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 men's and women's tournaments are usually held separately. In 1999, two men's tournaments were held.^[1]

Men's champions

Year	Dates	Location	Winner	Runner-up	Final score
1990		Bergheim, Germany	Earl Strickland	Jeff Carter
1991		Las Vegas, United States	Earl Strickland (2)	Nick Varner
1992		Taipei, Taiwan	Johnny Archer	Bobby Hunter
1993		Königswinter, Germany	Chao Fong-pang	Thomas Hasch
1994		Chicago, United States	Okumura Takeshi	Yasunari Itsuzaki
1995		Taipei, Taiwan	Oliver Ortmann	Dallas West
1996		Borlänge, Sweden	Ralf Souquet	Tom Storm
1997		Chicago, United States	Johnny Archer (2)	Kun-Fang Lee
1998		Taipei, Taiwan	Takahashi Kunihiko	Johnny Archer
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 Chia-ching	Kuo Po-cheng	17–16
2006	November 4–12	Pasay, Philippines	Ronato Alcano	Ralf Souquet	17–11
2007	November 3–11	Quezon City, Philippines	Daryl Peach	Roberto Gomez	17–15
2008	Not held (late-2000s recession)
2009
2010	June 29 – July 5	Doha, Qatar	Francisco Bustamante	Kuo Po-cheng	13–7
2011	June 25 – July 1		Yukio Akagariyama	Ronato 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

Women's champions

Year	Dates	Location	Winner	Runner-up
1990		Bergheim, Germany	Robin Bell	Loree Jon Jones
1991		Las Vegas, United States	Robin Bell (2)	Jo Ann Mason
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
2003	Not held
2004	December 8–11	Rankweil, Austria	Kim Ga-young	Liu Hsin-Mei
2005	Not held
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[2]	Guilin, China	Liu Shasha (3)	Jasmin Ouschan

Junior champions

The first Junior Championships played since 1992 for boys, and a girls' division played since 2004.^[3]

Boys

Year	Dates	Location	Winner	Runner-up
1992		?	Hsia Hui-kai	?
1993		?	Hsia Hui-kai (2)	?
1994		?	Jørn Kjølaas	?
1995		?	Huang Kung-chang	?
1996		?	Huang Kung-chang (2)	?
1997		?	Christian Goteman	?
1998		?	Lu Hui-chan	?
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, Republic of China	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			Ko Pin-Yi
2008			Ko Pin-Yi
2009			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	9–12 December	Johannesburg, South Africa	Ko Ping-chung	Sebastian Batkowski
2014	15–18 November	Shanghai, China	Aloysius Yapp	Hsu Jui-an
2015	14–17 November	Shanghai, China	Long Ze Huang	Maksim Dudanets

Girls

Year	Dates	Location	Winner	Runner-up
2004	November 1–5	Adelaide, Australia	Zhou Meng-meng	Jasmin Ouschan
2005	September 20–25	Velden, Austria	Jasmin Ouschan	Helen Athanasiou
2006	November 13–17	Sydney, Australia	Mary Rakin	Anna Kostanian
2007	3–7 December	Willingen, Germany	Mary Rakin	Tina Bühnen
2008	1–3 December	Reno, United States	Brittany Bryant	Konischi Samia
2009	4–7 November	Managua, Nicaragua	Keng Chun-lin	Anja Wagner
2010	29 November–1 December	Reno, United States	Brittany Bryant	Briana Miller
2011	31 August–4 September	Kielce, Poland	Oliwia Czupryńska	Anastasia Nechaeva
2012	4–7 December	Willingen, Germany	Kamila Khodjaeva	Oliwia Czupryńska
2013	9–12 December	Johannesburg, South Africa	Natasha Seroshtan	Yuki Hiraguchi
2014	15–18 November	Shanghai, China	Liu Yu Chen	Kamila Khodjaeva
2015	14–17 November	Shanghai, China	Chezka Centeno	Xia Yu Ying

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
2014	November 20–23	Turku, Finland	Henrik Larsson	Matt Duffy

References

External links

• World Pool-Billiards Association