ROUND TWO
Russia 2-7 Japan
Italy 5–7 Denmark Germany 7-4 Kuwait
Japan, Denmark and Germany all won through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Pool during Wednesday afternoon’s play at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes.
Japan (Naoyuki Oi and Masato Yoshioka) were emphatic in victory over Russia, whose pair was World Champion Fedor Gorst and playing partner Sergey Lutsker. Denmark then took the initiative from 5-5 to defeat Italy, and the session concluded with Germany taking a 7-4 win over Kuwait.
The first two racks of the opening match were shared and it was Japan who took the third to lead Russia 2-1. They broke dry in the fourth but Gorst wasn’t able to successfully jump the 1 and Japan were able to take a two-rack lead that some became 4-1.
Russia pulled one back in the sixth but a cruel kick from the 7 saw Gorst scratch on the break and Japan were able to run the table again. Oi and Yoshioka were making balls on the break and got to the hill at 6-2 thanks to another run out, and they took full advantage of the winner breaks format to take the next rack for a place in the quartet-finals where they will meet Slovakia.
Denmark and Italy (Fabio Petroni and Daniele Corrieri) were next up and a nip and tuck match saw the scores level after 10 racks. Denmark’s Bahram Lotfy and Mickey Krause were first to the hill, Lotfy making the 9 at the end of the 11th having completely missed it at 5-4 up, which had allowed Petroni ball in hand.
The Danish pair didn’t have a shot after their final break but the crucial moment came with three balls left when Lotfy played a great safety on the 7. Corrieri made a firm connection but the ball was left open for Krause and the impressive youngster set Denmark on the way to the quarter finals.
They’ll meet Germany after Joshua Filler and Christof Reintjes scored a 7-4 victory over Kuwait’s pairing of Omar Al-Shaheen and Bader Abdullah Alawadhi.
Kuwait, who were impressive in beating Poland 7-3 in the first round, took a 2-0 lead before Germany won the next five. A dry break have Kuwait an opportunity and they closed to within one, before Alawadhi missed the 9 to level the match, which gifted Filler the chance to put Germany on the hill, and they ran out with their last break to win 7-4.
“In the first match Kuwait played really strong and that’s what we expected,” said Filler. “We both played okay, I think Omar missed an easy ball which was good for us, but we didn’t make balls on some of the breaks. But of course we are super happy to be in the quarter-finals.”
Round two concludes with three matches in the evening session, including USA vs. Philippines and Estonia vs. Great Britain A.
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THE 2021 EDITION
WORLD CUP OF POOL
THE SCHEDULE
Sunday, May 9 (12:00-16:00) 3 x First Round Matches
R1: Japan 7 - 1 Croatia
R1: Czech Republic 7 - 4 Hungary
R1: Austria 1 - 7 Slovakia
Sunday, May 9 (17:30-21:30)
3 x First Round Matches
Russia 7 - 4 Switzerland
Greece 7 - 2 Serbia
Estonia 7 - 5 Belgium
Monday, May 10 (12:00-16:00) 3 x First Round Matches
R1: Netherlands 7 - 4 Bosnia & Herzegovina
R1: Finland 7 - 0 Iceland
R1: France 2 - 7 Denmark
Monday, May 10 (17:30-21:30) 3 x First Round Matches
R1: Spain 4 - 7 Italy
R1: Germany 7 - 4 Lithuania
R1: Poland 3 - 7 Kuwait
Tuesday, May 11 (12:00-16:00) 1 x First Round Match & 2 x Second Round Matches
R1: Philippines 7 - 3 Great Britain B
R2: Finland 1 - 7 Netherlands
R2: Slovakia 7 - 6 Czech Republic
Tuesday, May 11 (17:30-21:30) 3 x First Round Matches
R1: USA 7 -2 Australia
R1: Great Britain C 7 - 5 South Africa
R1: Great Britain A 7 - 4 Belarus
Wednesday, May 12 (12:00-16:00) 3 x Second Round Matches
R2: Russia 2 - 7 Japan
R2: Italy 5 - 7 Denmark
R2: Germany 7 - 4 Kuwait
Wednesday, May 12 (17:30-21:30) 3 x Second Round Matches
R2: Great Britain C vs. Greece
R2: USA vs. Philippines
R2: Estonia vs. Great Britain A
Thursday, May 13 (12:00-16:00) 2 x Quarter-Finals
Quarter-Final 1 - Slovakia vs. Japan
Quarter-Final 2 - TBC vs. Netherllands
Thursday, May 13 (17:30-21:30) 2 x Quarter-Finals
Quarter-Final 3 - Denmark vs. Germany
Quarter-Final 4
Friday, May 14 (12:00-16:00)
Semi-Final 1
Semi-Final 2
Friday, May 14 (17:30-21:30)
The Final
THE 2021 EDITION
WORLD CUP OF POOL
THE TEAMS
Australia -
Justin Sajich & Ivan Li Austria -
Albin Ouschan & Mario He Belarus -
Margarita Fefilova & Yana Halliday Belgium -
Serge Das & Kevin Lannoye Bosnia & Herzegovina -
Sanjin Pehlivanovic & Ajdin Piknjac Croatia -
Philipp Stojanovic & Roberto Bartol Czech Republic -
Petr Urban & Michal Gavenciak Denmark -
Mickey Krause & Bahram Lotfy Estonia -
Denis Grave & Mark Magi France - Alex Montpellier & Alain Da Costa Finland -
Petri Makkonen & Casper Matikainen Germany -
Joshua Filler & Christoph Reintjes Great Britain A -
Jayson Shaw & Chris Melling Great Britain B -
Kelly Fisher & Allison Fisher Great Britain C -
Darren Appleton & Karl Boyes Greece -
Nick Malai & Alexander Kazakis Hungary -
Oliver Szolnoki & Vilmos Foldes Iceland -
Zophonias Arnason & Magnus Arnason Italy -
Daniele Corrieri & Fabio Petroni Japan -
Naoyuki Oi & Masato Yoshioka Kuwait -
Omar Al-Shaheen & Bader Abdullah Alawadhi Lithuania -
Pijus Labutis & Kestutis Zadeikis Netherlands -
Niels Feijen & Marc Bijsterbosch Philippines -
Jeff De Luna & Roberto Gomez Poland -
Mieszko Fortunski & Wojciech Szewczyk Russia -
Fedor Gorst & Sergey Lutsker Serbia -
Aleksa Pecelj & Andreja Klasovic Slovakia -
Jabub Koniar & Jaroslav Polách South Africa -
Richard Halliday & JJ Faul Spain -
David Alcaide & Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz Switzerland -
Ronald Regli & Dimitri Jungo USA - Billy Thorpe & Skyler Woodward
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