Nine-ball women's singles at the 2009 World Games | |||||||
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Venue | Chung Cheng Martial Arts Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | ||||||
Dates | 22–26 July 2009 | ||||||
Competitors | 16 from 11 nations | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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The women's singles nine-ball competition at the 2009 World Games took place from 22 to 26 July 2009 at the Chung Cheng Martial Arts Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [1]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
Jasmin Ouschan | 9 | |||||||||
Jeanette Lee | 5 | |||||||||
Jasmin Ouschan | 9 | |||||||||
Shu Han Chang | 2 | |||||||||
Line Kjorsvik | 8 | |||||||||
Shu Han Chang | 9 | |||||||||
Jasmin Ouschan | 8 | |||||||||
Allison Fisher | 9 | |||||||||
Allison Fisher | 9 | |||||||||
Liu Shin-Mei | 5 | |||||||||
Allison Fisher | 9 | |||||||||
Lin Yuan-chun | 5 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
Vivian Villareal | 1 | |||||||||
Lin Yuan-chun | 9 | |||||||||
Shu Han Chang | 5 | |||||||||
Lin Yuan-chun | 9 | |||||||||
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