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2014 World Cup Of Pool
The 2014 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 event has been dominated by the Philippines and China, with both nations winning the event on three occasions. His ... was the ninth edition of the tournament. The event was once again held in England, this time at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth, from 23 to 28 September. The 2014 event was sponsored by Betway. Prize fund *Winners (per pair): $60,000 *Runners-up (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 Participating nations *Seeded teams: *# (Dennis Orcollo & Lee Vann Corteza) *# (Niels Feijen & Nick van den Berg) *# (Wang Can (pool player), Wang Can & Dang Jinhu) *# A (Darren Appleton & Karl Boyes (pool player), Karl Boyes) *# (Shane Van Boening & Earl Strickland) *# (Chang Yu-lung & Hsu Kai L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountbatten Centre
The Mountbatten Centre is a leisure centre in Portsmouth, England, which opened in 1979. The "Mountbatten Centre" is located in Hilsea, an area in Portsmouth. Facilities *8 lane 50 m pool *12.5 m teaching pool *150 station fitness gym *5-a-side pitches *Eight badminton courts *Basketball courts *Two netball courts *Athletics track *Outdoor cycle velodrome *All weather pitch *Café bar *Squash courts *Dance studio * Martial arts room Notable sporting events The Mountbatten centre has become a known venue in the UK, this is due to popular sporting events taking place there. *Sky Sports Boxing * Robot Wars * Snooker World Seniors Championship 2012 - 2013 *World Cup of Pool 2014 *British Cycling *SER ASA Swimming Championships *Hampshire Open Fencing Tournament Sports teams *Portsmouth City Smugglers - Basketball * Portsmouth Dreadnoughts British American Football Team. The Dreadnoughts are named after the famous battleship . The team trains and plays home games on the play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Van Boening
Shane Van Boening (; born July 14, 1983) is an American professional pool player from Rapid City, South Dakota. As of 2022, Van Boening is the number 1 ranked player in the "World Rankings" published by the Matchroom Pool and the "WPA Rankings" published by the World Pool-Billiard Association. Van Boening is a winner of over 100 professional titles. Van Boening has a hearing impairment and uses a hearing aid, but it does not affect his pool ability. He has received praise for his attitude towards the sport, partially for his behavior during matches, and for eschewing alcohol. Professional career Van Boening has a family background in pool. His grandfather, Gary Bloomberg, was a trick-shot artist; his grandmother, Jeanne Bloomberg, a VNEA national champion; his mother, Timi Bloomberg, a BCA national champion; and his aunt, Gari Jo Bloomberg, a three-time VNEA national champion. Van Boening defeated Hungarian Vilmos Foldes at the International Pool Tour qualifier in 2006, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario He
Mario He (Born 3 August 1993, Rankweil, Austria) is an Austrian professional pool player. He is a former winner of the European Pool Championships, and winner of both the 2017 and 2019 World Cup of Pool events alongside Albin Ouschan. Career He has won six Euro Tour events, the first in 2016, at the North Cyprus Open 2016, and later the 2017 Austrian Open, and in 2018 both the 2018 Veldhoven Open, and 2018 Klagenfurt Open, and 2019 Veldhoven Open and 2022 Italian Open. With six victories overall, He is in the top 6 winners of Euro Tour events. He was set to represent Europe for the first time at the 2018 Mosconi Cup, however, he withdrew from the team, due to a failed drugs test. Having previously reached the final of the 9-ball 2011 European Pool Championships, He won the 2012 European Pool Championships in 8-Ball defeating Artem Koschowyj of the Ukraine in the final. He won the final in an 8–0 whitewash. In 2017, alongside Albin Ouschan, He won the 2017 World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albin Ouschan
Albin Alois Ouschan (born August 14, 1990, in Klagenfurt, Austria) is an Austrian pool and billiards player. Ouschan was the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner, as well as the runner-up in 2014. He also won the 14.1 Continuous European championship the same year. Ouschan is a multiple time Austrian champion in 8-ball, ten-ball and straight pool. Ouschan alongside partner Mario He won both the 2017 World Cup of Pool, 2019 World Cup of Pool and reached the final of the 2018 World Cup of Pool. They would lose 10–3 to the Chinese team of Wu Jia-qing & Liu Haitao. He won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship for the second time in 2021, beating Omar Al-Shaheen 13–9 in the final. He won the International Open in 2021, defeating Dennis Orcollo 13-6 in the final. Titles and Achievements * World Championships ** WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2016, 2021) * World Cup of Pool (2017, 2019) - with ( Mario He) * European Open 9-ball Championship (2022) * Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morra
John Morra (born May 25, 1989) is a Canadian professional pool player. Morra has represented Canada at the World Cup of Pool on seven occasions, partnering Jason Klatt in 2011, 2012 and 2015, and Alex Pagulayan in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2019. Morra is a multiple time champion on the Canadian 9-Ball pool tour. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Pool Masters. In 2018, Morra switched from playing right handed to left handed due to a shoulder injury. Titles * 2022 Hex.com Pro Am 10-Ball * 2021 National Billiards League 10-Ball Championship * 2021 Southeastern Triple Crown One Pocket * 2017 Texas Open 9-Ball Championship * 2016 Super Billiards Expo Players Championship * 2016 Hard Times 10-Ball Open * 2016 Texas Open 9-Ball Championship * 2012 Derby City Classic The Derby City Classic is an annual pool convention and tournament held every January at the Caesars Southern Indiana casino in Elizabeth, Indiana, near Louisville, Kentucky. It is eight days long and offers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Pagulayan
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Mateusz Śniegocki
Mateusz Śniegocki (born 3 January 1985 in Poznan) 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 "Hades" in 1999, winning 5 national junior titles before 2005. Śniegocki won his first Euro Tour event in 2013 at the Bosnia & Herzegovina Open, before winning the 10-Ball event at the European Pool Championships later that year. In following years, Śniegocki won two more Euro Tour events, the 2015 Portugal Open, and the 2016 Albanian Open. Achievements * Kremlin Cup (2012) * Euro Tour ** Bosnia & Herzegovina Open (2013) ** Portugal Open (2015) ** Albanian Open (2016) * European Pool Championship ** Ten-ball (2013, 2019, 2021) * Polish Pool Championship ** Eight-ball (2006) ** Nine-ball Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a discipline of the cue sport pool. The game's origins are traceable to the 1920s in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol Skowerski
(born 9 May 1984) is a Polish professional pool player. After reaching the last 16 of the 2012 World Pool-Billiard Association World Nine-ball Championship, Skowerski won the 2012 World Pool Masters, defeating fellow Pole Mateusz Śniegocki in the final 8–6, which was held in Kielce, Poland. Skowerski also reached the final of the 2012 World Cup of Pool, alongside Śniegocki, losing to Team Finland, Petri Makkonen and Mika Immonen 10–8. Titles * World Pool Masters (2012) * European Pool Championship ** Straight Pool (2019) * Polish Pool Championship ** Straight Pool (2003) ** Nine-Ball (2012) ** Ten-Ball Ten-ball is a rotation pool game similar to nine-ball, but using ten balls instead of nine, and with the 10 ball instead of the 9 as the "" Although the game has existed for since the early 1960s, its popularity has risen since the early 2000s ... (2009, 2017) References External links Polish pool players Living people Polish sportsmen 1984 births {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. At the European Pool Championships, Makkonen was the runner-up at the 10-Ball event, losing to David Alcaide, losing in the final 8–7. Achievements * World Cup of Pool (2012) - With (Mika Immonen) * Euro Tour The Euro Tour is a series of professional pool events set around Europe, founded in 1992, and created by the European Pocket Billiard Federation. The Tour's first event was the ''Belgium Open'', held on May 29 – 31, 1992. The event was won by M ... ** German Open (2015) * Finnish Pool Championship ** 10-Ball (2012, 2014, 2017, 2020) ** 14.1 (2010, 2011, 2013) ** 8-Ball (2012, 2014, 2017) ** 9-Ball (2016) References External links Finnish pool players Living people Finnish sportsmen 1988 births {{cue-sports-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mika Immonen
Mika Immonen (born 17 December 1972) is a Finnish professional Hall of Fame pool player, nicknamed "The Iceman." Career Immonen won the 2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship in Cardiff, Wales. That same year, he was the runner-up to Corey Deuel in the US Open Nine-ball Championship In 2002 he won the UPA International Ten-ball Championship. He has represented Team Europe on thirteen occasions in the Mosconi Cup, most recently in 2013. During the 2008 event Immonen was crowned MVP, forever banishing bad memories of a costly miss in the final game of the 2006 event. In early 2009, Immonen was awarded the title of Player of the Year. Subsequently, he also claimed that title for season 2009 and was awarded early 2010. Immonen was born in London, England, and is also an extremely accomplished snooker player, having amassed more than 100 century breaks. Immonen is a two-time Men's Division title-holder of the US Open Nine-ball Championship, where the world's top professional bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 World Straight Pool Championship in 2006. Career Early life Thorsten was born and raised in Fulda, Germany and at a very young age had always been interested in sports, playing football, table tennis and badminton. At the age of nine Thorsten's father took him to a local pool hall. On his 10th birthday Thorsten received a miniature pool table. By age twelve Thorsten and a friend began playing pool at a local pool hall. By age 16 he had won his first open adult tournament, of 128 players in the state of Hessia. Europe-based career In 2003 Hohmann reached the finals of the World Pool League but lost to Rodney Morris, 8–3. Later in 2003, Thorsten would win the 2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, defeating previous champion Earl Strick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralf Souquet
Ralf Souquet ( ; born 29 November 1968) is a German professional pool player. His nickname is "The Kaiser". Since 1988, he has won more than 200 tournament titles, including 23 Euro Tour titles, 20 European Pool Championship and 12 German Pool Championship. Souquet is a two-time world champion, winning the 2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship and 1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Career Souquet began playing billiards at the age of six in his parents' pub, practicing up to five hours per day. He won his first German Championship title at the age of fourteen in the juniors division. In 1985, Souquet co-won his first European Championship team title with the National Team, and in 1986 won his first individual title at the European Championship (juniors division). In 1997, he received the ''Silberne Lorbeerblatt'' (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest official distinction awarded to sportspeople by Germany, which was presented to him by German President Roman Herzog. In 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
