The 1998 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was a professional pool championship that took place in 1998 in Taipei City, Taiwan. The event was won by Kunihiko Takahashi who defeated defending champion Johnny Archer in the final.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | 9-ball |
| Location | Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Dates | November 11, 1998–November 15, 1998 |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin / Single Elimination |
| Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
| Participants | 64 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Kunihiko Takahashi |
| Runner-up |  Johnny Archer |
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.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Jon Kucharo
| 13 | |||||||||||||
 Antonio Lining
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Archer
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Jon Kucharo
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Archer
| 13 | |||||||||||||
 Peter Nielsen
| 8 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Archer
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Kunihiko Takahashi
| 13 | |||||||||||||
 Yang Ching-shun
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Akikumo Toshikawa
| 9 | |||||||||||||
| Kunihiko Takahashi
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Akikumo Toshikawa
| 2 | |||||||||||||
 Niclas Bergendorff
| 11 | |||||||||||||
| Kunihiko Takahashi
| 13 | |||||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "World 9-Ball Championship 1998 :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
External links edit