2012 World Team Championship

The World Team Championship 2012 (WTC 2012) was played from 1 to 4 July 2012 in Beijing, China. It was the second edition of the World Team Championship which was sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association, for pool teams.

The event was won the Chinese Taipei team by a 4–0 victory in the final against Japan. ^[1] The defending champion Great Britain was eliminated in the semi-finals against the eventual champion. ^[2]

Format

Each participating team consisted of four to five players, including at least one female player. The games consisted of two sets in the disciplines eight-ball, nine-ball and ten-ball with the two 8-ball matches were played in men's singles. The woman played a 9-ball and a 10-ball match. The two 10-ball matches were played as a double, whilst 9-ball was played in singles. ^[3]

Prize money

A total of $300,000 in prize money was distributed, the winning team received $80,000. Below are the prize money per team indicated. ^{[4] [3]}

Position	Amount
Winner	80.000 US-$
Finalist	40.000 US-$
Semi-finalists	20.000 US-$
Quarter-finalists	12.000 US-$
Last 16	7.500 US-$
Double elimination	4.000 US-$

Participating teams

Teams were split into six groups of four, with the top two from each group progressing. Teams were made up of either four or five players. Teams representing each nation are shown below: ^[3]

Group	Nation	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	(Player 5)
A	Estonia	Erki Erm	Joonas Saska	Mark Magi	Anna Grintosuk
	Indonesia	Ricky Yang	Irsal Nasution	Muhammad Zulfikiri	Amand Rahayu
	Croatia	Ivica Putnik	Božo Primić	Karlo Dalmatin	Zrinka Antonijević
	Philippines	Efren Reyes	Francisco Bustamante	Dennis Orcollo	Rubilen Amit
B	China 1	Li Hewen	Fu Jianbo	Liu Haitao	Fu Xiaofang	Pan Xiao Ting
	Finland	Petri Makkonen	Aki Heiskanen	Abbas al-Marayati	Marika Pokkijoki
	Canada	Jason Klatt	John Morra	Erik Hjorleifson	Brittany Bryant
	Malaysia	Ibrahim Bin Amir	Patrick Ooi	Moh Keen Hoo	Klaudia Djajalie
C	Australia	David Rothall	Louis Condo	Robby Foldvari	Lyndall Hulley
	China 2	Dang Jinhu	Dai Yong	Han Haoxiang	Liu Shasha	Chen Siming
	Hong Kong	Kenny Kwok	Lee Chenman	Andrew Kong	Ellen Cheung	Ruby Cheung
	Singapore	Sharik Aslam Sayed	Toh Lian Han	Aloysius Yapp	Lum Wai Keong	Ann Koh Seng
D	Japan	Yukio Akakariyama	Tōru Kuribayashi	Naoyuki Ōi	Chihiro Kawahara
	Poland	Mateusz Śniegocki	Radosław Babica	Tomasz Kapłan	Oliwia Czupryńska
	Sweden	Marcus Chamat	Tomas Larsson	Andreas Gerwen	Carline Roos
	Vietnam	Do The Kien	Nguyen Anh Tuan	Nguyen Manh Tung	Doan Thi Ngoc Le
E	United Kingdom	Darren Appleton	Daryl Peach	Chris Melling	Mark Gray	Kelly Fisher
	India	Alok Kumar	Sundeep Gulati	Sayed Habib	Neena Praveen
	South Africa	Dave van den Berg	Dino Nair	Nickie Erasmus	Nicola Rossouw
	South Korea	Lee Wansu	Ryu Seung-woo	Hwang Young	Kim Ga-young
F	Chinese Taipei	Chang Jung-lin	Fu Che-wei	Ko Pin-yi	Chuo Chieh-yu
	Germany	Oliver Ortmann	Thorsten Hohmann	Ralf Souquet	Jasmin Michel
	Mongolia	L. Munkbold	L. Delgerdalai	T. Amarjargal	B. Uyanga	A. Batkhuu
	Norway	Roger Rasmussen	Mats Schjetne	Matey Ullah	Ine Helvik

Tournament bracket

The results below are from the knockout stages onwards. ^[3]

	Last 16				Quarter-final				Semi-final				Final
	Chinese Taipei	4
	India	1
					Chinese Taipei	4
					Sweden	0
	Sweden	9
	Indonesia	7
									Chinese Taipei	4
									United Kingdom	0
	United Kingdom	4
	Australia	1
					United Kingdom	9
					China	7
	Poland	1
	China	4
													Chinese Taipei	4
													Japan	0
	Philippines	4
	Norway	0
					Philippines	8
					Japan	10
	Germany	2
	Japan	4
									Japan	9
									China	7
	South Korea	11
	Canada	13
					Canada	2
					China	4
	China	4
	Finland	0

References

1. "Chinese-Taipei and Japan to Battle For World Team Title". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
2. "Shoot It Out Loud". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
3. "World Pool Team Championship 2012". sixpockets.de. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
4. "World Pool Team Championship 2012". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

External links

• Official website