Immonen ja Juva valittu World Cup of Pool- turnaukseen

[Marko Muukka]

World Cup of Pool


Dates: Tuesday 22 August ¡V Sunday 27 August

Venue: The Newport Centre, Newport, South Wales

Format

32 participating countries, each represented by top two players
Straight knock-out ¡V five rounds of matches on one TV table
All matches are scotch doubles with alternate break

Races L32 9
L16 9
L8 9
Semis 11
Final 11


Participating Nations

Europe (16): Croatia, Czech Republic, England A, England B, Finland, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Wales

Asia (10): India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Americas (2): USA, Canada

Rest of the World (4): Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UAE

*Depending on the host country, teams are subject to change


Seedings

The draw will be seeded with 16 teams kept apart in the draw in seeded quarters. They are:

Taiwan
Germany
USA
Philippines
Holland
Finland
Japan
Canada
Sweden
England
Korea
Hungary
Czech Republic
India
Italy
Malaysia

Player Selection

All teams will be selected by Matchroom Sport who will use a combination of rankings and wildcards.


Schedule

The World Cup of Pool will be played over six days in a single table TV arena, starting on Tuesday and concluding with the final on the Sunday.

Tuesday (2pm & 7.00pm)
- 3 x L32 matches then 3 x L32 matches

Wednesday (2pm & 7.00pm)
- 3 x L32 matches then 3 x L32 matches

Thursday (2pm & 7.00pm)
- 3 x L32 matches then 1 x L32 match, 2 x L16 matches

Friday (2pm & 7.00pm)
- 3 x L16 matches then 3 x L16 matches

Saturday (2pm & 7.00pm)
- 2 x L8 matches then 2 x L8 matches

Sunday (2pm & 7.00pm)
- 2 x Semi-final matches then 1 x Final


Prize Fund

Winners: US$60,000 x 1
Runners Up: US$30,000 x 1
Semi-Finalists: US$16,000 x 2
Quarter-Finalists: US$10,000 x 4
Last 16: US$5,000 x 8
Last 32: US$3,000 x 16

Total US$250,000

* all prize money is split between the two players

TV

31 x 1 hour programmes


Suomen tiimiin Matchroomsport on valinnut Mika Immosen ja Markus Juvan.

[buddy]

Tää on rok !!!

[Marko Muukka]

The Teams

Canada - Luc Salvas and Tyler Edey
Croatia - Philipp Stovanovic & Ivica Putnik
Czech Republic - Roman Hybler & Michal Gavenciak
England A - Raj Hundal & Ronnie O’Sullivan
England B - Steve Davis & Daryl Peach
Finland - Mika Immonen & Markus Juva
Germany - Thomas Engert & Oliver Ortmann
Holland - Nick van den Berg & Niels Feijen
Hong Kong - Lee Chenman and TBC
Hungary - Vilmos Foldes & Gabor Solymosi
India - Dharminder Lilly and Siddharth Anand
Indonesia - Imran Ibrahim and Ricky Yang
Ireland - Tommy Donlon & Paddy McLaughlin
Italy - Fabio Petroni & Angelo Millauro
Japan - Masaki Tanaka and Satoshi Kawabata
Korea - Jeong Young-hwa and Lee Gun-jae
Malaysia - Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen and Ibrahim Amir
Malta - Tony Drago and Alex Borg
Philippines - Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante
Poland - Radoslaw Babica & Marius Roter
Qatar - TBC
Russia - Konstantin Stepanov & Konstantin Zolotilov
Scotland - Michael Valentine & Pat Holtz
Singapore - Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han
South Africa - David Anderson and Yulan Govender
Spain - David Alcaide & Rafael Guzman
Sweden - Marcus Chamat & Tom Storm
Taiwan - Wang Hung-hsiang and Yang Ching-shun
Thailand - Tepwin Arunnath and Amnuayporn Chotipong
USA - Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris
Vietnam - Thanh Nam Nguyen and Chi Dung Luong
Wales - Rob McKenna & Ben Davies

Melkoisen kovia pareja...

[9Ball]

Scotch doubles:issa on just tärkeetä miten parin ajatukset pelaa yhteen.
Kieltämättä mielenkiintoisia pareja tehty ja Mikalla ja Maukalla on kieltämättä tuossa saumat päästä pitkälle jos saavat kemiat toimimaan.

Ennakolta kovilta näyttää:

Reiska&Busta
Ortti&Engert
Morris&Riku (medisiineillä tai ilman )
Feijen& Berg (toivottavasti pelaa yhtä hienosti kuin kotoinen sukunimikaima kääkkää )
Napoleon& Mr Myrsky
Persikka& Lada mies
+ Taiwanilaiset oli niiden nimet sitten Wu ,Ko ,PO, Jing tai Yang

[Marko Muukka]

Luulen että Englannilla siksi kaksi joukkuetta koska Barrry Hearn (=Matchroomsport) on varmasti isolla panoksella tämän turnauksen takana, niin hän on myös pystynyt määrittelemään ketä turnaukseen tulee (= O`Sullivan/Davis). Tämä siis vain spekulaatiota, ei tieto.

Jos suomen edustajia ei lasketa mukaan, niin veikkaan että Strickland ja Morris ovat todella kova pari.