List of WPA World Nine-ball champions

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Main article: WPA World Nine-ball Championship

The World Nine-ball Championships are held annually, and are sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association. The event was first held in , won by Earl Strickland. Events have been held for boys, women and the main world championships since this time, with a girl's tournament being created in 2004. In 2013, the men's championship was changed from being inclusive for all[a] to a men's only event. In 1999, two men's tournaments were held, with one being run by the World Pool Association, held in Spain, and the other not recognised, held in Wales known as the 1999 World Professional Pool Championship.[1] However, both events were later recognised as official world championships for the year of 1999.[2]

Men's champions[]

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Year Dates Location Winner Runner-up Final score
Bergheim, Germany United States Earl Strickland United States 3–1 (sets)
Las Vegas, United States United States Earl Strickland (2) United States Nick Varner 9–7
Taipei, Taiwan United States Johnny Archer United States 13–12
Königswinter, Germany Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-pang Germany 2-0 (sets)
Chicago, United States Japan Okumura Takeshi Japan 9-6
Taipei, Taiwan Germany Oliver Ortmann United States Dallas West 11-9
Borlänge, Sweden Germany Ralf Souquet Sweden Tom Storm 11–1
1997 Chicago, United States United States Johnny Archer (2) Chinese Taipei Kun-Fang Lee 9–3
1998 Taipei, Taiwan Japan Takahashi Kunihiko United States Johnny Archer 13–3
1999 (A) July 18–26 Cardiff, Wales Philippines Efren Reyes Chinese Taipei 17–8
1999 (B) December 5–12 Alicante, Spain United States Nick Varner United States Jeremy Jones 13–8
2000 July 1–9 Cardiff, Wales Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-pang (2) Mexico Ismael Paez 17–6
2001 July 14–22 Finland Mika Immonen Germany Ralf Souquet 17–10
2002 July 13–21 United States Earl Strickland (3) Philippines Francisco Bustamante 17–15
2003 July 12–20 Germany Thorsten Hohmann Canada Alex Pagulayan 17–10
2004 July 10–18 Taipei, Taiwan Canada Alex Pagulayan Chinese Taipei Chang Pei-wei 17–13
2005 July 2–10 Kaohsiung, Taiwan China Wu Jia-qing Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-cheng 17–16
2006 November 4–12 Pasay, Philippines Philippines Ronato Alcano Germany Ralf Souquet 17–11
2007 November 3–11 Quezon City, Philippines England Daryl Peach Philippines Roberto Gomez 17–15
2008 Not held due to the financial crisis of 2007–2008
2009 Not held due to the financial crisis of 2007–2008
2010 June 29 – July 5 Doha, Qatar Philippines Francisco Bustamante Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-cheng 13–7
2011 June 25 – July 1 Japan Yukio Akakariyama Philippines Ronato Alcano 13–11
2012 June 22–29 England Darren Appleton China Li He-wen 13–12
2013 September 2–13 Germany Thorsten Hohmann (2) Philippines Antonio Gabica 13–7
2014 June 16–27 Netherlands Niels Feijen Austria Albin Ouschan 13–10
2015 September 7–18 Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi United States Shane Van Boening 13–11
2016 August 1–4 Austria Albin Ouschan United States Shane Van Boening 13–6
2017 December 5–14 Philippines Carlo Biado Philippines Roland Garcia 13–5
2018 December 10–20 Germany Joshua Filler Philippines Carlo Biado 13–10
2019 December 13–17 Russia Fedor Gorst Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin 13–11
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 June 6–10 Milton Keynes, England Austria Albin Ouschan (2) Kuwait Omar Al-Shaheen 13–9

Records[]

  • Earl Strickland holds the record for winning the WPA World Nine-ball championship the most times: three (1990, 1991, 2002).
  • Earl Strickland holds the record for the most consecutive wins: two (1990, 1991).
  • The oldest pool player to ever win the tournament to date is Nick Varner of United States, at 51 years old at the time of his victory. The youngest is Wu Jia-qing of China, aged 16 years old at the time of his victory.

Top Performers[]

Rank Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals
1 Earl Strickland  United States 3 0 3
2 Albin Ouschan  Austria 2 1 3
Johnny Archer  United States 2 1 3
3 Thorsten Hohmann  Germany 2 0 2
Chao Fong-pang  Chinese Taipei 2 0 2
4 Ralf Souquet  Germany 1 2 3
5 Carlo Biado  Philippines 1 1 2
Alex Pagulayan  Canada 1 1 2
Ronato Alcano  Philippines 1 1 2
Francisco Bustamante  Philippines 1 1 2
Nick Varner  United States 1 1 2
  • Active players are shown in bold.

Women's champions[]

Main article: WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship
Year Dates Location Winner Runner-up
1990 Bergheim, Germany United States Robin Bell United States Loree Jon Jones
1991 Las Vegas, United States United States Robin Bell (2) United States
1992 Taipei, Taiwan Germany Franziska Stark United States Vivian Villarreal
1993 Königswinter, Germany United States Loree Jon Jones United States Jeanette Lee
1994 Chicago, United States Sweden Ewa Laurance United States Jeanette Lee
1995 Taipei, Taiwan Austria Gerda Hofstatter United States Vivian Villarreal
1996 Borlänge, Sweden England Allison Fisher United States Jeanette Lee
1997 Chicago, United States England Allison Fisher (2) Chinese Taipei Jennifer Chen
1998 Taipei, Taiwan England Allison Fisher (3) Germany Franziska Stark
1999 December 5–12 Alicante, Spain Chinese Taipei Liu Hsin-mei England Allison Fisher
2000 November 14–19 Quebec City, Canada Republic of Ireland Julie Kelly Republic of Ireland Karen Corr
2001 November 17–19 Amagasaki, Japan England Allison Fisher (4) Republic of Ireland Karen Corr
2002 July 3–7 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Chinese Taipei Liu Hsin-mei (2) Republic of Ireland Karen Corr
2004 December 8–11 Rankweil, Austria South Korea Kim Ga-young Chinese Taipei Liu Hsin-mei
2006 March 1–5 Taipei, Taiwan South Korea Kim Ga-young (2) Chinese Taipei Liu Hsin-mei
2007 April 5–8 Taoyuan, Taiwan China Pan Xiaoting Philippines Rubilen Amit
2008 March 30 – April 7 Taipei, Taiwan Chinese Taipei Lin Yuan-chun South Korea Kim Ga-young
2009 November 16–22 Shenyang, China China Liu Shasha Republic of Ireland Karen Corr
2010 August 27–29 Shenyang, China China Fu Xiaofang England Allison Fisher
2011 September 19–25 Shenyang, China China Bi Zhu Qing China Chen Siming
2012 June 18–21 Shenyang, China England Kelly Fisher China Fu Xiaofang
2013 August 6–12 Shenyang, China China Han Yu Chinese Taipei Lin Yuan-chun
2014 October 13–18 Guilin, China China Liu Shasha (2) China Chen Siming
2015 November 2–8[4] Guilin, China China Liu Shasha (3) Austria Jasmin Ouschan
2016 December 10–16[5] Emeishan City, China China Han Yu (2) Japan
2017 November 8–11[6] Chengmai County, China China Chen Siming China Pan Xiaoting
2018 December 3–9[7] Sanya, China China Han Yu (3) China
2019 December 16–19[8] Sanya, China England Kelly Fisher (2) Austria Jasmin Ouschan

Junior champions[]

The first Junior Championships played since 1992 for boys, and a girls' division played since 2004.[9]

Boys[]

Year Dates Location Winner Runner-up
1992[10] Chinese Taipei United States
1993[10] Chinese Taipei (2) Chinese Taipei
1994[10] Norway Austria
1995[10] Chinese Taipei Germany
1996[10] Chinese Taipei (2) Austria
1997[10] Germany Chinese Taipei
1998[10] Chinese Taipei Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi
1999 December 5–12 Alicante, Spain Chinese Taipei (2) Greece
2000 November 14–19 Quebec City, Canada Switzerland Germany
2001 November 17–19 Amagasaki, Japan Germany Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-ling
2002 July 3–7 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Chinese Taipei United States
2003 November 18–23 Willingen, Germany Hungary Vilmos Földes Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-ling
2004 November 1–5 Adelaide, Australia Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching
2005 September 20–25 Velden, Austria Chinese Taipei (2) Japan
2006 November 13–17 Sydney, Australia Chinese Taipei (3) Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi
2007[10] Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi Chinese Taipei
2008[10] Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi Philippines
2009[10] Russia Ruslan Chinakhov England
2010 Reno, United States Spain Francisco Sánchez Ruiz United States
2011 Kielce, Poland Poland Poland
2012 Germany Chinese Taipei Germany
2013 December 9–12 Johannesburg, South Africa Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung Poland
2014 November 15–18 Shanghai, China Singapore Aloysius Yapp Chinese Taipei
November 14–17 Shanghai, China China Russia
2016 November 17–20 Shanghai, China China Mongolia
2017 Oct. 30 – Nov 2 Moscow, Russia Russia Fedor Gorst Mongolia
2018 Oct. 31 – Nov 3 Moscow, Russia Hong Kong Hong Kong Robbie Capito
November 21–23 Nicosia, Cyprus Spain Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanjin Pehlivanovic
October 4–10 Klagenfurt, Austria Germany Poland

Girls[]

Year Dates Location Winner Runner-up
2004[10] November 1–5 Adelaide, Australia China Chinese Taipei
2005 September 20–25 Velden, Austria Austria Jasmin Ouschan Greece
2006 November 13–17 Sydney, Australia United States United States
2007 December 3–7 Willingen, Germany United States Germany
2008 December 1–3 Reno, United States Canada Japan
2009 November 4–7 Managua, Nicaragua Chinese Taipei Germany
2010 November 29 – December 1 Reno, United States Canada United States
2011 August 31 – September 4 Kielce, Poland Poland Oliwia Czupryńska Russia Anastasia Nechaeva
2012 December 4–7 Willingen, Germany Belgium Kamila Khodjaeva Poland Oliwia Czupryńska
2013 December 9–12 Johannesburg, South Africa Russia Japan
2014 November 15–18 Shanghai, China China Liu Yu Chen Belgium Kamila Khodjaeva
November 14–17 Shanghai, China Philippines Chezka Centeno China
2016 November 17–20 Shanghai, China Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
2017 Oct. 30 – Nov 2 Moscow, Russia Russia Kristina Tkach South Korea
2018 Oct. 31 – Nov 3 Moscow, Russia Chinese Taipei South Korea
November 21–23 Nicosia, Cyprus Chinese Taipei Japan
October 4–10 Klagenfurt, Austria Austria South Korea

Wheelchair champions[]

Year Dates Location Winner Runner-up
1999 Christchurch, New Zealand United States Bob Calderon United States Mark Jones
2000 May 28 – June 4 Waregem, Belgium Republic of Ireland Fred Dinsmore Germany Tankred Volkmer
2002 September 24–28 Decatur, Alabama, United States Finland Jouni Tähti Sweden Henrik Larsson
2003 October 28–31 Christchurch, New Zealand Sweden Henrik Larsson Japan Takahiro Terada
2004[10] Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
2005[10] Germany Chinese Taipei
2007[10] Sweden Henrik Larsson Belgium
2008[10] United States United States
2009[10] Finland Jouni Tähti Sweden Henrik Larsson
2014 November 20–23 Turku, Finland Sweden Henrik Larsson Republic of Ireland Matt Duffy

References[]

  1. ^ Under 18s and Women were previously allowed to enter the competition
  1. ^ "World Pool Championships – Men's 9-Ball". csns.ca. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "Table No. 1: Efren "The Magician" Reyes". Bata Bar & Billiards. Retrieved August 9, 2018. This tournament was not recognized at the time by the WPA, but Reyes was later retrospectively acknowledged as the winner of one of two world championships held in 1999. Nick Varner won the "official" world title. The two tournaments were merged for the following year, with both men listed as the champion for 1999.
  3. ^ "World 9-Ball Championship". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Womens World 9-Ball Championship – Final
  6. ^ Womens World 9-Ball Championship
  7. ^ Womens World 9-Ball Championship
  8. ^ Womens World 9-Ball Championship
  9. ^ World Pool-Billiard Association
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Billiards 2011: The Official Rules & Records Book. Broomfield: Billiard Congress of America. 2010. pp. 168–176. ISBN 1878493191.

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