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2008 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool
Outland
Prins Alexanderlaan 37
3068 PN
Rotterdam
Netherlands
www.worldcupofpool.com
knbb.bsid.nl/kaarten - Tickets
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Tuesday-Sunday 7-12 October 2008

Holland B Qualifying Event Concludes

Gijs van Helmond and Roy Gerard will represent Holland B at the forthcoming PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool after they won through a tough qualifying event in Rotterdam last Sunday 21st September.

The dynamic duo overcame the experienced pairing of Alex Lely and Rico Diks 8-5 in the final to make their way into the 32 team event which takes place from 7-12 October at Outland Nightclub in Rotterdam.

There they will face a tough opening round match against the Taiwanese side consisting of 2005 World Champion Wu Chia-ching and Wang Hung-hsiang on the evening of Wednesday 8th October.

With the host nation allowed two teams in the competition, current World Straight Pool Champion Niels Feijen and European No.5 Nick van den Berg will also fly the flag for Holland A as they face off against bitter rivals Belgium on the opening night of the event.

"Read More..." for the details.

With just eight teams taking part in the qualifier, the emphasis was firmly on quality rather than quantity with the likes of Hudji See and Gilliano Smit competing as well as the multi-titled Lely and Diks.

Taking place at the Capelle Pool and Snooker Centre, Rotterdam, the format was double elimination, race to 8, scotch doubles.

Considered outsiders in the event, van Helmond (Nijmegen) and Gerards (Maastricht) overcame Uytenbogaardt and de Vries 8-7 in the semi-final match before taking care of Diks and Lely 8-5 to secure their spot in the World Cup.

With a total prize fund of $250,000 including $60,000 going to the winning pair, van Helmond and Gerard will have nothing to lose and everything to gain when the action gets underway on October 7th.

Taking place over twelve sessions over six days, tickets for the 2008 World Cup of Pool are priced as follows:

All weekday afternoon sessions: FREE

Weekend afternoon sessions: â‚¬3.00

All evening sessions: â‚¬5.00

An event-long pass is also available for only â‚¬25.00

All tickets are available from the Official Website of the Dutch National Pool Federation

http://knbb.bsid.nl/kaarten

2008 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool
Schedule
(Seeded teams in brackets)

Tuesday, October 7
Round 1 - race to 8 (winners break throughout)
Afternoon session - 2pm
India v China (1)
Hong Kong v Switzerland (16)
Korea v Finland ( 8 )

Evening session - 7pm
TBC v Italy (9)
England (5) v Malta
Belgium v Holland A (3)

Wednesday, October 8
Afternoon session - 2pm
France v Canada (12)
Thailand v Poland (13)
Austria v Vietnam (14)

Evening session - 7pm
Qatar v Germany (4)
Iceland v USA (6)
Holland B v Taiwan (7)

Thursday, October 9
Afternoon session - 2pm
Croatia v Spain (11)
Malaysia v Russia (15)
Australia v Japan (10)

Evening session - 7pm
Denmark v Philippines (2)

Second Round
Race to 8
China/India v Hong Kong/Switzerland
Belgium/Holland A v Austria/Vietnam

Friday, October 10
Afternoon session - 2pm
TBC/Italy v Korea/Finland
Thailand/Poland v Qatar/Germany
Holland B/Taiwan v Australia/Japan

Evening session - 7pm
Malta/England v France/Canada
Croatia/Spain v Iceland/USA
Malaysia/Russia v Denmark/Philippines

Saturday, October 11
Quarter-finals
Race to 9
Afternoon session at 1pm
Evening session at 6pm
Two quarter-finals in each session

Sunday, October 12
Semi-finals
Race to 9
Afternoon session at 1pm

Final
Race to 11
Evening session at 6pm

Competing Teams (All teams / players are subject to confirmation)

2008 PARTY POKER.NET
WORLD CUP OF POOL
THE PRIZE FUND
Winners:	US$60,000 x 1
Runners Up:	US$30,000 x 1
Semi-Finalists:	US$16,000 x 2
Quarter-Finalists:	US$10,000 x 4
Last 16:	US$5,000 x 8
Last 32:	US$3,000 x 16
Total US$250,000 * All prize money is split between the two players.

2008 PARTY POKER.NET
WORLD CUP OF POOL
ASIA
1.	China	Li He-wen & Fu Jianbo
2.	Hong Kong	Lee Chenman & Qualifier
3.	India	Sumit Talwar & Alok Kumar
4.	Japan	Naoyuki Oi & Satoshi Kawabata
5.	Korea	Jeong Young-Hwa & Kim Woong-Dae
6.	Malaysia	Ibrahim Bin Amir & Lee Poh Soon
7.	Philippines	Francisco Bustamante & Dennis Orcollo
8.	Taiwan	Wu Chia-ching & Wang Hung-hsiang
9.	Thailand	Nitiwat Kanjanasri & Dechawat Poomjang
10.	Vietnam	Nguyen Thanh Nam & Luong Chi Dung
NORTH AMERICA
12.	Canada	Tyler Edey & Edwin Montal
13.	USA	Shane Van Boening & Rodney Morris
OTHERS
13.	Australia	Stuart Lawler & John Wims
14.	Qatar	Fahad Mohammadi & Bashar Hussain
15.	TBC	TBC
EUROPE
16.	Austria	Martin Kempter & Jasmin Ouschan
17.	Belgium	Serge Das & Noel Bruynooghe
18.	Croatia	Ivica Putnik & Philipp Stojanovic
19.	Denmark	Martin Larsen & Kasper Kristoffersen
20.	England	Daryl Peach & Mark Gray
21.	Finland	Markus Juva & Mika Immonen
22.	France	Vincent Facquet & Stephan Cohen
23.	Germany	Ralf Souquet & Thomas Engert
24.	Holland A	Niels Feijen & Nick van den Berg
25.	Holland B	Gijs van Helmond & Roy Gerard
26.	Iceland	Bjorgvin Hallgrimsson & Kristjan Helgason
27.	Italy	Bruno Muratore & Fabio Petroni
28.	Malta	Tony Drago & Alex Borg
29.	Poland	Radoslaw Babica & Mateusz Sniegocki
30.	Russia	Konstantin Stepanov & Ruslan Chinahov
31.	Spain	David Alcaide & Carlos Cabello
32.	Switzerland	Marco Tschudi & Dimitri Jungo

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