1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-ball Championship 1996
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
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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]

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 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

^ ^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.

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[bill_Play-1] "Player Profile". billiardapps.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2019.

[prop_Worl-2] "World 9-Ball Championship 1996 - match results :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Retrieved 27 December 2019.

[3] "World 9-Ball Championship 1997 - match results :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

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