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The following is a list of PPPO world eightball champions, sanctioned by the Professional Pool Players Organisation. The final championship was held in 2005, and the PPPO eventually disbanded as pool players moved on to WPA (2006) and IPA blackball.
The ranking list rolls on at the end of each season, with every player's points being halved at the season switchover. [2] A season begins on 1 July, and ends on 30 June of the following year. [3] As of 2012, the distinction between professional and amateur players was removed. Both male and female players are included on the list.
Raga competed at the 2nd edition of the European Open Pool Championship in 2023, held at Hotel Esparando in Fulda, Germany. He climbed back from the losers' bracket and gained a berth in the knockout rounds by beating Mateusz Śniegocki of Poland in the round of 64, 10–8, and Ko Pin-yi of Chinese Taipei with a score of 10–0 in the Round of 32.
The "Greatest Player" category is awarded for outstanding players who must be 40 years of age or older, have been active professionals for at least 15 years and have recorded significant achievements in national or international competition recognized by the BCA.
Omar Al-Shaheen (Arabic: عمر الشاهين) (born 3 September 1992) is a professional pool player from Kuwait. Al-Shaheen reached his highest ranking on the World Pool-Billiard Association rankings in 2022, reaching 4th in the world. [1] In 2018, he won 45th Annual Texas Open 9-Ball Championship.
The UPA Tour (in long form, the UPA Touring Professional Program) is a professional tournament series and player ranking system with an annual membership fee. Some events have more open registrations, especially when co-organized with other bodies, and all of them are open to certain qualifying UPA League players with 20 or more singles matches ...
Fedor Alekseyevich Gorst (Russian: Фёдор Алексеевич Горст; born May 31, 2000, in Moscow) is a Russian American professional pool player. He has become a US resident, and now represents the United States in international events.
Ralf Souquet (/ s uː ˈ k ɛ / soo-KEH; [1] born 29 November 1968) is a German professional pool player. His nickname is "The Kaiser". Souquet is considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. Since 1988, he has won over 100 professional tournaments, including 23 Euro Tour titles, 20 European Pool Championship and 12 German Pool ...