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The 2007 World Cup of Pool (also known as the 2007 PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional nine-ball pool competition and the second edition of the
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. Hi ...
, a scotch doubles knockout championship representing 32 national teams. The event was held in the Outland club in
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, Netherlands, from 25 to 30 September 2007. The event was held as a
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for a total prize fund of $250,000, including $60,000 for the winner. The tournament was organised by
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, sponsored by poker website Partypoker, and broadcast across 31 one-hour episodes. The defending champions were the Filipino team of
Efren Reyes Efren Manalang Reyes (born August 26, 1954), popularly known by the nickname "Bata" (English: "Kid"), is a Filipino professional pool player. Reyes is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. A winner of over 100 inte ...
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,Rodney Morris and Earl Strickland in the final of the 2006 event. The Philippines were eliminated in the semi-finals by the Chinese team of Li Hewen and
Fu Jianbo 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 ...
. In the final, the Chinese pair defeated
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 Deu ...
and Markus Juva from Finland on a 11–10.


Format

The 2007 World Cup of Pool (also known as the 2007 PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool) for the purposes of sponsorship was a pairs nine-ball tournament played at the Outland nightclub in
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, Netherlands. The tournament was played between 25 and 30 September 2007 as scotch doubles, the players taking shots alternately. Matches in the opening two rounds were played as a -to-eight and then as a race-to-nine racks until the final, which was played as a race-to-thirteen. The tournament was a
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bracket, consisting of 32 teams. The event was played with winner system, as opposed to the alternative breaks format used in the inaugural event. It was the second
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. Hi ...
event, sponsored by Partypoker, and created by
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. The event would see 16
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ed and 16 unseeded teams of two play alternating shots in a scotch doubles style. The defending champions were
Efren Reyes Efren Manalang Reyes (born August 26, 1954), popularly known by the nickname "Bata" (English: "Kid"), is a Filipino professional pool player. Reyes is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. A winner of over 100 inte ...
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,Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris in the 2006 final 13–5. The event was filmed and broadcast by Matchroom Sport across 31 single hour programs. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it was broadcast on Sky TV with additional commentary by
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and
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. Local highlights were shown on
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in the Netherlands, and on Fox Net in the United States. The programs were broadcast on IKO Kábeltévé in Serbia, Romania, Slovakia and Czech Republic; 7 TV in Russia; CC-TV in China; Fox Australia in Australia;
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in Malaysia; Measat Indo in Indonesia;
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in India;
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in Canada;
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in the Philippines; Sport 1 in Hungary and Videoland in Taiwan.


Prize fund

Prize money for the event featured $250,000 with $60,000 being awarded to the winning team. Money earned by the team was shared between their players. A breakdown of prize money is shown below:


Teams

The field consisted of 32 teams, the Netherlands having two teams as hosts. The Malaysian team withdrew from the event, and was replaced with Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe representing Belgium. The teams were: * (Stuart Lawler and Shaun Budd) * (Martin Kempter and Albin Ouschan) (13) * (Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe) (''Replaced Malaysia'') (14) * (Edwin Montal and Alain Martel) (11) * ( Li Hewen and
Fu Jianbo 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 ...
) (8) * (Philipp Stojanovic and Ivica Putnik) * (Bahram Lotfy and Kasper Kristoffersen) * (
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 fina ...
and
Imran Majid Imran Majid (Urdu: امران مجید) (born 4 October 1972 in London) is an English professional pool player. Early life and career Majid was born in London to parents who emigrated from Lahore, Punjab. Majid, whose nickname is "The Maharaja ...
) (7) * (
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 Deu ...
and Markus Juva) (10) * (Stephan Cohen and Vincent Facquet) * (
Oliver Ortmann Oliver Ortmann (born 11 June 1967) is a German professional pool player from Gelsenkirchen. Ortmann is a three-time world champion, winning the 1995 WPA World Nine-ball Championship and the 2007 and 2010 World Straight Pool Championship. Ortman ...
and
Christian Reimering Christian Reimering is a professional pool player from Leverkusen, Germany. Reimering reached the last-16 stage of the world championship on four occasions. He did so at the 1993, 1998, and 2010 event in nine-ball, and the 2005 WPA World Eight-b ...
) (4) * (Vilmos Foldes and Balazs Miko) * (Dharminder Singh Lilly and Manan Chandra) * (Ricky Yang and Muhammed Zulfikri) * ( Fabio Petroni and Bruno Muratore) (9) * (
Naoyuki Ōi is a Japanese pool player. Ōi is best known for reaching the semi-final of the 2012 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, and represented Japan at the World Cup of Pool on six occasions. Career In July 2005, Ōi competed in the 2005 WPA World ...
and Satoshi Kawabata) * (Woong-Dae Kim and
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) * (Patrick Ooi and Ibrahim Bin Amir) (''Withdrew'') * (
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 G ...
and
Alex Borg Alex Borg (born 5 June 1969 in Mellieha) 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, ...
) * A (
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 t ...
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 ...
) (5) * B (
Alex Lely Alex Lely (born 30 June 1973) is a Dutch former professional pool player. Lely won the 1999 World Pool Masters after defeating Efren Reyes 7–5, and reached the final in 2000 but lost to Ralf Souquet 7–3. He is a two-time European champion ...
and Rico Diks) * (
Efren Reyes Efren Manalang Reyes (born August 26, 1954), popularly known by the nickname "Bata" (English: "Kid"), is a Filipino professional pool player. Reyes is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. A winner of over 100 inte ...
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,Radosław Babica and
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 ...
) * (Bashar Hussain and Fahad Ahmed Al Mohammadi) * ( Konstantin Stepanov and
Ruslan Chinakhov Ruslan Yuryevich Chinakhov (russian: Руслан Юрьевич Чинахов; born 25 January 1992) is a Russian professional primarily nine-ball pool player. Ruslan was the world nine-ball Juniors champion in 2009. Chinakhov has won several e ...
) (16) * ( Pat Holtz and Michael Valentine) * (Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han) * (Juan de Beer and Clinton Rossouw) * (
David Alcaide David Alcaide Bermúdez (born 14 December 1978) is a Spanish 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 Kazakis 9 ...
and Antonio Fazanes) (12) * (
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and Marco Tschudi) (15) * (
Wu Jia-qing Wu Jiaqing (; born February 9, 1989) is a Taiwanese-born Chinese professional pool player. He is nicknamed the ''Taishan Shentong'' ("Little Genius from Taishan"). Since 2011, Wu switched from representing Chinese Taipei to representing the co ...
and
Yang Ching-shun Yang Ching-shun (Chinese: 楊 清 順; born 3 April 1978) is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "the Son of Pool". Yang won the nine-ball event of the 1998 Asian Games against then World Pool champion Kunihiko Takahashi. He defe ...
) (3) * ( Rodney Morris and
Corey Deuel Corey Deuel (born November 20, 1977 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American professional 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 title ...
) (2) * ( Nguyen Thanh Nam and Lương Chí Dũng) (6)


Summary

The first round of the event was played from 25 to 27 September as a race-to-eight racks. Before the event, the Malaysian team of Patrick Ooi and Ibrahim Bin Amir withdrew from the event, due to "unforeseen circumstances", and were replaced by a Belgian pair of Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe. The pair met the Dutch B team and won six racks in a row to win the match over the Dutch 8–2. The 16th seeded Russian pair of
Ruslan Chinachov Ruslan Yuryevich Chinakhov (russian: Руслан Юрьевич Чинахов; born 25 January 1992) is a Russian professional primarily nine-ball pool player. Ruslan was the world nine-ball Juniors champion in 2009. Chinakhov has won several ...
and European number one Konstantin Stepanov were defeated by the Croatian team of Philipp Stojanovic and Ivica Putnik in the opening round 5–8. The Japanese team of
Naoyuki Ōi is a Japanese pool player. Ōi is best known for reaching the semi-final of the 2012 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, and represented Japan at the World Cup of Pool on six occasions. Career In July 2005, Ōi competed in the 2005 WPA World ...
and Satoshi Kawabata won 8–2 over
David Alcaide David Alcaide Bermúdez (born 14 December 1978) is a Spanish 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 Kazakis 9 ...
and Antonio Fazane from Spain despite dropping the opening rack. Lương Chí Dũng and Thanh Nam Nguyen representing Vietnam had made the semi-finals in the inaugural event, but were defeated by the South Korean team 5–8, despite being 5–3 ahead. The English team of
Imran Majid Imran Majid (Urdu: امران مجید) (born 4 October 1972 in London) is an English professional pool player. Early life and career Majid was born in London to parents who emigrated from Lahore, Punjab. Majid, whose nickname is "The Maharaja ...
and
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 fina ...
came from 3–6 behind to defeat the Polish side of Radosław Babica and
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 ...
8–6. There was only one match in the first round that went to a , as the 2006 finalists USA team won 8–7 over Malta having taken the last four racks. The second round was played on 27 to 29 September as a race to eight racks. Japan played the sole remaining Dutch team in the second round, and having trailed 6–7, took the final two racks to win 8–7. The Switzerland team trailed 5–2 behind the US, but recovered to tie at 6–6 before winning the match 8–6. The USA pair were wearing orange shirts, the traditional colour of the Netherlands, after both Dutch teams had been eliminated. The Belgian team, composed of Bruynooghe and Das who were ranked 46th and 60th in Europe, defeated
2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship The 2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 16th edition of the WPA World Nine-ball Championship, WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 2 to 10, 2005 in the Taiwanese city, Kaohsiung. Taiwanese Wu Jiaqing, Wu Chia ...
winner
Wu Jia-qing Wu Jiaqing (; born February 9, 1989) is a Taiwanese-born Chinese professional pool player. He is nicknamed the ''Taishan Shentong'' ("Little Genius from Taishan"). Since 2011, Wu switched from representing Chinese Taipei to representing the co ...
and world championship semi-finalist
Yang Ching-shun Yang Ching-shun (Chinese: 楊 清 順; born 3 April 1978) is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "the Son of Pool". Yang won the nine-ball event of the 1998 Asian Games against then World Pool champion Kunihiko Takahashi. He defe ...
from Taiwan 8–6. The defending champion Filipino team completed a 8–0
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over the Croatians. France and China were tied at 5–5 before Vincent Faquet completed a to lead 6–5. During the next two racks, the French failed to escape from allowing the Chinese team of Li Hewen and
Fu Jianbo 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 ...
to win them before they rack 13 for victory. The Singapore team also defeated Austria 8–2, for all four quarter-finalists in the top half coming from Asia. The quarter-finals were played on 29 September as a race to nine racks. Japan defeated Singapore 9–5 in the first quarter-final, making jokes throughout the match to the crowd. In rack 10, Ōi made a three ball to pot the on the first shot after the break, both players jumping up and down in celebration after the shot. Having defeated the Taiwan team in the second round, the Belgian duo were "drained" according to reporters, and were only able to win four racks against Canada. The Filipino pair were defeated by the Chinese team 6–9. The Chinese team took an early four rack lead, but their lead was reduced to 7–6. In rack 14, Reyes missed a simple shot on the , and China won the rack, before running rack 15. The last quarter-final saw Finland's
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 Deu ...
and Markus Juva defeat Switzerland 9–4. The semi-finals were played on 30 September as a race to nine racks. The first semi-final saw the 10th seeded Finland play the 11th seeded Canadian team. Finland won the , but made a in the opening rack. They still won the opening rack, and retained the break throughout the match as they won 9–0. The Canadian team only played nine shots in the entire match. The other semi-final match was played between China, seeded 8th, and the unseeded Japanese team. The Chinese team ran the first two racks, before three players missed a shot at the 9-ball in rack three; Hewen finally potted to increase the lead to 3–0. China then won four of the next five racks to lead 7–1. Hewen missed a shot on the the following rack allowing Japan to the table, who won the next three racks. China capitalised on a missed to win the next two racks, and complete a 9–4 victory. The final was also played on 30 September, but as a race-to-11 racks. The Chinese team of Hewen and Jianbo met the Finland pair of Juva and Immonen. The final had many dry breaks, six in the first 15 racks, there having been just ten in the rest of the tournament. There was just one rack between the two sides until China led 6–4 and then 7–5. China won three of the next four to go to the , leading 10–6. The Finland team then won four straight frames to level the match at 10–10. At the table in the deciding rack, Immonen potted a ball from the break, and left a combination shot for Juva to pot the 9-ball to win the tournament; the shot did not come off, and the Chinese pair ran the rest of the rack to win the tournament.


Main draw

Below are the results from the event. Teams in bold denote match winners. Numbers to the left of teams represents the team's seedings.


References


External links

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