User:SMcCandlish/Incubator/List of World Blackball Champions

The following is a list of World Blackball Champions, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA).

The WPA World Blackball Championship is an annual professional tournament in the pocket billiards

Also included are champions in the similar but non-WPA blackball/eight-ball pool tournaments (not to be confused with the internationally standardised game of eight-ball).

Men's division

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Date Location Winner Nationality Runner-up Nationality
2006 Cork, Ireland Andy Lucas (1)   England Simon Ward   Wales

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Women's division

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The WPA official website, WPA-Pool.com, has yet to publish the Women's Division statistics, as of September 2008, for unknown reasons.

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Besides the WPA, other sport governing bodies have held world championships in eight-ball pool (not to be confused with the WPA Eight-ball World Champions, who also differ from the WPA Blackball World Champions, above).

PPPO/EUKPF Eight-ball Pool World Champions

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Men's division

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The following is a list of PPPO World Eight-ball Champions, sanctioned by the EUKPF (European and UK Pool Federation) and PPPO (Professional Pool Players Organization). The last year this championship was held was 2005, as the EUKPF was then renamed to EBA (European Blackball Association) and amalgamated under the umbrella of the WPA (World Pool Association).

Date Location Winner Nationality Runner-up Nationality
2005 Ben Davies (1)   Wales Derek Murphy   Scotland
2004 Andy Lucas (1)   England Rob Hill   England
2003 Bridlington, UK Rob Hill (1)   England Antz Morrison   Scotland
2002 Steve Sanders (1)   England Andy Lucas   England
1996 Morecambe, UK Pat Holtz (1)   Scotland Ross McInnes   Scotland

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Women's division

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WEPF Eight-ball Pool World Champions

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The following is a Eight-ball Pool World Champions, sanctioned by the World Eight-ball Pool Federation.[2][3][4] They should not be confused with the WPA Eight-ball World Champions.

Date Location Winner Runner-up
2008 (June 29 – July 10) Gareth Potts   (3) Jason Twist  
2007 Gareth Potts   (2) Mick Hill  
2006 (June 5–June 15) Mark Selby   Darren Appleton  
2005 (June 2–9) Gareth Potts   Chris Melling  
2004 (May 27 – June 4) Mick Hill   Darren Appleton 
2003 (May 23–31) Blackpool, UK Chris Melling   (2) Jason Twist  
2002 Jason Twist   (2) Yannick Beaufils  
2001 Chris Melling   Rob McKenna  
2000 Jason Twist  
1999 Quinten Hann  
1998 Carl Morris  
1997 Rob McKenna   (2)
1996 Greg Farren  
1995 Daz Ward  
1994 Rob McKenna  
1993 Kevin Wright  

References

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