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]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | 9-ball |
| Location | Borlänge, Sweden |
| Dates | October 23, 1996–October 27, 1996 |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin / Single Elimination |
| Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
| Participants | 64 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Ralf Souquet |
| Runner-up |  Tom Storm |
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 | ||||||||||||
| Oliver Ortmann
| 8 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Storm
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Storm
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Rolf Alex
| 10 | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Engert
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Rolf Alex
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Storm
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
| 11 | |||||||||||||
 Paul Potier
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
| 13 | |||||||||||||
 Craig Duffy
| 10 | |||||||||||||
| Craig Duffy
| 13 | |||||||||||||
 Takeshi Okumura
| 11 | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b "Player Profile". billiardapps.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "World 9-Ball Championship 1996 - match results :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "World 9-Ball Championship 1997 - match results :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.