2017 World Cup of Pool

2017 World Cup of Pool
Tournament information
VenueYork Hall
CityLondon
CountryEngland
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatSingle elimination tournament
Total prize fund$250,000
Winner's share$30,000 each
Final
Champion Mario He & Albin Ouschan
Runner-up Shane Van Boening & Skyler Woodward
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The 2017 World Cup of Pool was the eleventh edition of the tournament. The event was held in York Hall, London, England, from 13 to 18 June. A total of 32 two-player teams participated in the tournament.[1]

Prize fund

A total of $250,000 constituted the prize fund.[1]

  • Winners (per pair): $60,000
  • Runners-up (per pair): $30,000
  • Semi-finalists (per pair): $15,000
  • Quarter-finalists (per pair): $9,000
  • Last 16 losers (per pair): $4,500
  • Last 32 losers (per pair): $3,625

Competing teams

Seed Team Players[2]

[3] [4]

1  Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi Chang Yu-Lung
2  Austria Mario He Albin Ouschan
3  China Wu Jiaqing Dang Jinhu
4  England Darren Appleton Mark Gray
5  United States Shane Van Boening Skyler Woodward
6  Netherlands Niels Feijen Nick van den Berg
7  Scotland Jayson Shaw Pat Holtz
8  Canada Alex Pagulayan John Morra
9  Japan Naoyuki Ōi Hayato Hijikata
10  England Imran Majid Daryl Peach
11  Philippines Carlo Biado Johann Chua
12  Spain David Alcaide Francisco Sánchez
13  Finland Mika Immonen Petri Makkonen
14  Germany Ralf Souquet Thorsten Hohmann
15  Russia Ruslan Tschinachow Konstantin Stepanow
16  Poland Mateusz Śniegocki Wojciech Szewczyk
17  Greece Nikos Ekonomopoulos Alexander Kazakis
18  Norway Mats Schjetne Tom Bjerke
19  Portugal Joao Grilo Rui Franco
20  Romania Robert Braga Ioan Ladanyi
21  Sweden Marcus Chamat Daniel Tångudd
22  Hungary[a] Gabor Solymosi Gabor Antal
23  India Raj Hundal Amar Kang
24  Indonesia Irsal Nasution Muhammad Simanjuntak
25  Malaysia Kok Jken Yung Muhammad Almie
26  Singapore Toh Lian Han Aloysius Yapp
27  Thailand Amnuayporn Chotipong Tanut Makkamontree
28  Australia Justin Campbell Michael Cacciola
29  Kuwait Bader al-Awadhi Mohammad al-Kashawi
30  New Zealand Matthew Edwards Toar Dotulong
31  Malta[b] Tony Drago Ryan Pisani
32  Qatar Waleed Majid Bashar Hussain

Bracket

[5] [6] [7]

Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
               
1  Chinese Taipei 7
29  Kuwait 3
1  Chinese Taipei 7
16  Poland 5
16  Poland 7
17  Greece 6
1  Chinese Taipei 9
9  Japan 2
9  Japan 7
27  Thailand 2
9  Japan 7
8  Canada 3
8  Canada 7
28  Australia 5
1  Chinese Taipei 4
5  United States 9
5  United States 7
26  Singapore 0
5  United States 7
12  Spain 5
12  Spain 7
20  Romania 6
5  United States 9
13  Finland 4
13  Finland 7
18  Norway 0
13  Finland 7
23  India 4
4  England 4
23  India 7
5  United States 6
2  Austria 10
3  China 7
19  Portugal 5
3  China 7
14  Germany 0
14  Germany 7
31  Malta 2
3  China 9
11  Philippines 2
11  Philippines 7
32  Qatar 4
11  Philippines 7
6  Netherlands 5
6  Netherlands 7
22  Hungary 0
3  China 1
2  Austria 9
7  Scotland 7
30  New Zealand 6
7  Scotland 6
10  England 7
10  England 7
24  Indonesia 0
10  England 7
2  Austria 9
15  Russia 7
25  Malaysia 0
15  Russia 2
2  Austria 7
2  Austria 7
21  Sweden 5

Final

The final was played between the United States and Austria. Austria were crowned World Cup of Pool champions after victory over USA, with a final score of 10–6.[8]

References

  1. ^ The Hong Kong team (Andrew Kong and Lo Ho Sum) withdrew. The Hungarian team took the starting position before the tournament
  2. ^ The South African team (David Anderson and Francois Ellis) was replaced by the Maltese shortly before the start of the tournament.
  1. ^ a b "World Cup of Pool 2017 - Matchroom Pool". Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ "World Cup of Pool 2017 – Teams". matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ "European Stars out in full Force for London World Cup". matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. ^ "World Cup of Pool welcomes global Superstars to London". matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Schedule announced for ‚best World Cup ever'". matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  6. ^ "World Cup of Pool 2017 – Draw". matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. ^ "World Cup of Pool 2017 – Fixtures/Results". matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Austria crowned World Cup of Pool champions after victory over USA". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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