Albin Ouschan
Albin Ouschan at the European Pool Championship 2008 in Willingen, Germany. | |
| Born | 14 August 1990 Klagenfurt, Austria |
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| Sport country | Austria |
| Nickname | "Smooth Operator" |
| Professional | 2007 |
| Pool games | Nine-ball |
| Tournament wins | |
| World Champion | 9-ball (2016, 2021) |
Albin Alois Ouschan (born August 14, 1990, in Klagenfurt, Austria) is an Austrian professional pool player. Ouschan was the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner, as well as the runner-up in 2014. He also won the 14.1 Continuous European championship the same year. Ouschan is a multiple time Austrian champion in 8-ball, ten-ball and straight pool. Ouschan alongside partner Mario He won both the 2017 World Cup of Pool, 2019 World Cup of Pool and reached the final of the 2018 World Cup of Pool. They would lose 10–3 to the Chinese team of Wu Jia-qing & Liu Haitao. He won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship for the second time in 2021, beating Omar Al-Shaheen 13–9 in the final. He won the International Open in 2021, defeating Dennis Orcollo 13–6 in the final. He is the younger brother of Jasmin Ouschan.
In 2023 Ouschan won his sixth Mosconi Cup whilst representing Team Europe. They defeated Team USA at the Alexandra Palace, London.