1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

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]

1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Tournament information
Dates
CityBorlange
CountrySweden
Organisation(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship
FormatGroup stage, Single elimination
Final
ChampionRalf Souquet[1]
Runner-upTom Storm
Score11-1
1995
1997

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
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

  1. "World Champions – WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Retrieved 10 January 2019. Nick Varner
  2. "Player Profile". billiardapps.com. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. "World 9-Ball Championship 1996 - match results :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. "World 9-Ball Championship 1997 - match results :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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