1997 Cairo, Egypt
Final Standings Men
1. Christian Nokel, Germany; 2. Yung-Nein Peng, Chinese Taipei; 3. Gery Verbruggen, Belgium.| STEPLADDER FINALS MEN | |||||||
| Position | Name | Country | Name | Country | Results | ||
| 1 | Christian Nokel | Germany | defeated | Yung-Nien Peng | Chinese Taipei | 210 | 200 |
| 2 | Christian Nokel | Germany | defeated | Gery Verbruggen*** | Belgium | 212 | 178 |
| TOP 8 AFTER 48 GAMES | |||||||
| Name | Country | ||||||
| 1 | Yung-Nien Peng | Chinese Taipei | 10928 | ||||
| 2 | Gery Verbruggen*** | Belgium | 10593 | ||||
| 3 | Christian Nokel | Germany | 10517 | ||||
| 4 | Kenny Ang* | Malaysia | 10471 | ||||
| 5 | Christer Petersson | Sweden | 10469 | ||||
| 6 | Yin Choi Chew | Singapore | 10399 | ||||
| 7 | Ahmed Shaheen Al-Meraikhi | Qatar | 10336 | High Game 300 | |||
| 8 | Vernon Peterson | USA | 10315 | ||||
| TOP 24 AFTER 40 GAMES | |||||||
| Name | Country | ||||||
| 1 | Yung-Nien Peng | Chinese Taipei | 9031 | ||||
| 2 | Yin Choi Chew | Singapore | 8725 | ||||
| 3 | Kenny Ang* | Malaysia | 8680 | ||||
| 4 | Christian Nokel | Germany | 8663 | ||||
| 5 | Gery Verbruggen*** | Belgium | 8661 | ||||
| 6 | Christer Petersson | Sweden | 8635 | ||||
| 7 | Vernon Peterson | USA | 8614 | ||||
| 8 | Ahmed Shaheen Al-Meraikhi | Qatar | 8576 | ||||
| 9 | Kritchawat Jampakhao* | Thailand | 8570 | ||||
| 10 | Dimitris Karetsos* | Greece | 8558 | ||||
| 11 | Mohammed Khalifa AlQubasi*******+ | UAE | 8526 | ||||
| 12 | Giuliano Bulegato** | Italy | 8469 | ||||
| 13 | Scott Sadler | Australia | 8449 | ||||
| 14 | Chiang Kwok Fai | Hong Kong | 8238 | ||||
| 15 | Nam Hyun Cho | Korea | 8233 | ||||
| 16 | Juliano de Oliveira | Brazil | 8229 | ||||
| 17 | Marco Odio******* | Costa Rica | 8210 | ||||
| 17 | Daniel Falconi** | Mexico | 8210 | ||||
| 19 | Alan Tone | Canada | 8189 | Sportsman of the Tournament | |||
| 20 | Takashi Ishibashi | Japan | 8180 | ||||
| 21 | Jorge David Romero Rio | Colombia | 8173 | ||||
| 22 | Ron Oldfield* | England | 8171 | ||||
| 23 | Philip Dunne********* | Ireland | 8149 | ||||
| 24 | Robert Birnie* | Scotland | 8091 | ||||
| TOP 24 AFTER 24 GAMES | |||||||
| Name | Country | Pinfall | |||||
| 1 | Yin Choi Chew | Singapore | 5478 | ||||
| 2 | Yung-Nien Peng | Chinese Taipei | 5420 | ||||
| 3 | Kenny Ang* | Malaysia | 5284 | ||||
| 4 | Christer Petersson | Sweden | 5195 | ||||
| 5 | Kritchawat Jampakhao* | Thailand | 5184 | ||||
| 6 | Ahmed Shaheen Al-Meraikhi | Qatar | 5172 | ||||
| 7 | Christian Nokel | Germany | 5169 | ||||
| 8 | Gery Verbruggen*** | Belgium | 5159 | ||||
| 9 | Dimitris Karetsos* | Greece | 5076 | ||||
| 10 | Vernon Peterson | USA | 5056 | ||||
| 11 | Mohammed Khalifa AlQubasi*******+ | UAE | 5025 | ||||
| 12 | Nam Hyun Cho | Korea | 4980 | ||||
| 13 | Juliano de Oliveira | Brazil | 4976 | ||||
| 14 | Giuliano Bulegato** | Italy | 4939 | ||||
| 15 | Jorge David Romero Rio | Colombia | 4910 | ||||
| 16 | Scott Sadler | Australia | 4901 | ||||
| 17 | Takashi Ishibashi | Japan | 4889 | ||||
| 18 | Philip Dunne********* | Ireland | 4876 | ||||
| 19 | Robert Birnie* | Scotland | 4873 | ||||
| 20 | Chiang Kwok Fai | Hong Kong | 4865 | ||||
| 21 | Marco Odio******* | Costa Rica | 4863 | ||||
| 22 | Ron Oldfield* | England | 4859 | ||||
| 23 | Daniel Falconi** | Mexico | 4851 | ||||
| 24 | Alan Tone | Canada | 4837 | ||||
| 25 | Eric Lanuza* | Panama | 4803 | ||||
| 26 | Steven Riley* | Bermuda | 4789 | ||||
| 27 | Kari Kehkinen | Finland | 4772 | ||||
| 27 | Michael Sassen* | Netherlands | 4772 | ||||
| 29 | Fabrice Mathorel | France | 4768 | ||||
| 30 | Johnny Christiansen* | Denmark | 4748 | ||||
| 31 | Guy Caminski | South Africa | 4743 | ||||
| 32 | Thierry Chretien* | Martinique | 4741 | ||||
| 33 | Jong Lapid Enriquez | Philippines | 4730 | ||||
| 34 | Asgeir Thor* | Iceland | 4704 | ||||
| 34 | Fiorani Luciano* | Switzerland | 4704 | ||||
| 36 | Peter Hansen | Norway | 4697 | ||||
| 37 | Mohamed Najarani* | Saudi Arabia | 4689 | ||||
| 38 | Gatot A Nugroho | Indonesia | 4667 | ||||
| 39 | Mark Shea | Wales | 4655 | ||||
| 40 | Johann Riegler*** | Austria | 4595 | ||||
| 41 | Laszlo Ficsor** | Hungary | 4590 | ||||
| 42 | Paul Wright* | Jersey | 4579 | ||||
| 43 | Vijay Balani*** | Malta | 4570 | ||||
| 44 | Shimon Cohen | Israel | 4564 | ||||
| 45 | Lluis Montfort* | Spain | 4561 | ||||
| 47 | Shant Agoup | Iraq | 4556 | ||||
| 47 | Graham Watson | New Zealand | 4541 | ||||
| 48 | Charles Mathew | Guatemala | 4529 | ||||
| 49 | Zhang Jintao* | China | 4514 | ||||
| 50 | Derek Tomlin | Guernsey | 4511 | ||||
| 51 | Gary Stoops* | Northern Ireland | 4507 | ||||
| 52 | Daniel Anacona | Chile | 4495 | ||||
| 53 | Tadeo Gomez*** | El Salvador | 4485 | ||||
| 54 | Christian Saint Bonnet | Argentina | 4482 | ||||
| 54 | Abdulhammed Mohamed Taqi | Bahrain | 4482 | ||||
| 56 | Mohamed Ibrahim | Egypt | 4465 | ||||
| 57 | Luis Hernandez | Venezuela | 4446 | ||||
| 58 | Arvinder Singh | India | 4437 | ||||
| 59 | Nedeljko Glavas* | Yugoslavia | 4403 | ||||
| 60 | Mohammed Ali | Palestine | 4382 | ||||
| 61 | Franjo Katalenic** | Croatia | 4378 | ||||
| 62 | Oleg Smirnof | Russia | 4375 | ||||
| 63 | David Hill | Isle of Man | 4361 | ||||
| 64 | Aliksan Isler | Turkey | 4347 | ||||
| 65 | Ibrahim Haji Ahmad | Brunei | 4272 | ||||
| 66 | Nafez Akhras | Jordan | 4261 | ||||
| 67 | Roman Zarna | Poland | 4254 | ||||
| 68 | Alexandre Hung | Mauritius | 4253 | ||||
| 69 | Belay Habtom* | Ethiopia | 4244 | ||||
| 70 | Romain Oberweis | Luxembourg | 4192 | ||||
| 71 | Philippe Champeil | New Caledonia | 4189 | ||||
| 72 | Beni Villa** | Paraguay | 4152 | ||||
| 73 | Antreas Constantinou | Cyprus | 4146 | ||||
| 74 | Marin Tranier** | Vanuatu | 4140 | ||||
| 75 | Haroldas Nevidauskas* | Lithuania | 4092 | ||||
| 76 | Wael Hussein Amer | Yemen | 4045 | ||||
| 77 | Serge Crema | Reunion | 4039 | ||||
| 78 | Vito Marques | Portugal | 3983 | ||||
| 79 | Patrick Leroy* | Morocco | 3968 | ||||
| 80 | Guido Piksar | Estonia | 3944 | ||||
| 81 | Shamir Shalalah | Lebanon | 3591 | ||||
| Previous participant* | |||||||
| Previous champion+ | |||||||
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