WPA World Eight-ball Championship
World Championship in pool, played in Eight-ball
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The WPA World Eight-ball Championship is a professional eight-ball pool tournament sanctioned by the World Pool 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.
| Sport | Pool |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | World Pool-Billiard Association |
| Most recent champions | Aloysius Yapp (2026) Jasmin Ouschan (2025) |
| Related competitions | Nine-ball, Ten-ball |
| Official website | wpapool |
Winners
Men's
| Year | Host | Final | Semifinalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
| 2004 |  United Arab Emirates |
 Efren Reyes |
11–4 | Marlon Manalo |
Francisco Bustamante |
Alex Pagulayan | ||
| 2005 |  Wu Jia-qing |
11–5 |  Nick van den Berg |
Francisco Bustamante |
Niels Feijen | |||
| 2007 | Ronato Alcano |
11–8 | Dennis Orcollo |
Niels Feijen |
Joven Bustamante | |||
| 2008 |  Ralf Souquet |
13–9 | Ronato Alcano |
 Marcus Chamat |
Dennis Orcollo | |||
| 2010 |  Karl Boyes |
13–12 | Niels Feijen |
 Ruslan Chinakhov |
Darren Appleton | |||
| 2011 | Dennis Orcollo |
10–3 | Niels Feijen |
 David Alcaide |
Darren Appleton | |||
| 2012 | Chang Jung-lin |
11–6 | Fu Che-wei |
Chris Melling |
 Liu Haitao | |||
| 2022 |  Puerto Rico |
Francisco Sánchez Ruiz |
10–6 |  Wiktor Zieliński |
 Jayson Shaw |
 Mario He | ||
| 2023 | Austria |
 Shane Van Boening |
10–7 |  Sanjin Pehlivanović |
Wojciech Szewczyk |
Max Lechner | ||
| 2024 |  New Zealand |
Joshua Filler |
10–8 | Hsu Jui-an |
Marco Teutscher |
Wu Kun-lin | ||
| 2025 |  Indonesia |
Albin Ouschan |
10–5 |  Alex Kazakis |
Bryant Saguiped |
 Hayato Hijikata | ||
| 2026 | United States |
 Aloysius Yapp |
10–4 | Francisco Sánchez Ruiz |
Albin Ouschan |
Wiktor Zieliński | ||
Top performers
| Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Semi-final or better |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Orcollo | Philippines |
1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ronato Alcano | Philippines |
2 | ||
| Francisco Sánchez Ruiz | Spain | |||
| Albin Ouschan | Austria |
0 | ||
| Chang Jung-lin | Chinese Taipei |
1 | ||
| Efren Reyes | Philippines | |||
| Joshua Filler | Germany | |||
| Karl Boyes | England | |||
| Ralf Souquet | Germany | |||
| Shane Van Boening |  United States | |||
| Wu Jia-qing | China |
- Active participants are shown in bold.
- In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
Women's
| Year | Host | Final | Semifinalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
| 2025 | United States |
Jasmin Ouschan |
9–8 | Chezka Centeno |
 Marharyta Fefilava |
Chen Chia-hua | ||