Albin Ouschan is the new World Pool Champion after beating Omar Al Shaheen 13-9 in a high-quality final in Milton Keynes, England to claim the title for a second time.
The Austrian is also now the Matchroom Pool World No.1 having collected his second title of the year; he won Predator Championship League Pool in March.
“When you say two-time World Champion, it sounds amazing, and it is really,” said Ouschan, who takes home $50,000 as well as the newly commissioned World Championship trophy, which also has his name engraved from 2016.
“In the last rack, you just want to be as easy as possible on every shot so I was very happy that he went for the 1-ball after I called push out. He left me a tricky shot but after I made it everything was open and I was ready to take it home.”
Ouschan won the lag and ran the first three racks before Al Shaheen won three in a row himself to tie the final at 3-3. The next six racks were also shared as the match went back and forth. Al Sheehen had a chance to extend to a two-rack lead at 7-6 ahead but missed his chance and Ouschan was able to level again.
Al Shaheen pulled ahead again put from 9-7 down, Ouschan found his very best game and after levelling at 9-9 his momentum carried him to the hill three racks ahead.
Breaking for the title at 12-9 up, the 2016 Champion made three balls but didn’t have a shot at the 1. He played a push out and Al Shaheen took it on but missed the shot with the cue tight to the top rail.
Ouschan made a good cut to make the 1 and after that it was a roadmap. The remaining five balls were removed with the kind of ice-cool composure he is renowned for, and Albin Ouschan was once again the World Pool Champion.
“I had a very good start to the match and a very good end but the middle section was a little bit rough, but hats off to Omar who played a very good match,” he said.”
“After the loss against Roberto Gomez I swallowed it down and came strong the next day, and now I am here. I didn’t think for one moment about the rankings or the cheque but of course when you are finished you think about it, and it is very nice.”
“To play in a final is tough, one missed ball and you can lose,” said Al Shaheen. “Albin played great, I made a couple of mistakes, but I am totally proud and I know all over the Middle East they are so happy, and I am excited and proud about that.”
The next event on the Matchroom Pool Series is the US Open Pool Championship at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City from September 13-18.
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2021 World Pool Champion - Albin Ouschan Click the image to view the larger photograph - use "back" to return here.
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WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
6-10 JUNE 2021
THE LAST 64
Fedor Gorst
8 : 11
Skyler Woodward
Konrad Juszczyszyn
8 : 11
Bahram Lotfy
Roberto Gomez
11 : 2
Muhummed Daydat
Aloysius Yapp
11 : 10
Ralf Souquet
Marc Vidal Claramunt
2 : 11
Mario He
Mieszko Fortunski
11 : 4
Ivo Aarts
Thorsten Hohmann
11 : 8
Stephen Holem
Sanjin Pehlivanovic
7 : 11
Albin Ouschan
Michal Gavenciak
8 : 11
Billy Thorpe
Marc Bjisterbosch
11 : 7
Karol Skowerski
Elliot Sanderson
11 : 3
Ivica Putnik
Max Lechner
11 : 4
Veronika Ivanovskaia
Jeremy Sossei
11 : 5
Kelly Fisher
Robbie Capito
11 : 5
Craig Osborne
Radoslaw Babica
3 : 11
David Alcaide
Daniel Schneider
7 : 11
Philipp Stojanovic
Shane Van Boening
11 : 4
Jayson Shaw
Hunter Lombardo
6 : 11
Pijus Labutis
Aleksa Pecelj
11 : 4
Jasmin Ouschan
Oliver Szolnoki
11 : 10
Wojciech Szewczyk
Karl Boyes
11 : 5
Moritz Neuhausen
Yukio Akagariyama
7 : 11
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Darren Appleton
8 : 11
Joshua Filler
Alex Kazakis
6 : 11
Naoyuki Oi
Niels Feijen
9 : 11
Tomasz Kaplan
Masato Yoshioka
10 : 11
Jonas Souto Comino
Mateusz Sniegocki
9 : 11
Dimitri Jungo
Jakub Koniar
9 : 11
Marco Teutscher
Daniel Maciol
10 :11
Omar Al Shaheen
Chris Melling
11 : 9
Badar Alawadhi
Nick Ekonomopoulos
11 : 2
Jan van Lierop
Wiktor Zielinski
9 : 11
Casper Matikainen
WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
6-10 JUNE 2021
THE LAST 32
Skyler Woodward
11 : 4
Bahram Lotfy
Roberto Gomez
11 : 7
Aloysius Yapp
Mario He
7 : 11
Mieszko Fortunski
Thorsten Hohmann
7 : 11
Albin Ouschan
Billy Thorpe
10 : 11
Marc Bijsterbosch
Elliot Sanderson
9 : 11
Max Lechner
Jeremy Sossei
11 : 7
Robbie Capito
David Alcaide
11 : 6
Philipp Stojanovic
Shane Van Boening
11 : 4
Pijus Labutis
Aleksa Pecelj
2 : 11
Oliver Szolnoki
Karl Boyes
3 : 11
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Joshua Filler
6 : 11
Naoyuki Oi
Tomasz Kaplan
11 : 5
Jonas Souto Comino
Dimitri Jungo
11 : 8
Marco Teutscher
Omar Al Shaheen
11 : 10
Chris Melling
Nick Ekonomopoulos
11 : 5
Casper Matikainen
WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
6-10 JUNE 2021
THE LAST 16
Skyler Woodward
11 : 7
Roberto Gomez
Mieszko Fortunski
8 : 11
Albin Ouschan
Marc Bijsterbosch
6 : 11
Max Lechner
Jeremy Sossei
4 : 11
David Alcaide
Shane Van Boening
5 : 11
Oliver Szolnoki
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
11 : 7
Naoyuki Oi
Tomasz Kaplan
11 : 9
Dimitri Jungo
Omar Al Shaheen
11 : 8
Nick Ekonomopoulos
WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
6-10 JUNE 2021
THE QUARTER FINALS
Skyler Woodward
5 : 11
Albin Ouschan
Max Lechner
4 : 11
David Alcaide
Oliver Szolnoki
11 : 9
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Tomasz Kaplan
6 : 11
Omar Al Shaheen
WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
6-10 JUNE 2021
THE SEMI FINALS
Albin Ouschan
11 : 4
David Alcaide
Oliver Szolnoki
9 : 11
Omar Al Shaheen
WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
6-10 JUNE 2021
THE FINAL
Albin Ouschan
13 : 9
Omar Al Shaheen
WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
6-10 JUNE 2021
THE GROUPS
Group A
Fedor Gorst (ROC) vs Mark Magi (EST)
Mark Gray (GBR) vs Julio Burgos (PUR)
Jeffrey De Luna (PHI) vs Dimitri Jungo (SUI)
Konrad Juszczyszyn (POL) vs Jasmin Ouschan (AUT)
Group B
Albin Ouschan (AUT) vs Fabio Petroni (ITA)
Roberto Gomez (PHI) vs Stewart Colclough (GBR)
Omar Al-Shaheen (KUW) vs Alain Da Costa (FRA)
Aloysuis Yapp (SGP) vs Kaiden Hunkins (USA)
Group C
Billy Thorpe (USA) vs Francisco Gatsby (CHI)
Marc Vidal (USA) vs Ivica Putnik (CRO)
Petri Makkonen (FIN) vs Benjamin Belhassen (FRA)
Mieszko Fortunski (POL) vs Marcel Price (GBR)
Group D
Thorsten Hohmann (GER) vs Tobias Bongers (GER)
Mika Immonen (FIN) vs Kristina Tkach (ROC)
Sanjin Pehlivanovic (BIH) vs Kevin Lannoye (BEL)
Ralf Souquet (GER) vs Craig Osborne (GBR)
Group E
Jayson Shaw (GBR) vs Moritz Neuhausen (GER)
Jani Siekkinen (FIN) vs Michal Gavenciak (CZE)
Ruslan Chinakhov (ROC) vs Alex Montpellier (FRA)
Marc Bijsterbosch (NED) vs Imran Majid (GBR)
Group F
Casper Matikainen (FIN) vs Elliot Sanderson (GBR)
Mark Foster (GBR) vs Jan van Lierop (NED)
Mohammad Ali Berjawi (LEB) vs Ryan Flemming *GBR)
Max Lechner (AUT) vs Mickey Krause (DEN)
Group G
David Alcaide (ESP) vs Andreja Klasovic (SRB)
Pijus Labutis (LTU) vs Jeremy Sossei (USA)
Robbie Capito (HKG) vs Ruben Bautista (MEX)
Denis Grabe (EST) vs Vitaliy Patsura (UKR)
Group H
Skyler Woodward (USA) vs Jaroslav Polach (SVK)
Radoslaw Babica (POL) vs Ivo Aarts (NED)
Vincent Halliday (RSA) vs DJ McGinley (CAN)
Daniel Schneider (SUI) vs So Shaw (IRI)
Group I
Shane van Boening (USA) vs Petr Urban (CZE)
Oscar Dominguez (USA) vs Roberto Bartol (CRO)
Karol Skowerski (POL) vs Jonas Souto Comino (ESP)
Hunter Lombardo (USA) vs Mats Schjetne (NOR)
Group J
Wojciech Szewczyk (POL) vs Marco Dorenburg (GER)
Richard Halliday (RSA) vs Aleksa Pecelj (SRB)
Oliver Szolnoki (HUN) vs Daniele Corrieri (ITA)
Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP) vs Kevin Simpson (GBR)
Group K
Karl Boyes (GBR) vs Lukas Fracasso Verner (USA)
Stephen Holem (CAN) vs Badar Alawadhi (KUW)
Yukio Akagariyama (JPN) vs Ricky Evans (USA)
Corey Deuel (USA) vs Benji Buckley (GBR)
Group L
Darren Appleton (GBR) vs Shane Wolford (USA)
Marco Teutscher (NED) vs Christoph Reintjes (GER)
Ricardo Sini (ITA) vs Jeff Nieuwenhuyzen (AHO)
Alexander Kazakis (GRE) vs Kelly Fisher (GBR)
Group M
Niels Feijen (NED) vs Tim de Ruyter (NED)
Chris Reinhold (USA) vs Yip Kin-Ling (HK)
Nick Malai (GRE) vs Veronika Ivanovskaia (GER)
Masato Yoshioka (JPN) vs Muhummed Daydat (RSA)
Group N
Mateusz Sniegocki (POL) vs Miguel Silva (POR)
Mario He (AUT) vs Philipp Stojanovic (CRO)
Jakub Koniar (SVK) vs Vania Franco (POR)
Tyler Styer (USA) vs Henrique Correia (POR)
Group O
Naoyuki Oi (JPN) vs Jennifer Barretta (USA)
Roman Hybler (CZE) vs Daniel Maciol (POL)
Donny Olson (USA) vs Bahram Lotfy (DEN)
Chris Melling (GBR) vs April Larson (USA)
Group P
Tomasz Kaplan (POL) vs Sergey Lutsker (ROC)
Chris Alexander (GBR) vs Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE)
Wiktor Zielinski vs Kim Laaksonen (FIN)
Joshua Filler (GER) vs Margaret Fefilova (BLR)
WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
6-10 JUNE 2021
THE PRIZE FUND
1st
US $ 50,000-00
2nd
US $25,000-00
3rd - 4th
US $ 12,500-00
5th - 8th
US $ 7,500-00
9th - 16th
US $ 4,000-00
17th - 32nd
US $ 2,500-00
33rd - 64th
US $ 1,000-00
65th - 96th
US $ 500-00
Total Prize Fund: US $ 250,000-00
WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
THE WINNER'S LIST
1990 - 2021
1990
Earl Strickland
USA
1991
Earl Strickland
USA
1992
Johnny Archer
USA
1993
Fong-Pang Chao
TPE
1994
Takeshi Okumura
JPN
1995
Oliver Ortmann
GER
1996
Ralf Souquet
GER
1997
Johnny Archer
USA
1998
Kunihiko Takahashi
JPN
1999
Nick Varner
USA
1999
Efren Reyes
PHI
2000
Fong-Pang Chao
TPE
2001
Mika Immonen
FIN
2002
Earl Strickland
USA
2003
Thorsten Hohmann
GER
2004
Alex Pagulayan
CAN
2005
Chia-Ching Wu
TPE
2006
Ronnie Alcano
PHI
2007
Daryl Peach
GBR
2008
*Not held
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2009
*Not held
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2010
Francisco Bustamante
PHI
2011
Yukio Akakariyama
JPN
2012
Darren Appleton
GBR
2013
Thorsten Hohmann
GER
2014
Niels Feijen
NED
2015
Ko Pin Yi
TPE
2016
Albin Ouschan
AUT
2017
Carlo Biado
PHI
2018
Joshua Filler
GER
2019
Fedor Gorst
RUS
2020
*Not held
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2021
Albin Ouschan
AUT
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