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Quarter final line up is complete

Philippines 7-5 Holland
England 7-6 Scotland
USA 7-5 Spain

THERE WERE THREE more humdingers at the York Hall on Friday night as the second round of the 12BET World Cup of Pool concluded. There were wins for the Philippines, England B and the USA but each match was hard fought and went down to the closing stages.

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.

In a high-quality match-up, the Filipino duo of Johan �Bubwit� Chua and Carlo Biado edged past Holland in a game where all four players were up to the task.
There was offensive play and high-quality safeties and the close of the match rested on a miscalculation by Nils Feijen.

Earlier, the Philippines had opened up a 5-1 lead, but Feijen and Nick van den Berg had come back at them methodically to level it up at 5-5. Following van den Berg�s break, there was no shot on the lowest ball and Feijen pushed out, nudging the 9 ball.

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He left a tough angled pot but Chua made it and the subsequent run out put the Philippines on the hill. In what was the final rack, Biado played a good safe and van den Berg clipped the 9 ball trying to escape. With ball in hand, the Philippines closed out the match.

The second match was an Old Firm classic as England took on Scotland for a place in the last eight. With an old-school noisy York Hall crowd bringing the atmosphere, both teams had great spells as well as made their share of mistakes.

The match went back and forth and at 6-6, England � Daryl Peach and Imran Majid � were breaking for the match. Majid delivered the perfect shot as balls fell and the remainder sat out in the open and Jayson Shaw and Pat Holtz could only watch as England ran out for the win.

Commented Peach; �It was nerve wracking, that is for sure. I struggled from the off there, I didn�t feel too good in myself and Imran held it together for us, he played brilliant � I thought he was awesome.

�It feels great, but it doesn�t matter that it is against Scotland. Both players are our friends and we will have a beer with them later. It is good to beat any team. We are into the quarter-finals now, we will regroup and come back stronger tomorrow.�

Majid added, �It was a complete contrast to the first match. Everything went our way against Indonesia, everything was sweet and rosy and we had a shot off the break every time. But tonight was a complete contrast � we were down, we had to grind it out, stick to our guns and try and get the �W� � that�s what counted.�

In the final match, Shane Van Boening and Skyler Woodward kept the Stars and Stripes flying as the got the better of a string Spanish side in David Alcaide and Francisco Sanchez Ruiz.

Van Boening said, �It means a lot. I made a couple of mistakes but Skyler saved us. He shot great, he didn�t really make any mistakes. We have been working together a lot, working on our break and if we can be careful with the cue ball we should be okay.
�I am looking to win the tournament again, I would love to win it two times. It has been nine years since I won it and it would be fun to win it with Skyler.

Woodward, �We broke well but a couple of times we didn�t get shots. Shane struggled a little but we played well overall, even though we made a couple of mistakes.

�It would be huge if we can win this. It is my first time playing this and I haven�t won something worldwide so it would be amazing to win, and to win with Shane � he is a guy I have looked up to my whole life.

�I like it in London, it is crazy � if you make a ball the fans scream and if you miss they scream, it�s stupid crazy, it is awesome!�

Play continues Saturday with the two quarter-finals in the afternoon and two more in the evening:

1.30pm
Chinese Taipei v Japan
USA v Finland

18.30
China v Philippines
Austria v England

MORNING SESSION - THURSDAY 16 JUNE 2017
2017 12Bet World Cup of Pool - China, Holland and Austria through

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Austria, China and Chinese Taipei through

Three more through to quarter finals

Chinese Taipei 7-5 Poland
China 7-0 Germany
Austria 7-2 Russia

THREE MORE TEAMS made their way through to the weekend and the quarter finals as the 12BET World Cup of Pool as play continued at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London. There were wins for China, Chinese Taipei and Austria with just three more round two matches left to conclude this evening.

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.

Defending champs Chinese Taipei came from behind to defeat the Polish pair of Mateusz Sniegocki and Wojciech Szewczyk and keep their dreams alive of retaining their title.

Both teams played a scrappy game and it was anyone�s at 5-5. The Poles broke in the next to give themselves a real chance but couldn�t make anything of it and Ko Pin Yi and Chang Yu Lung took advantage and ran out the last for the win.

On paper Germany v China looked an even match up but didn�t turn out that way as Wu Jiaqing and Dang Jinhu played a perfect game to defeat Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann 7-0.

The Germans made one or two errors and were punished severely by the Chinese duo. A scratch by Souquet in the fifth game with just the 8 and 9 on the table gave Chinese Taipei the rack and they took the next and then wrapped it up with a golden break in the next to seal the victory.

In the final match of the session, Austria overcame Russia as they played a great game to beat the Russian pairing of Ruslan Chinakhov and Konstantin Stepanov. After overcoming some Russian resistance in the early stages, Mario He and Albin Ouschan barely put a foot wrong.

�We wanted to get to at least the quarter-finals and we have done that. We watch Russia in the first round and they played really well. We said we would play our own game and we cannot do more than that,� said He.

Ouschan added, �We were a bit more relaxed in this game than against Sweden. We still make a few mistakes but the luck was on our side. We felt pretty good and we showed that on the table.�

Play continues Friday evening with the final three second round matches:

Philippines v Holland
Scotland v England B
USA v Spain

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.

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THE 2017 EDITION

WORLD CUP OF POOL

THE SCHEDULE

Tuesday 13th afternoon 12.30 3 x First Round Matches
Germany (14) v Malta
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 / Malta
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

THE 2017 EDITION
WORLD CUP OF POOL
THE DRAW
Chinese Taipei (1)	-vs-	Kuwait
Poland (16)	-vs-	Greece
Japan (9)	-vs-	Thailand
Canada (8 )	-vs-	Australia
USA (5)	-vs-	Singapore
Spain (12)	-vs-	Romania
Finland (13)	-vs-	Norway
England A (4)	-vs-	India
China (3)	-vs-	Portugal
Germany (14)	-vs-	Malta
Philippines (11)	-vs-	Qatar
Holland (6)	-vs-	Hungary
Scotland (7)	-vs-	New Zealand
England B (10)	-vs-	Indonesia
Russia (15)	-vs-	Malaysia
Austria (2)	-vs-	Sweden

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
Malta � Tony Drago / Ryan Pisani
USA � Shane Van Boening / Skyler Woodward
Qatar � Waleed Majid / Bashar Hussain

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