World 8-Ball Champs - Men Archives - WPA Pool World Pool Billiard Association Tue, 20 Feb 2024 03:39:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://wpapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/WPA-Primary-favicon.png World 8-Ball Champs - Men Archives - WPA Pool 32 32 VAN BOENING AND CENTENO SHINE AS NEW WORLD CHAMPIONS https://wpapool.com/van-boening-and-centeno-shine-as-new-world-champions/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2023/12/18/van-boening-and-centeno-shine-as-new-world-champions/ The post VAN BOENING AND CENTENO SHINE AS NEW WORLD CHAMPIONS appeared first on WPA Pool.

]]> LOCAL HEROES OUT, FINAL 16 ACTION KICKS OFF TODAY https://wpapool.com/local-heroes-out-final-16-action-kicks-off-today/ Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2023/12/18/local-heroes-out-final-16-action-kicks-off-today/ Klagenfurt, Austria – Day 4 of the World Championships is underway. Klagenfurt’s hometown talents, Jasmin and Albin Ouschan, have been eliminated. Jasmin was bested by Allison Fisher (7-3) in the Last 32, while Albin fought a tough battle against Shane Van Boening, losing 10-8. Defending champion Francisco Sanchez Ruiz of Spain remains in the running, […]

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]]> 3 WPA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON THE LINE IN AUSTRIA https://wpapool.com/3-wpa-world-championships-on-the-line-in-austria/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2023/12/18/3-wpa-world-championships-on-the-line-in-austria/ Five new WPA World Champions will be crowned in Austria this week as Klagenfurt plays host to over 200 billiards stars from around the world, with $400,000 on the line. The WPA Predator World 8-Ball Men’s Championship spans the duration of a six-day billiards festival in Europe, running October 17-22. 96 players will be competing […]

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]]> Sanchez-Ruiz Is Predator World 8-Ball Champion https://wpapool.com/sanchez-ruiz-is-predator-world-8-ball-champion/ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2023/12/18/sanchez-ruiz-is-predator-world-8-ball-champion/ Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz continued a remarkable year by winning the Predator World 8-Ball Championship, defeating Wiktor Zielinski 10-6 in the final at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan. A packed crowd saw the Spaniard, who has earned an army of new fans this week, add a first World Championship to the Derby City Classic, three […]

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]]> Champions Advance On Day 2 of Predator World 8-Ball https://wpapool.com/champions-advance-on-day-2-of-predator-world-8-ball/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2023/12/18/champions-advance-on-day-2-of-predator-world-8-ball/ World No.1 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz and current World Champions Shane van Boening and Wojciech Szewczyk are all one win away from the last 32 single-elimination stage of the Predator World 8-Ball Championship at Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan. Chang Jung-Lin, who is defending the title he won ten years ago, also remains on the winners’ […]

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]]> CHANG, VAN BOENING AMONG WINNERS AS PREDATOR WORLD 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS IN PUERTO RICO https://wpapool.com/chang-van-boening-among-winners-as-predator-world-8-ball-championship-begins-in-puerto-rico/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2023/12/18/chang-van-boening-among-winners-as-predator-world-8-ball-championship-begins-in-puerto-rico/ Defending champion Chang Jung-Lin made it through the first round of the Predator World 8-Ball Championship with an 8-6 success over Dutchman Tim de Ruyter on the opening day of play at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan. There were wins for Americans Shane van Boening and Tyler Styer, Germany’s Joshua Filler and Great […]

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]]> CHANG ALL THE WAY! https://wpapool.com/chang-all-the-way/ Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2023/12/18/chang-all-the-way/ STORY AND PHOTO BY TED LERNER (Fujairah, UAE)–Call it a case of the student surpassing the master. Taiwan’s Chang Jun Lin, who for the last ten years has been a pupil of fellow countryman Fu Chei Wei, did his pool teacher proud by winning the 2012 World 8-ball Championship, convincingly beating Fu in an all-Taiwan […]

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]]> GREAT ESCAPE INTO THE FINAL FOUR https://wpapool.com/great-escape-final-four/ Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2023/12/18/great-escape-final-four/ BY TED LERNER (Fujairah, United Arab Emirates)- It’s never over until it’s over. Liu Haitao must surely be singing the praises of that universal phrase about now, after the hard nose Chinese turned a desperate situation around at the very last moment, and came back from an 8-5 deficit to shock Taiwan’s Ko Pin Yi, […]

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]]> PARTY IN CHINESE-TAIPEI! https://wpapool.com/party-chinese-taipei/ Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2023/12/18/party-chinese-taipei/ STORY AND PHOTO BY TED LERNER (Fujairah, UAE)–World 8-ball supremacy, along with $35,000 in cash, is assured of a home in Taiwan for the next year, as Fu Che We and Chang Jun Lin both won their semi-final matches this afternoon at the Fujairah Tennis and Country Club. The all-Taiwan final between Fu and Chang […]

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]]> AND DOWN THEY GO! https://wpapool.com/and-down-they-go/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2023/12/18/and-down-they-go/ STORY AND PHOTOS BY TED LERNER (Fujairah, UAE)–The World 8-ball Championship turned into a wide open race on Wednesday in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, as some of the games biggest names, including defending champion Dennis Orcullo, last year’s runner up Niels Feijen, and semi-finalist Darren Appleton all were sent packing barely after the knockout stages […]

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