WEPF World Eight-ball championship

The WEPF World Eight Ball is a pool world championship organised by the World Eightball Pool Federation in the discipline of eight-ball, which 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	Manchester	Kevin Wright	08 : 40	Nigel Davis
1994	Manchester	Rob McKenna (1)	09 : 30	Greg Farren
1995	Chorley	Daz Ward	11 : 80	Jason Twist
1996	Manchester	Greg Farren	11 : 10	Tony Holgate
1997	Manchester	Rob McKenna (2)	11 : 90	Lee Kendall
1998	Blackpool	Carl Morris	11 : 50	Keith Brewer
1999		Quinten Hann	11 : 40	Terry Hunt
2000		Jason Twist (1)	11 : 10	Carl Morris
2001[1]		Chris Melling (1)	11 : 10	Rob McKenna
2002[2]		Jason Twist (2)	11 : 90	Yannick Beaufils
2003[3]		Chris Melling (2)	11 : 70	Jason Twist
2004[4]		Mick Hill (1)	11 : 90	Darren Appleton
2005[5]		Gareth Potts (1)	11 : 70	Chris Melling
2006[6]		Mark Selby	11 : 70	Darren Appleton
2007		Gareth Potts (2)	11 : 50	Mick Hill
2008		Gareth Potts (3)	11 : 40	Jason Twist
2009[7]		Phil Harrison	11 : 70	Mick Hill
2010		Mick Hill (2)	11 : 80	Gareth Potts
2011[8]		Adam Davis	11 : 90	Phil Harrison
2012[9]		John Roe	11 : 70	Lee Kendall
2013[10]		Tom Cousins (1)	11 : 10	Craig Waddingham
2014[11]		Tom Cousins (2)	11 : 70	Giuseppe d’Imperio
2015[12]		Mick Hill (3)	11 : 50	Nigel Clarke
2016[13]		Shaun Chipperfield	11 : 40	Karl Sutton
2017[14]		Mick Hill (4)	11 : 60	Phil Harrison
2018[15]		Mick Hill (5)	11 : 80	Phil Harrison
2019[16]		Mick Hill (6)	11 : 60	Dom Cooney

Ranking

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

Women's

Source WEPF Roll of Honour[17]

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

Ranking

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

Junior

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

Ranking

Rank	Winner	Titles
1	Darren Matthew	3
2	Jordan Church	2
	Frank Costello	2
	Carl Martin	2

U-23 Juniors

(until 2014 U-21 juniors)

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

Ranking

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

Senior's

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

Ranking

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

Wheelchair

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

Ranking

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

External links

• Official website

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