WEPF World Eightball Championship

The WEPF World Eightball Pool Championship is a pool world championship organised by the World Eightball Pool Federation using International Rules. Until 2022 the competition used World Rules. The competition has taken place annually since 1993.

The most successful player in the men's singles is the English player Mick Hill, who won the World Champion title six times and has been runner-up twice. His compatriot Gareth Potts has been World Champion three times and runner-up once.

In the Ladies competition, Scotland's Sue Thompson is the most successful player with eleven titles. Linda Leadbitter from England has won four times, while Emma Cunningham from Northern Ireland and Amy Beauchamp from England have both won the event on three occasions.

History

Men's

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
1993 England Manchester England Kevin Wright 08 : 40 Wales Nigel Davis
1994 England Manchester Wales Rob McKenna (1) 09 : 30 Republic of Ireland Greg Farren
1995 England Chorley England Daz Ward 11 : 80 England Jason Twist
1996 England Manchester Republic of Ireland Greg Farren 11 : 10 Republic of Ireland Tony Holgate
1997 England Manchester Wales Rob McKenna (2) 11 : 90 England Lee Kendall
1998 England Blackpool England Carl Morris 11 : 50 England Keith Brewer
1999 Australia Quinten Hann 11 : 40 England Terry Hunt
2000 England Jason Twist (1) 11 : 10 England Carl Morris
2001[1] England Chris Melling (1) 11 : 10 Wales Rob McKenna
2002[2] England Jason Twist (2) 11 : 90 France Yannick Beaufils
2003[3] England Chris Melling (2) 11 : 70 England Jason Twist
2004[4] England Mick Hill (1) 11 : 90 England Darren Appleton
2005[5] England Gareth Potts (1) 11 : 70 England Chris Melling
2006[6] England Mark Selby 11 : 70 England Darren Appleton
2007 England Gareth Potts (2) 11 : 50 England Mick Hill
2008 England Gareth Potts (3) 11 : 40 England Jason Twist
2009[7] England Phil Harrison 11 : 70 England Mick Hill
2010 England Mick Hill (2) 11 : 80 England Gareth Potts
2011[8] England Adam Davis 11 : 90 England Phil Harrison
2012[9] England John Roe 11 : 70 England Lee Kendall
2013[10] Wales Tom Cousins (1) 11 : 10 England Craig Waddingham
2014[11] Wales Tom Cousins (2) 11 : 70 England Giuseppe d’Imperio
2015[12] England Mick Hill (3) 11 : 50 England Nigel Clarke
2016[13] England Shaun Chipperfield 11 : 40 England Karl Sutton
2017[14] England Mick Hill (4) 11 : 60 England Phil Harrison
2018[15] England Mick Hill (5) 11 : 80 England Phil Harrison
2019[16] England Mick Hill (6) 11 : 60 England Dom Cooney

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles Runner-up
1 England Mick Hill 6 2
2 England Gareth Potts 3 1
3 England Jason Twist 2 3
4 Wales Rob McKenna 2 1
England Chris Melling 2 1
6 Wales Tom Cousins 2 0
7 England Phil Harrison 1 3
8 England Carl Morris 1 1
9 England Shaun Chipperfield 1 0
England Adam Davis 1 0
Republic of Ireland Greg Farren 1 0
Australia Quinten Hann 1 0
England John Roe 1 0
England Mark Selby 1 0
England Daz Ward 1 0
England Kevin Wright 1 0

Women's

Source WEPF Roll of Honour[17]

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
1993 England Manchester England Linda Moffat (1) 6:1 Australia Natalie Froling
1994 England Manchester England Linda Leadbitter (nee Moffat) (2) 6:3 Scotland Sue Thompson
1995 England Chorley England Linda Leadbitter (3) 7:3 Scotland Sue Thompson
1996 England Manchester Scotland Sue Thompson (1) 7:1 France Rosalia Diliberto
1997 England Manchester Scotland Sue Thompson (2) 8:5 England Linda Leadbitter
1998 England Blackpool England Linda Leadbitter (4) 8:6 Scotland Sue Thompson
1999 England Lisa Quick (1) 8:3 England Linda Leadbitter
2000[18] Scotland Sue Thompson (3) 8:5 England Linda Leadbitter
2001 England Lisa Quick (2) 8:6 England Linda Leadbitter
2002[19] Scotland Sue Thompson (4) 8:3 England Lisa Quick
2003[20] Scotland Sue Thompson (5) 8:3 England Lisa Quick
2004[21] Scotland Sue Thompson (6) 8:2 Northern Ireland Emma Cunningham
2005[22] Northern Ireland Emma Cunningham (1) 8:5 Scotland Sue Thompson
2006[23] Scotland Sue Thompson (7) 8:6 Northern Ireland Emma Cunningham
2007 Scotland Sue Thompson (8) 8:3 Northern Ireland Emma Cunningham
2008 Scotland Lynette Horsburgh 8:6 England Barbara Taylor
2009 Scotland Sue Thompson (9) 8:6 Northern Ireland Emma Cunningham
2010 Scotland Sue Thompson (10) 8:4 Northern Ireland Emma Cunningham
2011[24] Northern Ireland Emma Cunningham (2) 8:2 Australia Renata Delahunty
2012[25] Scotland Sue Thompson (11) 8:3 England Sharon Wright
2013[26] Northern Ireland Emma Cunningham (3) 8:4 England Barbara Taylor
2014[27] Wales Kirsty Davies 8:6 England Emma Wilkinson
2015[28] England Amy Beauchamp (1) 8:4 England Emma Wilkinson
2016[29] France Sabrilla Brunet 8:4 England Amy Beauchamp
2017[30] England Amy Beauchamp (2) 8:1 England Kerry Griffiths
2018[31] England Barbara Taylor 8:7 England Sharon James
2019[32] England Amy Beauchamp (3) 8:5 England Sharon James

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles Runner-up
1 Scotland Sue Thompson 11 4
2 England Linda Leadbitter 4 4
3 Northern Ireland Emma Cunningham 3 5
4 England Amy Beauchamp 3 1
5 England Lisa Quick 2 2
6 England Barbara Taylor 1 2
7 Scotland Lynette Horsburgh 1 0
Wales Kirsty Davies 1 0
France Sabrilla Brunet 1 0

Junior

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
1994 England Manchester Scotland Derek Murphy Unknown
1995 England Chorley Australia Mathew Franceschini Unknown
1996 England Manchester Australia Ben Crawley Unknown
1997 England Manchester England Chris Melling Unknown
1998 England Blackpool England Kurt Morris Unknown
1999 England Tim Singh Unknown
2000 England Gareth Potts Unknown
2001[33] Scotland Darren Matthew 7:3 Wales Marcus Phillips
2002[34] Scotland Darren Matthew 7:5 Northern Ireland Gary Clark
2003[35] Scotland Darren Matthew 7:3 Northern Ireland Thomas Morrow
2004[36] England Jordan Church 7:3 England Richard Twomey
2005[37] England Jordan Church 7:4 Republic of Ireland Stephen Dempsey
2006[38] Scotland Pat McCarron 8:4 England Sam Jeffrey
2007 Republic of Ireland Sean Conway Unknown
2008 England Paul McGuire Unknown
2009 England Ben Clark Unknown
2010 England Frank Costello Unknown
2011[39] England Frank Costello 8:5 England Joe O’Connor
2012[40] England Joe O’Connor 8:7 England Callum Singleton
2013[41] Northern Ireland Carl Martin 8:7 England Joe O’Connor
2014[42] Northern Ireland Carl Martin 8:5 Republic of Ireland Adam Maher
2015[43] England Aaron Davies 8:4 England Nathan Ellis
2016[44] Australia Matthew Curwood 8:6 Malta Scott Muscat
2017[45] Republic of Ireland Cormac Kerr 8:6 Republic of Ireland Ben Doyle
2018[46] England Luke Gilbert 8:4 Northern Ireland Karol Galka

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles
1 Scotland Darren Matthew 3
2 England Jordan Church 2
England Frank Costello 2
Northern Ireland Carl Martin 2

U-23 Juniors

(until 2014 U-21 juniors)

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
2011[47] England Blackpool England Ashley Radford 8:7 Scotland Ryan Fleming
2012[48] Scotland Ryan Davie 8:6 England Glen Hannibal
2013[49] England Michael Hope 8:2 England Giuseppe d’Imperio
2014[50] England Giuseppe d’Imperio 8:7 Morocco Amine Amiri
2015[51] Wales Ben Fortey 8:6 England Luke Bowry
2016[52] England Giuseppe d’Imperio 8:4 England Aaron Davies
2017[53] England Callum Singleton 8:7 England Craig Lauder
2018[54] Republic of Ireland Cormac Kerr 8:4 England Jack Smithers

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles Runner-Up
1 England Giuseppe d’Imperio 2 1
2 Scotland Ryan Davie 1 0
Wales Ben Fortey 1 0
England Michael Hope 1 0
Republic of Ireland Cormac Kerr 1 0
England Ashley Radford 1 0
England Callum Singleton 1 0

Senior's

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
2011[55] England Blackpool England Tony Kay 8:6 Australia Terry Bond
2012[56] England Keith Brewer 8:0 England Peter Golding
2013[57] England Stacy Vine 8:2 Australia Don Colbert
2014[58] England Keith Brewer 8:3 Australia Steven Gray
2015[59] Australia Steven Gray 8:6 England Keith Brewer
2016[60] England Keith Brewer 8:1 Malta Marcel Micallef
2017[61] England Steve Chambers 8:6 England Shaun Eaton-Lees
2018[62] Malta Christ Mills 8:5 England Pat Ward

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles Runner-up
1 England Keith Brewer 3 1
2 Australia Steven Gray 1 1
3 England Steve Chambers 1 0
England Tony Kay 1 0
Malta Christ Mills 1 0
England Stacy Vine 1 0

Wheelchair

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
2008[63] England Blackpool England Tony Southern 5:4 England Frankie Gillen
2009 Unknown Unknown
2010 Unknown Unknown
2011 Unknown Unknown
2012 Unknown Unknown
2013[64] India Aslam Abubaker 5:1 Australia Stephen Pettinato
2014[65] England Dave Beaumont 5:0 England Theresa Sheridan
2015[66] England Dave Beaumont 5:4 South Africa Ryan Kisten
2016[67] India Aslam Abubaker 5:2 England Dave Beaumont
2017[68] India Aslam Abubaker 5:1 England Dave Beaumont
2018[69] England Dave Beaumont 5:3 India Aslam Abubaker

Ranking

Rank Winner Titles
1 India Aslam Abubaker 3
England Dave Beaumont 3
3 England Tony Southern 1

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