WPA World Eight-ball Championship

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WPA World Eight-ball Championship
Sport Pool
Founded2004
Founder World Pool-Billiard Association
Most recent
champion(s)
Joshua Filler
(2024)
Related
competitions
Nine-ball, Ten-ball
Official website wpapool.com

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.

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Winners

YearHostFinalSemifinalists
WinnerScoreRunner-up
2004 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Flag of the Philippines.svg
Efren Reyes
11–4 Flag of the Philippines.svg
Marlon Manalo
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Francisco Bustamante
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Alex Pagulayan
2005 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
Wu Jiaqing
11–5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Nick van den Berg
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Francisco Bustamante
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Niels Feijen
2007 Flag of the Philippines.svg
Ronnie Alcano
11–8 Flag of the Philippines.svg
Dennis Orcollo
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Niels Feijen
Flag of the Philippines.svg
Joven Bustamante
2008 Flag of Germany.svg
Ralf Souquet
13–9 Flag of the Philippines.svg
Ronnie Alcano
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Marcus Chamat
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Dennis Orcollo
2010 Flag of England.svg
Karl Boyes
13–12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Niels Feijen
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Ruslan Chinachov
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Darren Appleton
2011 Flag of the Philippines.svg
Dennis Orcollo
10–3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Niels Feijen
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David Alcaide
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Darren Appleton
2012 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
Chang Jung-lin
11–6 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
Fu Che-wei
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Chris Melling
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Liu Haitao
2022 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Flag of Spain.svg
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz
10–6 Flag of Poland.svg
Wiktor Zielinski
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Jayson Shaw
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Mario He
2023 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of the United States.svg
Shane Van Boening
10–7 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg
Sanjin Pehlivanović
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Wojciech Szewczyk
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Max Lechner
2024 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Germany.svg
Joshua Filler
10–8 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
Hsu Jui-an
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Marco Teutscher
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Wu Kun-lin

Top performers

NameNationalityWinnerRunner-upSemi-final
or better
Dennis Orcollo Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 113
Ronnie Alcano Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2
Chang Jung-Lin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 01
Efren Reyes Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Joshua Filler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Karl Boyes Flag of England.svg  England
Ralf Souquet Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Shane Van Boening Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Wu Jiaqing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

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