ? ?
1991 ? Robin Bell (2)  United States ? ?
1992 ? Franziska Stark (1)  Germany ? ?
1993 ? Loree Jon Jones (1)  United States ? ?
1994 ? Ewa Mataya Laurance (1)  Sweden ? ?
1995 Taipei, Taiwan Gerda Hofstatter (1)  Austria Vivian Villarreal  United States
1996 ? Allison Fisher (1)  England ? ?
1997 ? Allison Fisher (2)  England Chen Chun-chen  Chinese Taipei
1998 ? Allison Fisher (3)  England ? ?
1999, December 5–12 Alicante, Spain Liu Hsin-mei (1)  Chinese Taipei Allison Fisher  England
2000, November 14–19 Quebec City, Canada Julie Kelly (1)  Ireland Karen Corr  Northern Ireland
2001, November 17–19 Amagasaki, Japan Allison Fisher (4)  England Karen Corr  Northern Ireland
2002, July 3–7 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Liu Hsin-mei (2)  Chinese Taipei Karen Corr  Northern Ireland
2003 event not held — — — —
2004, December 8–11 Rankweil, Austria Ga Young Kim (1)  South Korea Liu Hsin-mei  Chinese Taipei
2005 event not held — — — —
2006, March 1–5 Taipei, Taiwan Ga Young Kim (2)  South Korea Liu Hsin-mei  Chinese Taipei
2007, April 5–8 Tao-Yuan, Taiwan Pan Xiaoting  China Rubilen Amit  Philippines

Junior champions

The first Junior Championships were not played until 1992, and did not have a girls' division until 2004.[1]

Date Location Winner Nationality Runner-up Nationality
1992 ? Hsia Hui-kai (1)  Chinese Taipei ? ?
1993 ? Hsia Hui-kai (2)  Chinese Taipei ? ?
1994 ? Jorn Kjolaas (1)  Norway ? ?
1995 ? Huang Kung-chang (1)  Chinese Taipei ? ?
1996 ? Huang Kung-chang (2)  Chinese Taipei ? ?
1997 ? Christian Goteman (1)  Germany ? ?
1998 ? Lu Hui-chan (1)  Chinese Taipei ? ?
1999, December 5–12 Alicante, Spain Lu Hui-chan (2)  Chinese Taipei John Vassalos  Greece
2000, November 14–19 Quebec City, Canada Dimitri Jungo (1)  Switzerland Brian Naithani  Germany
2001, November 17–19 Amagasaki, Japan Brian Naithani (1)  Germany Chang Jung-ling  Chinese Taipei
2002, July 3–7 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Chen Ying-chieh (1)  Chinese Taipei Shane Hennen  United States
2003, November 18–23 Willingen, Germany Vilmos Foeldes (1)  Hungary Chang Jung-ling  Chinese Taipei
2004, November 1–5 Adelaide, Australia Wu Yu-lun (1)
Zhou Meng-meng (1) 		 Chinese Taipei
 China 		Wu Chia-ching
Jasmin Ouschan 		 Chinese Taipei
 Austria
2005, September 20–25 Velden, Austria Wu Yu-lun (2)
Jasmin Ouschan (1) 		 Chinese Taipei
 Austria 		Hayato Hijikata
Helen Athanasiou 		 Japan
 Greece
2006, November 13–17 Sydney, Australia Wu Yu-lun (3)
Mary Ann Rakin (1) 		 Chinese Taipei
 United States 		Ko Pin-yi
Anna Kostanian 		 Chinese Taipei
 United States

Wheelchair champions

Date Location Winner Nationality Runner-up Nationality
1999 Christchurch, New Zealand Bob Calderon (1)  United States Mark Jones  United States
2000, May 28–June 4 Waregem, Belgium Fred Dinsmore (1)  Ireland Tankred Volkmer  Germany
2002, September 24–28 Decatur, Alabama Jouni Tähti (1)  Finland Henrik Larsson  Sweden
2003, October 28–31 Christchurch, New Zealand Henrik Larsson (1)  Sweden Yohji Mizusawa  Japan

References

  1. ^ ""World 9-Ball Champions"". Retrieved October 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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