1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

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WPA World 9-ball Championship 1996
Tournament information
Sport9-ball
LocationBorlänge, Sweden
DatesOctober 23, 1996–October 27, 1996
Tournament
format(s)
Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants64
Final positions
ChampionGermany Ralf Souquet
Runner-upSweden Tom Storm
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The 1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was a professional pool championship that took place in 1996 in Borlänge, Sweden. The event was won by Germany's Ralf Souquet, who defeated Sweden's Tom Storm in the final 11–1.[1][2] Defending champion Oliver Ortmann was defeated in the semi-finals 13-8 by Storm.[3]

Knockout stages[edit]

The following is the results from the quarter-finals. Players competing had progressed through the earlier knockout round. Players in bold denote match winners. Matches were race-to-13-racks until the final match was race-to-11-racks due to televising purposes.[1]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Germany Oliver Ortmann 8
Sweden Tom Storm 13
Sweden Tom Storm 13
Germany Rolf Alex 10
Germany Thomas Engert 3
Germany Rolf Alex 13
Sweden Tom Storm 1
Germany Ralf Souquet 11
Canada Paul Potier 3
Germany Ralf Souquet 13
Germany Ralf Souquet 13
Australia Craig Duffy 10
Australia Craig Duffy 13
Japan Takeshi Okumura 11

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Player Profile". billiardapps.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ "World 9-Ball Championship 1996 - match results :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. ^ "World 9-Ball Championship 1997 - match results :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.