The 2011

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 ...

is the sixth edition of the said tournament. For the third straight year, the event is once again being held in the

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, at The Block of

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, from 6 to 11 September 2011. The event was won by the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

team of

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 ...

and

Thorsten Hohmann Thorsten Hohmann (born 14 July 1979 in Fulda, West Germany) is a German professional pool player, nicknamed "the Hitman." He is a three-time world champion, winning the WPA World Nine-ball Championship in 2003, and 2013, and winning the WPA Worl ...

, who defeated

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

's Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Kobkit Palajin in the final 10–4.

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 ten 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, at least two balls must pass over the head string.

Prize money

Participating nations

*Seeded teams: *# (

Fu Jian-bo Fu Jianbo (sometimes referred to as Jianbo Fu in Western media) is a professional pool player from the People's Republic of China. Career In 2007, Fu along with Li Hewen represented China at the 2007 World Cup of Pool. The pair won the event ...

and

Li He-wen Li Hewen (; born November 30, 1981, in Liaoning, China) 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. In 2006, Li Hewen reached the semi-finals o ...

) *# A (

Ronato Alcano Ronato (Ronnie) Alcano (pronounced al-kah-no) (born 27 July 1972), is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie ''Calamba''" and "the Volcano". He won both the 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship and the 2007 WPA World Eight-bal ...

and

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 ...

) *# (

Darren Appleton Darren Appleton (born 8 February 1976) is an English professional pool player, best known for playing Eight-ball, Nine-ball and Ten-ball pool.

and Chris Melling) *# (

and

) *# B (

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,Efren Reyes Efren Manalang Reyes (born August 26, 1954) is a Filipino professional pool player. A winner of over 100 international titles, Reyes was the first player to win world championships in two different pool disciplines. Among his numerous title ...

) *# (

Corey Deuel Corey Deuel (born November 20, 1977) is an American professional Pool (cue sports), pool player from West Jefferson, Ohio. Nicknamed "Prince of Pool", he won the US Open Nine-ball Championship in 2001, and has won many other major titles. In Janu ...

and Mike Dechaine) *# (

Ko Pin-yi Ko Pin-yi (born 31 May 1989) is a Taiwanese professional pool player. He became multiple World Champion in the disciplines of Nine-ball and Ten-ball in 2015. Career Ko won the World Nine-ball Junior Championship twice in his junior career, in ...

and Ko Ping-chung) *# (

David Alcaide David Alcaide Bermúdez (born 14 December 1978) is a Spanish professional pool player. He is a two-time winner of the World Pool Masters, winning the 2017 event, defeating Jayson Shaw 8–7 in the final, and again in 2019 defeating Alexander K ...

and Francisco Diaz Pizarro) *# ( Yukio Akagariyama and Lo Li-wen) *# ( Bruno Muratore and Fabio Petroni) *# (

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 Karol Skowerski) *# (

Mika Immonen Mika Immonen (born 17 December 1972) is a Finnish professional Hall of Fame pool player, nicknamed "The Iceman." Career Immonen was born in London, England, and began playing Snooker at an early age and was known to have made several century br ...

and

Petri Makkonen Petri Makkonen (Born 14 May 1988) is a Finnish professional pool player. Petri won the 2012 World Cup of Pool with partner Mika Immonen. Petri also won the 2015 German Open Euro Tour event, defeating Konrad Juszczyszyn 9–3 in the final. A ...

) *# (

Stephan Cohen Stephan Cohen (14 August 1971 – 18 April 2023) was a French professional pocket billiards player. In 2009, he won the Dragon 14.1 Tournament by defeating Mika Immonen of Finland. Cohen died of a heart attack on 18 April 2023, at the age of 5 ...

and Vincent Facquet) *# ( Huidji See and Marco Teutscher) *# ( John Morra and

Jason Klatt Jason Klatt (Born 18. April 1986) is a Canadian professional pool player. Klatt has represented Canada at three straight World Cup of Pool events, between 2009 and 2011. Klatt's best performance at a world championship came at the 2014 WPA World ...

) *# ( Irsal Nasution and Riyan Setiawan) *Unseeded teams: ** (Greg Jenkins and David Rothall) ** ( Mario He and

Jasmin Ouschan Jasmin Ouschan (; born 10 January 1986) 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 ...

) ** (Karlo Dalmatin and Ivica Putnik) ** ( Dennis Grabe and Erki Erm) ** (Kenny Kwok and Lee Chenman) ** ( Raj Hundal and Amar Kang) ** (Lee Gun-jae and Hwang Young) ** (Khaled Al Mutairi and Omar Al Shaheen) ** (Ibrahim Bin Amir and Patrick Ooi) ** (

Alex Borg Alex Borg (born 5 June 1969) is a Maltese former professional snooker player. Borg currently resides in Mellieha, Malta. Career Borg first turned professional in 1991, and regularly appeared as a wild card in the Malta Grand Prix, where throug ...

and

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 ...

) ** (

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 ...

and Konstantin Stepanov) ** (Chan Keng Kwang and Bernard Tey) ** (

Marcus Chamat Marcus Chamat (; born 6 May 1975) is a Swedish language, Swedish professional eight-ball and nine-ball Pocket billiards, pool player. He was Nickname, nicknamed "Napoleon" due to his personality and standing at tall. He is a two time European Po ...

and Thomas Mehtala) ** ( Dimitri Jungo and Ronnie Regli) ** (Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Kobkit Palajin) ** (

Luong Chi Dung Liang () is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin. The surname is often transliterated as Leung (in Hong Kong) or Leong (in Macau, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines) according to its Cantonese and Hakka pronunciation, Neo / L ...

and Nguyen Phuc Long)

Tournament summary

First round

*The first day of the tournament saw 4 seeded teams booted out of the competition, with the defending champions

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

dethroned by

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

, 8–4, and

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

outlasted the Finnish team led by

in a thriller, 8–7. This is the first time Team India advanced to the Round of 16 of the tournament. Meanwhile, the legendary Filipino duo of

Efren Reyes Efren Manalang Reyes (born August 26, 1954) is a Filipino professional pool player. A winner of over 100 international titles, Reyes was the first player to win world championships in two different pool disciplines. Among his numerous title ...

and

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,Kuwait Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...

, 8–4. *The second day was again filled with upsets, with contenders

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Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former provinces of the Netherlands, province on the western coast of the Netherland ...

, and

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

booted out of the competition by

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

, and newcomers

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

. However, title favorites

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

and

A trashed their respective opponents, defeating

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

(8-0) and

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

(8-2). *The third day of the competition saw the Taiwanese brother duo of Ko Pin-yi and Ko Ping-chun defeating

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

, 8–4.

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

scored the second whitewash in the tournament, beating

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

, 8–0.

Second round

*On the first match of the second round,

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

managed to squeaked past

, 8–6. Then, the duo of

and

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,India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

by the score of 8–5. *The fourth day of the competition saw

and

continuing on their winning ways as they beat their respective foes,

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

and

, by the identical scores of 8–3. Meanwhile, the Taiwanese brother duo of Ko Pin-yi and Ko Ping-chun and Team

A of

and

Ronnie Alcano Ronato (Ronnie) Alcano (pronounced al-kah-no) (born 27 July 1972), is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie ''Calamba''" and "the Volcano". He won both the 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship and the 2007 WPA World Eight-ball ...

arranged their own quarterfinals matchup, as they beat

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

and

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

in tight matches by the score of 8-7 and 8–6, respectively.

Quarterfinals

*The quarterfinals saw the two Filipino teams crashing out of the tournament. Team

B of

and

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,German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

duo of

and

by the score of 9–1. Then, Team

A of

and

were defeated by the Taiwanese brother duo of Ko Pin-yi and Ko Ping-chun in a very close match (9-8), with Alcano failing to knock down the 8-ball that would have clinched the victory for the

. *In other quarterfinal matches, unheralded teams

Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

and

moved through the semifinals, defeating

(9-5) and

(9-6), respectively.

Semifinals

*The

duo of

and

became the first finalist of the tournament, surviving a scare from the

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean **Korean dialects **See also: North–South differences in t ...

team, by the score of 9–7. Afterwards, unheralded Team

moved through the finals, beating

Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One China principle stipulated by the ...

by the score of 9–3.

Finals

*The

duo of

and

, who were playing superbly throughout the tournament, finally clinched their first championship, defeating surprise finalist

by the score of 10–4. They would become the first European team to win the

Tournament bracket

References

External links

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