| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | 9-ball |
| Location | Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Dates | November 11, 1998–November 15, 1998 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin / Single Elimination |
| Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
| Participants | 64 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Kunihiko Takahashi |
| Runner-up |  Johnny Archer |
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The 1998 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was a professional pool championship that took place in 1998 in Taipei City, Taiwan. The event was won by Kunihiko Takahashi who defeated defending champion Johnny Archer in the final.
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.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Jon Kucharo
| 13 | |||||||||||||
 Antonio Lining
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Archer
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Jon Kucharo
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Archer
| 13 | |||||||||||||
 Peter Nielsen
| 8 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Archer
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Kunihiko Takahashi
| 13 | |||||||||||||
 Yang Ching-shun
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Akikumo Toshikawa
| 9 | |||||||||||||
| Kunihiko Takahashi
| 13 | |||||||||||||
| Akikumo Toshikawa
| 2 | |||||||||||||
 Niclas Bergendorff
| 11 | |||||||||||||
| Kunihiko Takahashi
| 13 | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- "World 9-Ball Championship 1998 :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
External links
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