The 2008

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 Philippines holds the record for World Cup wins, winning the title on four occasions. In 2023, they also became t ...

was the third edition of the tournament. The event was held again in

Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the New Meuse inland shi ...

, from October 7–11, 2008.

Participating nations

* (Stuart Lawler and John Wims) * (Martin Kempter and Jasmin Ouschan) * (Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe) * (Edwin Montal and Tyler Edey) * ( Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen) * (Philipp Stojanovic and Ivica Putnik) * (Kasper Kristoffersen and Martin Larsen) * (

Daryl Peach Daryl Peach (born 8 March 1972) is an English professional pool player, from Lancashire, who resides in Blackpool, England. He won the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, where he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez 17–15 in the final ...

and Mark Gray) * ( Mika Immonen and Markus Juva) * ( Stephan Cohen and Vincent Facquet) * ( Thomas Engert and

Ralf Souquet Ralf Souquet ( ; born 29 November 1968) is a German professional pool player. His nickname is "The Kaiser". Souquet is considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. Since 1988, he has won over 100 professional tournaments, including 2 ...

) * (Kenny Kwok and Lee Chenman) * (Bjorgvin Hallgrimsson and

Kristján Helgason Kristján Helgason (born 27 March 1974) is an Icelandic former professional snooker player. Career Born in 1974, Helgason turned professional in 1995. In 1998, he reached the last 48 at the Irish Open, losing 3–5 to Billy Snaddon, but made ...

) * (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 Tony Drago ( ; born 22 September 1965) is a Maltese former professional snooker and pool player. Known for his speed around the table, during his snooker career he won two professional titles: the 1993 Strachan Challenge Event 3 and the 1996 ...

and Alex Borg) * A (

Niels Feijen Niels Feijen (born 3 February 1977, The Hague) is a Dutch professional pool player, from the Hague. His nickname is "the Terminator". In 2014 he won the WPA World 9-ball championship. Career In 2001, Feijen reached the finals of a nine-ball to ...

and Nick van den Berg) * B (Roy Gerards and Gijs van Helmond) * (Jhon Lopez and Juan Vega) * (

Francisco Bustamante Francisco Bustamante (born December 29, 1963) is a Filipino professional pool player from Tarlac, Central Luzon and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion, nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of the 1966 film of the same name,Dennis Orcollo Dennis Orcollo (born January 28, 1979), sometimes called Dennis Orcullo, is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "''Surigao''" (after a province in the Philippines) and "RoboCop". He has been called "The Money-Game King". Orcollo is c ...

) * (

Radosław Babica Radosław Babica (born 18 July 1979) is a Poland, Polish professional Pool (cue sports), pool player from Kielce, who reached number 12 in the World Pool-Billiard Association world rankings in 2009. Career Babica final reached the European Pool ...

and

Mateusz Śniegocki Mateusz Śniegocki (born 3 January 1985) is a Polish professional pool player. Śniegocki is a former 10-Ball European champion and three-time winner of events at the Euro Tour. Career Śniegocki started playing billiards in a club called "Had ...

) * (Bashar Hussain and Fahad Ahmed Al Mohammadi) * ( Konstantin Stepanov and

Ruslan Chinakhov Ruslan Yuryevich Chinakhov (; born 25 January 1992) is a Russian professional primarily nine-ball pool (billiards), pool player. Ruslan was the WPA World Nine-ball Championship, world nine-ball Juniors champion in 2009. Chinakhov has won several ...

) * ( 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 (born November 25, 1970, in Anaheim, California) is a professional pool player, nicknamed "the Rocket". In 2016, he was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame. Morris won the 1996 U.S. Open Nine-ball Champions ...

and

Shane Van Boening Shane Van Boening (; born July 14, 1983) is an American professional pool player from Rapid City, South Dakota. Van Boening is considered one of the best players of all time. Van Boening has won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship and has won ...

) * ( Luong Chi Dung and Thanh Nam Nguyen)

Tournament bracket

Final

The American duo of

and

beat the English team of

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

References

External links

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