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Naoyuki Oi: Crazy Interview? No, That’s Just Me
Ahead of his trip to London to represent Japan at the forthcoming World Cup of Pool, global sensation Naoyuki Oi has insisted he was just being himself in the interviews which gave him worldwide fame earlier this year.
The Japanese No.1 made waves across the globe in February with his hilarious post-match interview at the Dafabet World Pool Masters, which took inspiration from PIKOTARO’s smash Japanese hit song PPAP (Pen Pinapple Apple Pen). Recent estimates conservatively suggest the video had been viewed in excess of 100 million times.
As the world’s best players prepare to travel to York Hall, East London, June 13-18 for one of the sport’s biggest tournaments – the World Cup of Pool – Oi knows his post-match interview is likely to be almost as much anticipated as Japan’s first-round clash with Thailand.
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Speaking of his new viral fame, Oi said: “Many reactions come to me from all over the world. Many people liked the interview. I had a variety of reactions - “It’s funny” “Great!” “Foolish!” But it was most important for me that many people were talking about pool.
“I was normal at the interview in Gibraltar. Of course, the reaction in the world surprised me. I'm crazy? I don't think so. I hope many people know pool well. Pool is a fantastic sport I think.
“This will be the sixth time I have played at the World Cup of Pool. Twice I have finished third as a representative of Japan.
“I want to enjoy playing against world best players. If team Japan reach the final, we must win!”
See Naoyuki Oi live in London during the World Cup of Pool at York Hall, Bethnal Green from, June 13-18. Japan’s first round match sees them take on Thailand at 6:30pm on Wednesday, June 14.
Tickets are on sale now at www.matchroompool.com priced at just £10.00 per evening session (Tuesday to Sunday) and £8.00 per weekend afternoon session. Tuesday to Friday afternoons are free. A season ticket covering all sessions is priced at £60.00.
The World Cup of Pool will carry a $250,000 prize fund including $60,000 for the champions. The event will be produced by Matchroom Sport Television and televised live on Sky Sports as well as other stations around the world. It is then syndicated internationally as 31 x 1 hour programmes.
2017 WORLD CUP OF POOL is sponsored by Rasson Billiards who supplies the Official Table; the cloth is supplied by Iwan Simonis and the Official Balls are Super Aramith by Saluc. Predator is the Official Cue and Chalk of the event.
THE 2017 EDITION |
WORLD CUP OF POOL |
THE SCHEDULE |
Tuesday 13th afternoon 12.30 3 x First Round Matches Germany (14) v South Africa Russia (15) v Malaysia Canada (8 ) v Australia Tuesday 13th evening 18.30 3 x First Round Matches Spain (12) v Romania Scotland (7) v New Zealand England A (4) v India Wednesday 14th afternoon 12.30 3 x First Round Matches Poland (16) v Greece Finland (13) v Norway Chinese Taipei (1) v Kuwait Wednesday 14th evening 18.30 3 x First Round Matches Japan (9) v Thailand Philippines (11) v Qatar England B (10) v Indonesia Thursday 15th afternoon 12.30 3 x First Round Matches China (3) v Portugal Holland (6) v Hong Kong Austria (2) v Sweden Thursday 15th evening 18.30 1 x First Round Matches & 2 x Second Round Matches USA (5) v Singapore Japan / Thailand v Canada / Australia Finland / Norway v England A / India Friday 16th afternoon 12.30 3 x Second Round Matches Chinese Taipei / Kuwait v Poland / Greece China / Portugal v Germany / South Africa Russia / Malaysia v Austria / Sweden Friday 16th evening 18.30 3 x Second Round Matches Philippines / Qatar v Holland / Hong Kong Scotland / New Zealand v England B / Indonesia USA / Singapore v Spain / Romania Saturday 17th afternoon 13.30 Quarter-Final 1 Quarter-Final 2 Saturday 17th evening 18.30 Quarter-Final 3 Quarter-Final 4 Sunday 18th afternoon 13.30 Semi-Final 1 Semi-Final 2 Sunday 18th evening 18.30 The Final |
THE 2017 EDITION | ||||
WORLD CUP OF POOL | ||||
THE DRAW | ||||
THE 2017 EDITION |
WORLD CUP OF POOL |
THE TEAMS |
Europe (15) Austria – Mario He & Albin Ouschan England A – Darren Appleton & Mark Gray England B – Imran Majid & Daryl Peach Finland – Mika Immonen & Petri Makkonen Germany – Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann Greece – Nikos Ekonomopoulos & Alex Kazakis Holland – Niels Feijen & Nick van den Berg Norway – Matts B Schjetne & Tom Bjerke Poland – Mateusz Sniegocki & Wojiech Szewczyk Portugal – Joao Grilo & Rui Edgar Franco Romania – Robert Braga & Ioan Ladanyi Russia – Ruslan Chinakhov & Konstantin Stepanov Scotland – Jayson Shaw & Pat Holtz Spain – David Alcaide & Francisco Sanchez Ruiz Sweden – Marcus Chamat & Daniel Tangudd Asia (10) China – Wu Jiaqing / Dang Jinhu Chinese Taipei – Ko Pin Yi / Chang Yu Lung Hong Kong – Andrew Kong / Lo Ho Sum India – Raj Hundal / Amar Kang Indonesia – Irsal Afrinneza Nasution / Muhammad Bewi Simajuntak Japan – Naoyuki Oi / Hijikata Hayato Malaysia – Kok Jken Yung / Muhammad Almie Philippines – Carlo Biado / Johann Chua Singapore – Toh Lian Han and Aloysius Yapp Thailand – Amnuayporn Chotipong / Tanut Makkamontree Rest of World (7) Australia – Justin Campbell /Michael Caccioli Canada – Alex Pagulayan / John Morra (TBC) Kuwait – Bader Al Alawi / Mohammad Saleh Al Kashawi New Zealand – Matt Edwards / Toar Dotulong South Africa – David Anderson / Francois Ellis USA – Shane Van Boening / Skyler Woodward Qatar – Waleed Majid / Bashar Hussain |
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