WPA World 9-ball Championship 1996 | |
Location: | Borlänge, Sweden |
Start Date: | October 23, 1996 |
End Date: | October 27, 1996 |
Sport: | 9-ball |
Tournament Format: | Round robin / Single Elimination |
Host: | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
Runner-Up1: | Tom Storm |
Participants: | 64 |
Champion: | Ralf Souquet |
Previous: | 1995 |
Next: | 1997 |
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- until the final match was race-to-11- due to televising purposes.[1]