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1998 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
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. See also * List of sporting events in Taiwan * List of WPA World Nine-ball champions References External links Event at Propool.info {{World 9-ball championship 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ... WPA World Nine-ball Championship WPA World Nine-ball Championship International sports competitions hosted by China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei City
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the Capital city, capital and a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Regions of Taiwan, Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung River, Keelung and Xindian River, Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border. The city of Taipei is home to an estimated population of 2,646,204 (2019), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name "Taipei" can refer either to the whole m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Kucharo
Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from " YHWH has given", and an alternate spelling of John, derived from "YHWH has pardoned". Behind the Name. Retrieved on 2013-09-06. The name is spelled Jón in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands. In the , it is derived from Johannes. No ...
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1998 In Chinese Sport
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The '' Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sporting Events In Taiwan
This is a list of international sporting events in Taiwan: Multi-sport Events Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball 1 The 2021 World Baseball Classic was originally scheduled for 2021, but has been rescheduled to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Basketball Boxing Canoeing Climbing Golf Ice Hockey Martial Arts Pool Rowing Rugby Soccer, Futsal Softball Soft Tennis Squash Table Tennis Tchoukball Volleyball Other Sporting Events Recurring Sporting Events Former Sporting Events Cancelled Sporting Events See also * Sport in Taiwan * List of stadiums in Taiwan The following is a list of stadiums in Taiwan, ordered by capacity. Currently all stadiums with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included. See also * List of sporting events in Taiwan * Sport in Taiwan * List of Asian stadiums by capacity { ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sporting events in Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niclas Bergendorff
Niclas may refer to: * Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz (1754–1821), Finnish born Swedish poet and inventor *Jacob Niclas Ahlström (1805–1857), Swedish Kapellmeister and composer * Johan Niclas Byström (1783–1848), Swedish sculptor * Niclas Alexandersson (born 1971), retired Swedish football midfielder *Niclas Andersén (born 1988), Swedish ice hockey player * Niclas Bendixen, Danish actor, dancer and choreographer *Niclas Edman (born 1991), Swedish ice hockey player * Niclas Fasth (born 1972), Swedish professional golfer * Niclas Frisk (born 1969), Swedish musician *Niclas Hävelid (born 1973), professional ice hockey defenceman * Niclas Jensen (born 1974), Danish professional football player *Niclas Jönsson (born 1967), former driver in the Indy Racing League * Niclas Kindvall (born 1967), retired Swedish football player *Niclas Levein (born 1988), retired Swedish ice hockey player *Niclas Lucenius (born 1989), Finnish professional ice hockey center *Niclas Olofsson (born 1975), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Ching-shun
Yang Ching-shun (Chinese: 楊 清 順; born 3 April 1978) is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "the Son of Pool". Yang won the nine-ball event of the 1998 Asian Games against then World Pool champion Kunihiko Takahashi. He defended it in 2002 against Warren Kiamco. In an unsuccessful attempt to defend that title for the second time, Yang settled for 3rd place as he was bested in the semi-finals by Jeff de Luna who then finished second to Antonio Gabica. Despite the fact that he never won a world championship in any discipline of pool like his fellow Taiwanese player Chao Fong-pang did, Yang has often been regarded as a potential world champion. His best finish in the World Pool Championship is 3rd where he reached the semi-finals in 2002. However, he was bested by Francisco Bustamante who eventually lost to Earl Strickland Earl Strickland (born June 8, 1961) is an American professional pool player who is considered one of the best nine-ball players of all t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Nielsen (pool Player)
Peter Nielsen may refer to: Sports *Peter Nielsen (footballer) (born 1968), Danish footballer *Peter Nielsen (sport shooter) (1890–1972), Danish Olympic shooter; see Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol * Peter Heine Nielsen (born 1973), Danish chess grandmaster *Peter Meinert Nielsen (born 1966), Danish road bicycle racer Others * Peter Nielsen (actor) (1876–1949), Danish film actor *Peter Nielsen (botanist) (1829–1897), Danish botanist, mycologist and plant pathologist *Peter E. Nielsen, Danish biochemist and inventor of Peptide nucleic acid *Peter Alsing Nielsen (1907–1985), Danish painter *Peter Nielsen (air traffic controller) Peter Nielsen may refer to: Sports *Peter Nielsen (footballer) (born 1968), Danish footballer *Peter Nielsen (sport shooter) (1890–1972), Danish Olympic shooter; see Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol *Peter Heine Nie ... (died 2004), Danish-born Swiss air traffic controller at the time o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Lining
Antonio Lining (born May 9, 1963, in Mindoro, Philippines) is a Filipino people, Filipino Pocket billiards, pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy". He is one of the few left-handed Asian players. Lining's most notable appearance was in the Motolite International Nine-ball Tournament in 2000, where he finished second to Francisco Bustamante, having beaten Efren Reyes in the quarter-finals. At the 2002 Busan Asian Games, Lining and Bustamante won the gold medal at the nine-ball doubles event. Between 1992 and 2017, Lining has played in one or more of the All Japan Championship (Nine Ball), U.S. Open Championship (Nine Ball) and the World Pool Championship (Nine Ball). Achievements * 1989 Scratch Open - Osaka, Japan * 1992 Hemeji Open - Osaka, Japan * 1992 Tung Pa Open - Taipei, Taiwan * 1994 Indonesian Open - Jakarta, Indonesia * 1994 Asian Championships - Taipei, Taiwan * 1995 Davao National Open - Davao City, Davao, Philippines * 1996 B's Open - Tokyo, Japan * 1997 Pasay National Open - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pool (cue Sports)
Pool is a classification of cue sports played on a table with six pockets along the , into which balls are deposited. "Pool billiards" is sometimes hyphenated and/or spelled with a singular "billiard". The WPA itself uses "pool-billiard" in its logo but "pool-billiards" in its legal notices. The organization compounds the words to result in an acronym of "WPA", "WPBA" having already been taken by the Women's Professional Billiards Association. Normal English grammar would not hyphenate here, and the term is actually a Germanism. A general rules booklet on pool games in general, including eight-ball, nine-ball and several others. Each specific pool game has its own name; some of the better-known include eight-ball, blackball, nine-ball, ten-ball, seven-ball, straight pool, one-pocket, and bank pool. The generic term pocket billiards is sometimes also used, and favored by some pool-industry bodies, but is technically a broader classification, including games such as snooke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
