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Newport
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Tuesday-Sunday 22-27 August 2006
Day 3 Results - Scotland, Ireland and England "B" out!
There were wins for Finland , Italy and Vietnam as the first round of the 2006 PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool moved towards its conclusion at the Newport Centre, South Wales.
There is just one opening round match – Scotland v Holland – before the last 16 matches commence this evening.
Team Finland comprised of 2001 World Pool Champion Mika Immonen and former Euro Tour winner Markus Juva looked good as they eased their way into the second round at the expense of Ireland ’s Tommy Donlon and Paddy McLaughlin this afternoon.
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In the end it was the class and top-level experience of the Scandinavian duo that told against the plucky Irish opposition.
“I’m very pleased with the result. Ireland made a few break and runs but also a few decisional errors and I think their lack of experience was the reason they lost,” said Immonen after the match.
They now face the Italian pairing of Fabio Petroni and Angelo Millauro had a little too much experience for the South African duo of Yulan Govender and David Anderson and ran out comfortable 9-3 winners.
In the most amazing of matches, for all the wrong reasons, the Vietnamese duo of Thanh Nam Nguyen and Chi Dung Luong made their way into the last 16 with a come-from-behind 9-8 win over the Croatian duo of Philipp Stovanovic and Ivan Kralj.
The match became a comedy of errors in the closing stages as it became a team who couldn’t win against a team that didn’t want to win!
The Croatians were beset by nerves to the point where they could barely make a clean connection with the cue ball and every time the Vietnamese were gifted an opportunity they didn’t seem to want to take it.
Trailing 8-6, the Vietnamese stayed around long enough to record a 9-8 victory to progress to the next round.
The final first round match took place in the 2006 PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool this evening at the Newport Centre and it was second seeds Holland who progressed despite a brave showing from Team Scotland.
Holland , made up of European Nos. 2 and 3, Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg respectively, showed their worth as they overcame the Scott ish side of Michael Valentine and Pat Holtz who gave it a good go but a succession of clinical run outs by the Dutch was the difference between the two teams.
Holland can look forward to a round two match up against Vietnam who won unconvincingly earlier today.
‘Unfortunately we got off to such a poor start going 4-1 down so they were very relaxed, said Pat Holtz post-match.
“They are definitely a very strong team though and have plenty of experience on these types of conditions. I think they can go all the way and it will take a very good team to stop them,’ he said.
The first last 16 match saw the Philippines get the better of Malaysia in what was initially a close encounter. The Malaysians stayed with the dynamic duo of Reyes and Bustamante in the early stages before the Filipinos, backed by a big expatriate crowd, pulled away.
‘But we played good enough – we missed some balls, but the most important thing is the win.
The crowd was great and they prayed for me and Efren! It was good support though and we really appreciate all the Filipino people in the UK coming out to cheer for us,’ said Bustamante.
‘It’s hard to say if we will win the tournament but we can play well and if we make the final, maybe we can win,’ added Reyes.
In the final match of the evening, Team USA advanced ominously to the quarter final stages with an ultimately easy victory over the home countries remaining team – England B comprised of Steve Davis and Daryl Peach .
The early stages were tight and at 3 all there was everything to play for but some schoolboy errors coupled with the American pairing of Rodney Morris and Earl Strickland stepping up a gear saw the match swing dramatically for Team USA .
First Round
Finland 9 – 5 Ireland
Italy 9 – 2 South Africa
Vietnam 9 - 8 Croatia
Holland 9 – 5 Scotland
Second Round
Philippines 9 - 5 Malaysia
USA 9 – 3 England B
Friday 25 August from 2pm
Taiwan v Japan
Russia v Hong Kong
Canada v Czech Republic
Finland v Italy
Germany v Spain
Holland v Vietnam
| 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 |
| Canada | Luc Salvas & Tyler Edey |
| Croatia | Philipp Stovanovic & Ivan Kralj |
| Czech Republic | Roman Hybler & Michal Gavenciak |
| England A | Raj Hundal & Ronnie O’Sullivan |
| England B | Steve Davis & Daryl Peach |
| Finland | Mika Immonen & Markus Juva |
| Germany | Thomas Engert & Oliver Ortmann |
| Holland | Nick van den Berg & Niels Feijen |
| Hong Kong | Lee Chenman and Kong Man-Ho |
| Hungary | Vilmos Foldes & Gabor Solymosi |
| India | Dharminder Lilly and Alok Kumar |
| Indonesia | Imran Ibrahim and Ricky Yang |
| Ireland | Tommy Donlon & Paddy McLaughlin |
| Italy | Fabio Petroni & Angelo Millauro |
| Japan | Masaki Tanaka and Satoshi Kawabata |
| Korea | Jeong Young-hwa and Lee Gun-jae |
| Malaysia | Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen and Ibrahim Amir |
| Malta | Tony Drago and Alex Borg |
| Philippines | Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante |
| Poland | Radoslaw Babica & Marius Roter |
| Qatar | Fahad Mohammadi and Bashar Hussain |
| Russia | Konstantin Stepanov & Konstantin Zolotilov |
| Scotland | Michael Valentine & Pat Holtz |
| Singapore | Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han |
| South Africa | David Anderson and Yulan Govender |
| Spain | David Alcaide & Rafael Guzman |
| Sweden | Marcus Chamat & Tom Storm |
| Taiwan | Wang Hung-hsiang and Yang Ching-shun |
| Thailand | Tepwin Arunnath and Amnuayporn Chotipong |
| USA | Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris |
| Vietnam | Thanh Nam Nguyen and Chi Dung Luong |
| Wales | Rob McKenna & Ben Davies |
THE LAST 32 | ||
Canada | 9 : 5 | Thailand |
Malaysia | 9 : 3 | Qatar |
Czech Republic | 9 : 6 | Poland |
Philippines | 9 : 0 | Malta |
Taiwan | 9 : 6 | India |
England "B" | 9 : 6 | Korea |
Russia | 9 : 3 | Hungary |
Hong Kong | 9 : 8 | Sweden |
Japan | 9 : 0 | Indonesia (Walkover) |
Spain | 9 : 8 | England "A" |
USA | 9 : 6 | Singapore |
Germany | 9 : 2 | Wales |
Finland | 9 : 5 | Ireland |
Italy | 9 : 2 | South Africa |
Vietnam | 9 : 8 | Croatia |
Holland | 9 : 5 | Scotland |
THE LAST 16 | ||
Philippines | 9 : 5 | Malaysia |
USA | 9 : 3 | England "B" |
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THE QUARTER-FINALS | ||
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THE SEMI-FINALS | ||
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THE FINAL | ||
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