2007 World Cup of Pool
world cup pool also known partypokercom world cup pool purpose sponsorship professional nineball pool competition second edition world cup pool scotch double knockout championship representing national team event held outland club rotterdam netherlands september event held singleelimination tournament total prize fund including winner tournament organised matchroom sport sponsored poker website partypoker broadcast across onehour episode defending champion filipino team efren reyes francisco bustamante defeated usa pair rodney morris earl strickland final event philippine eliminated semifinal chinese team li hewen fu jianbo final chinese pair defeated mika immonen markus juva finland deciding rack – world cup pool also known partypokercom world cup pool purpose sponsorship pair nineball tournament played outland nightclub rotterdam netherlands tournament played september scotch double player taking shot alternately match opening two round played racetoeight rack racetonine rack final played racetothirteen tournament singleelimination bracket consisting team event played winner break system opposed alternative break format used inaugural event second world cup pool event sponsored partypoker created matchroom sport event would see seeded unseeded team two play alternating shot scotch double style defending champion efren reyes francisco bustamante representing philippine defeated usa team earl strickland rodney morris final – event filmed broadcast matchroom sport across single hour program united kingdom ireland broadcast sky tv additional commentary phil yates jim wych local highlight shown sb netherlands fox net united state program broadcast iko kábeltévé serbia romania slovakia czech republic tv russia cctv china fox australia australia measat malaysia measat indo indonesia neo sport india rogers sportsnet canada solar entertainment philippine sport hungary videoland taiwan prize money event featured awarded winning team money earned team shared player breakdown prize money shown field consisted team netherlands two team host malaysian team withdrew event replaced serge da noel bruynooghe representing belgium team first round event played september racetoeight rack event malaysian team patrick ooi ibrahim bin amir withdrew event due unforeseen circumstance replaced belgian pair serge da noel bruynooghe pair met dutch b team six rack row win match dutch – th seeded russian pair ruslan chinachov european number one konstantin stepanov defeated croatian team philipp stojanovic ivica putnik opening round – japanese team naoyuki ōi satoshi kawabata – david alcaide antonio fazane spain despite dropping opening rack lương chí dũng thanh nam nguyen representing vietnam made semifinal inaugural event defeated south korean team – despite – ahead english team imran majid daryl peach came – behind defeat polish side radosław babica mateusz śniegocki – one match first round went deciding rack finalist usa team – malta taken last four rack second round played september race eight rack japan played sole remaining dutch team second round trailed – took final two rack win – switzerland team trailed – behind u recovered tie – winning match – usa pair wearing orange shirt traditional colour netherlands dutch team eliminated belgian team composed bruynooghe da ranked th th europe defeated wpa world nineball championship winner wu jiaqing world championship semifinalist yang chingshun taiwan – defending champion filipino team completed – whitewash croatian france china tied – vincent faquet completed run lead – next two rack french failed escape snooker allowing chinese team li hewen fu jianbo win broke ran rack victory singapore team also defeated austria – four quarterfinalists top half coming asia quarterfinal played september race nine rack japan defeated singapore – first quarterfinal making joke throughout match crowd rack ōi made three ball combination pot ball first shot break player jumping celebration shot defeated taiwan team second round belgian duo drained according reporter able win four rack canada filipino pair defeated chinese team – chinese team took early four rack lead lead reduced – rack reyes missed simple shot ball china rack running rack last quarterfinal saw finland mika immonen markus juva defeat switzerland – semifinal played september race nine rack first semifinal saw th seeded finland play th seeded canadian team finland lag made dry break opening rack still opening rack retained break throughout match – canadian team played nine shot entire match semifinal match played china seeded th unseeded japanese team chinese team ran first two rack three player missed shot ball rack three hewen finally potted increase lead – china four next five rack lead – hewen missed shot ball following rack allowing japan table next three rack china capitalised missed bank shot win next two rack complete – victory final also played september raceto rack chinese team hewen jianbo met finland pair juva immonen final many dry break six first rack ten rest tournament one rack two side china led – – china three next four go hill leading – finland team four straight frame level match – table deciding rack immonen potted ball break left combination shot juva pot ball win tournament shot come chinese pair ran rest rack win tournament result event team bold denote match winner number left team represents team seedings world cup pool azbilliardscom official website