World Cup of Pool
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Nine-ball pool |
Established | 2006 |
Number of tournaments | 14 |
Format | Doubles team, Single-elimination |
Current champion | |
![]() Joshua Filler / Christoph Reintjes | |
Most recent tournament | |
2021 World Cup of Pool |
The World Cup of Pool is an annual international single-elimination tournament for doubles teams in nine-ball pool competition. The event has been dominated by the Philippines and China, with both nations winning the event on three occasions.
History[]
The tournament is held annually, at various locations, and was first held in 2006 in Newport, Wales.[1] The tournament is hosted by Matchroom Sport.
Format[]
There are usually 32 participating teams, representing 31 nations (the host nation is represented by two teams, A and B) composed of two players each. The participating nations do not have to go through a qualifying tournament in order to join, as they are selected by the organizers. Sixteen teams are seeded; they will face the unseeded teams at the first round.
The individual matches are scotch doubles with alternating break, which are races to seven racks for Round 1 and 2, nine racks for the quarterfinals and semifinals, and eleven for the final. The rules used are World Pool-Billiard Association World Standardized Rules for nine-ball, modified for scotch doubles play (players on a team alternate shots; no one shoots twice in a row, unless being asked to play again after pushing out).[2]
Results[]
Year | Host | Final | Semi-finalists | |||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
2006 Details |
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![]() Philippines (Reyes / Bustamante) |
13–5 | ![]() United States (Strickland / Morris) |
![]() Germany (Engert / Ortmann) |
![]() Vietnam ( / Luong) | ||
2007 Details |
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![]() China (Li He-wen / Fu Jian-bo) |
11–10 | ![]() Finland (Immonen / Juva) |
![]() Japan ( / Naoyuki Oi) |
![]() Canada (Martel / Montal) | ||
2008 Details |
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![]() United States (Morris / Van Boening) |
11–7 | ![]() England (Peach / Gray) |
![]() Philippines (Bustamante / Orcollo) |
![]() China (Li He-wen / Fu Jian-bo) | ||
2009 Details |
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![]() Philippines (Reyes / Bustamante) |
11–9 | ![]() Germany (Souquet / Hohmann) |
![]() China (Li He-wen / Fu Jian-bo) |
![]() Philippines (Alcano / Orcollo) | ||
2010 Details |
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![]() China (Li He-wen / Fu Jian-bo) |
10–5 | ![]() Philippines (Orcollo / Gomez) |
![]() Germany (Souquet / Ortmann) |
![]() Chinese Taipei (Ko Pin-yi / Jung-lin) | ||
2011 Details |
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![]() Germany (Souquet / Hohmann) |
10–4 | ![]() Thailand (Kanjanasri / Palajin) |
![]() Korea ( / ) |
![]() Chinese Taipei (Ko Pin-yi / Ko Ping-chung) | ||
2012 Details |
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![]() Finland (Immonen / Makkonen) |
10–8 | ![]() Poland (Skowerski / Szewcyk) |
![]() United States (Van Boening / Morris) |
![]() Chinese Taipei ( / ) | ||
2013 Details |
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![]() Philippines (Orcollo / Corteza) |
10–8 | ![]() Netherlands (Feijen / van den Berg) |
![]() Finland (Immonen / Makkonen) |
![]() Chinese Taipei (Ko Pin-yi / Jung-lin) | ||
2014 Details |
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![]() England (Appleton / Boyes) |
10–9 | ![]() Netherlands (Feijen / van den Berg) |
![]() Finland (Immonen / Makkonen) |
![]() Austria (Ouschan / He) | ||
2015 Details |
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![]() Chinese Taipei (Ko Pin-yi / Chang Yu-lung) |
10–8 | ![]() England (Gray / Peach) |
![]() Japan (Oi / Kuribayashi) |
![]() England (Appleton / Boyes) | ||
2017 Details |
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![]() Austria (He / Ouschan) |
10–6 | ![]() United States (Van Boening / Woodward) |
![]() China (Wu Jia-qing / ) |
![]() Chinese Taipei (Ko Pin-yi / Chang Yu-lung) | ||
2018 Details |
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![]() China (Wu Jia-qing / Liu Haitao) |
10–3 | ![]() Austria (He / Ouschan) |
![]() Chinese Taipei (Jung-lin / Cheng Yu-hsuan) |
![]() China (Dejing Kong / Ming Wang) | ||
2019 Details |
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![]() Austria (He / Ouschan) |
11–3 | ![]() Philippines (Biado / de Luna) |
![]() Netherlands (Bijsterbosch / Feijen) |
![]() Spain (Alcaide / Sanchez) | ||
2021 Details |
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![]() Germany (Filler / Reintjes) |
11–7 | ![]() Great Britain (Appleton / Boyes) |
![]() Estonia (Grabe / Mark Magi) |
![]() Slovakia (Jakub Koniar / Jaroslav Polách) |
Statistics[]
Performances by nation[]
# | Country | Winners | Runners-up | Semi-finalists | Top 4 |
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1 | ![]() |
3 (2006, 2009, 2013) | 2 (2010, 2019) | 2 (2008, 2009) | 7 |
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3 (2007, 2010, 2018) | — | 4 (2008, 2009, 2017, 2018) | 7 | |
2 | ![]() |
2 (2017, 2019) | 1 (2018) | 1 (2014) | 4 |
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2 (2011, 2021) | 1 (2009) | 2 (2006, 2010) | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
1 (2014) | 3 (2008, 2015, 2021) | 1 (2015) | 5 |
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1 (2008) | 2 (2006, 2017) | 1 (2012) | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
1 (2012) | 1 (2007) | 2 (2013, 2014) | 4 |
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1 (2015) | — | 6 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018) | 7 | |
5 | ![]() |
— | 2 (2013, 2014) | 1 (2019) | 3 |
6 | ![]() |
— | 1 (2011) | — | 1 |
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— | 1 (2012) | — | 1 | |
7 | ![]() |
— | — | 2 (2007, 2015) | 2 |
8 | ![]() |
— | — | 1 (2006) | 1 |
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— | — | 1 (2007) | 1 | |
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— | — | 1 (2011) | 1 | |
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— | — | 1 (2019) | 1 | |
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— | — | 1 (2021) | 1 | |
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— | — | 1 (2021) | 1 | |
Total | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 |
^ = Results include England from 2006 to 2018
References[]
- ^ "World Cup of Pool - Matchroom Pool". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ^ "World Cup of Pool". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
External links[]
- World Cup of Pool – Official site
- WPA Pool Calendar Archived 2015-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- AzBilliards.com
- World Cup of Pool
- Pool competitions
- World cups
- Recurring sporting events established in 2006
- Annual sporting events