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Peach and Majid keep English flag flying
Japan 7-2 Thailand
Philippines 7-4 Qatar
England B 7-0 Indonesia
IT WAS AN early night at the York Hall, East London as Japan, the Philippines and England B, all enjoyed comfortable wins at the 2017 12BET World Cup of Pool. Of the nine first round matches completed, the favourites have won on eight occasions with just India, who overturned England A on Tuesday the sole underdog victors.
The pairing of Daryl Peach, a finalist last year with Mark Gray, and Imran Majid, looked in top form as they hammered the Indonesian pairing of Irsal Nasution and Muhammad Simanjuntak 7-0. Arguably the best showing of the first round, the English pair put their opponents under the type of pressure that limited their visits and forced errors.
Majid said, We came up with a good couple of breaks at the beginning to get the momentum and we smashed it thats what we are here for.
We came here and we are going about our own business it is irrelevant what any other team does, we have to concentrate on our own game.
Peach added, We both gelled brilliantly. We have been playing a lot over the last couple of days and we knew we were on it. We are looking forward to the Scotland match, it is another tough match for us. It will be the same attitude, head on and do what we do.
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Featuring 32 two-man teams from around the globe, the 12BET World Cup of Pool is into its 11th year as reigning champions Chinese Taipei attempt to become the first team ever to successfully defend the title at the York Hall.
Earlier, Japan, led by internet sensation Naoyuki Oi, overcame a sticky start, trailing 2-0 to defeat Thailand 7-2. Japan were semi-finalists at this event in 2015 and look to have the pedigree to go deep in this tournament.
The Philippines represented by Johann Chua and Carlo Biado looked in trouble as they found themselves 2-4 down against Qatar. The pairing of Waleed Majid and Bashar Hussain have upset some top teams in previous World Cups but their opponents had other ideas as they came together in the closing stages to start playing.
They won five racks on the bounce to close out the match and set up a second-round match against Holland or Hungary.
Play continues Thursday afternoon with three more matches:
China (3) v Portugal
Holland (6) v Hungary
Austria (2) v Sweden
MORNING SESSION - WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE 2017
2017 World Cup of Pool - Wins for Finland, Chinese Taipei and Poland
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Finland fires out a warning shot
Poland 7-6 Greece
Finland 7-0 Norway
Chinese Taipei 7-3 Kuwait
PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS Finland, who took this title in 2011, looked in solid form as they opened their 2017 12BET World Cup of Pool account with a 7-0 whitewash over Norway. It was the same pairing of Mika Immonen and Petri Makkonen that won back in Manila and they barely broke sweat as the moved past Mats Schjetne and Tom Bjerke.
Featuring 32 two-man teams from around the globe, the 12BET World Cup of Pool is into its 11th year as reigning champions Chinese Taipei attempt to become the first team ever to successfully defend the title at the York Hall.
Commented Immonen, We got off to a rocky start with a few hiccups in the first rack but once we got over that hurdle we were pretty smooth. There is room for improvement but all-in-all I am pleased with the performance.
We gave them a couple of opportunities but they werent able to capitalise. We arent fooling ourselves it could have been 3-3 when it was 6-0. Norway are brilliant players but they need a little more experience and maybe the pressure affected them. We are here to win the tournament but at the same time it is one rack and one match at a time.
Poland, who Finland beat in an epic final in 11, looked dead and buried as they trailed 5-1 against the strong Greek pairing of Nick Ekonomopoulos and Alex Kazakis.
However, as weak as they looked in the opening stages, Mateusz Sniegocki and Wojciech Szewczyk, fired back as the Greeks floundered and in the end, they manged to upset the odds.
The final match of the session saw defending champions Chinese Taipei (Ko Pin Yi and Chang Yu Lung) defeat Kuwait by 7-3. The Taiwanese took the early lead but struggled to find their true form in the warm conditions in the arena. The Kuwaiti pair of Bader Al Awadhi and Mohammad Al Khashawi pulled three racks back but the defending champions had too much.
Play continues this evening with three more matches:
Japan (9) v Thailand
Philippines (11) v Qatar
England B (10) v Indonesia
Broadcast for six days live on Sky Sports in the UK; the tournament is available live in over 100 countries around the world. A comprehensive list of countries and networks broadcasting the World Cup of Pool can be found here: http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/#watchlive
The 12BET 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.
12BET World Cup of Pool 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.
2017 12BET 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 Hungary 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 / Hungary 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 |
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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 Hungary Gabor Antal / Gabor Solymosi 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 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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