1999 World Professional Pool Championship

Pool Tournament in Wales World Pool Championship 1999 Cardiff, Wales July 18, 1999 July 26, 1999 9-ball Round robin / Single Elimination WPA World Nine-ball Championship,Matchroom Pool TPE Chang Hao-ping 96 PHL Efren Reyes 1998 1999 The 1999 World Pool Championship was a professional pool championship that took place in 1999 in Cardiff, Wales. The event was billed as a world championship by Matchroom Sport as an alternative to the World Pool-Billiard Association's (WPA) 1999 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, won by Nick Varner. Despite there being two world titles for the same discipline in 1999, both are considered as valid in 1999 by the WPA.Tribute Page for FCC CodePen 10 January 2019 https://codepen.io/ryanbaldoza/full/xddzOd 10 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190110184340/https://codepen.io/ryanbaldoza/full/xddzOd dead The event was won by Efren Reyes, who defeated Chang Hao-ping in the final 17–8.Table No. 1: Efren "The Magician" Reyes Bata Bar & Billiards 10 January 2019 https://www.batabar.com/en/table-no-1-efren-magician-reyes/ At the time of the event, it was not recognised as a world championship, however, after the event was well received, the WPA worked with Matchroom Sport to sponsor and present later versions of the event, and the 1999 event was retrospectively recognised as a world championship.World 9-Ball Championship 1999 :: ProPool.info propool.info 10 January 2019 http://propool.info/tours/matchroomsport-world-9-ball-championship-1999.htm The championships were merged in 2000, but were also held in Wales. Knockout round no yes Round of 64 (Race to 9) Round of 32 (Race to 9) Round of 16 (Race to 11) Quarter-Final (Race to 11) Semi-Final (Race to 11) Final (Race to 17) USA Johnny Archer 9 CAN Ronnie Wiseman 5 CAN Luc Salvas 3 USA Kim Davenport 9 SWE Tom Storm 6 TPE Chang Hao-Ping 9 TPE Kun Fang Lee 9 JPN Takahashi Kunihiko 8 GER Harald Stolka 8 JPN Takashi Toda 9 CHN Lee Wei Chen 9 CAN Paul Potier 8 USA Tommy Kennedy 2 JPN Hisashi Yamamoto 9 SWE Marcus Chamat 4 GER Ralph Eckert 9 AUS Quinten Hann 5 PHL Leonardo Andam 9 POL Mariusz Roter 2 GBR Steve Knight 9 GER Bernd Jahnke 9 JPN Yutaka Fukuda 7 USA Jon Kucharo 4 JPN Satoshi Kawabata 9 TPE Chao Fong-Pang 9 JPN Takeshi Okumura 4 USA Earl Strickland 3 USA Fang Hsiao Lang 9 USA Randy Pruman 3 RUS Evgeny Stalev 9 USA Mike Coltrain 9 GBR Andy Richardson 5 USA Jim Rempe 9 SWI Sam Cleaman 6 PHL Francisco Bustamante 9 USA Tony Ellin 1 USA Corey Deuel 9 MEX Ernesto Dominguez 1 ITA Fabio Petroni 9 CHN Shin-Young Park 5 LUX Marc Holtz 6 NED Michael Schmidt 9 PHL Rodolfo Luat 5 USA Tang Hoa 9 CAN Alain Martel 6 USA Jeremy Jones 9 GBR Steve Davis 8 USA Mike Lebron 9 GER Oliver Ortmann 9 MLT Tony Drago 8 TPE Lu Hui-Chan 9 LUX Steve Leisen 5 TPE Min Wai Chin 7 NED Alex Lely 9 JPN Akikumo Toshikawa 9 DEN Rico Diks 7 GER Thomas Engert 8 GBR Jimmy White 9 KOR Young-Hwa Jeong 6 PHL Efren Reyes 9 GBR Steve James 9 CAN Alex Pagulayan 6 GER Ralf Souquet 9 USA Charlie Williams 7 USA Johnny Archer 9 USA Kim Davenport 7 TPE Chang Hao-Ping 9 TPE Kun Fang Lee 5 JPN Takashi Toda 9 CHN Lee Wei Chen 3 JPN Hisashi Yamamoto 9 GER Ralph Eckert 3 PHL Leonardo Andam 1 GBR Steve Knight 9 GER Bernd Jahnke 3 JPN Satoshi Kawabata 9 TPE Chao Fong-Pang 9 USA Fang Hsiao Lang 7 RUS Evgeny Stalev 9 USA Mike Coltrain 6 USA Jim Rempe 8 PHL Francisco Bustamante 9 USA Corey Deuel 5 ITA Fabio Petroni 9 NED Michael Schmidt 9 USA Tang Hoa 7 USA Jeremy Jones 8 USA Mike Lebron 9 GER Oliver Ortmann 8 TPE Lu Hui-Chan 9 NED Alex Lely 3 JPN Akikumo Toshikawa 9 GBR Jimmy White 8 PHL Efren Reyes 9 GBR Steve James 5 GER Ralf Souquet 9 USA Johnny Archer 5 TPE Chang Hao-Ping 11 JPN Takashi Toda 6 JPN Hisashi Yamamoto 11 GBR Steve Knight 11 JPN Satoshi Kawabata 8 TPE Chao Fong-Pang 11 RUS Evgeny Stalev 8 PHL Francisco Bustamante 11 ITA Fabio Petroni 8 NED Michael Schmidt 10 USA Mike Lebron 11 TPE Lu Hui-Chan 4 JPN Akikumo Toshikawa 11 PHL Efren Reyes 11 GER Ralf Souquet 7 TPE Chang Hao-Ping 11 JPN Hisashi Yamamoto 6 GBR Steve Knight 6 TPE Chao Fong-Pang 11 PHL Francisco Bustamante 11 USA Mike Lebron 3 JPN Akikumo Toshikawa 9 PHL Efren Reyes 11 TPE Chang Hao-Ping 11 TPE Chao Fong-Pang 8 PHL Francisco Bustamante 4 PHL Efren Reyes 11 TPE Chang Hao-Ping 8 PHL Efren Reyes 17 References The Pool Bible Metcalfe, Nick March 2010 9780785826026 10 January 2019 https://books.google.com/books?id=EhZE6ZSkmosC&dq=WPA+World+Nine-ball+championship+%221999%22&pg=PA199 External links Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2000 at azbilliards.com Category:WPA World Nine-ball Championship WPA World Nine-ball Championship WPA World Nine-ball Championship Category:International sports competitions hosted by Wales Category:Cue sports in Wales Category:Sports competitions in Cardiff Category:1990s in Cardiff Category:July 1999 sports events in the United Kingdom