Albin Ouschan

Albin Ouschan
	Albin Ouschan at the 2022 Straight Pool tournamant, October 26, 2022
Personal information
Nickname	"Smooth Operator"
Born	14 August 1990 (age 35); Klagenfurt, Austria
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	9
Highest rank	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]