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WCOP: Full line-up announced for pool’s battle royal

2013’s finalists: Holland and the Philippines

WITH THE ANNUAL World Cup of Pool set to get underway on the 23rd September, the full line-up of players can now be confirmed and it is arguably the strongest set of players ever assembled in the nine year history of the event.
 
There are 12 World Champions competing as well as six US Open Champions and countless European and Asian Champions. In addition the field also contains seven former World Cup winners and nine World Pool Masters champions, making it a must-see tournament for UK pool fans.
 
Taking place at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth from Tuesday 23rd to Sunday 28th September, there are 16 first round matches over the first three days.
 
Europe (17)
Austria – Albin Ouschan & Mario He
Croatia – Ivica Putnik & Karlo Dalmatin
Czech Republic – Roman Hybler & Michal Gavenciak
England A – Darren Appleton & Karl Boyes
England B – Daryl Peach & Chris Melling
Finland – Mika Immonen & Petri Makkonen
France – Stephan Cohen & Alex Montpellier
Germany – Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann
Greece – Nick Ekonomopoulos & Alexandros Kazakis
Holland – Niels Feijen & Nick Van Den Berg
Italy – Fabio Petroni & Daniele Corrieri
Poland – Karol Skowerski & Mateusz Sniegocki
Portugal – Manuel Gama & Guilherme Sousa
Russia – Konstantin Stepanov & Ruslan Chinahov
Spain – David Alcaide & Francisco Diaz-Pizarro
Sweden – Andreas Gerwen & Tomas Larsson
Switzerland – Dimitri Jungo & Ronald Regli

 
Rest of World (5)
Australia – Phil Reilly & James Georgiadis
Canada – Alex Pagulayan & John Morra
Chile – Alejandro Carvajal & Enrique Rojas
Qatar – Waleed Majid & Bashar Hussain
USA – Shane Van Boening & Earl Strickland
 
Asia (10)
China – Wang Can & Dang Jinhu
Chinese Taipei – Chang Yu-lung & Hsu Kai Lun
India – Raj Hundal & Amar Kang
Indonesia – Irsal Nasution & Muhammad Zulfikri
Japan – Hayato Hijikata & Masaaki Tanaka
Korea – Jeong Yung Hwa & Ha Minuk
Malaysia – Ibrahim Amir & Alan Tan
Philippines – Dennis Orcollo & Lee Vann Corteza
Thailand – Nitiwat Kanjanasri & Tanut Makkamontee   
Vietnam – Nguyen Phuc Long & Dang Thanh Kien
 
Now in its ninth year, the World Cup of Pool features 32 two-player teams from around the world battling it out for a $250,000 prize fund. The defending champions are the Philippines who will be among the favourites to claim a record-breaking fourth World Cup.
 
The event starts on Tuesday 23rd September and there are two sessions daily at 12 noon and 6.00pm during weekdays and then 1.00pm and 6.00pm at the weekend. Team USA get their campaign underway on Wednesday 24th September.
 
All tickets are priced at £5 (afternoons) and £10 evenings and are available from the venue or www.seetickets.com
 
Diamond Billiards are the Official Table of the 2014 World Cup of Pool; the Official Cloth is supplied by Iwan Simonis and the Official Balls are Super Aramith. Predator is the Official Cue of the event.

China Open First-Round Draw


The China Open begins on Thursday, June 5, and we have received the draw for the first round. Players that play one another in the first round are grouped together.

GROUP A

Thorsten Hohmann
Yu Lung Chang

Radoslaw Babica
Tomasz Kaplan

Seung Woo Ryu
Basher Hussain Abdul Majed

Hamzaa Saeed Ali
Ronglin Chang

GROUP B

Chris Melling
Corey Deuel

Robbie Foldvari
Shaun Wilkie

Xihe Zhu
Jurgen Jenisi

Abdullah Al Yousef
Pin-Yi Ko

GROUP C

Mika Immonen
Jin Hu Dang

Alejandro Carvajal
Jeffrey Ignacio

Phil Reilly
Meshaal Turki Al Ali

Warren Kiamco
Can Wang

Group D

Niels Feijen
Matthew Edwards

Rodney Morris
Johann Gonzales Chua

Jeremy Sossei
Oscar Dominguez

Khanh Hoang Nguyen
Karl Boyes

GROUP E

Carlo Biado
Hajato Hijikata

Mohamed Al Hosani
Ahmad Taufiq

Bing Jie Chu
Konstantin Stepanov

Albin Ouschan
John Morra

GROUP F

Dennis Orcollo
Mateusz Sniegocki

Brent Wells
Ralf Souquet

Daryl Peach
Jalal Yousef

Jason Klatt
Nick Ekonomopoulos

GROUP G

Darren Appleton
Hoang Quan Do

Nico Erasmus
Hunter Lombardo

Chi Dung Luong
Aloysius Yapp

Hewen Li
Shane Van Boening

GROUP H

Jiaqing Wu
Yong Dai

Karol Skowerski
Zbynek

Haitoa Liu
Kenny Kwok

Takhti Zarekani
Lee Van Corteza

The draw for the Women’s Division is:

GROUP A

Han Yu
BYE

Yichen Liu
Jennifer Barretta

Charlene Huey
Zhiting Wu

BYE
Jasmin Ouschan

GROUP B

Allison Fisher
BYE

Huyen This Ngoc
Jing Wu

Kyoko Sone
Mariya Levova

BYE
Yuan-Chun Lin

GROUP C

Siming Chen
BYE

Jiao Ma
Shu Wah Hoe

Qiuyue Ren
Iris Ranola

BYE
Xiao-Ting Pan

GROUP D

Xiao-Fang FU
BYE

Narantuya Bayarsaikhan
Kristina Zlateve

Nataliya Seroshtan
Ana Mazhirina

BYE
Sha Sha Liu

GROUP E

Rubilen Amit
BYE

Akami Kajatani
Joanne Ashton

Tianqi Shit
Bai Ge

BYE
Chichiro Kawahara

GROUP F

Ga Young Kim
BYE

Xiaotong Wang
Moirudee Kasemchaiyanan

Brittany Bryant
Meng Gao

BYE
Chieh-Yu Chou

GROUP G

Pei Chen Tsai
BYE

Szu-Ting Kuo
Judy Walia

Emily Duddy
Sijia Wang

BYE
Yu Ram Cha

GROUP H

Ziglan Wei
BYE

Carlynn Sanchez
Katarzyna Wesolowska

Xinmei Liu
Xin Run He

BYE
Kelly Fisher