WPA World Eight-ball Championship

The WPA World Eight-ball Championship (W8BC)[1] is a professional eight-ball pool tournament that is sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association. From 2004 until 2012 was held in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates and organized by Ahmed Ibrahim and Mithaq Jalali. For the next few years the tournament was not held, however it was announced by the WPA in 2016 that the 8-ball championship would be returning in 2017; it would be organized by Eric Ding and held at the Olympic Centre in Jinan, China.[2]

A total of 64 participants compete in the event, which typically has a total prize purse over US$100,000 (over $200,000 as of 2011). The competition has also been referred to as the Etisalat World 8 Ball Pool Championship[1] and the Damas World 8 Ball Championship,[3] among other variations, for sponsorship purposes, and appears in various spellings ("8-Ball", "8ball", "Championships", etc.).

Format and history

As of 2010, the 64 players are divided into 8 groups of 8 players. In each group, the players play in double-elimination until 4 of them remain. Every match in this round is a race to 8. The 32 players play in single-elimination format. Matches are races to 10. The last 2 players play final in a race to 13.

The 2011 WPA World Eight-ball Championship was held 19–26 February at the Fujairah Exhibition Centre, with prize monies totaling $205,000. In the men's division, Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines won first place, 10–3 versus Niels Feijen of the Netherlands, while Spain's David Alcaide took third, 9–2, from the United Kingdom's Darren Appleton.[1]

Winners
See also: List of world eight-ball champions

The following is a list of WPA world eight-ball champions, held in Fujairah, UAE and sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association.

Year Winner[4] Runner-up Final score
2004[5] Efren Reyes Marlon Manalo 11–4
2005[6] Wu Chia-ching Nick van den Berg 11–5
2006
Not held
2007 Ronato Alcano Dennis Orcollo 11–8
2008[7] Ralf Souquet Ronato Alcano 13–9
2009
Not held
2010[8] Karl Boyes Niels Feijen 13–12
2011[9] Dennis Orcollo Niels Feijen 10–3
2012 Chang Jung-lin Fu Che-wei 11–6

References
  1. "World 8-Ball Championship - Men - Fujaira UAE - 19-26 Feb 2011". WPA-Pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). 26 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-02-21. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2016-10-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "World 8 Ball Pool Championship 2007 Fujairah". World8BallChampionship.com. WPA. March 2007. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  4. "WPA 8-Ball Champions". World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  5. Marlon Manalo vs Efren Reyes - 2004 World 9-ball Championship on YouTube
  6. "Wu Chia Ching clinches thrilling victory". Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  7. "Alcano loses World 8-Ball crown to Souquet". abs-cbnnews.com. ABS-CBN Corporation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  8. Jerry Forsyth (April 10, 2010). "World 8-Ball Finals". AzBilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  9. WPA Staff (February 26, 2011). "Orcullo Wins". AzBilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
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