Chinese Eight-ball World Championship

The Chinese Eight-ball World Championship (also Chinese Pool World Championship) is a pool tournament in the discipline of chinese eight-ball. The event has been held annually since 2015, taking place in Yushan, Jiangxi in China. Current title holders are Yang Fan and Fu Xiaofang from China. The tournament is one of the highest paid pool tournaments in the world, with 2015 winner Darren Appleton winning $98,000. That year it was over three times that of the WPA World Nine-ball champion who won $30.000.

Results

Below is a list of results from the tournament starting from its inception in 2015.[1]

Men
Year Location Final Brone medal match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2015 Yushan Darren Appleton 21-19[2] Mark Selby Liu Haitao Chu Bingjie
2016 Shi Hanqing 21-20[3] Mick Hill Darren Appleton 15-14[3] Li Bo
2017 Yang Fan 21-19[4] Chu Bingjie Jayson Shaw 13-12[4] Liu Haitao

Women
Year Location Final Brone medal match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2015 Yushan Bai Ge 17-13[5] Zhang Xiaotong Yu Han Allison Fisher
2016 Chen Siming 17-11[6] Kelly Fisher Liu Shasha 13-4[6] Yang Fan
2017 Fu Xiaofang 17-16[4] Yu Jinpeng Chen Siming 11-8[4] Kim Ga-young
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References
  1. "China Billiard World Championships". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. "Appleton is the First Chinese 8-Ball World Champion". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  3. "Sanlig China Billiard World Championship 2016 Mens Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  4. "Fu and Fan Win Chinese Pool World Championships". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  5. "Bai Ge Crowned World Women Chinese 8-Ball Champion". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. "Sanlig China Billiard World Championship 2016 Womens Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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