1999 World Professional Pool Championship

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 1999 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, won by Nick Varner.[1] Despite there being two world titles for the same discipline in 1999, both are considered as valid in 1999 by the WPA.[2][1]

World Pool Championship 1999
Tournament information
Sport9-ball
LocationCardiff, Wales
DatesJuly 18, 1999–July 26, 1999
Tournament
format(s)
Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship,
Matchroom Pool
Participants96
Final positions
ChampionPhilippines Efren Reyes
Runner-upChinese Taipei Chang Hao-ping
← 1998
1999 →

The event was won by Efren Reyes, who defeated Chang Hao-ping in the final 17–8.[3] 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.[1][4] The championships were merged in 2000, but were also held in Wales.

Knockout round

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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)
            
  Johnny Archer 9
  Ronnie Wiseman 5
  Johnny Archer 9
  Kim Davenport 7
  Luc Salvas 3
  Kim Davenport 9
  Johnny Archer 5
  Chang Hao-Ping 11
  Tom Storm 6
  Chang Hao-Ping 9
  Chang Hao-Ping 9
  Kun Fang Lee 5
  Kun Fang Lee 9
  Takahashi Kunihiko 8
  Chang Hao-Ping 11
  Hisashi Yamamoto 6
  Harald Stolka 8
  Takashi Toda 9
  Takashi Toda 9
  Lee Wei Chen 3
  Lee Wei Chen 9
  Paul Potier 8
  Takashi Toda 6
  Hisashi Yamamoto 11
  Tommy Kennedy 2
  Hisashi Yamamoto 9
  Hisashi Yamamoto 9
  Ralph Eckert 3
  Marcus Chamat 4
  Ralph Eckert 9
  Chang Hao-Ping 11
  Chao Fong-Pang 6
  Quinten Hann 5
  Leonardo Andam 9
  Leonardo Andam 1
  Steve Knight 9
  Mariusz Roter 2
  Steve Knight 9
  Steve Knight 11
  Satoshi Kawabata 8
  Bernd Jahnke 9
  Yutaka Fukuda 7
  Bernd Jahnke 3
  Satoshi Kawabata 9
  Jon Kucharo 4
  Satoshi Kawabata 9
  Steve Knight 6
  Chao Fong-Pang 11
  Chao Fong-Pang 9
  Takeshi Okumura 4
  Chao Fong-Pang 9
  Fang Hsiao Lang 7
  Earl Strickland 3
  Fang Hsiao Lang 9
  Chao Fong-Pang 11
  Evgeny Stalev 8
  Randy Pruman 3
  Evgeny Stalev 9
  Evgeny Stalev 9
  Mike Coltrain 6
  Mike Coltrain 9
  Andy Richardson 5
  Chang Hao-Ping 8
  Efren Reyes 17
  Jim Rempe 9
  Sam Cleaman 6
  Jim Rempe 8
  Francisco Bustamante 9
  Francisco Bustamante 9
  Tony Ellin 1
  Francisco Bustamante 11
  Fabio Petroni 8
  Corey Deuel 9
  Ernesto Dominguez 1
  Corey Deuel 5
  Fabio Petroni 9
  Fabio Petroni 9
  Shin-Young Park 5
  Francisco Bustamante 11
  Mike Lebron 3
  Marc Holtz 6
  Michael Schmidt 9
  Michael Schmidt 9
  Tang Hoa 7
  Rodolfo Luat 5
  Tang Hoa 9
  Michael Schmidt 10
  Mike Lebron 11
  Alain Martel 6
  Jeremy Jones 9
  Jeremy Jones 8
  Mike Lebron 9
  Steve Davis 8
  Mike Lebron 9
  Francisco Bustamante 4
  Efren Reyes 11
  Oliver Ortmann 9
  Tony Drago 8
  Oliver Ortmann 8
  Lu Hui-Chan 9
  Lu Hui-Chan 9
  Steve Leisen 5
  Lu Hui-Chan 4
  Akikumo Toshikawa 11
  Min Wai Chin 7
  Alex Lely 9
  Alex Lely 3
  Akikumo Toshikawa 9
  Akikumo Toshikawa 9
  Rico Diks 7
  Akikumo Toshikawa 9
  Efren Reyes 11
  Thomas Engert 8
  Jimmy White 9
  Jimmy White 8
  Efren Reyes 9
  Young-Hwa Jeong 6
  Efren Reyes 9
  Efren Reyes 11
  Ralf Souquet 7
  Steve James 9
  Alex Pagulayan 6
  Steve James 5
  Ralf Souquet 9
  Ralf Souquet 9
  Charlie Williams 7

References

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  1. ^ a b c Metcalfe, Nick (March 2010). The Pool Bible. ISBN 9780785826026. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Tribute Page for FCC". CodePen. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Table No. 1: Efren "The Magician" Reyes". Bata Bar & Billiards. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b "World 9-Ball Championship 1999 :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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