| WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2021 | |
| Location: | Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England |
| Start Date: | June 6, 2021 |
| End Date: | June 10, 2021 |
| Sport: | 9-ball |
| Participants: | 128 |
| Tournament Format: | Double elimination / Single elimination |
| Host: | WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Matchroom Pool |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The 2021 World Pool Championship was a pool tournament that took place between June 6 to 10, 2021 in the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. Following the 2021 Championship League Pool and the 2021 World Cup of Pool it was the third event of the season to be held in Milton Keynes.
The reigning champion was Russian player Fedor Gorst, who defeated Chang Jung-Lin 13–11 in the 2019 final. This year, he lost in the round of 64 to Skyler Woodward 8–11.
The event was entered by 128 participants who were initially divided into 16 groups of 8 players, in which they competed against each other from June 6 to 7 in a double elimination tournament. Four players in each group qualified for the final round, which was played from June 8 to 10. The event was played under "winners break" format.
The early rounds were held behind closed doors, but fans were allowed for the final day.[1]
The event saw a total prize pool of $250,000, an increase of $100,000 from the previous edition. The winner's share was increased from $30,000 to $50,000.
| Prize money | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 50.000 US$ | |
| Final | 25.000 US$ | |
| Semi-final | 12.500 US$ | |
| Quarter-final | 7.500 US$ | |
| Last 16 | 4.000 US$ | |
| Last 32 | 2.500 US$ | |
| Last 64 | 1.000 US$ | |
| Last 96 (1 group win) | 500 US$ | |
| Total | 250.000 US$ |
The draw was made during the 2021 World Pool Masters.[2] The results are shown below, with bold denoting match winners.[3]
The final was played between Austrian Albin Ouschan and Kuwaiti Omar Al-Shaheen, with the winner breaks format. Albin Ouschan won the match 13–9 and won the 9-ball world championship for the second time.
| Player | Rack | Racks won | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||||
 Albin Ouschan | • | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omar Al-Shaheen | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
All groups of the tournament were available worldwide via the following broadcasters:
| Country | Channel | |
|---|---|---|
| Sky Sports | ||
| DAZN | ||
| NTV | ||
| Nova | ||
| RTL | ||
| Sky | ||
| Sport Klub | ||
| SuperSport | ||
| Viasat | ||
| Viaplay | ||
| Rest of the World | Matchroom Sport |