List of WPA World Nine-ball champions

The World Nine-ball Championships are held annually, and are sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association. The event was first held in 1990, 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[lower-alpha 1] 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]

Main article: WPA World Nine-ball Championship

Men's champions

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Year Dates Location Winner Runner-up Final score
1990 Bergheim, Germany Earl Strickland Jeff Carter 3–1 (sets)
1991 Las Vegas, United States Earl Strickland (2) Nick Varner 9–7
1992 Taipei, Taiwan Johnny Archer Bobby Hunter 13–12
1993 Königswinter, Germany Chao Fong-pang Thomas Hasch 2–0 (sets)
1994 Chicago, United States Okumura Takeshi Yasunari Itsuzaki 9–6
1995 Taipei, Taiwan Oliver Ortmann Dallas West 11–9
1996 October 23–27 Borlänge, Sweden Ralf Souquet Tom Storm 13–1
1997 October 1–5 Chicago, United States Johnny Archer (2) Lee Kun-fang 9–3
1998 November 11–15 Taipei, Taiwan Takahashi Kunihiko Johnny Archer 13–3
1999 (A) July 18–26 Cardiff, Wales Efren Reyes Chang Hao-ping 17–8
1999 (B) December 5–12 Alicante, Spain Nick Varner Jeremy Jones 13–8
2000 July 1–9 Cardiff, Wales Chao Fong-pang (2) Ismael Paez 17–6
2001 July 14–22 Mika Immonen Ralf Souquet 17–10
2002 July 13–21 Earl Strickland (3) Francisco Bustamante 17–15
2003 July 12–20 Thorsten Hohmann Alex Pagulayan 17–10
2004 July 10–18 Taipei, Taiwan Alex Pagulayan Chang Pei-wei 17–13
2005 July 2–10 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Wu Jia-qing Kuo Po-cheng 17–16
2006 November 4–12 Pasay, Philippines Ronnie Alcano Ralf Souquet 17–11
2007 November 3–11 Quezon City, Philippines Daryl Peach Roberto Gomez 17–15
2008 Not held due to the financial crisis of 2007–2008
2009
2010 June 29 – July 5 Doha, Qatar Francisco Bustamante Kuo Po-cheng 13–7
2011 June 25 – July 1 Yukio Akakariyama Ronnie Alcano 13–11
2012 June 22–29 Darren Appleton Li He-wen 13–12
2013 September 2–13 Thorsten Hohmann (2) Antonio Gabica 13–7
2014 June 16–27 Niels Feijen Albin Ouschan 13–10
2015 September 7–18 Ko Pin-yi Shane Van Boening 13–11
2016 August 1–4 Albin Ouschan Shane Van Boening 13–6
2017 December 5–14 Carlo Biado Roland Garcia 13–5
2018 December 10–20 Joshua Filler Carlo Biado 13–10
2019 December 13–17 Fedor Gorst Chang Jung-Lin 13–11
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 June 6–10 Milton Keynes, England Albin Ouschan (2) Omar Al-Shaheen 13–9
2022 April 6–10 Shane Van Boening Albin Ouschan 13–6

Records
  • Earl Strickland holds the record for winning the WPA World Nine-ball championship the most times: three (1990, 1991, 2002).
  • Strickland also holds the record for the most consecutive wins: two (1990, 1991).
  • The oldest pool player to 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 Semi-final
or better
1 Earl Strickland  United States 3 0 3 5
2 Albin Ouschan  Austria 2 2 4 4
3 Johnny Archer  United States 2 1 3 5
4 Chao Fong-pang  Chinese Taipei 2 0 2 2
Thorsten Hohmann  Germany 2 0 2 2
5 Ralf Souquet  Germany 1 2 3 6
6 Shane Van Boening  United States 1 2 3 4
7 Alex Pagulayan  Canada 1 1 2 3
Carlo Biado  Philippines 1 1 2 3
Nick Varner  United States 1 1 2 3
8 Francisco Bustamante  Philippines 1 1 2 2
Ronnie Alcano  Philippines 1 1 2 2
  • Active players are shown in bold.
  • In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.

Women's champions
Main article: WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship
Year Dates Location Winner Runner-up
1990 Bergheim, Germany Robin Bell Loree Jon Jones
1991 Las Vegas, United States Robin Bell (2) Joann Mason Parker
1992 Taipei, Taiwan Franziska Stark Vivian Villarreal
1993 Königswinter, Germany Loree Jon Jones Jeanette Lee
1994 Chicago, United States Ewa Laurance Jeanette Lee
1995 Taipei, Taiwan Gerda Hofstatter Vivian Villarreal
1996 Borlänge, Sweden Allison Fisher Jeanette Lee
1997 Chicago, United States Allison Fisher (2) Jennifer Chen
1998 Taipei, Taiwan Allison Fisher (3) Franziska Stark
1999 December 5–12 Alicante, Spain Liu Hsin-mei Allison Fisher
2000 November 14–19 Quebec City, Canada Julie Kelly Karen Corr
2001 November 17–19 Amagasaki, Japan Allison Fisher (4) Karen Corr
2002 July 3–7 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Liu Hsin-mei (2) Karen Corr
2004 December 8–11 Rankweil, Austria Kim Ga-young Liu Hsin-mei
2006 March 1–5 Taipei, Taiwan Kim Ga-young (2) Liu Hsin-mei
2007 April 5–8 Taoyuan, Taiwan Pan Xiaoting Rubilen Amit
2008 March 30 – April 7 Taipei, Taiwan Lin Yuan-chun Kim Ga-young
2009 November 16–22 Shenyang, China Liu Shasha Karen Corr
2010 August 27–29 Shenyang, China Fu Xiaofang Allison Fisher
2011 September 19–25 Shenyang, China Bi Zhu Qing Chen Siming
2012 June 18–21 Shenyang, China Kelly Fisher Fu Xiaofang
2013 August 6–12 Shenyang, China Han Yu Lin Yuan-chun
2014 October 13–18 Guilin, China Liu Shasha (2) Chen Siming
2015 November 2–8[4] Guilin, China Liu Shasha (3) Jasmin Ouschan
2016 December 10–16[5] Emeishan City, China Han Yu (2) Chihiro Kawahara
2017 November 8–11[6] Chengmai County, China Chen Siming Pan Xiaoting
2018 December 3–9[7] Sanya, China Han Yu (3) Wang Xiaotong
2019 December 16–19[8] Sanya, China Kelly Fisher (2) 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] Hsia Hui-kai Michael Coltrain
1993[10] Hsia Hui-kai (2) Hsieh-Chun Wang
1994[10] Jørn Kjølaas Andreas Rindler
1995[10] Huang Kung-chang Alexander Dremsizis
1996[10] Huang Kung-chang (2) Andreas Rindler
1997[10] Christian Goteman Chi Hsiang Chuang
1998[10] Lu Hui-chan Atthasit Mahitthi
1999 December 5–12 Alicante, Spain Lu Hui-chan (2) John Vassalos
2000 November 14–19 Quebec City, Canada Dimitri Jungo Brian Naithani
2001 November 17–19 Amagasaki, Japan Brian Naithani Chang Jung-ling
2002 July 3–7 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Chen Ying-chieh Shane Hennen
2003 November 18–23 Willingen, Germany Vilmos Földes Chang Jung-ling
2004 November 1–5 Adelaide, Australia Wu Yu-lun Wu Chia-ching
2005 September 20–25 Velden, Austria Wu Yu-lun (2) Hayato Hijikata
2006 November 13–17 Sydney, Australia Wu Yu-lun (3) Ko Pin-yi
2007[10] Ko Pin-yi Wu Yu-lun
2008[10] Ko Pin-yi (2) Jerico Banares
2009[10] Ruslan Chinakhov Phil Burford
2010 Reno, United States Francisco Sánchez Ruiz Jesse Engel
2011 Kielce, Poland Marek Kudlik Konrad Piekarski
2012 Germany Liu Cheng-chieh Tobias Bongers
2013 December 9–12 Johannesburg, South Africa Ko Ping-chung Sebastian Batkowski
2014 November 15–18 Shanghai, China Aloysius Yapp Hsu Jui-an
2015 November 14–17 Shanghai, China Long Ze Huang Maksim Dudanets
2016 November 17–20 Shanghai, China Xiao Huai Zheng Enkhbold Temuujin
2017 Oct. 30 – Nov 2 Moscow, Russia Fedor Gorst Enkhbold Temuujin
2018 Oct. 31 – Nov 3 Moscow, Russia Yip Kin-ling Robbie Capito
2019 November 21–23 Nicosia, Cyprus Jonás Souto Sanjin Pehlivanovic
2021 October 4–10 Klagenfurt, Austria Moritz Neuhausen Szymon Kural

Girls
Year Dates Location Winner Runner-up
2004[10] November 1–5 Adelaide, Australia Zhou Meng-meng Chia-Ching Wu
2005 September 20–25 Velden, Austria Jasmin Ouschan Helen Athanasiou
2006 November 13–17 Sydney, Australia Mary Rakin Anna Kostanian
2007 December 3–7 Willingen, Germany Mary Rakin (2) Tina Bühnen
2008 December 1–3 Reno, United States Brittany Bryant Konischi Samia
2009 November 4–7 Managua, Nicaragua Keng Chun-lin Anja Wagner
2010 November 29 – December 1 Reno, United States Brittany Bryant (2) Briana Miller
2011 August 31 – September 4 Kielce, Poland Oliwia Czupryńska Anastasia Nechaeva
2012 December 4–7 Willingen, Germany Kamila Khodjaeva Oliwia Czupryńska
2013 December 9–12 Johannesburg, South Africa Natasha Seroshtan Yuki Hiraguchi
2014 November 15–18 Shanghai, China Liu Yu Chen Kamila Khodjaeva
2015 November 14–17 Shanghai, China Chezka Centeno Xia Yu Ying
2016 November 17–20 Shanghai, China Chen Chia-hua Tsai Pei-chun
2017 Oct. 30 – Nov 2 Moscow, Russia Kristina Tkach Lee Woo-jin
2018 Oct. 31 – Nov 3 Moscow, Russia Chen Chia-hua (2) Seo Seoa
2019 November 21–23 Nicosia, Cyprus Lu Yi-hsuan Tamami Okuda
2021 October 4–10 Klagenfurt, Austria Lena Primus Kim Hye-rim

Wheelchair champions
Year Dates Location Winner Runner-up
1999 Christchurch, New Zealand Bob Calderon Mark Jones
2000 May 28 – June 4 Waregem, Belgium Fred Dinsmore Tankred Volkmer
2002 September 24–28 Decatur, Alabama, United States Jouni Tähti Henrik Larsson
2003 October 28–31 Christchurch, New Zealand Henrik Larsson Takahiro Terada
2004[10] Shou-Wei Chu De-Ming Chou
2005[10] Emil Schranz Shou-Wei Chu
2007[10] Henrik Larsson (2) Kurt Deklerck
2008[10] Aaron Aragon Charlie Hans
2009[10] Jouni Tähti Henrik Larsson
2014 November 20–23 Turku, Finland Henrik Larsson (3) Matt Duffy

See also
  •  Cue sports portal

References
  1. Under 18s and Women were previously allowed to enter the competition
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  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. Billiards 2011: The Official Rules & Records Book. Broomfield: Billiard Congress of America. 2010. pp. 168–176. ISBN 1878493191.
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