2017 World Cup of Pool

2017 World Cup of Pool

Tournament information
Venue	York Hall
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Single elimination tournament
Total prize fund	$250,000
Winner's share	$30,000 each
Final
Champion	Mario He & Albin Ouschan
Runner-up	Shane Van Boening & Skyler Woodward
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The 2017 World Cup of Pool was the eleventh edition of the tournament. The event was held in York Hall, London, England, from 13 to 18 June. A total of 32 two-player teams participated in the tournament.^[1]

Prize fund[]

A total of $250,000 constituted the prize fund.^[1]

• Winners (per pair): $60,000
• Runners-up (per pair): $30,000
• Semi-finalists (per pair): $15,000
• Quarter-finalists (per pair): $9,000
• Last 16 losers (per pair): $4,500
• Last 32 losers (per pair): $3,625

Competing teams[]

Seed	Team	Players[2] [3] [4]
1	Chinese Taipei	Ko Pin-yi	Chang Yu-Lung
2	Austria	Mario He	Albin Ouschan
3	China	Wu Jiaqing
4	England	Darren Appleton	Mark Gray
5	United States	Shane Van Boening	Skyler Woodward
6	Netherlands	Niels Feijen	Nick van den Berg
7	Scotland	Jayson Shaw	Pat Holtz
8	Canada	Alex Pagulayan	John Morra
9	Japan	Naoyuki Ōi
10	England	Imran Majid	Daryl Peach
11	Philippines	Carlo Biado	Johann Chua
12	Spain	David Alcaide	Francisco Sánchez
13	Finland	Mika Immonen	Petri Makkonen
14	Germany	Ralf Souquet	Thorsten Hohmann
15	Russia	Ruslan Tschinachow	Konstantin Stepanow
16	Poland	Mateusz Śniegocki	Wojciech Szewczyk
17	Greece	Nikos Ekonomopoulos	Alexander Kazakis
18	Norway
19	Portugal
20	Romania
21	Sweden	Marcus Chamat
22	Hungary[a]
23	India	Raj Hundal
24	Indonesia
25	Malaysia
26	Singapore		Aloysius Yapp
27	Thailand
28	Australia	Justin Campbell
29	Kuwait
30	New Zealand	Matthew Edwards
31	Malta[b]	Tony Drago
32	Qatar	Waleed Majid

Bracket[]

^{[5] [6] [7]}

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinal					Semifinal					Final
	1	Chinese Taipei	7
	29	Kuwait	3
						1	Chinese Taipei	7
						16	Poland	5
	16	Poland	7
	17	Greece	6
											1	Chinese Taipei	9
											9	Japan	2
	9	Japan	7
	27	Thailand	2
						9	Japan	7
						8	Canada	3
	8	Canada	7
	28	Australia	5
																1	Chinese Taipei	4
																5	United States	9
	5	United States	7
	26	Singapore	0
						5	United States	7
						12	Spain	5
	12	Spain	7
	20	Romania	6
											5	United States	9
											13	Finland	4
	13	Finland	7
	18	Norway	0
						13	Finland	7
						23	India	4
	4	England	4
	23	India	7
																					5	United States	6
																					2	Austria	10
	3	China	7
	19	Portugal	5
						3	China	7
						14	Germany	0
	14	Germany	7
	31	Malta	2
											3	China	9
											11	Philippines	2
	11	Philippines	7
	32	Qatar	4
						11	Philippines	7
						6	Netherlands	5
	6	Netherlands	7
	22	Hungary	0
																3	China	1
																2	Austria	9
	7	Scotland	7
	30	New Zealand	6
						7	Scotland	6
						10	England	7
	10	England	7
	24	Indonesia	0
											10	England	7
											2	Austria	9
	15	Russia	7
	25	Malaysia	0
						15	Russia	2
						2	Austria	7
	2	Austria	7
	21	Sweden	5

Final[]

The final was played between the United States and Austria. Austria were crowned World Cup of Pool champions after victory over USA, with a final score of 10–6.^[8]

References[]