2009 World Cup of Pool
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World Cup of Pool
The World Cup of Pool is the international annual single-elimination tournament for doubles teams in nine-ball competition. It is held annually, at various locations, and was first held in 2006 in Newport, Wales...
championship. For the first time, it was held outside Europe
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in Quezon City
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, Philippines
Philippines
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, from September 1 to 6, 2009, and that an all-female duo participated.
Rules
- Winners' break.
- Teammates take shots alternately.
- Race to eight racks for matches prior to the quarterfinals.
- Race to nine racks for matches from the quarterfinals to the semifinals.
- Race to eleven racks for the Final.
- Eighty-second shot clock for the shot immediately after the break, forty seconds for other shots.
- In order for a break to be legal, two balls must pass over the head string.
Cash prizes
| Stage | Prize Money (Total-US$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 250,000) |
|---|---|
| Winner | US$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 60,000 |
| Runner Up | US$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 30,000 |
| Semi Final | US$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 16,000 |
| Quarter Final | US$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 10,000 |
| Second Round | US$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 5,000 |
| First Round | US$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 3,000 |
Participating nations
- Seeded teams:
United States (Rodney MorrisRodney MorrisRodney Morris is a professional pool player of Hawaiian descent. He currently resides in Spring Hill, Florida....
and Shane Van Boening)
Philippines A (Ronato AlcanoRonato AlcanoRonato Alcano , is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie Calamba" and "the Volcano".-Career history:...
and Dennis Orcollo)
Germany (Ralf SouquetRalf SouquetRalf Souquet is a German professional pool player. His nicknames are "The Kaiser" and "The Surgeon." Since 1981, he has won more than 250 tournament titles, including 41 German Championship titles and 34 European Championship titles.He began playing billiards at the age of six in his parents'...
and Thorsten Hohmann)
Kingdom of England (Darren AppletonDarren AppletonDarren Appleton is a British pool player, nicknamed "Dynamite". He won the first WPA World Ten-ball Championship in 2008 against Wu Chia-ching, the former world champion in both nine-ball and eight-ball from Taiwan...
and Imran MajidImran MajidImran Majid is an English professional pool player. Majid is of Pakistani descent as his parents are from Lahore, Punjab....
)- Philippines B (Francisco BustamanteFrancisco BustamanteFrancisco Bustamante is a Filipino professional pocket billiards player from Tarlac, and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion., nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of the film of the same name, and sometimes also called "Bustie", especially in the United States.-Early life:Bustamante is the...
and Efren ReyesEfren ReyesEfren Manalang Reyes is a Filipino professional pool player and a two-time world champion. Reyes is considered by many to be the greatest all-around pool player in the history of the game. He is affectionately nicknamed "Bata" and "the Magician".-Early life:Reyes was born in Pampanga in 1954...
) - (Niels FeijenNiels FeijenNiels Feijen is a professional pool player, from the Hague, Netherlands. His nickname is "the Terminator".In 2001, Feijen reached the finals of a nine-ball tournament in Tokyo, Japan. The event had a field of more than 700 players and offered the largest prize money at that time. However, he lost...
and Nick van den BergNick van den BergNick van den Berg is a professional pool player.In 2005 he was runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the WPA World Eight-ball Championship.He represented Team Europe in the Mosconi Cup in 2006 for the third time....
) - (Lai Chia-Hsiung and Yang Ching-ShunYang Ching-shunYang Ching-shun is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "the Son of Pool."Yang won the nine-ball event of the 1998 Asian Games against then World Pool champion Kunihiko Takahashi. He defended it in 2002 against Warren Kiamco...
) 
Finland (Mika ImmonenMika ImmonenMika Immonen is a Finnish professional pool player, nicknamed "the Ice Man."He won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship in Cardiff, Wales in 2001. That same year, he was the runner-up to Corey Deuel in the US Open Nine-ball ChampionshipHe has represented Team Europe on thirteen occasions in the...
and Markus Juva)
Mainland China (Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wenLi He-wenLi Hewen is a Chinese professional pool player. He made it to the finals in the Vietnam leg of the 2006 WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour, but lost to Efren Reyes....
)
Poland (Radoslaw Babica and Mateusz Sniegocki)
Japan (Hayato Hijikata and Satoshi Kawabata)
Italy (Bruno Muratore and Fabio Petroni)
Spain (David AlcaideDavid AlcaideDavid Alcaide is a Spanish pool player. During the 2006 Men's World 9-Ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Rodolfo Luat...
and Rafael Guzman)
Canada (Tyler Edey and Jason Klatt)
Russia (Ruslan Chinakhov and Konstantin Stepanov)
India (Raj Hundal and Dharminder Singh Lilly)
- Unseeded teams:
} (Lou Condo and Greg Jenkins)
} (Martin Kempter and Jasmin Ouschan
Jasmin Ouschan
Jasmin Ouschan is an Austrian professional pool player from Klagenfurt, Carinthia. Her first professional competition occurred in 2002, but she did not officially become a professional member of the Women's Professional Billiards Association until 2007. She is currently one of the top-ranked...
)
} (Pascal Budo and Serge Das)
} (Philipp Stojanovic and Ivica Putnik)
} (Kasper Kristoffersen and Bahram Lotfy)
} (Stephan Cohen and Vincent Facquet)
} (Kenny Kwok and Lee Chenman)
} (Muhammad Bewi Simanjuntak and Muhammad Zulfikri)
} (Ga-Young Kim
Ga-Young Kim
Kim Ga-young is a South Korean female professional pocket billiards player who plays on the Women's Professional Billiard Association tour...
and Yun-Mi Lim)
} (Ibrahim Bin Amir and Lee Poh Soon)
} (Alex Borg and Tony Drago)
} (Bashar Hussain and Mohammed Ali Bin Ali)
} (Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han)
} (Marcus Chamat and Tom Storm)
} (Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Surethep Phoochalam)
} (Luong Chi Dung
Luong Chi Dung
Lương Chí Dũng is a Vietnamese professional pool player. He reached the quarter-finals in the 2006 Men's World Nine-ball Championship before losing to Li He-wen...
and Nguyen Thanh Nam)
Upper half
Lower half
Semifinals and final
First round
- The all-female Korean team of Ga Young Kim and Yun Mi Lim is eliminated by the 2007 champions Chinese team of Li He-wenLi He-wenLi Hewen is a Chinese professional pool player. He made it to the finals in the Vietnam leg of the 2006 WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour, but lost to Efren Reyes....
and Fu Jian-bo. - The Ronnie Alcano/Dennis Orcollo duo won after the upstart Thai team led by 5–4.
Second round
- In a show of sportsmanship, Spanish David AlcaideDavid AlcaideDavid Alcaide is a Spanish pool player. During the 2006 Men's World 9-Ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Rodolfo Luat...
admitted a foul to the referee that allowed the English team to pull away and win the match two racks later. - The Filipino team of Efren ReyesEfren ReyesEfren Manalang Reyes is a Filipino professional pool player and a two-time world champion. Reyes is considered by many to be the greatest all-around pool player in the history of the game. He is affectionately nicknamed "Bata" and "the Magician".-Early life:Reyes was born in Pampanga in 1954...
and Francisco BustamanteFrancisco BustamanteFrancisco Bustamante is a Filipino professional pocket billiards player from Tarlac, and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion., nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of the film of the same name, and sometimes also called "Bustie", especially in the United States.-Early life:Bustamante is the...
took advantage of a call by the Filipina referee called a foul on the Italians after Bruno Muratori's hair on his arm touched the cue ball.
Semifinals
In the first semifinal, the match went to a hill-hill face-off. After the Chinese had a legal break at the final rack, Fu missed a two-ball carom on the corner pocket, that led to the run-out by the Filipino team of Reyes and Bustamante to advance to the final. In the other semifinal, the German team of Ralf SouquetRalf Souquet
Ralf Souquet is a German professional pool player. His nicknames are "The Kaiser" and "The Surgeon." Since 1981, he has won more than 250 tournament titles, including 41 German Championship titles and 34 European Championship titles.He began playing billiards at the age of six in his parents'...
and Thorsten Hohmann prevented an all-Filipino final with a 9–6 decision.