Albin Ouschan

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Albin Ouschan
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Albin Ouschan at the European Pool Championship 2008 in Willingen, Germany.
Born (1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 34)
Klagenfurt, Austria
Sport countryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Nickname"Smooth Operator"
Professional2007
Pool games Nine-ball
Tournament wins
World Champion 9-ball (2016, 2021)

Albin Alois Ouschan (born August 14, 1990, in Klagenfurt, Austria) [1] is an Austrian professional pool player. Ouschan was the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner, as well as the runner-up in 2014. He also won the 14.1 Continuous European championship the same year. [2] Ouschan is a multiple time Austrian champion in 8-ball, ten-ball and straight pool. [3] Ouschan alongside partner Mario He won both the 2017 World Cup of Pool, 2019 World Cup of Pool and reached the final of the 2018 World Cup of Pool. [4] They would lose 103 to the Chinese team of Wu Jia-qing & Liu Haitao. [5] He won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship for the second time in 2021, beating Omar Al-Shaheen 13–9 in the final. He won the International Open in 2021, defeating Dennis Orcollo 13–6 in the final.

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