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1997 WPA World Pool Championship
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WPA World 9-ball Championship 1997 Chicago, United States October 1, 1997 October 5, 1997 9-ball Round robin / Single Elimination WPA World Nine-ball Championship TPE Lee Kun-Fang 64 USA Johnny ArcherWorld Champions – WPA Pool WPA Pool 10 January 2019 https://wpapool.com/world-champions/ Nick Varner 1996 1998
The 1997 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was a professional pool championship that took place in 1997 in Chicago, United States. The event was won by Johnny Archer, who defeated Kun-Fang Lee in the final 9–3.World 9-Ball Championship 1999 - match results :: ProPool.info propool.info 10 January 2019 http://propool.info/tours/world-9-ball-championship-1999-brackets.htm Defending champion Ralf Souquet was defeated in the semifinals 9-8 by Lee.World 9-Ball Championship 1997 - match results :: ProPool.info propool.info 4 February 2019 http://propool.info/tours/world-9-ball-championship-1997-matches.htm 4 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190204174608/http://propool.info/tours/world-9-ball-championship-1997-matches.htm dead
Tournament Summary
Johnny Archer would win his second world nine-ball championship, after previously winning the event in 1992.Players: Johnny Archer :: ProPool.info propool.info 4 February 2019 http://propool.info/players/johnny-archer.htm Johnny ARCHER - Johnny azbilliards.com 4 February 2019 https://www.azbilliards.com/people/36-johnny-archer/
Knockout stages
The following is the results from the knockout stages. Players competing had progressed through the earlier knockout round.World 9-Ball Championship 1997 - match results :: ProPool.info propool.info 10 January 2019 http://propool.info/tours/world-9-ball-championship-1997-brackets.htm All matches were played as race to 13 racks.Чемпионат Мира по "Девятке" 1997 - результаты матчей propool.info 4 February 2019 http://propool.info/tours/world-9-ball-championship-1997-brackets.htm?new=1
TPE Kun Fang-Lee 13 PHL Warren Kiamco 11 USA Roger Griffis 12 GER Andreas Vondenhoff 13 GER Oliver Ortmann 7 TPE Min Wai Chin 13 USA CJ Wiley 13 TPE Kim Won Suk 6 JPN Takeshi Okumura 13 GER Christian Reimering 7 ENG Steve Knight 9 JPN Kunihiko Takahashi 13 TPE Wei Chi Chen 13 CHN Min You Chow 5 USA Kim Davenport 10 GER Ralf Souquet 13 USA Johnny Archer 13 MEX Ernesto Dominguez 8 GER Bernd Jahnke 6 PHL Efren Reyes 13 FIN Mika Immonen 13 USA Danny DiLiberto 6 SWE Tom Storm 13 JPN Syuji Nagata 10 USA Reed Pierce 13 USA George Breedlove 12 PHL Francisco Bustamante 13 PHL Rodolfo Luat 11 USA Jimmy Wetch 13 USA Edgardo Ramirez 4 JPN Akikumo Toshikawa 10 TPE S Hu Chen 13 TPE Kun Fang-Lee 13 GER Andreas Vondenhoff 6 TPE Min Wai Chin 13 USA CJ Wiley 8 JPN Takeshi Okumura 11 JPN Kunihiko Takahashi 13 TPE Wei Chi Chen 9 GER Ralf Souquet 13 USA Johnny Archer 13 PHL Efren Reyes 4 FIN Mika Immonen 13 SWE Tom Storm 9 USA Reed Pierce 13 PHL Francisco Bustamante 12 USA Jimmy Wetch 13 TPE S Hu Chen 12 TPE Kun Fang-Lee 13 TPE Min Wai Chin 12 JPN Kunihiko Takahashi 12 GER Ralf Souquet 13 USA Johnny Archer 13 FIN Mika Immonen 8 USA Reed Pierce 13 USA Jimmy Wetch 12 TPE Kun Fang-Lee 9 GER Ralf Souquet 8 USA Johnny Archer 9 USA Reed Pierce 4 TPE Kun Fang-Lee 3 USA Johnny Archer 9
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
event at Propool.info
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WPA World Nine-ball Championship
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