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. 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. 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.
Winners Men's
Year HostFinal Semifinalists Winner Score Runner-up2004Efren Reyes11–4Marlon ManaloFrancisco BustamanteAlex Pagulayan2005Wu Jia-qing11–5Nick van den BergFrancisco BustamanteNiels Feijen2007Ronato Alcano11–8Dennis OrcolloNiels FeijenJoven Bustamante2008Ralf Souquet13–9Ronato AlcanoMarcus ChamatDennis Orcollo2010Karl Boyes13–12Niels FeijenRuslan ChinakhovDarren Appleton2011Dennis Orcollo10–3Niels FeijenDavid AlcaideDarren Appleton2012Chang Jung-lin11–6Fu Che-weiChris MellingLiu Haitao2022Francisco Sánchez Ruiz10–6Wiktor ZielińskiJayson ShawMario He2023Shane Van Boening10–7Sanjin PehlivanovićWojciech SzewczykMax Lechner2024Joshua Filler10–8Hsu Jui-anMarco TeutscherWu Kun-lin2025Albin Ouschan10–5Alex KazakisBryant SaguipedHayato Hijikata2026Aloysius Yapp10–4Francisco Sánchez RuizAlbin OuschanWiktor Zieliński
Top performers
Name Nationality Winner Runner-up or better Dennis Orcollo113 Ronato Alcano2 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz Albin Ouschan0 Chang Jung-lin1 Efren Reyes Joshua Filler Karl Boyes Ralf Souquet Shane Van Boening Wu Jia-qing Aloysius Yapp
Active participants are shown in bold. In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
Women's
Year HostFinal Semifinalists Winner Score Runner-up2025Jasmin Ouschan9–8Chezka CentenoMarharyta FefilavaChen Chia-hua2026Chezka Centeno9–6Kelly FisherSavannah EastonWei Tzu-chien
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