World 9-Ball Pool Champions

The USA currently holds the most won tournaments in the Men’s division and China in the Women’s division for 9-ball events. The World 9-Ball Pool Champions for Men and Women are listed below.

_{Men’s champions}

Year	Dates	Location	Men	Second-place	Final score
2022	April 6–10	Milton Keynes, England	Shane Van Boening	Albin Ouschan	13–6
2021	June 6–10	Milton Keynes, England	Albin Ouschan	Omar Al-Shaheen	13–9
2020	'Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic'
2019	December 13–17	Doha, Qatar	Fedor Gorst	Chang Jung-Lin	13–11
2018	December 10–20	Doha, Qatar	Joshua Filler	Carlo Biado	13–10
2017	December 5–14	Doha, Qatar	Carlo Biado	Roland Garcia	13–5
2016	August 1–4	Doha, Qatar	Albin Ouschan	Shane Van Boening	13–6
2015	September 7–18	Doha, Qatar	Ko Pin Yi	Shane Van Boening	13–11
2014	June 16–27	Doha, Qatar	Niels Feijen	Albin Ouschan	13–10
2013	September 2–13	Doha, Qatar	Thorsten Hohmann	Antonio Gabica	13–7
2012	June 22–29	Doha, Qatar	Darren Appleton	Li He-wen	13–12
2011	June 25 – July 1	Doha, Qatar	Yukio Akagariyama	Ronnie Alcano	13–11
2010	June 29 – July 5	Doha, Qatar	Francisco Bustamante	Kuo Po-cheng	13–7
2009	'Not Played'
2008	'Not Played'
2007	November 3–11	Quezon City, Philippines	Daryl Peach	Roberto Gomez	17–15
2006	November 4–12	Pasay, Philippines	Ronnie Alcano	Ralf Souquet	17–11
2005	July 2–10	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Chia-Ching Wu	Kuo Po-cheng	17–16
2004	July 10–18	Taipei, Taiwan	Alex Pagulayan	Chang Pei-wei	17–13
2003	July 12–20	Cardiff, Wales	Thorsten Hohmann	Alex Pagulayan	17–10
2002	July 13–21	Cardiff, Wales	Earl Strickland	Francisco Bustamante	17–15
2001	July 14–22	Cardiff, Wales	Mika Immonen	Ralf Souquet	17–10
2000	July 1–9	Cardiff, Wales	Fong-Pang Chao	Ismael Paez	17–6
1999 (B)	December 5–12	Alicante, Spain	Nick Varner	Jeremy Jones	17–8
1999 (A)	July 18–26	Cardiff, Wales	Efren Reyes	Chang Hao-ping	13–8
1998	November 11–15	Taipei, Taiwan	Kunihiko Takahashi	Johnny Archer	13–3
1997	October 1–5	Chicago, United States	Johnny Archer	Lee Kun-fang	9–3
1996	October 23-27	Borlänge, Sweden	Ralf Souquet	Tom Storm	11–1
1995	November 15-19	Taipei, Taiwan	Oliver Ortmann	Dallas West	11–9
1994	November 2-6	Chicago, United States	Takeshi Okumura	Yasunari Itsuzaki	9–6
1993	December 7-12	Königswinter, Germany	Fong-Pang Chao	Thomas Hasch	2–0 (sets)
1992	April 1-5	Taipei, Taiwan	Johnny Archer	Bobby Hunter	13–12
1991	May 29 – June 5	Las Vegas, United States	Earl Strickland	Nick Varner	9–7
1990	March 3-7	Bergheim, Germany	Earl Strickland	Jeff Carter	3–1 (sets)

_{Women’s champions}

Year	Dates	Location	Winner	Country	Second-place	Country
2021	'Not held'
2020	'Not held'
2019	December 16–19	Sanya, China	Kelly Fisher		Jasmin Ouschan
2018	December 3–9	Sanya, China	Han Yu		Wang Xiaotong
2017	November 8–11	Chengmai County, China	Chen Siming		Pan Xiaoting
2016	December 10–16	Emeishan City, China	Han Yu		Chihiro Kawahara
2015	November 2–8	Guilin, China	Liu Sha Sha		Jasmin Ouschan
2014	October 13–18	Guilin, China	Liu Sha-Sha		Chen Siming
2013	August 6–12	Shenyang, China	Han Yu		Lin Yuan-chun
2012	June 18–21	Shenyang, China	Kelly Fisher		Fu Xiaofang
2011	September 19–25	Shenyang, China	Zhu Qing Bi		Chen Siming
2010	August 27–29	Shenyang, China	Fu Xiaofang		Allison Fisher
2009	November 16–22	Shenyang, China	Liu Sha-Sha		Karen Corr
2008	March 30 – April 7	Taipei, Taiwan	Yuan Chun-Lin		Kim Ga-young
2007	April 5–8	Taoyuan, Taiwan	Xiao Ting Pan		Rubilen Amit
2006	March 1–5	Taipei, Taiwan	Kim Ga Young		Liu Hsin-mei
2005	'Not held'
2004	December 8–11	Rankweil, Austria	Kim Ga Young		Liu Hsin-mei
2003	'Not held'
2002	July 3–7	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Hsin-Mei Liu		Karen Corr
2001	November 17–19	Amagasaki, Japan	Allison Fisher		Karen Corr
2000	November 14–19	Quebec City, Canada	Julie Kelly		Karen Corr
1999	December 5–12	Alicante, Spain	Hsin-Mei Liu		Allison Fisher
1998	November 11–15	Taipei, Taiwan	Allison Fisher		Franziska Stark
1997	October 1–5	Chicago, United States	Allison Fisher		Jennifer Chen
1996	October 23-27	Borlänge, Sweden	Allison Fisher		Jeanette Lee
1995	November 15-19	Taipei, Taiwan	Gerda Hofstatter		Vivian Villarreal
1994	November 2-6	Chicago, United States	Ewa Mataya-Laurance		Jeanette Lee
1993	December 7-12	Königswinter, Germany	Loree Jon Jones		Jeanette Lee
1992	April 1-5	Taipei, Taiwan	Franziska Stark		Vivian Villarreal
1991	May 29 – June 5	Las Vegas, United States	Robin Bell		Joann Mason
1990	March 3-7	Bergheim, Germany	Robin Bell		Loree Jon Jones

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