The 2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship was an eight-ball world championship, organized by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), and held 18–25 April 2008 at the Fujairah Exhibition Centre of the Al Diar Siji Hotel in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. A total of 64 players competed in the tournament.
The event was won by Ralf Souquet, who defeated defending champion Ronato Alcano in the final.
The previous years runner up Dennis Orcollo lost in the semi-final in a repeat of the previous years final to Ronato Alcano 10–9. Marcus Chamat of Sweden also reached the event semi-final, losing to eventual winner Souquet.
The event field was made up of players from various tours, as well as players from a middle east qualifying tournament.
Tournament bracket Preliminary round The following players won one match in the preliminary round, and finished between 33 and 48th Darren Appleton Siu Wai Au Ibrahim Bin Amir Francis Crevier Jeff De Luna Corey Deuel Matthew Edwards Mohammed el-Assal Antonio Gabica Karl Hanscho Bernard T. C. Kiat Naoyuki Ōi Israel Rota Ryu Seung-woo Ron Wiseman Kaven Zarakani The following players did not win a round in the preliminary tournament, and were ranked 49th to 64th. Issa al-Boloshi Mahmood al-Hashmi Muhammed al-Hosani Naif al-Jeweni Saleem al-Juneebi Al-Muhtadee Billah Craig Bouwer Joven Bustamante Aristides Damoylakis Sayeem Hossain Martin Larsen Mohammed Obaid Amine Ouahbi Omran Salem Farhad Shaverdi Carlos Talavera
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