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Super Qatar topple Taiwan!
QATAR upset the applecart at the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool as they turned over the highly fancied Chinese Taipei pairing of Chang Yu-lung & Hsu Kai-lun to take their nation through to the second round for the first time in the event’s nine year history.
Taking place at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, the Betway World Cup of Pool features 32 two-man teams from around the world vying for a $250,000 prize fund, and it was Qatar who still has their eyes on the prize following an exciting 7-5 win.
The Middle Eastern country had played in the event from its inception in 2006 until 2010, having failed to win a game but pool in Qatar has made significant progress in recent years. The pairing of newcomer Waleed Majid and veteran Bashar Hussain shed any nerves as they moved into a 2-0 lead.
That lead became 5-2 before the Chinese Taipei pair steadied the ship as they won two racks to reduce the deficit to 5-4. Waleed bagged the 9 ball to put his side on the hill, and although Chinese Taipei grabbed one back, some superior shot-making in the 12th rack sealed a historic win for Qatar.
Commented Waleed, “We are so happy to win; we were delighted just to be at the Betway World Cup of Pool. Today we played against a strong team, one of the top five in the world. We’re hoping to make a name for Qatar in world pool.
“If you break and you get a good spread you can win the racks and in the short format you can win any match. It was great to play with Bashar - he is a very, very good player with lots of experience and we make a good partnership. We enjoy playing together and as the tournament goes on hopefully as a pairing we can get better.”
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China overcame a scare against qualifiers the Czech Republic before coming through in the closing straights to secure a second round berth. The Czech pair of Roman Hybler and Michal Gavenciak, who had played in the inaugural event back in 2006, looked in great shape as they reached the hill first at 5-3.
However, that was their last gasp as the Chinese pair of Wang Can and Dang Jinhu found that extra gear to carry them across the line.
Wang Can commented, “This is our first time as partners in this event so we feel like novices. In the match we supported each other well and we had to fight hard because Czech Republic played very well, it was a really tough test in our first match.”
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In the opening match of the session, perennial dark horses Poland kept up their consistent recent World Cup of Pool record with a solid win over Australia. The Poles were quarter-finalists in 2009, ‘10 and ’11 and followed that up with a narrow defeat to Finland in the 2012 final.
Australia, on the other hand, has still yet to win a match at the Betway World Cup of Pool with eight first round defeats in eight attempts. The Polish pair of Karol Skowerski and Mateusz Sniegocki can look forward to a rematch with Finland in the second round.
There are three more first round matches on Wednesday evening as last year’s runners-up Holland face Sweden, 2008 winners USA take on Croatia and England A are up against Spain.
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Now in its ninth year, the World Cup of Pool features 32 two-player teams from around the world battling it out for a $250,000 prize fund. The defending champions are the Philippines who will be among the favourites to claim a record-breaking fourth World Cup.
The event starts on Tuesday 23rd September and there are two sessions daily at 12 noon and 6.00pm during weekdays and then 1.00pm and 6.00pm at the weekend. Team USA get their campaign underway on Wednesday 24th September.
All tickets are priced at £5 (afternoons) and £10 evenings and are available from the venue or www.seetickets.com
Diamond Billiards are the Official Table of the 2014 World Cup of Pool; the Official Cloth is supplied by Iwan Simonis and the Official Balls are Super Aramith. Predator is the Official Cue of the event.
THE 2014 EDITION | |||
WORLD CUP OF POOL | |||
EUROPE ( 19 ) | |||
| 1. | | Austria | Albin Ouschan & Mario He |
| 2. | | Belgium | Serge Das & Olivier Mortier |
| 3. | | Croatia | Ivica Putnik & Karlo Dalmatin |
| 4. | | Czech Republic | Roman Hybler & Michal Gavenciak |
| 5. | | England A | Darren Appleton & Karl Boyes |
| 6. | | England B | Daryl Peach & Chris Melling |
| 7. | | Finland | Mika Immonen & Petri Makkonen |
| 8. | | France | Stephan Cohen & Alex Montpelier |
| 9. | | Germany | Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann |
| 10. | | Greece | Nikos Ekonomopoulos & Alexander Kazakis |
| 11. | | Holland | Niels Feijen & Nick van den Berg |
| 12. | | Italy | Fabio Petroni & Daniele Corrieri |
| 13. | | Malta | Tony Drago & Alex Borg |
| 14. | | Poland | Karol Skowerski & Mateusz Sniegocki |
| 15. | | Portugal | Manuel Gama & Guilherme Sousa |
| 16. | | Russia | Konstantin Stepanov & Ruslan Chinakhov |
| 17. | | Spain | David Alcaide & Francisco Diaz-Pizarro |
| 18. | | Sweden | Andreas Gerwen & Tomas Larsson |
| 19. | | Switzerland | Dimitri Jungo & Ronni Regli |
REST OF THE WORLD ( 5 ) | |||
| 20. | | Australia | Phil Reilly & James Georgiadis |
| 21. | | Canada | Alex Pagulayan & John Morra |
| 22. | | Chile | Alejandro Carvajal & Enrique Rojas |
| 23. | | Qatar | Waleed Majid & Bashar Hussain |
| 24. | | USA | Shane Van Boening & Earl Strickland |
ASIA ( 8 ) | |||
| 25. | | China | Wang Can & Dang Jinhu |
| 26. | | Chinese Taipei | Chang Yu-lung & Hsu Kai Lun |
| 27. | | India | Raj Hundal & Amar Kang |
| 28. | | Indonesia | Irsal Nasution & Muhammad Zulfikri |
| 29. | | Japan | Hayato Hijikata & Masaaki Tanaka |
| 30. | | Korea | Jeong Yung Hwa & Ha Minuk |
| 31. | | Malaysia | Ibrahim Amir & Alan Tan |
| 32. | | Philippines | Dennis Orcollo & Lee Vann Corteza |
THE 2014 EDITION |
WORLD CUP OF POOL |
MATCH SCHEDULE |
| The Schedule (seed number in brackets) 23 Tuesday Afternoon Greece (13) v Indonesia Italy (16) v France Austria (11) v Portugal 23 Tuesday Evening Japan (12) v Russia Finland ( 8 ) v Korea Philippines (1) v Chile 24 Wednesday Afternoon Poland (9) v Australia China (3) v Czech Republic Chinese Taipei (6) v Qatar 24 Wednesday Evening Holland (2) v Sweden USA (5) v Croatia England A (4) v Spain 25 Thursday Afternoon Germany (7) v Malaysia Canada (10) v Malta Begium (15) v Switzerland 25 Thursday Evening England B (14) v India Round 2 Philippines / South America v Italy /France Round 2 USA / Croatia v Japan / Russia 26 Friday Afternoon Round 2 Finland / Korea v Poland / Australia Round 2Chinese Taipei / Qatar v Austria v Portugal Round 2Holland / Sweden v Belgium / Switzerland 26 Friday Evening Round 2 Germany / Malaysia v Canada / Chile Round 2 China / European Qualifier v England B / India Round 2 England A /Spain v Greece / Indonesia 27 Saturday Afternoon Quarter Final 1 Quarter Final 2 27 Saturday Evening Quarter Final 3 Quarter Final 4 28 Sunday Afternoon Semi Final 1 Semi Final 2 28 Sunday Evening The Final |
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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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