World Cup of Pool 2006

World Cup of Pool 2006
venue	Newport Center, Newport , Wales
opening	August 22, 2006
Endgame	August 26, 2006
discipline	9-ball
winner	Efren Reyes Francisco Bustamante
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The World Cup of Pool 2006 was the first edition of a pool tournament in the 9-ball discipline that has been held annually since 2006 , in which each participating country is represented by a team of two players. It took place from August 22nd to 26th, 2006 at the Newport Center in Newport , Wales . The Philippines team won the final 13: 5 against the US team.

mode

The game was played with an alternating break. This means that it takes turns to kick, regardless of who won the previous rack. In 2006, the game continued until the final, until one team had won nine games ( racks ), and in the final, the number of racks needed to win was increased to thirteen.

Teams

Setting range	team	Player 1	Player 2
1	Philippines	Efren Reyes	Francisco Bustamante
2	Netherlands	Nick van den Berg	Niels Feijen
3	United States	Earl Strickland	Rodney Morris
4th	Germany	Thomas Engert	Oliver Ortmann
5	Taiwan	Wang Hung-Hsiang	Yang Ching-shun
6th	Sweden	Marcus Chamat	Tom Storm
7th	Finland	Mika Immonen	Markus Juva
8th	Canada	Luc Salvas	Tyler Edey
9	Poland	Radoslaw Babica	Mariusz Roter
10	Italy	Fabio Petroni	Angelo Millauro
11	Russia	Konstantin Stepanov	Konstantin Zolotilov
12	Japan	Masaaki Tanaka	Satoshi Kawabata
13	England 1	Raj Hundal	Ronnie O'Sullivan
14th	South Korea	Jeong Young-hwa	Lee Gun-jae
15th	Croatia	Philipp Stojanovic	Ivan Kralj
16	Malaysia	Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen	Ibrahim bin Amir
	England 2	Steve Davis	Daryl Peach
	Hong Kong	Lee Chenman	Kong Man Ho
	India	Dharminder Singh Lilly	Alok Kumar
	Indonesia	Imran Ibrahim	Ricky Yang
	Ireland	Tommy Donlon	Paddy McLoughlin
	Qatar	Fahad Mohammadi	Bashar Hussain
	Malta	Tony Drago	Alex Borg
	Scotland	Michael Valentine	Pat Holtz
	Singapore	Chan Keng Kwang	Toh Lian Han
	Spain	David Alcaide	Yulan Govender
	South Africa	David Anderson	Clinton Rossouw
	Czech Republic	Roman Hybler	Michal Gavenčiak
	Thailand	Tepwin Arunnath	Amnuayporn Chotipong
	Hungary	Vilmos Földes	Gabor Solymosi
	Vietnam	Nguyon Thành Nam	Lương Chí Dũng
	Wales	Robert McKenna	Ben Davies

Tournament statistics

First round					Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
1	Philippines	9
	Malta	0			1	Philippines	9
16	Malaysia	9			16	Malaysia	5
	Qatar	3								1	Philippines	9
9	Poland	6th									Czech Republic	6th
	Czech Republic	9				Czech Republic	9
8th	Canada	9			8th	Canada	8th
	Thailand	5													1	Philippines	9
5	Taiwan	9													4th	Germany	7th
	India	6th			5	Taiwan	9
12	Japan	9			12	Japan	4th
	Indonesia	0								5	Taiwan	4th
13	England 1	8th								4th	Germany	9
	Spain	9				Spain	5
4th	Germany	9			4th	Germany	9
	Wales	2																		1	Philippines	13
3	United States	9																		3	United States	5
	Singapore	6th			3	United States	9
14th	South Korea	6th				England 2	3
	England 2	9								3	United States	9
11	Russia	9									Hong Kong	3
	Hungary	3			11	Russia	8th
6th	Sweden	8th				Hong Kong	9
	Hong Kong	9													3	United States	9
7th	Finland	9														Vietnam	7th
	Ireland	5			7th	Finland	2
10	Italy	9			10	Italy	9
	South Africa	2								10	Italy	8th
15th	Croatia	8th									Vietnam	9
	Vietnam	9				Vietnam	9
2	Netherlands	9			2	Netherlands	8th
	Scotland	5

Prize money

A total of 250,000 US dollars was distributed. The following is for a pair, not a player.

Tournament placement	Prize money
1st place (tournament victory)	$ 60,000
2nd place (defeat in the final)	$ 30,000
3rd place (semi-finals)	$ 16,000
5th place (quarter-finals)	$ 10,000
9th place (round of 16)	$ 5,000
17th place (preliminary round)	$ 3,000

Web links

• World Cup of Pool 2006 at azbilliards.com