 Albin Ouschan at the 2022 Straight Pool tournamant, October 26, 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | "Smooth Operator" |
| Born | 14 August 1990 |
| Pool career | |
| Country |  Austria |
| Turned pro | 2007 |
| Pool games | Nine-ball, Straight pool, Eight-ball |
| Tournament wins | |
| World Champion | Nine-ball (2016, 2021), Eight-ball (2025) |
| Current rank | 10[ when? ] |
| Highest rank | 1 [1] |
Albin Alois Ouschan (born August 14, 1990) [2] 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. [3] Ouschan is a multiple time Austrian champion in 8-ball, ten-ball and straight pool. [4] 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. [5] They would lose 10–3 to the Chinese team of Wu Jia-qing & Liu Haitao. [6] 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. He is the younger brother of Jasmin Ouschan. [7]
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In 2023 Ouschan won his sixth Mosconi Cup whilst representing Team Europe. They defeated Team USA at the Alexandra Palace, London. [8]
