2006 World Cup Of Pool

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I am assuming there are followers of pool here and thought this would be a interesting tourny....below is the breakdown of the tournament and I am looking for odds There are 32 teams in total competing for the lion’s share of the US $250,000 prize fund including a $60,000 first prize. Dates: Tuesday 22 August – Sunday 27 August Venue: The Newport Centre, Newport, South Wales, Format: A total of 32 participating countries will be taking part, each represented by top two players. The matches will be played on a straight knock-out basis – five rounds of matches on one TV table All matches are scotch doubles with alternate break. Matches:

Last 32, race to 9

Last 16, race to 9

Last 8, race to 9

Semi-Finals, race to 11

Final, race to 13

Tickets: The free tickets are available in person from The Newport Centre and by sending an e-mail to [email protected] with information of how many tickets you want and for what sessions. Participating Nations Seeded teams in brackets: Europe (17 teams): Croatia (15), Czech Republic, England A (13), England B, Finland (7), Germany (4), Holland (2), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (10), Malta, Poland (9), Russia (11), Scotland, Spain, Sweden (6) and Wales. Asia (10 teams): Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan (12), Korea (14), Malaysia (16), Philippines (1), Singapore, Taiwan (5), Thailand and Vietnam Americas (2 teams): Canada (8) and USA (3) Rest of the World (2 teams): Qatar and South Africa Playing Schedule The World Cup of Pool will be played over six days in a single-table TV arena, starting on Tuesday and concluding with the final on the Sunday. First round (race to nine) Tuesday, August 22 (2pm) 1. Thailand (Tepwin Arunnath and Amnuayporn Chotipong) v Canada (Luc Salvas and Tyler Edey) 2. Qatar (Fahad Mohammadi and Bashar Hussain) v Malaysia (Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen and Ibrahim Bin Amir) 3. Czech Republic (Roman Hybler and Michal Gavenciak) v Poland (Radoslaw Babica and Mariusz Roter) Tuesday, August 22 (7pm) 4. Philippines (Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante) v Malta (Tony Drago and Alex Borg) 5. Taiwan (Wang Hung-hsiang and Yang Ching-shun) v India (Dharminder Lilly and Alok Kumar) 6. England B (Steve Davis and Daryl Peach) v Korea (Jeong Young-hwa and Lee Gun-jae) Wednesday, August 23 (2pm) 7. Hungary (Vilmos Foldes and Gabor Solymosi) v Russia (Konstantin Stepanov and Konstantin Zolotilov) 8. Hong Kong (Lee Chenman and Kong Man-ho) v Sweden (Marcus Chamat and Tom Storm) 9. Japan (Maasaki Tanaka and Satoshi Kawabata) v Indonesia (Imran Ibrahim and Ricky Yang) Wednesday, August 23 (7pm) 10. Spain (David Alcaide and Rafael Guzman) v England A (Raj Hundal and Ronnie O’Sullivan). 11. Singapore (Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han) v USA (Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris) 12. Wales (Rob McKenna and Ben Davies) v Germany (Thomas Engert and Oliver Ortmann) Thursday, August 24 (2pm) 13. Ireland (Tommy Donlon and Paddy McLaughlin) v Finland (Mika Immonen and Markus Juva) 14. South Africa (David Anderson and Yulan Govender) v Italy (Fabio Petroni and Angelo Millauro) 15. Vietnam (Thanh Nam Nguyen and Chi Dung Luong) v Croatia (Philipp Stovanovic and Ivan Kralj) Thursday, August 24 (7pm) 16. Scotland (Michael Valentine and Pat Holtz) v Holland (Nick van den Berg and Niels Feijen) Second round (race to nine) 17. Philippines or Malta v Qatar or Malaysia 18. Singapore or USA v England B or Korea Friday, August 25 (2pm) 19. Taiwan or India v Japan or Indonesia 20. Hungary or Russia v Hong Kong or Sweden 21. Czech Republic or Poland v Thailand or Canada Friday, August 25 (7pm) 22. Ireland or Finland v South Africa or Italy 23. Spain or England A v Wales or Germany 24. Vietnam or Croatia v Scotland or Holland Saturday, August 26 (2pm) Quarter-finals (race to 11) 25. QF 1 26. QF 2 Saturday, August 26 (7pm) 27. QF 3 28. QF 4 The schedule of quarter-final matches will be decided once the line-up is completed but the matches will be: A – Winner of match 17 v winner of match 21 B – Winner of match 19 v winner of match 23 C – Winner of match 18 v winner of match 20 D – Winner of match 22 v winner of match 24. Sunday, August 27 (2pm) Semi-finals (race to 11) 29. SF 1 – Winner of match A v winner of match B 30. SF 2 – Winner of match C v winner of match D Sunday, August 27 (7pm) Final (race to 13) 31. F – Winner of match 29 v winner of match 30 Prize Fund

Winners:	US$60,000 x 1
Runners Up:	US$30,000 x 1
Semi-Finalists:	US$16,000 x 2
Quarter-Finalists:	US$10,000 x 4
Last 16:	US$5,000 x 8
Last 32:	US$3,000 x 16
Total	US$250,000
* All prize money is split between the two players

Television Matchroom Sport will be providing coverage of the competition in 31 x 1 hour programmes.

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Re: 2006 World Cup Of Pool Forgot to mention the official website: http://www.worldcupofpool.com/default.asp