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The World Chinese Eight-ball Championship (occasionally known as the Chinese Eight-ball World Championship) is a pool tournament in the discipline of Chinese eight-ball. The event has been held annually since 2015, taking place in Yushan, Jiangxi in China. The tournament is one of the highest-paid pool tournaments in the world, with 2015 winner Darren Appleton winning $98,000.
Below is a list of results from the tournament starting from its inception in 2015. [1]
| Year | Location | Final | 3rd place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | |||
| 2015 |  Yushan |  Darren Appleton | 21-19 [2] | Mark Selby | Liu Haitao |
| 2016 | Shi Hanqing | 21-20 [3] | Mick Hill | Darren Appleton | |
| 2017 | Yang Fan | 21-19 [4] | Chu Bingjie |  Jayson Shaw | |
| 2018 | Zheng Yubo | 21-19 | Chris Melling | ||
| 2019 | Zheng Yubo (2) | 21-15 | Zhao Ruliang | ||
| Year | Location | Final | 3rd place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | |||
| 2015 | Yushan | Bai Ge | 17-13 [5] | Zhang Xiaotong | Han Yu |
| 2016 | Chen Siming | 17-11 [6] | Kelly Fisher | Liu Shasha | |
| 2017 | Fu Xiaofang | 17-16 [4] | Yu Jinpeng | Chen Siming | |
| 2018 | Han Yu | 17-14 | Liu Shasha | ||
| 2019 | Chen Siming (2) | 17-14 | Wang Ye | ||
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