The 2012

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 ...

is the seventh edition of the said tournament. For the fourth straight year, the event is once again being held in the

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, this time at the

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, from September 4 to 9, 2012. The Finnish team of Mika Immonen and Petri Makkonen defeated the

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team of Karol Skowerski and

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in the final, 10–8.

Tournament Rules

*Winners' break. *Teammates take shots alternately. *Race to eight racks for matches prior to the quarterfinals. *Race to nine racks for matches from the quarterfinals to the semifinals. *Race to ten racks for the Final. *Eighty-second shot clock for the shot immediately after the break, forty seconds for other shots. *In order for a break to be legal, at least two balls must pass over the head string.

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 *Round 2 losers (per pair): $5,000 *Round 1 losers (per pair): $3,000

Participating nations

*Seeded teams: *# ( Ralf Souquet and

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 Worl ...

) *# A (

Lee Van Corteza Lee Vann Corteza, also spelled Lee Van Corteza, (born 1 March 1979 in Davao City, Philippines) is a Filipino professional pool player.

and Dennis Orcollo) *# ( Darren Appleton and Chris Melling) *# ( Liu Haitao and

Li Hewen Li Hewen (; born November 30, 1981, in Liaoning, China) is a Chinese professional pool player. He made it to the finals in the Vietnam leg of the 2006 WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour, but lost to Efren Reyes. In 2006, Li Hewen reached the semi-finals ...

) *# (

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 ...

and

Rodney Morris Rodney Morris (born 25 November 1970 in Anaheim, California, USA) is a professional pool player of Chamorro - Hawaiian descent. Nicknamed "Rocket" he currently resides in Acworth, Georgia. Rodney married his wife Rheyannon in July 2020. Career I ...

) *# (Han En Hsu and Hsin Ting Chen) *# ( Nick van den Berg and Huidji See) *# B (

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,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 ...

) *# (

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and

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 ...

) *# ( Karol Skowerski and

) *# (

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and

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) *# (

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 ...

and

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 ...

) *# ( David Alcaide and Francisco Diaz Pizarro) *# ( Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Kobkit Palajin) *# ( Bruno Muratore and

Fabio Petroni Fabio Petroni (born 30 March 1972 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian professional pool player. Career Fabio Petroni was born in 1972 in Rome, Italy and began playing billiards when he was 13 years old. In 1993, he became the first Italian champion ...

) *# ( Mika Immonen and Petri Makkonen) *Unseeded teams: ** (Dave Reljic and Ian Barber) ** (Serge Das and Cliff Castelein) ** (Karlo Dalmatin and Philipp Stojanovic) ** (Lee Chenman and Kenny Kwok) ** (Miko Balazs and Gabor Solymosi) ** ( Raj Hundal and Amar Kang) ** ( Roy Apancho and Muhammad Bewi Simanjuntak) ** ( Ryu Seung Woo and Lee Wan Su) ** (Abdullah Al Yousef and Omar Al Shaheen) ** (Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen and Ibrahim Bin Amir) ** (

Konstantin Stepanov Konstantin Stepanov (born 26 September 1983) (russian: Константин Степанов) is a Russian professional pool player. In 2002 he was the Russian 8-ball champion. During the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship he survived th ...

and Vitaly Pavlukhin) ** (Andrea Klasovic and Zoran Svilar) ** (Aloysius Yapp and Chan Keng Kwang) ** (

Marcus Chamat Marcus Chamat (; born 6 May 1975), is a Swedish professional eight-ball and nine-ball pool player. He was nicknamed "Napoleon" due to his personality and standing at tall. He is a two time European Pool Championships winner, and one of the most ...

and Andreas Gerwen) ** ( Dimitri Jungo and Ronni Regli) ** ( Nguyen Anh Tuan and Do The Kien)

Tournament bracket

References

External links

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