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Japan and Finland first through to quarter finals
JAPAN BECAME the first team through to the last eight of the 2017 12BET World Cup of Pool as they enjoyed a comfortable win against Canada. There was also a second-round win for Finland as the USA closed out the first-round matches with a whitewash against Singapore.
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.
The final first round match featured the American pair of Shane Van Boening and Skyler Woodward and they looked an excellent combination as they outplayed the Singaporean duo of Aloysius Yapp and Toh Lian Han. 7-0 was the final score – the fourth whitewash of the first round.
Commented Van Boening, “We played great and only made one mistake early on and we were able to take advantage of their mistakes. They didn’t perform well and they didn’t get the layouts on the table they would have wanted.
“I have played against Skyler in quite a few tournaments and he is a great player, which is why I decided to pick him as my partner.”
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The second round started in earnest as Japan and Canada faced off in what was on paper a 50/50 match but it was Naoyuki Oi and Hijikata Hayato who were the better side. They lead throughout as Pagulayan and Morra could never catch up.
The final match of the evening saw Finland make their way to the quarter-finals as they beat a well-supported India 7-3. Raj Hundal and Amar Kang were a bit unlucky as they suffered an unlucky scratch off the break at a critical time and a few rolls went against them.
Finland though, looked a very solid unit, and a repeat of their 2012 victory in Manila, can’t be ruled out.
“We are happy to get over the hurdle but we had some trouble with a few dry breaks. Even though we were hitting the break pretty good it wasn’t opening for us,” said Immonen.
“We feel comfortable at the table and if we get the opening shot we are confident we can clear it every time. We have a little bit of a break now before the quarter-final, we will regroup and work on the break.”
Makkonen added, “We have played this event together as a pair for five or six years, we’ve won it together too. They chemistry between us is good.”
Play continues Friday afternoon with one three more second round matches:
Chinese Taipei v Poland
China v Germany
Russia v Austria
MORNING SESSION - THURSDAY 15 JUNE 2017
2017 12Bet World Cup of Pool - China, Holland and Austria through
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China, Holland and Austria through
China 7-5 Portugal
Holland 7-0 Hungary
Austria 7-5 Sweden
THERE WERE wins for the big guns of China, Holland and Austria as the first round of the 2017 12BET World Cup of Pool moved towards its closing stages at the York Hall, Bethnal Green.
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.
China, who with Wu Jiaqing and Dang Jinhu, looked to be one of the tips for the championship, had a real struggle on their hands to get past qualifiers Portugal in their first-round match-up. They lead 4-0 then 5-1 before the Portuguese pair, who won through a big qualifying tournament in Austria last year, got their break going.
With some solid shot making and some combinations the 9, they soon clawed their way back into it and were breaking at 5-5. However, class prevailed as the Chinese pair got back to the table and converted their chances to run out 7-5.
Two-time World Cup of Pool runners-up Holland easily negotiated their opening first round match as they hammered Hungary 7-0. It was the ever-reliable pairing of Nick van den Berg and Niels Feijen who once again looked solid as they had too much for the Hungarian pair of Gabor Antal and Gabor Solymosi. They now play old nemesis the Philippines in the second round.
Feijen said, “We got off to a great start and the break was clicking really well. Nick played some really nice recovery shots and overall played a really solid match.
“Everybody remembers one ball in 2014, the missed 8 ball that was the climax of the event but we played really solid that year and in 2013 – one ball is one ball and if we can play at that level again we can go all the way.”
Van den Berg added, “Normally you try and make a ball on the break but with this rule you’re trying to control the one ball. I hit the knuckle of the side pocket a few times so we had a tough shot sometimes to start but we played solid and made some good outs.
“We have some bad memories of playing the Philippines – we lost the final 10-8 here in 2013 and we are here to take revenge.”
In the final match of the afternoon, Mario He and Albin Ouschan of Austria struggled to get past Sweden but despite going from 6-2 to 6-5 against Marcus Chamat and Daniel Tangudd, the Austrians held on the reach the second round.
Play continues Thursday evening afternoon with one more first round match and two second round matches:
USA (5) v Singapore
Japan (9) v Canada (8 )
Finland (13) v India
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.
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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 |
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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 Malta – Tony Drago / Ryan Pisani USA – Shane Van Boening / Skyler Woodward Qatar – Waleed Majid / Bashar Hussain |
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