The 2013

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 eighth edition of the tournament and was held at the

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from 17 to 22 September 2013. The event was won by the Philippine team of Lee Vann Corteza 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 ...

Prize fund

* First place (per pair): $60,000 * Second place (per pair): $30,000 * Semi-finalists (per pair): $16,000 * Quarter-finalists (per pair): $10,000 * Last 16 losers (per pair): $5,000 * Last 32 losers (per pair): $3,000

Teams

*Seeded teams: *# (

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 ...

) *# A (

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 Karl Boyes) *# ( Li Hewen and Liu Haitao) *# (

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 ...

and

Johnny Archer Johnny Archer (born November 12, 1968) is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" (his zodiac sign is Scorpio). He is a two time World Nine-ball Champion & won a record 5 Sands Regency 9-Ball Open titles. In 2009, ...

) *# (

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 Nick van den Berg (born 24 May 1980) is a Dutch professional pool player. He was the runner up at the 2005 WPA World Eight-ball Championship, where he lost to Wu Chia-ching 11–5 in the final. He is a multiple time winner of events on the Eu ...

) *# ( Lee Vann Corteza and

) *# ( Chang Jung-lin and

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 ...

) *# B (

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 Chris Melling) *# ( Dominic Jentsch 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 ...

) *# (

Nikos Ekonomopoulos Nikos Ekonomopoulos (Greek Νίκος Οικονομόπουλος ''Nikos Ikonomopoulos'', also: ''Nick Ekonomopoulos''; born 22 February 1982 in Athens) is a Greek professional pool player. Ekonomopoulos won the Junior 8-ball World Championship ...

and

Alexander Kazakis Alexander Kazakis (Born July 16, 1991) is a Greek professional pool player. Kazakis is a former European 10-ball champion, and regular 9-ball player. In 2018, he was the number one ranked player by the World Pool-Billiard Association. Career In ...

) *# (

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

Tomasz Kapłan Tomasz Kapłan (born 14 January 1984) is a Polish professional Pool (cue sports), pool player. He won the 2011 European Pool Championships in the discipline of Straight pool. He has played on the Euro Tour since 2009, reaching the semi-finals on ...

) *# (

Alex Pagulayan Alejandro Salvador "Alex" Pagulayan (born June 25, 1978) is a Filipino-born Canadian professional pool player. His nickname is "the Lion", given to him by Paul Thornley, Canadian snooker player whom he credits as his mentor. Pagulayan is cons ...

and John Morra) *# (

Naoyuki Ōi is a Japanese professional pool player. Ōi is best known for finishing second in the World Ten-ball Championship twice, and represented Japan at the World Cup of Pool on six occasions. Career In July 2005, Ōi competed in the 2005 WPA Wor ...

and Lo Li-wen) *# ( Konstantin Stepanov and Ruslan Tschinachow) *# ( Fabio Petroni and Bruno Muratore) *# ( Ryu Sueng-woo and Ham Won-sik) *Unseeded teams: ** (James Delahunty and David Rothall) ** ( Albin Ouschan 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 ...

) ** ( Serge Das and Moritz Lauwereyns) ** ( Karlo Dalmatin and Ivica Putnik) ** (

Denis Grabe Denis Grabe (born February 22, 1990, in Tallinn, Estonia), is an Estonian professional pool player. Grabe won the Las Vegas open in 2025 beating Joshua Filler in the finals. Sets 2-2 and in shootout 4-3, winning his biggest tournament of his c ...

and Erki Erm) ualifier 1** ( Lee Chenman and Kong Bu-Hong) ** ( Miko Balasz and Gabor Solymosi) ** ( Raj Hundal and Amar Kang) ** ( Ricky Yang and Irsal Nasution) ** ( Omar Al-Shaheen and Khaled al-Mutairi) ** (

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 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 ...

) ** ( Manuel Gama and Guilherme Sousa) ualifier 2** (

Aloysius Yapp Aloysius Yapp (; zh, s=叶浚惟, p=Yè Jùnwéi; born 2 May 1996) is a Singaporean professional pool player. He was the world junior champion in nine-ball in 2014 and runner-up in the 2021. In 2025, Yapp defeated Jonas Souto Comino of Spain 13� ...

and Chan Keng Kwang) ** (

Jayson Shaw Jayson Shaw (born 13 September 1988) is a Scottish professional pool player. In 2010, Shaw was a WPA World Blackball Champion. Shaw has won the Mosconi Cup seven times whilst representing Team Europe. Career In 2016, Shaw won the 25th Interna ...

and Jonni Fulcher) ** (

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 Juan Carlos Exposito) ** ( Andreas Gerwen and

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 ...

)

Tournament bracket

References

External links

World Cup of Pool 2013
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