1998 Kobe, Japan
Final Standings Men
1. Cheng-Ming Yang, Chinese Taipei; 2. Mario Quintero, Mexico; 3. Koichi Takahashi, Japan.| STEPLADDER FINALS MEN | |||||||
| Position | Name | Country | Name | Country | Results | ||
| 1 | Cheng-Ming Yang***** | Chinese Taipei | defeated | Mario Quintero | Mexico | 233 | 152 |
| 2 | Mario Quintero | Mexico | defeated | Koichi Takahashi | Japan | 177 | 163 |
| 3 | Koichi Takahashi | Japan | defeated | Fred Allsop | Australia | 276 | 169 |
| 4 | Fred Allsop | Australia | defeated | Jack Guay*** | Canada | 205 | 193 |
| TOP 8 AFTER 48 GAMES | |||||||
| Name | Country | ||||||
| 1 | Cheng-Ming Yang***** | Chinese Taipei | 10365 | ||||
| 2 | Mario Quintero | Mexico | 10297 | ||||
| 3 | Koichi Takahashi | Japan | 10273 | ||||
| 4 | Jack Guay*** | Canada | 8285 | ||||
| 5 | Fred Allsop | Australia | 10125 | ||||
| 6 | Jack Wong*** | Singapore | 10098 | ||||
| 7 | Andres Gomez* | Colombia | 10046 | ||||
| 8 | John Gaines | USA | 10036 | ||||
| TOP 24 AFTER 40 GAMES | |||||||
| Name | Country | ||||||
| 1 | Cheng-Ming Yang***** | Chinese Taipei | 8734 | ||||
| 2 | Koichi Takahashi | Japan | 8470 | ||||
| 3 | Mario Quintero | Mexico | 8453 | ||||
| 4 | Fred Allsop | Australia | 8371 | ||||
| 5 | John Gaines | USA | 8287 | ||||
| 6 | Jack Guay*** | Canada | 8285 | ||||
| 7 | Andres Gomez* | Colombia | 8236 | ||||
| 8 | Jack Wong*** | Singapore | 8229 | ||||
| 9 | Tom Ingholm | Norway | 8196 | ||||
| 10 | Michel Theys | Netherlands | 8178 | ||||
| 11 | Alfred Pang | Hong Kong | 8145 | ||||
| 12 | Roger Pieters** | Belgium | 8133 | ||||
| 13 | Kenny Ang** | Malaysia | 8087 | ||||
| 14 | Paul Boyle | England | 8080 | High Game 300 | |||
| 15 | Peter Knopp | Germany | 8073 | ||||
| 16 | Richard Aitken* | South Africa | 8067 | ||||
| 17 | Robbie Birnie** | Scotland | 8066 | ||||
| 18 | Philippe Privat | Switzerland | 7996 | ||||
| 19 | Guiliano Bulegato*** | Italy | 7921 | ||||
| 20 | Naif Oquab | UAE | 7918 | ||||
| 21 | PaulL Magee** | Ireland | 7849 | ||||
| 22 | Matti Lepisto | Finland | 7838 | ||||
| 23 | Francois Lopez | Spain | 7713 | ||||
| 24 | Atthaphon Sirithai | Thailand | 7555 | ||||
| TOP 24 AFTER 24 GAMES | |||||||
| Name | Country | Pinfall | |||||
| 1 | Cheng-Ming Yang***** | Chinese Taipei | 5406 | ||||
| 2 | Koichi Takahashi | Japan | 5223 | ||||
| 3 | Mario Quintero | Mexico | 5024 | ||||
| 4 | Fred Allsop | Australia | 4980 | ||||
| 5 | Jack Guay*** | Canada | 4966 | ||||
| 6 | Kenny Ang** | Malaysia | 4918 | ||||
| 7 | Roger Pieters** | Belgium | 4899 | ||||
| 8 | Michel Theys | Netherlands | 4891 | ||||
| 9 | Robbie Birnie** | Scotland | 4888 | ||||
| 10 | Richard Aitken* | South Africa | 4867 | ||||
| 11 | Jack Wong*** | Singapore | 4865 | ||||
| 12 | John Gaines | USA | 4855 | ||||
| 13 | Alfred Pang | Hong Kong | 4841 | ||||
| 14 | Guiliano Bulegato*** | Italy | 4810 | ||||
| 15 | Andres Gomez* | Colombia | 4803 | ||||
| 16 | Philippe Privat | Switzerland | 4792 | ||||
| 17 | Tom Ingholm | Norway | 4791 | ||||
| 18 | Matti Lepisto | Finland | 4773 | ||||
| 19 | Naif Oquab | UAE | 4755 | ||||
| 20 | Peter Knopp | Germany | 4743 | ||||
| 21 | PaulL Magee** | Ireland | 4723 | ||||
| 22 | Paul Boyle | England | 4722 | ||||
| 23 | Atthaphon Sirithai | Thailand | 4717 | ||||
| 24 | Francois Lopez | Spain | 4711 | ||||
| 25 | Morten Christoffersen | Denmark | 4684 | ||||
| 26 | Lee Sung-Won | Korea | 4673 | ||||
| 27 | Ryan Lalisang | Indonesia | 4671 | ||||
| 28 | Kevin Horton* | Northern Ireland | 4670 | ||||
| 29 | Jing Sablan | Philippines | 4657 | ||||
| 30 | Magnus Magnusson | Iceland | 4649 | ||||
| 31 | Jaime Almendro* | Puerto Rico | 4643 | ||||
| 32 | Christophe De Munico | France | 4640 | ||||
| 33 | Pete Richardson | New Zealand | 4637 | ||||
| 34 | Thierry Chretien** | Martinique | 4632 | ||||
| 35 | Habib Dogan | Turkey | 4624 | ||||
| 36 | Mark Shea* | Wales | 4619 | ||||
| 37 | Per Gustavsson | Sweden | 4602 | ||||
| 38 | Christian Saint-Bonnet | Argentina | 4580 | ||||
| 39 | Derek Tomlin* | Guernsey | 4573 | ||||
| 40 | Eric Lanuza** | Panama | 4559 | ||||
| 41 | Rabin Yahav | Israel | 4545 | ||||
| 42 | Mahmood Ahmed Sharif | Bahrain | 4515 | ||||
| 43 | Gergely Kapronczay | Hungary | 4512 | ||||
| 44 | Franciso Zelaya | El Salvador | 4501 | ||||
| 45 | Tom Bernberger | Austria | 4485 | ||||
| 46 | Pedro Jose Keilhauer | Guatemala | 4483 | ||||
| 47 | Dimitris Karetsos** | Greece | 4477 | ||||
| 48 | Alvaro Castro* | Costa Rica | 4445 | ||||
| 49 | Ahmed Shaheen* | Qatar | 4438 | ||||
| 50 | Rolando Sebelen | Dominican Republic | 4408 | ||||
| 51 | Alain Lieners | Luxemburg | 4346 | ||||
| 52 | Patrice Esparson | Reunion | 4310 | ||||
| 53 | U Ye Min Swe | Myanmar | 4295 | ||||
| 54 | Patricio Purcell* | Chile | 4280 | ||||
| 55 | Reynaldo Marsolik | Brazil | 4261 | ||||
| 56 | Amr Essam | Egypt | 4243 | ||||
| 57 | Bene Villa*** | Paraguay | 4229 | ||||
| 58 | Leszek Torka | Poland | 4222 | ||||
| 59 | Dominic Di Fonzo | New Caledonia | 4192 | ||||
| 60 | Mohan Lal | India | 4177 | ||||
| 61 | Marin Tranier*** | Vanuatu | 4154 | ||||
| 62 | Michael Le Bot | Jersey | 4118 | ||||
| 63 | Vitor C P A Marques* | Portugal | 4048 | ||||
| 64 | Dmitry Areshkin | Russia | 4003 | ||||
| 65 | Dejene Hailemariam | Ethiopia | 4001 | ||||
| 66 | Audrius Varaskevicius | Lithuania | 3978 | ||||
| 67 | Vladimir Tokarev | Ukraine | 3851 | ||||
| 68 | Bill Maxwell | Isle of Man | 2733 | ||||
| Sportsman of the Tournament: Tournament Director Bernard Gibbons | |||||||
| Previous participant* | |||||||
| Previous champion+ | |||||||
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