List of WPA World Nine-ball champions
Men's champions

List of WPA World Nine-ball champions

Section Title: Men's champions
Table Section Text: None

Year	Dates	Location	Winner	Runner-up	Final score

1990	Bergheim, Germany	United States Earl Strickland	United States Jeff Carter

1991	Las Vegas, United States	United States Earl Strickland (2)	United States Nick Varner	9–7

1992	Taipei, Taiwan	United States Johnny Archer	United States Bobby Hunter

1993	Königswinter, Germany	Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-pang	Germany Thomas Hasch

1994	Chicago, United States	Japan Okumura Takeshi	Japan Yasunari Itsuzaki

1995	Taipei, Taiwan	Germany Oliver Ortmann	United States Dallas West

1996	Borlänge, Sweden	Germany Ralf Souquet	Sweden Tom Storm	11–1

1997	Chicago, United States	United States Johnny Archer (2)	Chinese Taipei Kun-Fang Lee

1998	Taipei, Taiwan	Japan Takahashi Kunihiko	United States Johnny Archer

1999 (A)	July 18–26	Cardiff, Wales	Philippines Efren Reyes	Chinese Taipei Chang Hao-ping	17–8

1999 (B)	December 5–12	Alicante, Spain	United States Nick Varner	United States Jeremy Jones	13–8

2000	July 1–9	Cardiff, Wales	Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-pang (2)	Mexico Ismael Paez	17–6

2001	July 14–22	Finland Mika Immonen	Germany Ralf Souquet	17–10

2002	July 13–21	United States Earl Strickland (3)	Philippines Francisco Bustamante	17–15

2003	July 12–20	Germany Thorsten Hohmann	Canada Alex Pagulayan	17–10

2004	July 10–18	Taipei, Taiwan	Canada Alex Pagulayan	Chinese Taipei Chang Pei-wei	17–13

2005	July 2–10	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching	Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-cheng	17–16

2006	November 4–12	Pasay, Philippines	Philippines Ronato Alcano	Germany Ralf Souquet	17–11

2007	November 3–11	Quezon City, Philippines	England Daryl Peach	Philippines Roberto Gomez	17–15

2008	Not held

2009

2010	June 29 – July 5	Doha, Qatar	Philippines Francisco Bustamante	Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-cheng	13–7

2011	June 25 – July 1	Japan Yukio Akakariyama	Philippines Ronato Alcano	13–11

2012	June 22–29	England Darren Appleton	China Li He-wen	13–12

2013	September 2–13	Germany Thorsten Hohmann (2)	Philippines Antonio Gabica	13–7

2014	June 16–27	Netherlands Niels Feijen	Austria Albin Ouschan	13–10

2015	September 7–18	Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi	United States Shane Van Boening	13–11

2016	August 1–4	Austria Albin Ouschan	United States Shane Van Boening	13–6

2017	December 5–14	Philippines Carlo Biado	Philippines Roland Garcia	13–5

2018	December 10–20	Germany Joshua Filler	Philippines Carlo Biado	13-10

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Kuo finished first runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the 2005 World Nine-ball Championship held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Kuo finished runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the 2005 World Nine-ball Championship held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Kuo finished first runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the 2005 World Nine-ball Championship held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

final_sentence: Kuo finished first runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the 2005 World Nine-ball Championship held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
final_sentence: Kuo finished runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the 2005 World Nine-ball Championship held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
final_sentence: Kuo finished first runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the 2005 World Nine-ball Championship held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.