1997 WPA World Pool Championship

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WPA World 9-ball Championship 1997
Tournament information
Sport9-ball
LocationChicago, United States
DatesOctober 1, 1997–October 5, 1997
Tournament
format
Round robin / Single Elimination
HostWPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants64
Final positions
ChampionUnited States Johnny Archer[1]
Runner-upChinese Taipei Lee Kun-Fang
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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.[2] Defending champion Ralf Souquet was defeated in the semifinals 9-8 by Lee.[3]

Tournament Summary

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Johnny Archer would win his second world nine-ball championship, after previously winning the event in 1992.[4][5]

Knockout stages

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The following is the results from the knockout stages. Players competing had progressed through the earlier knockout round.[6] All matches were played as race to 13 racks.[7][8]

1st Round 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Kun Fang-Lee 13
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg PHL Warren Kiamco 11
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Kun Fang-Lee 13
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Andreas Vondenhoff 6
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Roger Griffis 12
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Andreas Vondenhoff 13
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Kun Fang-Lee 13
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Min Wai Chin 12
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Oliver Ortmann 7
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Min Wai Chin 13
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Min Wai Chin 13
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA CJ Wiley 8
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA CJ Wiley 13
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Kim Won Suk 6
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Kun Fang-Lee 9
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Ralf Souquet 8
File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN Takeshi Okumura 13
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Christian Reimering 7
File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN Takeshi Okumura 11
File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN Kunihiko Takahashi 13
File:Flag of England.svg ENG Steve Knight 9
File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN Kunihiko Takahashi 13
File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN Kunihiko Takahashi 12
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Ralf Souquet 13
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Wei Chi Chen 13
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Min You Chow 5
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Wei Chi Chen 9
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Ralf Souquet 13
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Kim Davenport 10
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Ralf Souquet 13
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Kun Fang-Lee 3
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Johnny Archer 9
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Johnny Archer 13
File:Flag of Mexico.svg MEX Ernesto Dominguez 8
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Johnny Archer 13
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg PHL Efren Reyes 4
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Bernd Jahnke 6
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg PHL Efren Reyes 13
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Johnny Archer 13
File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Mika Immonen 8
File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Mika Immonen 13
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Danny DiLiberto 6
File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Mika Immonen 13
File:Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Tom Storm 9
File:Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Tom Storm 13
File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN Syuji Nagata 10
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Johnny Archer 9
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Reed Pierce 4
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Reed Pierce 13
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA George Breedlove 12
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Reed Pierce 13
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg PHL Francisco Bustamante 12
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg PHL Francisco Bustamante 13
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg PHL Rodolfo Luat 11
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Reed Pierce 13
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Jimmy Wetch 12
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Jimmy Wetch 13
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Edgardo Ramirez 4
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Jimmy Wetch 13
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE S Hu Chen 12
File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN Akikumo Toshikawa 10
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE S Hu Chen 13

References

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