2014 World Team Championship

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The 2014 World Team Championship (short: WTC 2014) was a professional team pool tournament that took place from 27 July to 2 August 2014. The event was held in Beijing, China. It was the third edition of the World Team Championship which was sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association. [1]

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The defending champion was the Chinese Taipei team who won the 2012 World Team Championship, but they lost in the quarter-finals to the Filipino team. [2] China defeated the Philippines in the final 4–2. [3]

Teams

Below is the list of participating teams, along with the four to six team members. [1] [4]

GroupNationPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4(Player 5)(Player 6)
AFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Dennis Orcollo Lee Van Corteza Carlo Biado Rubilien Amit
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Karol Skowerski Tomasz Kapłan Mateusz Śniegocki Katazyna Weslowska
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oscar Dominguez Hunter Lombardo Corey Deuel Jennifer Barretta
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Stanimir DimitrovRadostin DimovLyudmil GeorgievKristina Zlateva
BFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1 Li Hewen Wu Jiaqing Chu Bign ChiaHan Yu Chen Siming
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Andreas Gerwen Marcus Chamat Tomas LarssonCaroline Roos
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Kwok Chi HoEric LeeLo Ho SumRobbie James CapitoLee Tricia Gar Yun
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Josip ŠušnjaraIvica PutnikMarko LišnićZrinka Antonijević
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia L. DelgerdalaiD. DamdinijamtsA. YeruultA. DelgerkhuuZ. Zoljargal
CFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Daryl Peach Karl Boyes Chris Melling Allison Fisher
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Thorsten Hohmann Ralf Souquet Sebastian Staab Ina Kaplan
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Albin Ouschan Tong He YiJürgen JenisyThomas Knittel Jasmin Ouschan Sandra Baumgartner
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Rajandran NairCharles KuppusamyKumersen ReddyThilomi Govender
DFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2 Liu Haitao Dang Jinhu Wang Can Fu Xiaofang Liu Shasha
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Robby FoldvariDavid RothallMichael CassiolaLyndall Hulley
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Trung Le QuangTuan Nguyen AnhQuan Do HoangLe Doan Thi Ngoc
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Chan Keng KwangAloysius YappKoh Seng Ann AaronCharlene Chai Zeet HueyToh Lian HanHoe Shu Wah
EFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin Ko Pin-yi Hsu Kai-lun Fu Che-Wei Chou Cheih Yu
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Ryu Seung-woo Jeong Young-hwaHa Min Ug Kim Ga Young
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Konstantin Stepanov Ruslan Chinakhov Andrey SeroshtanAnn Mazhirina
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Matthew Edwards Philip NickperaJonathan PakietoMolradee Yanan
FFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Naoyuki Ōi Masaaki TanakaHayato HijikataChichiro Kawahara
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Bewi Simanjuntak BewiRudy SusantoMuhammad FadlySilvana
Flag of India.svg  India Sumit TalwarSundeep GulatiLalrina TenthleiSuniti Damani
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Ibrahim Bin AmirTan Kah ThiamJason Ng Keat SiangSuhana Dewi SabtuKlaudia Djahalie

Results

Group stage

Group A

PhilippinesBulgaria5:1
PolandUSA4:2
PhilippinesUSA4:2
BulgariaPoland0:6
USABulgaria5:1
PhilippinesPoland6:0

Table

PlaceTeamPointsPlayoff
1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 9 :
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6 :
3Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3 :
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 0 :

Group B

China 1Mongolia6:0
SwedenHong Kong4:2
SwedenMongolia5:1
Hong KongCroatia2:4
China 1Croatia5:1
MongoliaHong Kong2:4
China 1Hong Kong6:0
CroatiaSweden4:2
China 1Sweden5:1
CroatiaMongolia3:3

Table

PlaceTeamPointsPlayoff
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 12 :
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 7 :
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6 :
4Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 3 :
5Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1 :

Group C

Great BritainSouth Africa6:0
GermanyAustria4:2
Great BritainAustria3:3
South AfricaGermany0:6
AustriaSouth Africa6:0
Great BritainGermany4:2

Table

PlaceTeamPointsPlayoff
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7 :
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6 :
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4 :
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0 :

Group D

China 2Singapur5:1
AustraliaVietnam2:4
China 2Vietnam5:1
SingaporeAustralia6:0
VietnamSingapore4:2
China 2Australia6:0

Table

PlaceTeamPointsPlayoff
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 29 :
2Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 6 :
3Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 3 :
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0 :

Groupe E

Chinese TaipeiNew Zealand6:0
South KoreaRussia1:5
Chinese TaipeiRussland5:1
New ZealandSouth Korea2:4
RussiaNew Zealand5:1
Chinese TaipeiSouth Korea5:1

Table

PlaceTeamPointsPlayoff
1Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 9 :
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6 :
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3 :
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0 :

Group F

JapanMalaysia5:1
IndonesiaIndia3:3
JapanIndia5:1
MalaysiaIndonesia1:5
IndiaMalaysia2:4
JapanIndonesia6:0

Table

PlaceTeamPointsPlayoff
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 9 :
2Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 4 :
3Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 3 :
4Flag of India.svg  India 1 :

Knockout round

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 14
16 Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1
8 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4
9 Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1 0
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 4
5 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 4
12 Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 4
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2
4 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4
13 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24
6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24
11 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 0
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4
14 Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2
7 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4
10 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3 (5)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3 (7) [lower-alpha 1]
2 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4
15 Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States USA 1

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