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Hosts Out As Spain And Austria Make Semis
BetVictor World Cup of Pool – Quarter-Finals
Quarter-Finals
Greece 2-9 Austria
Spain 9–6 Great Britain A
Hosts Great Britain are out of the BetVictor World Cup of Pool after a 9-6 quarter-final defeat to Spain, who will now face Austria in the semi-finals at Morningside Arena, Leicester.
Austria were in fine form as they defeated Greece 9-2, before the host pair of Chris Melling and Jayson Shaw fell to Spain’s David Alcaide and Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz after the Spaniards pulled away in the latter stages of the match.
It looked as though the early lead would go to Spain, but Alcaide missed on the 8 allowing the hosts to steal a 1-0 lead. Spain levelled but a clumsy attempted snooker by Sanchez-Ruiz left the 6 on for Britain in the next, and Shaw and Melling cashed in.
The scrappy start continued but at 3-3 Great Britain ran out from their own break and had an opportunity to make it 5-3 until Shaw scratched in unfortunate circumstances. The teams exchanged two more racks to make it 5-5 in the race-to-9 before Alcaide spotted a 4/9 carom to put Spain within three.
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At that point Melling scratched and Spain had a two-rack lead, the first time either side had earnt that margin in the match and they were soon on the hill at 8-5. Great Britain pulled one back when Shaw made a high-pressure 1/9 but it was their last rack of the tournament as Spain completed a 9-6 win to move into the semi-finals.
“My partner played an amazing match,” said Alcaide. “I missed a couple of difficult shots but he gave me a lot of confidence.”
Sanchez-Ruiz added: “Austria will be a tough match, they have two players who are two of the best in the world but we believe in our game and will stay focussed on the next round. We are only thinking round-by-round so for us, the semi-final is the final.”
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Austria’s Mario He and Albin Ouschan defeated Greek duo Nick Malaj and Alexander Kazakis to land their place in the last four. Austria had complete control of the early stages of the match and raced to a 4-0 lead. They looked sure to go five up but He missed a routine 9. The cue ball was on the rail but nonetheless it was a straightforward shot and it opened the door back into the match for Greece.
However, Kazakis and Malaj couldn’t capitalise and the 2017 champions restored their four-rack advantage. In the next rack Ouschan pulled off one of the shots of the tournament, making a long one and bringing the cue back down the table via two rails for perfect position on the 2.
That helped Austria pull five ahead and more clinical shooting took them to 7-1. Greece got their second rack on the board in the ninth but it was too little, too late; Austria reached the hill in the tenth and were into the semi-finals at the end of the 11th, a 9-2 victory marking one of the standout performances of the tournament so far.
“We had a pretty good start,” said Ouschan. “Mario played some incredible shots and that gave us some confidence. They missed a few balls and didn’t look too confident, but we took our chances.”
He added: “I played well before the missed 9 and I was able to forget it afterwards. It was important but I was able to forget it because we had a good lead.”
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The semi-finals take place from 1:30pm on Sunday afternoon with the final a race-to-11 which begins at 6.30pm. The BetVictor World Cup of Pool is broadcast live in over 100 countries around the world, including on Sky Sports and DAZN.
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Champions China Crash Out Of BetVictor World Cup Of Pool
BetVictor World Cup of Pool – Quarter-Finals
Quarter-Finals
China 5-9 Netherlands
Philippines 9-5 Canada
Defending champions China have been knocked out of the BetVictor World Cup of Pool after losing their quarter-final clash with Netherlands 9-5 at Morningside Arena, Leicester, live on Sky Sports, DAZN and networks worldwide.
It remains, therefore, that no team has ever been able to successfully defend their title and Niels Feijen and Marc Bijsterbosch will go on the play the Philippines in Sunday afternoon’s first semi-final after the three-time winners defeated Canada in their last-eight encounter.
After six racks China and Netherlands were locked at 3-3 with neither losing from their own break but in the seventh the Dutch took the lead after China had the opening shot and in the very next rack Feijen made it a two-game lead with a golden break, the third of the tournament.
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The Dutch duo opened up an even greater lead when they moved 7-4 ahead, and though China (Wu Jiaqing and Liu Haitao) narrowed the gap, Netherlands reached the hill 8-5 up.
Bijsterbosch had the break but Feijen needed to play safe on the 2 and Wu made an impressive jump to bank the object in response. However, Haitao’s subsequent jump to reach the 3 sent the cueball off the table and the Netherlands were in for the win.
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“We are extremely happy, of course,” said Feijen, twice a finalist at this event. “We are happy to be back in the semi-finals. We are gelling incredibly well and Marc is a brilliant player, so I am looking forward to tomorrow.”
They’ll meet three-time World Cup winners Philippines on Sunday afternoon after Carlo Biado and Jeff De Luna came from 4-1 down to beat Alex Pagulayan and John Morra of Canada.
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Canada raced to a 4-1 lead but Philippines fought back and took six consecutive racks. The Canadians looked set to stop the Filipino momentum until Pagulayan got a tough roll in making the 4. The cue ball kissed the 9 into the jaws of the right corner pocket and scratched to the left, leaving De Luna an easy 5/9 to get to the hill.
Canada finally got their fifth the following rack but it didn’t spark the revival they wanted and Philippines expertly ran the next to make the semi-finals.
The remaining two quarter-finals take place from 6.30pm this evening as Greece take on Austria and Spain come up against hosts Great Britain. The BetVictor World Cup of Pool is broadcast live in over 100 countries around the world, including on Sky Sports and DAZN.
THE 2019 EDITION |
WORLD CUP OF POOL |
THE SCHEDULE |
Tuesday 25th June afternoon 13.00 3 x First Round Matches China v. Sweden Holland v. South Africa Russia v. Albania Tuesday 25th June evening 19.00 3 x First Round Matches USA v. Brazil Philippines v. Czech Republic Great Britain B v. Chile Wednesday 26th June afternoon 13.00 3 x First Round Matches Germany v. Estonia Chinese Taipei v. Romania Japan v. Hong Kong Wednesday 26th June evening 19.00 3 x First Round Matches Canada v. France Greece v. New Zealand Great Britain A v. Malta Thursday 27th June afternoon 13.00 3 x First Round Matches Austria v. Croatia Finland v. Singapore Poland v. Italy Thursday 27th June evening 19.00 1 x First Round Match & 2 x Second Round Matches Spain v. Australia Round Two: China/Sweden v. Great Britain B/Chile Netherlands/South Africa v. USA/Brazil Friday 28th June afternoon 13.00 3 x Second Round Matches Philippines - Albania Canada - Estonia Chinese Taipei - Greece Friday 28th June evening 19.00 3 x Second Round Matches Hong Kong, China - Austria Spain - Finland Poland - Great Britain A Saturday 29th June afternoon 13.00 Quarter-Final 1 Quarter-Final 2 Saturday 29th June evening 19.00 Quarter-Final 3 Quarter-Final 4 Sunday 30th June afternoon 13.00 Semi-Final 1 Semi-Final 2 Sunday 30th June evening 19.00 The Final |
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THE LAST 16 | ||||
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THE FINAL | ||||
THE 2019 EDITION |
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THE TEAMS |
Albania - Eklent Kaci / Besar Spahiu
Australia - Justin Sajich / Danny Stone Austria - Albin Ouschan / Mario He Brazil - TBC / TBC Canada - Alex Pagulayan / John Morra Chile - Enrique Rojas / Alejandro Carvajal China - Wu Jiaqing / Liu Haitao Chinese Taipei - Ko Pin-Yi / Ko Ping-Chung Czech Republic - Roman Hybler / Michal Gavenčiak Croatia - Philipp Stojanovic / Roberto Bartol Estonia - Denis Grabe / Mark Magi Finland - Petri Makkonen / Mika Immonen France - Alex Montpellier / Fabio Rizzi Germany - Joshua Filler / Ralf Souquet Great Britain A - Jayson Shaw / Chris Melling Great Britain B - Mark Gray / Imran Majid Greece - Alexander Kazakis / Nick Malaj Netherlands - Niels Feijen / Marc Bijsterbosch Hong Kong - Lo Ho Sum / Yip Kin Ling Leo Italy - Fabio Petroni / Daniele Corrieri Japan - Naoyuki Oi / Toru Kuribayashi Malta - Tony Drago / Clayton Castaldi New Zealand - Matt Edwards / Simon Singleton Philippines - Carlo Biado / Jeff De Luna Poland - Konrad Juszczyszyn / Mateusz Sniegocki Russia - Fedor Gorst / Ruslan Chinakhov Romania - Babken Melkonian / Ioan Ladanyi Singapore - Aloysuis Yapp / Sharik Aslam Sayed South Africa - Richard Halliday / Jason Theron Spain - David Alcaide / Francisco Sanchez Ruiz Sweden - Marcus Chamat / Tomas Larsson USA - Shane van Boening / Skyler Woodward |
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