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Alexandra Park
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Hampshire
PO2 9QA
UNITED KINGDOM
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England A 9-7 USA
England and Holland complete semis line up
THERE IS certain to be a European winner of the ninth annual Betway World Cup of Pool as England A – Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes – put paid to Team USA in a tense quarter-final encounter at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth.
The momentum ebbed and flowed as the English duo coasted into a 7-2 lead as the American pairing of Earl Strickland and Shane Van Boening looked patchy as they struggled to find a rhythm. That soon changed as the English grip on the match slipped away and at 7-7 the match was anyone’s.
A dry break from Shane Van Boening though halted the USA’s ascendancy and the English ran out to get to the hill and then broke and ran the last for a great win and a semi-final berth against Finland.
Appleton: “We made a dream start to get to 7-2 and the game was a bit too easy for us; we were controlling the cue ball really well, we kept them off the table really, we didn’t have anything difficult to do, and at 7-2 I was thinking we were winning easily without having to do much.
“At 7-2 Karl missed a tough bank on the 2 ball and it is 7-3, then they get lucky in the next rack where they missed a ball but got safe. It happened again the next rack and I am starting to think it is a twist and something was going to happen."
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“At 7-4 they break and make a 2/9 for 7-5. At that point we know the next rack is very big and Karl misses a really long, tough two ball and got unlucky to break open the seven which had been tied up. From 7-7 to 7-2 we didn’t do a lot wrong and to be fair to them they didn’t do a lot wrong.
“Luckily at 7-7 they came dry and we took a really nice rack out to go 8-7. I said to Karl, just put a good break in, and he made a really good one. We just had to keep our arms still then.”
Boyes said, “It is difficult when you watch them come from 7-2 to 7-7 to get up and win. Earl Strickland can sit there and say we had a bit of luck but it is pool, they must have had a bit of luck to get back in it; that is the nature of the game.
“We showed a lot of bottle there to just be watching, losing a big 7-2 lead, to make two good finishes under pressure.
“We have been playing well. We have been a bit patchy with the break but we have been getting better and better in every round with the break and doing that under pressure will help our confidence.”
Now in its ninth year, the Betway 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.
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Holland 9-7 Germany
Earlier, Holland continued in their quest to amend for last year’s defeat in the championship match as they edged past Germany in a hard-fought encounter to book a semi-final match-up against Austria.
The pairing of World Champion Niels Feijen and Nick Van den Berg showed some resolve to come from behind after trailing for most of the match. The Germans had earlier looked on the brink of defeat against Canada on Friday but came back from the dead after John Morra missed an unmissable 8 ball.
Holding that get-out-of-jail free card, the decorated German duo of Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann looked good as they got the better of the early stages, leading 5-2 at one point. At 7-5, they looked set to reach the hill before Hohmann missed a straight 8 ball which proved to be the turning point in the match.
The Dutch won the next to level the score at 7-7 and broke and ran the last two racks for what was an excellent win. They now face No.12 seeds Austria for a place in Sunday night’s final.
Feijen: “We broke pretty well I felt but we hardly had a shot. We made the one every time but couldn’t get on the two. We tried to work it out but went on instinct in the end and ran the last two racks."
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“We cannot think about winning yet. You see how close every match is, you just have to go out there and play well, go one rack at a time. If you get the chance in the final to close it out, that is the first time you can think about it.
“Otherwise you get out of the momentum and if you start to think you are almost there you will slip and miss it.
Van Den Berg added, “When he missed the eight we sensed an opportunity. Hohmann got up on the shot really fast and missed it. We were tigers and we jumped right on that and won the match.”
Sunday’s semi-final matches:
1.00
Holland v Austria
England A v Finland
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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
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 | |||
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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 |
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| 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 - 13:00 Quarter Final 1 - China v Austria Quarter Final 2 - Philippines v Finland 27 Saturday Evening - 19:30 Quarter Final 3 - Holland v Germany Quarter Final 4 - England A v USA 28 Sunday Afternoon Semi Final 1 Semi Final 2 28 Sunday Evening The Final |
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| 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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