Tournament information | |
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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 | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
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]
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 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 11 |