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Reyes and Bustamante gunning for 3rd victory!
WITH THE 2011 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool set for 6-11 September in Manila, local heroes Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante are confident of taking down pool’s most coveted team title for the third time.
Winners of the inaugural event in Newport, Wales in 2006, the veteran Filipino legends added to that in Manila in 2009, when they defeated the German pair of Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann in what was described as one of the greatest pool finals ever.
Sporting a combined age of 103 years, the pair will be the oldest in the competition, but not many will be betting against them.
“We still have some gas left in the tank,” said Bustamante. “The problem is when one of us misses a shot, our arthritis acts up,” he joked.
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2009 Champions - Team Philippines A - Efren Reyes & Francisco Bustamante.
Photograph by Joseph Ventura and © Matchroom Sport.
“It was only two years ago when we won this title, and if we get on a roll I’m sure anything is possible for us,” he added.
Reyes revealed that the pair was still trying as hard as ever; “We can still win even if we’re older than the competition because we’ve been practicing for the event.”
“The crowd here are a big help. When we won two years ago they made all the difference to us.”
The event, which features 32 two-player teams from 31 nations, returns to the SM Mall North on EDSA and carries a $250,000 prize fund.
Being the host nation, there are two Filipino teams in the event, with the other made up of the highly dangerous duo of World No.1 Dennis Orcollo and 2006 World Champion Ronnie Alcano.
“China is still the team to beat because they are the defending champions but Chinese Taipei, Germany, and England are also strong,” said Orcollo.
“Losing to China in last year’s final was a massive disappointment but we are hoping to go one better this time.”
The World Cup of Pool will be aired live in the Philippines on Solar Sports from September 6 to 11. Matchroom Sport will also produce 31 x one-hour highlights programmes, which will be broadcast around the world.
2011 PARTYPOKER.NET | |||
WORLD CUP OF POOL | |||
EUROPE (15) | |||
| 1. |  | Austria | Mario He & Jasmin Ouschan |
| 2. |  | Croatia | Carlo Dalmatin & Philipp Stojanovic |
| 3. |  | England | Darren Appleton & Chris Melling |
| 4. |  | Estonia | Dennis Grabe & Erki Erm |
| 5. |  | Finland | Mika Immonen & Petri Makkonen |
| 6. |  | France | Stephan Cohen & Vincent Facquet |
| 7. |  | Germany | Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann |
| 8. |  | Holland | Huidji See & Marco Teutscher |
| 9. |  | Italy | Fabio Petroni & Bruno Muratore |
| 10. |  | Malta | Tony Drago & Alex Borg |
| 11. |  | Poland | Karol Skowerski & Radoslaw Babica |
| 12. |  | Russia | Konstantin Stepanov & Ruslan Chinakhov |
| 13. |  | Spain | David Alcaide & Francisco Diaz-Pizarro |
| 14. |  | Sweden | Marcus Chamat & Thomas Mehtala |
| 15. |  | Switzerland | Dmitri Jungo & Ronni Regli |
ASIA (13) | |||
| 16. |  | China | Fu Jianbo & Li Hewen |
| 17. |  | Hong Kong | Lee Chenman & Kenny Kwok |
| 18. |  | India | Raj Hundal & Amar Kang |
| 19. |  | Indonesia | Irsal Nasution & Riyan Setiawan |
| 20. |  | Japan | Yukio Akagariyama & Lo Li-wen |
| 21. |  | Korea | Lee Gun Jae & Hwang Yong |
| 22. |  | Malaysia | Ibrahim Amir & Patrick Ooi |
| 23. |  | Philippines 1 | Dennis Orcollo & Ronnie Alcano |
| 24. | | Philippines 2 | Efren Reyes & Francisco Bustamante |
| 25. |  | Singapore | Bernard Tey & Chan Keng Kwang |
| 26. |  | Taiwan | Ko Pin-Yi &Ko Ping-chun |
| 27. |  | Thailand | Nitiwat Kanjanasri & Kobkit Palajin |
| 28. |  | Vietnam | Nguyen Phuc Long & Luong Chi Dung |
REST OF THE WORLD (4) | |||
| 29. |  | Australia | Greg Jenkins & David Rothall |
| 30. |  | Canada | John Morra & Jason Klatt |
| 31. |  | Kuwait | Klaled Al Mutaira & Omar Al Shaheen |
| 32. |  | USA | Corey Deuel & Mike Dechaine |
2011 PARTYPOKER.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 | |
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NOTES: This is the 6th year of the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool and its third running in the Philippines. Sporting a $250,000 prize-fund, it is one of the richest tournaments in the world. Previous winners include the Philippines (twice), USA and defending champions China who also won the event in 2007.
Matchroom Sport is one of the world’s leading producers of televised sport and is responsible for over 1,000 hours of original programming across a range of sports. Based in the UK and chaired by charismatic founder Barry Hearn, the World Cup of Pool is one of a stable of pool events that include the Mosconi Cup and the World Pool Masters.