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Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO2 9QA
UNITED KINGDOM
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England A 10-9 Holland
England steals it in final rack!
ENGLAND are the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool champions after they broke Dutch hearts in a thrilling final rack shoot out where both sides had chances to take one of cue sport’s most prestigious titles. It was England’s first win in the storied history of the event and gives the two players a $60,000 pay day.
Showing the bulldog spirit Karl Boyes and Darren Appleton came from 3-6 down and then 7-9 behind to force a final rack decider at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth in front of a sell-out crowd.
It was Appleton who broke the last rack of the match, but he could only recoil in horror as the cue ball scratched into the centre pocket.
With ball in hand, Niels Feijen and Nick Van den Berg were big favourites to take the title but with just two balls on the table, it all went wrong. Feijen missed the 8 ball trying to force a better position for the 9.
Boyes came to the table with a table length shot at the 8 but jawed it as the crowd gasped. It rolled behind the 9 which was lying on the rail and when Van den Berg’s bank shot left the 8 out in the open, it was game over.
Appleton said, “I am in shock. The match was really crazy with a lot of mistakes from both teams. We made a silly one in rack two and after that we couldn’t get anything going.
“Holland let us off the hook really and they are going to be sick to lose because they had a great chance to win there. But that is why 9 ball is the most exciting game in the world, because you just never know. And the pressure was just unbelievable.
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“I didn’t break well in the match so on the last break I had even more pressure and I told myself just don’t scratch and just spin the cue ball. When I looked at the table I thought we had lost.
“With the pressure you think there is a 10-15% chance that something might happen and luckily for us they didn’t get good shape on the eight ball. It left a tough shot for Karl and he got a good roll and I was able to get the eight ball. I have never shaken as much as that before in my life!”
Boyes, who was in shock after potting the winning 9 ball said, “I was so surprised that they missed that I jumped up with my cue but when I got to the table I saw it was a bit longer than I first thought.
“Darren tried to calm me down and I had a look. I don’t know how close it was or if it was a mile off but I got a nice roll at the end. I have lost a lot of big matches over the last few years when top players have played like God against me so it is nice to get a roll like that.
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“We had a chance to go 2-0 up and try and get going but we didn’t get out at 1-0 and we were chasing after that. It was a real dogfight.”
England had beaten Spain, Greece, the USA and Finland en route to the final but were second favourites with sponsors Betway. The Dutch started strongly and always looked to be in control but success in pool is based on small margins and once again they fell at the final hurdle.
“At 9-9 they scratched on the break and we got a huge chance because the table was open,” said Van den Berg.
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“There was a lot of heat so we were discussing how to play the 7 ball. It was a tough shot and I followed through when normally I would play it perfectly but it was on the rail and left Niels a very tough shot.
“I know Niels is one of the best jacked up players in the world so I didn’t really worry but there was so much pressure on the shot. I cannot blame him for the miss. Then they missed the eight ball and got very lucky.”
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For Feijen it was déjà vue: “This one is pretty frustrating. We should have made it 7-3, so that was a pretty big moment. Instead it went 6-4 and they made it 6-5 and then it is back to grind mode.
“If you got 7-3 you might steamroll the match, so I was pretty disappointed not to go further ahead at that moment. In the end, it was just a quarter of an inch, that is it. But that is how it goes in pool.”
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THE 2014 EDITION | ||||
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THE DRAW | ||||
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THE FINAL | ||||
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 - 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 |
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 | |
2014
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