1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | – |
| City | Borlange |
| Country | Sweden |
| Organisation(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
| Format | Group stage, Single elimination |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ralf Souquet[1] |
| Runner-up | Tom Storm |
| Score | 11-1 |
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The 1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was a professional pool championship that took place in 1996 in Borlange, Sweden. The event was won by Germany's Ralf Souquet, who defeated Sweden's Tom Storm in the final 11–1.[2][3] Defending champion Oliver Ortmann was defeated in the semi-finals 13-8 by Storm.[4]
Knockout Stages[]
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.[2]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
 Oliver Ortmann
| 8 | |||||||||||||
 Tom Storm
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Storm
| 13 | |||||||||||||
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| 10 | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Engert
| 3 | |||||||||||||
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| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Storm
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
| 11 | |||||||||||||
 Paul Potier
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||||||
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| 13 | |||||||||||||
 Takeshi Okumura
| 11 | |||||||||||||
References[]
- ^ "World Champions – WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
Nick Varner
- ^ a b "Player Profile". billiardapps.com. 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. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
Categories:
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship
- 1996 in cue sports
- International sports competitions hosted by Sweden