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Hampshire
PO2 9QA
UNITED KINGDOM
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Tuesday-Sunday 23-28 September 2014
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Easy afternoon for Germany, Canada and the Swiss
THERE were comfortable wins for Germany, Canada and Switzerland at the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool as the opening session of day three unwound at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth. There is just one more round one game remaining as India and England B slug it out in the opening game of Thursday evening.
In the opening game, 2011 champions Germany – Thorsten Hohmann and Ralf Souquet – had too much for Malaysia, represented by Alan Tan and Ibrahim Amir, as they coasted to a 7-1 victory.
“We’re obviously very happy with the result and the performance,” said a delighted Hohmann.
“I missed a bank shot in the first rack but after that we didn’t make too many mistakes. We got a little fortunate getting balls after the break, that is very important and we were able to string a few racks together so that helped our confidence.
“We are still trying to figure out the speed of the table but I think this match will set us up positively for the rest of the tournament,” he added.
His partner Souquet said, “The break is huge. We were a little fortunate after the breaks to get a shot on the lowest ball, and twice it was tight but we were able to get out and string three or four racks together and that was key.”
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The Germans will be playing Canada in the second round after Alex Pagulayan and John Morra looked in good shape as they took care of late subs Malta by 7-1. Tony Drago and Alex Borg have had little luck over the years in the Betway World Cup and that continued as they crashed out of the event. The Maltese pair had come in for Vietnam who had travel difficulties and could not make it to Portsmouth.
Commented John Morra: “We haven’t had a lot of chance to play together in the build up to this tournament but we have played together in this tournament before so we know where we are at.
“Against Germany we will have to stick to our game plan. We both played them both in individual tournaments and we all have wins over each other. If we repeat what we did today then we should be ok.”
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In the final match of the session, Switzerland completed a trio of one-sided wins as they overcame another substitute team, Belgium, who were replacing Thailand. The duo of Ronni Regli and Dimitri Jungo have recorded some decent wins in previous editions of the event, and they looked solid enough today, although Serge Das and Olivier Mortier gifted some chances. They can now look forward to a round two match against Holland tomorrow afternoon.
“We are looking forward to playing Holland, the reason we are in the tournament is to play against the best players,” said Regli.
Jungo added, “Holland are one of the favourites but in the last two years we have won against some of the best teams in this tournament.”
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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.
All tickets are priced at £5 (afternoons) and £10 evenings and are available from the venue or www.seetickets.com
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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 |
THE 2014 EDITION | ||
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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