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Alexandra Park
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO2 9QA
UNITED KINGDOM
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Tuesday-Sunday 23-28 September 2014
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England A 9-6 Finland
It’s England v Holland for the Betway crown
LAST YEAR’S runners-up Holland will get a shot at redemption on Sunday evening when they face England A in the final of the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth after both teams came through their semi-final matches against European opposition.
Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes got the better of 2012 champions Finland – Mika Immonen and Petri Makkonen - who faltered after a good start. They lead 3-1 and 4-3 before England took the next three to lead 6-4.
Despite the Finns coming back at them, they never lost that lead and ran out comfortable 9-6 winners.
Commented Appleton, “It is a little bit of an advantage to be the home nation; a lot of guys have travelled from around the world but we just had to drive down the road. We feel comfortable here which helps and the crowd is on our side.
“That was our best match so far, we played pretty solid and we are really happy to get to the final. The levels here are high and Finland break so well; I have never seen anybody break so well as Petri Makkonen. You think they are capable of running the match out and it puts pressure on your break. “
Boyes added, “Our last match against USA helped because we were 7-2 up, had the lead, and they came back to 7-7 and we knocked two finishes in.
“We lost the lag today and could have been 3-0 down but Mika missed a shot and we hung in there, and then played really well.”
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Holland 9-1 Austria
Holland, who came so close last year, get a golden chance to make amends after they trounced Austria who were the highest seeded team left in the tournament. Perennial duo Nick Van Den Berg and Niels Feijen were all business as they reeled off nine straight racks after losing the first.
“We are playing England in the final this year and that will be tougher because they are at home,” said Van den Berg.
“Last year was our first final and for us it was a bit of a surprise to reach the final. This year we came as finalists, so it has been different for us.
“We ran four racks from 4-1 to 8-1, we didn’t run the last one because we had to play a safety but if you keep making balls on the break you have a really good chance.
“You always want to win the tournament but it is tough, there are so many great teams but it is so nice to be in the final again.”
Feijen said, “We have been there before so we know what to expect now. We will do what we have been doing, stay composed, we played a solid match in the semi-final so we will try to take that to the final and take off where we left.
“We broke well and got some open chances and we built momentum. The train started rolling and we were able to show our speed.”
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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.
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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 |
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| 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 | |
2014
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2014 World Cup of Pool - Full Line-up Announced
2014 World Cup of Pool - Strickland and Boyes Speak Out
2014 World Cup of Pool - Euro Qualifier set for Slovenia
2014 World Cup of Pool - Schedule Announced
Portsmouth to play host to World Cup of Pool IX
2013
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2013 World Cup of Pool - World Cup set for world-wide stream
2013 World Cup of Pool - Philippines up for the job
2013 World Cup of Pool - Star-Studded Line Up Revealed
2013 World Cup of Pool - Schedule Announced
2013 World Cup of Pool - England B is Peach and Melling
2013 World Cup of Pool - Appleton and Boyes are England A
2013 World Cup of Pool - Teams named for London showdown
2013 World Cup of Pool - Tickets on sale now
2013 World Cup of Pool - Event set for London debut
