List of world eight-ball champions
This article is a list of professional world champions in eight-ball Pool and its variations. World standard (American-style) eight-ball pool. This section lists world champions in the internationally standardized game ("American-style") of eight-ball, as played by professionals around the world. This is played on the 9-foot pool tables with colored, numbered balls. WPA World Eight-ball Championship. The following is a list of WPA world eight-ball champions sanctioned by the WPA (World Pool-Billiard Association). PBT World Eight-ball Championship. The following is a list of PBT  world eight-ball champions sanctioned by the PBT (Professional Billiards Tour Association). IPT World Eight-ball Championship. The following is a list of IPT world eight-ball champions sanctioned by the tournament founder Kevin Trudeau. Chinese-style eight-ball pool. Chinese 8-Ball World Championship. The following is a list of world champions in Chinese eight-ball, a Chinese variant of eight-ball pool played on a 9-foot snooker table, sanctioned by the WPA. Blackball and British-style eightball pool. This section lists world champions in the world-standardized eight-ball variant blackball, and its older competing-standards "British -style" versions (usually referred to as "eightball pool") played at the amateur and semi-professional levels in Commonwealth countries and a few European nations. These tournaments are played on a 7-foot pool table with either the "spots and stripes" numbered balls, or colored balls - typically yellow and red, with a black ball. PPPO World Eight-ball Championship. The following is a list of PPPO world eight-ball champions, sanctioned by the EUKPF (European and UK Pool Federation) and PPPO (Professional Pool Players Organization). 2005 was the last time the championship was held, as the EUKPF was then renamed to  EBA (European Blackball Association) and amalgamated under the umbrella of the WPA (World Pool-Billiard Association). † In 1996 it was an open event under the EUKPF and the rest were PPPO titles. WPA World Blackball Championship. The following is a list of WPA world blackball champions, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association, PPPO and EBA. Blackball was first discussed by the WPA in a unification meeting in 2004 and then rules were presented and ratified in 2005 in anticipation of Blackball's first World Championships in 2006. IPA World Blackball Championship. The following is a list of IPA world  blackball champions, sanctioned by the IPA (International Professional Pool Association) and the WPA. WEPF Eightball Pool World Championship. The following is a list of WEPF eightball pool world champions, sanctioned by the World Eight-ball Pool Federation.