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The World Cup of Pool
Pocket billiards
Pool, also more formally known as pocket billiards or pool billiards , is the family of cue sports and games played on a pool table having six receptacles called pockets along the , into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play. Popular versions include eight-ball and nine-ball...

is the international annual single-elimination tournament

Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...

for doubles teams in nine-ball competition. It is held annually, at various locations, and was first held in 2006 in Newport, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. As of 2009, Matchroom Sport

Matchroom Sport

Matchroom Sport is a sport event promotions company founded by the English entrepreneur Barry Hearn. It first came to attention in the sports of snooker and boxing and is also involved in pool, bowling, golf , fishing, darts and poker...

have broadcast all of the games, and PartyPoker.com has sponsored the event.

Format

There are usually 32 participating teams, representing 31 nations (England and the Philippines each had two teams in 2006 and 2009, respectively, while the Netherlands did the same in 2007 and 2008) 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 , and to nine racks, except for the final which is more than nine racks, with alternating . The rules used are World Pool-Billiard Association

World Pool-Billiard Association

The World Pool-Billiard Association is the international governing body for pocket billiards . The group was formed in 1987, and was initially headed by a provisional board of directors consisting of representatives from Japan, the United States, Sweden, and Germany...

World Standardized Rules for nine-ball, modified for scotch doubles play (players on a team alternate shots; no one shoots twice in a row).

Results

Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Semifinalists
Year	Host	Final			Semifinalists
2006	Wales (Newport Newport Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent... )	Reyes Efren Reyes Efren 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... /Bustamante Francisco Bustamante Francisco 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...	13–5	Strickland Earl Strickland Earl "The Pearl" Strickland is an American professional pool player and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 2006... /Morris Rodney Morris Rodney Morris is a professional pool player of Hawaiian descent. He currently resides in Spring Hill, Florida....	Engert Thomas Engert Thomas Engert is a German professional pool player. Engert won the 2004 International Challenge of Champions beating fellow German Thorsten Hohmann in the finals... /Ortmann Oliver Ortmann Oliver Ortmann is a German top professional pool player whose nickname is "The Machine". He is renowned not only as a World Champion in Nine-Ball but also in the resurgent discipline of 14.1 or straight pool....	Nguyen/Luong 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...
2007	Netherlands (Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... )	Li Li He-wen Li 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.... /Fu	11–10	Immonen Mika Immonen Mika 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... /Juva	Kawabata/Oi	Martel/Montal
2008	Netherlands (Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... )	Morris Rodney Morris Rodney Morris is a professional pool player of Hawaiian descent. He currently resides in Spring Hill, Florida.... /Van Boening	11–7	Peach Daryl Peach Daryl Peach is an English professional pocket billiards player. Nicknamed "Razzledazzle" and "the Dazzler," he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez in 2007 to become the first English male to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship... /Gray	Bustamante Francisco Bustamante Francisco 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... /Orcollo	Li Li He-wen Li 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.... /Fu
2009 Details 2009 World Cup of Pool The 2009 World Cup of Pool is the fourth World Cup of Pool championship. For the first time, it was held outside Europe, at The Annex of SM City North EDSA in Quezon City, Philippines, from September 1 to 6, 2009, and that an all-female duo participated....	Philippines (Quezon City Quezon City Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L... )	Reyes Efren Reyes Efren 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... /Bustamante Francisco Bustamante Francisco 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...	11–9	Souquet Ralf 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'... /Hohmann	Li Li He-wen Li 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.... /Fu	Alcano Ronato Alcano Ronato Alcano , is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie Calamba" and "the Volcano".-Career history:... /Orcollo
2010 Details 2010 World Cup of Pool The 2010 World Cup of Pool was the fifth World Cup of Pool championship. It was held at the Robinsons Place Manila in Manila, Philippines, from September 7 to 12, 2010...	Philippines (Manila Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,... )	Li Li He-wen Li 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.... /Fu	10–5	Orcollo/Gomez Roberto Gomez (pool player) Roberto Gomez is a professional pocket billiards player from Zamboanga City, Philippines.-Early life:Gomez first played pool at 9 years of age. As a passionate admirer of Efren Reyes, he would often record on tape televised matches of the two-time world champion...	Souquet Ralf 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'... /Ortmann Oliver Ortmann Oliver Ortmann is a German top professional pool player whose nickname is "The Machine". He is renowned not only as a World Champion in Nine-Ball but also in the resurgent discipline of 14.1 or straight pool....	Ko/Chang
2011 Details 2011 World Cup of Pool The 2011 World Cup of Pool is the sixth edition of the said tournament. For the third straight year, the event is once again being held in the Philippines, at The Block of SM City North EDSA in Quezon City, from September 6 to 11, 2011.-Rules:...	Philippines (Quezon City Quezon City Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L... )	Souquet Ralf 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'... /Hohmann	10–4	Kanjanasri/Palajin	Lee/Hwang	Ko/Ko

#	Country	1st	2nd	SF
1	Philippines	2	1	2
2	People's Republic of China	2	0	2
3	Germany	1	1	2
4	United States	1	1	0
5	Finland	0	1	0
	England	0	1	0
	Thailand	0	1	0
8	Chinese Taipei	0	0	2
9	Vietnam	0	0	1
	Japan	0	0	1
	Canada	0	0	1
	Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	0	0	1

Participating nations

(Luc Salvas and Tyler Edey) (Philipp Stovanovic and Ivan Kralj) (Wang Hung-hsiang and Yang Ching-shun

Yang Ching-shun

Yang 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...

) (Roman Hybler and Michal Gavenciak) A (Raj Hundal and Ronnie O’Sullivan) B (Steve Davis

Steve Davis

Steve Davis, OBE is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s, when he was the world number one for seven years and became the sport's first millionaire...

and Daryl Peach) (Mika Immonen

Mika Immonen

Mika 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) (Thomas Engert

Thomas Engert

Thomas Engert is a German professional pool player. Engert won the 2004 International Challenge of Champions beating fellow German Thorsten Hohmann in the finals...

and Oliver Ortmann

Oliver Ortmann

Oliver Ortmann is a German top professional pool player whose nickname is "The Machine". He is renowned not only as a World Champion in Nine-Ball but also in the resurgent discipline of 14.1 or straight pool....

) (Lee Chenman and Kong Man-ho) (Vilmos Foldes and Gabor Solymosi) (Dharminder Lilly and Alok Kumar) (Imran Ibrahim and Ricky Yang) (Tommy Donlon and Paddy McLaughlin) (Fabio Petroni and Angelo Millauro) (Maasaki Tanaka and Satoshi Kawabata) (Jeong Young-hwa and Lee Gun-jae) (Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen and Ibrahim Bin Amir) (Tony Drago

Tony Drago

Tony Drago is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8–6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship...

and Alex Borg) (Nick van den Berg

Nick van den Berg

Nick 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....

and Niels Feijen

Niels Feijen

Niels 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...

) (Efren Reyes

Efren Reyes

Efren 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 Bustamante

Francisco Bustamante

Francisco 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...

) (Radoslaw Babica and Mariusz Rote) (Fahad Mohammadi and Bashar Hussain) (Konstantin Stepanov

Konstantin Stepanov

Konstantin Stepanov is a Russian professional pool player. In 2002 he was the Russian 8-ball champion. During the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-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 Ralf Souquet. This performance...

and Konstantin Zolotilov) (Michael Valentine and Pat Holtz

Pat Holtz

Pat Holtz is a Scottish professional pool player.He was born in Hamilton, Scotland and comes from a family of three older brothers and one younger sister, and has a daughter, Jasmine Willcox....

) (Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han) (David Anderson and Yulan Govender) (David Alcaide

David Alcaide

David 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) (Marcus Chamat and Tom Storm) (Tepwin Arunnath and Amnuayporn Chotipong) (Earl Strickland

Earl Strickland

Earl "The Pearl" Strickland is an American professional pool player and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 2006...

and Rodney Morris

Rodney Morris

Rodney Morris is a professional pool player of Hawaiian descent. He currently resides in Spring Hill, Florida....

) (Nguyen Thanh Nam and 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...

) (Rob McKenna and Ben Davies)

Tournament bracket

Final

The Philippine

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

team of Efren Reyes

Efren Reyes

and Francisco Bustamante

Francisco Bustamante

became the first champions of the World Cup of Pool, defeating the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

tandem of Earl Strickland

Earl Strickland

Earl "The Pearl" Strickland is an American professional pool player and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 2006...

and Rodney Morris

Rodney Morris

Rodney Morris is a professional pool player of Hawaiian descent. He currently resides in Spring Hill, Florida....

, 13-5.

Participating nations

(Stuart Lawler and Shaun Budd) (Martin Kempter and Albin Ouschan) (Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe)

- Replaced Malaysia (Edwin Montal and Alain Martel) (Li He-wen
  Li He-wen
  Li 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) (Philipp Stojanovic and Ivica Putnik) (Bahram Lotfy and Kasper Kristoffersen) (Daryl Peach and Imran Majid) (Mika Immonen
  Mika Immonen
  Mika 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) (Stephan Cohen and Vincent Facquet) (Oliver Ortmann
  Oliver Ortmann
  Oliver Ortmann is a German top professional pool player whose nickname is "The Machine". He is renowned not only as a World Champion in Nine-Ball but also in the resurgent discipline of 14.1 or straight pool....
  
  and Christian Reimering) (Vilmos Foldes and Balazs Miko) (Dharminder Singh Lilly and Manan Chandra) (Ricky Yang and Muhammed Zulfikri) (Fabio Petroni and Bruno Muratore) (Naoyuki Oi and Satoshi Kawabata) (Woong-Dae Kim and Seung-Woo Rye) (Patrick Ooi and Ibrahim Bin Amir)
- Withdrew (Tony Drago and Alex Borg) A (Niels Feijen
  Niels Feijen
  Niels 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 Berg
  Nick van den Berg
  Nick 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....
  
  ) B (Alex Lely
  Alex Lely
  Alex Lely is a former professional pool player from the Netherlands. He is a two-time European straight pool champion. He won the World Pool Masters in 1999 and nearly won it for the second consecutive time in the next year. He retired from the sport on 8 November 2006.-External links:*...
  
  and Rico Diks) (Efren Reyes
  Efren Reyes
  Efren 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 Bustamante
  Francisco Bustamante
  Francisco 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...
  
  ) (Radoslaw Babica and Mateusz Sniegocki) (Bashar Hussain and Fahad Ahmed Al Mohammadi) (Konstantin Stepanov and Ruslan Chinakhov) (Pat Holtz
  Pat Holtz
  Pat Holtz is a Scottish professional pool player.He was born in Hamilton, Scotland and comes from a family of three older brothers and one younger sister, and has a daughter, Jasmine Willcox....
  
  and Michael Valentine) (Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han) (Juan de Beer and Clinton Rossouw) (David Alcaide
  David Alcaide
  David 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 Antonio Fazanes) (Dimitri Jungo and Marco Tschudi) (Taiwan) (Wu Chia-ching
  Wu Chia-ching
  Wu Jia-Qing is a professional pool player. He is nicknamed the Taishan Shentong . Previously known as Wu Chia-Ching , he changed his name upon moving to China....
  
  and Yang Ching-shun
  Yang Ching-shun
  Yang 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...
  
  ) (Rodney Morris
  Rodney Morris
  Rodney Morris is a professional pool player of Hawaiian descent. He currently resides in Spring Hill, Florida....
  
  and Corey Deuel) (Nguyen Thanh Nam and 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...
  
  )

Tournament bracket

Final

The Chinese duo of Li He-wen

Li He-wen

Li 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 beat the Finnish team of Mika Immonen

Mika Immonen

and Markus Juva at the last rack, 11-10 to win China's first championship. No team seeded higher than 8th made it to the semifinals.

2008

The third tournament was again in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from October 7–11, 2008. For the first time in the tournament, a female (Austria's 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...

) participated in the competition.

Participating nations

(Stuart Lawler and John Wims) (Martin Kempter and Jasmin Ouschan

Jasmin Ouschan

) (Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe) (Edwin Montal and Tyler Edey) (Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen

Li He-wen

Li 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....

) (Philipp Stojanovic and Ivica Putnik) (Kasper Kristoffersen and Martin Larsen) (Daryl Peach

Daryl Peach

Daryl Peach is an English professional pocket billiards player. Nicknamed "Razzledazzle" and "the Dazzler," he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez in 2007 to become the first English male to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship...

and Mark Gray) (Mika Immonen

Mika Immonen

and Markus Juva) (Stephan Cohen and Vincent Facquet) (Thomas Engert

Thomas Engert

Thomas Engert is a German professional pool player. Engert won the 2004 International Challenge of Champions beating fellow German Thorsten Hohmann in the finals...

and Ralf Souquet

Ralf 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'...

) (Kenny Kwok and Lee Chenman) (Bjorgvin Hallgrimsson and Kristjan Helgason) (Alok Kumar and Sumit Talwar) (Fabio Petroni and Bruno Muratore} (Naoyuki Oi and Satoshi Kawabata) (Kim Woong-dae and Jeong Young-hwa) (Ibrahim Bin Amir and Lee Poh Soon) (Tony Drago and Alex Borg) A (Niels Feijen

Niels Feijen

and Nick van den Berg

Nick van den Berg

) B (Roy Gerards and Gijs van Helmond) (Jhon Lopez and Juan Vega) (Francisco Bustamante

Francisco Bustamante

and Dennis Orcollo) (Radoslaw Babica and Mateusz Sniegocki) (Bashar Hussain and Fahad Ahmed Al Mohammadi) (Konstantin Stepanov and Ruslan Chinakhov) (David Alcaide

David Alcaide

and Carlos Cabello) (Marco Tschudi and Dimitri Jungo) (Wu Chia-ching and Wang Hung-Hsiang) (Dechawat Poomjang and Nitiwat Kanjanasri) (Rodney Morris

Rodney Morris

Rodney Morris is a professional pool player of Hawaiian descent. He currently resides in Spring Hill, Florida....

and Shane Van Boening) (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 Thanh Nam Nguyen)

Tournament bracket

Final

The American duo of Rodney Morris

Rodney Morris

Rodney Morris is a professional pool player of Hawaiian descent. He currently resides in Spring Hill, Florida....

and Shane Van Boening beat the English team of Daryl Peach

Daryl Peach

and Mark Gray with 11-7 to win the first championship for United States.

2009

The fourth edition of the tournament went outside of Europe for the first time. The tournament was held at the SM City North EDSA

SM City North EDSA

SM City North EDSA is the largest mall in the Philippines, and the world’s third biggest in terms of leasable area . It is operated by SM Prime Holdings, a local holding company in the Philippines, the biggest retail and mall operator in Southeast Asia...

in Quezon City, Philippines, from September 1–6, 2009. For the first time in the tournament, an all-female tandem of 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, representing Korea, participated in the competition.

Participating nations

(Lou Condo and Greg Jenkins) (Martin Kempter and Jasmin Ouschan

Jasmin Ouschan

) (Pascal Budo and Serge Das) (Tyler Edey and Jason Klatt) (Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen

Li He-wen

Li 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....

) (Philipp Stojanovic and Ivica Putnik) (Kasper Kristoffersen and Bahram Lotfy) (Darren Appleton

Darren Appleton

Darren 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 Majid

Imran Majid

Imran Majid is an English professional pool player. Majid is of Pakistani descent as his parents are from Lahore, Punjab....

) (Mika Immonen

Mika Immonen

and Markus Juva) (Stephan Cohen and Vincent Facquet) (Ralf Souquet

Ralf Souquet

and Thorsten Hohmann) (Kenny Kwok and Lee Chenman) (Raj Hundal and Dharminder Singh Lilly) (Muhammad Bewi Simanjuntak and Muhammad Zulfikri) (Bruno Muratore and Fabio Petroni) (Hayato Hijikata and Satoshi Kawabata) (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) (Niels Feijen

Niels Feijen

and Nick van den Berg

Nick van den Berg

) A (Ronato Alcano

Ronato Alcano

Ronato Alcano , is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie Calamba" and "the Volcano".-Career history:...

and Dennis Orcollo) B (Francisco Bustamante

Francisco Bustamante

and Efren Reyes

Efren Reyes

) (Radoslaw Babica and Mateusz Sniegocki) (Bashar Hussain and Mohammed Ali Bin Ali) (Ruslan Chinakhov and Konstantin Stepanov) (Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han) (David Alcaide

David Alcaide

and Rafael Guzman) (Marcus Chamat and Tom Storm) (Lai Chia-Hsiung and Yang Ching-Shun

Yang Ching-shun

) (Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Surethep Phoochalam) (Rodney Morris

Rodney Morris

Rodney Morris is a professional pool player of Hawaiian descent. He currently resides in Spring Hill, Florida....

and Shane Van Boening) (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)

Tournament bracket

Final

The Filipino tandem of Efren Reyes

Efren Reyes

and Francisco Bustamante

Francisco Bustamante

beat the German tandem of Ralf Souquet

Ralf Souquet

and Thorsten Hohmann in a grueling 11-9 win to take their second championship title. This, along with the semifinal finish by the other Filipino tandem of Ronato Alcano

Ronato Alcano

Ronato Alcano , is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie Calamba" and "the Volcano".-Career history:...

and Dennis Orcollo, was the best performance put up by a host nation in the tournament's history.

2010

The fifth edition of the World Cup of Pool tournament was once again held in the Philippines

Philippines

, at the Robinsons Place Manila

Robinsons Place Manila

Robinsons Place Manila is a shopping mall located behind the Philippine General Hospital and the campus of the University of the Philippines Manila in the City of Manila. It was the second and by-far, the largest Robinsons Mall ever built by John Gokongwei. It began operations in 1995 and was...

from September 7 to 12, 2010.

Participating nations

(James Delahunty and Ricky Emery) (Mario He and Jasmin Ouschan

Jasmin Ouschan

) (Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe) (John Morra and Jason Klatt) (Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen

Li He-wen

Li 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....

) (Ko Pin-yi and Chang Jung-lin) (Karlo Dalmatin and Philipp Stojanovic) (Daryl Peach

Daryl Peach

and Karl Boyes

Karl Boyes

Karl W. Boyes is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.He is a 1959 graduate of Edinboro State College and attended classes at Allegheny College and Union College...

) (Mika Immonen

Mika Immonen

and Markus Juva) (Stephan Cohen

Stephan Cohen

Stephan Cohen is a French pocket billiards player. In 2009, he won the World Straight Pool Championship by defeating former world champion Mika Immonen of Finland, thus becoming France's first-ever world champion in the sport.-References:...

and Francois Cottance) (Ralf Souquet

Ralf Souquet

and Oliver Ortmann

Oliver Ortmann

) (Lee Chenman and Kenny Kwok) (Raj Hundal and Dharminder Singh Lilly) (Muhammad Zulfikri and Ricky Yang) (Fabio Petroni and Bruno Muratore) (Naoyuki Oi and Toru Kuribayashi) (Yu Ram Cha and Ga Young Kim) (Ibrahim Bin Amir and Lee Poh Soon) (Tony Drago

Tony Drago

and Alex Borg

Alex Borg

Alex Borg is a professional Maltese snooker player. He regularly appeared as wild card in the Malta Grand Prix, where throughout the events history he managed to beat the likes of Nigel Bond and John Higgins. He has also competed as a wild card in the Malta Cup...

) (Niels Feijen

Niels Feijen

and Huidji See) A (Efren Reyes

Efren Reyes

and Francisco Bustamante

Francisco Bustamante

) B (Roberto Gomez and Dennis Orcollo) (Radoslaw Babica and Mariusz Skoneczny) (Mohammad Al Bin Ali and Bashar Hussain) (Konstantin Stepanov

Konstantin Stepanov

and Ruslan Chinakhov) (Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han) (Matjaz Erculj and Matej Sulek) (David Alcaide

David Alcaide

and Francisco Sanchez Ruiz) (Marcus Chamat and Thomas Mehtala) (Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Surethep Phoochalam) (Rodney Morris

Rodney Morris

Rodney Morris is a professional pool player of Hawaiian descent. He currently resides in Spring Hill, Florida....

and Johnny Archer

Johnny Archer

Johnny Archer is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" ....

) (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 Do Hoang Quan)

Tournament bracket

Final

The Chinese duo of Li He-wen

Li He-wen

Li 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 grabbed their second World Cup of Pool championship, beating the Filipino tandem of Dennis Orcollo and Roberto Gomez

Roberto Gomez (pool player)

Roberto Gomez is a professional pocket billiards player from Zamboanga City, Philippines.-Early life:Gomez first played pool at 9 years of age. As a passionate admirer of Efren Reyes, he would often record on tape televised matches of the two-time world champion...

in front of the home crowd by the score of 10-5.

2011

The sixth edition of the World Cup of Pool tournament is being held in the Philippines

Philippines

for the third straight year. The event is held at the SM North Edsa from September 6 to 11, 2011.

Participating nations

(Greg Jenkins and David Rothall) (Mario He and Jasmin Ouschan

Jasmin Ouschan

) (John Morra and Jason Klatt) (Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen

Li He-wen

Li 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....

) (Karlo Dalmatin and Ivica Putnik) (Darren Appleton

Darren Appleton

and Chris Melling) (Dennis Grabe and Erki Erm) (Mika Immonen

Mika Immonen

and Petri Makkonen) (Stephan Cohen

Stephan Cohen

and Vincent Facquet) (Ralf Souquet

Ralf Souquet

and Thorsten Hohmann) (Lee Chenman and Kenny Kwok) (Raj Hundal and Amar Kang) (Irsal Nasution and Riyan Setiawan) (Fabio Petroni and Bruno Muratore) (Yukio Akagariyama and Lo Li-wen) (Lee Gun-jae and Hwang Young) (Khaled Al Mutairi and Omar Al Shaheen) (Ibrahim Bin Amir and Patrick Ooi) (Tony Drago

Tony Drago

and Alex Borg

Alex Borg

) (Huidji See and Marco Teutscher) A (Ronato Alcano

Ronato Alcano

Ronato Alcano , is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie Calamba" and "the Volcano".-Career history:...

and Dennis Orcollo) B (Efren Reyes

Efren Reyes

and Francisco Bustamante

Francisco Bustamante

) (Radoslaw Babica and Karol Skowerski) (Konstantin Stepanov

Konstantin Stepanov

and Ruslan Chinakhov) (Chan Keng Kwang and Bernard Tey) (David Alcaide

David Alcaide

and Francisco Diaz Pizarro) (Marcus Chamat and Thomas Mehtala) (Dimitri Jungo and Ronnie Regli) (Ko Pin-yi and Ko Ping-chun) (Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Kobkit Palajin) (Corey Deuel and Mike Dechaine) (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 Phuc Long)

Tournament bracket

Final

The German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

duo of Ralf Souquet

Ralf Souquet

and Thorsten Hohmann finally clinched their first championship, defeating the unheralded Thai

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

duo of Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Kobkit Palajin by the score of 10-4. Because of this performance, Germany became the first European team to win the World Cup of Pool.

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