The Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested since 1994 between teams representing Europe and the United States. Named after American pool player Willie Mosconi, the event is comparable to the Ryder Cup in golf and the Weber Cup in bowling.
Niels Feijen is a Dutch professional pool player, from the Hague. His nickname is "the Terminator". In 2014 he won the WPA World 9-ball championship.
The 2009 World Cup of Pool was a professional nine-ball pool, and the fourth World Cup of Pool, a scotch doubles knockout championship representing 32 national teams. The cup was played at the Annex of SM City North EDSA in Quezon City, Philippines from 1 to 6 September 2009. The Korean pair of Ga Young Kim and Yun Mi Lim were the first all-female team to participate at the event. The tournament featured a prize fund of $250,000 with the winner receiving $60,000. It was sponsored by online poker website partypoker.
The 2011 World Cup of Pool is the sixth edition of the said tournament. For the third straight year, the event is once again being held in the Philippines, at The Block of SM City North EDSA in Quezon City, from 6 to 11 September 2011. The event was won by the German team of Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann, who defeated Thailand's Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Kobkit Palajin in the final 10–4.
The 2013 World Cup of Pool was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held at the York Hall, London from 17 to 22 September 2013. The event was won by the Phillipene team of Lee Vann Corteza and Dennis Orcollo.
The 2017 Little Swan World Cup was a professional non-ranking team snooker tournament that took place from 3 to 9 July 2017 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. It was the 15th edition of the event, and was televised live by Eurosport Player and repeated on Eurosport 1.
Carlo Biado is a Filipino professional pool player.
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.
The 2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship was a professional pool tournament for the discipline of ten-ball organised by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and CueSports International. It was the fifth WPA World Ten-ball Championship; the previous championship was held in 2015. After plans for an event in both 2016 and 2018 to be held in Manila fell through, a 2019 event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas as part of a three-year deal for the event to be played in the United States was agreed. The event was held concurrently with the Billiard Congress of America's National Ten-ball event from July 22 to 26. The event was sponsored by cue manufacturer Predator Group.
Ko Ping-chung is a Taiwanese professional 9-ball pool player. Ko is the younger brother of Ko Pin-yi.
The 2019 World Pool Masters was a nine-ball pool tournament which took place in Gibraltar from 29 to 31 March 2019. It was the 26th edition of the World Pool Masters invitational tournament organised by Matchroom Sport. The event contained increased participation from 16 to 24 players, and increased total prize fund to $100,000. Spaniard David Alcaide won the event, defeating Greece's Alexander Kazakis in the final 9–8, doubling the final ball the length of the table to win. The reigning champion was Dutchman Niels Feijen who defeated Shane Van Boening of the United States in the previous year's final to win the title for the second time in his career. Feijen was defeated in the opening round by Alcaide.
The Dynamic Billard Leende Open 2019 was a nine-ball pool tournament, and the first Euro Tour event of 2019. The event was held between 7–10 February 2019, at the Golden Tulip Jagershorst hotel in Leende, Netherlands. The event was won by Germany's Joshua Filler, who defeated Ruslan Chinakhov 9–7 in the final. This was Filler's first Euro Tour win, having previously been a runner-up at three previous events.
Christoph Reintjes is a German professional pool player. He is best well known for being the runner-up at the 2017 Dutch Open.
The 2019 World Cup of Pool was a professional pool doubles tournament, and the 13th edition of the World Cup of Pool. The event was contested by 32 pairs representing different nations, and took place at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England, from 25 to 30 June 2019. As host nation, Great Britain were allowed to enter two teams in the draw.
The 2019 Dynamic Billard St. Johann im Pongau Open was a professional nine-ball pool tournament and the third Euro Tour event of 2019. The event was held from 13 to 16 June 2019, at the Alpina, Wellness & Sporthotel in Sankt Johann im Pongau, Austria. The event followed the Treviso Open, won by Poland's Konrad Juszczyszyn, and preceded the Veldhoven Open.
The 2019 Veldhoven Open, officially known as the 2019 Dynamic Billard Veldhoven Open, was a professional nine-ball pool tournament and the fourth Euro Tour event of 2019. It was held at the NH Koningshof in Veldhoven, Netherlands. The men's event was held from 1 to 3 August, and the women's event was held from 2 to 4 August. The event followed the Austria Open and preceded the Klagenfurt Open.
The 2019 Antalya Open was a professional nine-ball pool tournament held from 7 to 10 November 2019 in the Limak Atlantis Resort in Antalya, Turkey. The event was the sixth and final Euro Tour event of 2019, following the Klagenfurt Open. The men's event was won by Estonia's Denis Grabe, who won his third Tour win, defeating Eklent Kaçi 9–2. The women's event was won by Poland's Oliwia Zalewska, who won her first Tour event. She defeated Tina Vogelmann in the final 7–6.
Zoran Svilar is a Serbian professional pool player. He reached the final in three European Pool Championships events.
The 2021 World Cup of Pool was a professional pool doubles tournament, and the 14th edition of the World Cup of Pool. The event was contested by 32 pairs representing different nations, and took place at the Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England, from 9 to 14 May 2021.
The 2023 World Cup of Pool will be a professional pool doubles tournament, and the 16th edition of the World Cup of Pool. The event will be contested by 32 pairs representing different nations, and will take place at the Pazo de Feiras e Congresos de Lugo in Lugo, Spain, from 27 June to 2 July 2023.
Eklent Kaçi & Besar Spahiu (ALB)
Ariel Castro & Sebastian Rodriguez (ARG)
James Georgiadis & Ivan Li (AUS)
Albin Ouschan & Max Lechner (AUT)
Alex Pagulayan & John Morra (CAN)
Ko Pin-yi & Ko Ping-chung (TPE)
Anthony Brabin & Christos Meligaliotis (CYP)
Roman Hybler & Petr Urban (CZE)
Denis Grabe & Rainer Laar (EST)
Mika Immonen & Jani Uski (FIN)
Joshua Filler & Thorsten Hohmann (GER)
Jayson Shaw & Elliott Sanderson (GBR)
Alexander Kazakis & Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE)
Lo Ho Sum & Robbie Capito (HKG)
Olivér Szolnoki & Vilmos Földes (HUN)
Daniele Corrieri & Francesco Candela (ITA)
Naoyuki Ōi & Masato Yoshioka (JPN)
Omar Al-Shaheen & Bader Alawadhi (KUW)
My Cherif Zine El Abidine & Imad lagnaoui (MAR)
Niels Feijen & Marc Bijsterbosch (NED)
Matt Edwards & Simon Singleton (NZL)
Mieszko Fortuński & Wojciech Szewczyk (POL)
Andreja Klasović & Aleksa Pecelj (SRB)
Aloysius Yapp & Toh Lian Han (SGP)
Jason Theron & Kyle Akaloo (RSA)
David Alcaide & Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (ESP)
Ronald Regli & Dimitri Jungo (SUI)
Waleed Majid & Ali Nasser Al Obaidli (QAT)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh & Noppon Saengkham (THA)
Shane Van Boening & Skyler Woodward (USA)
Dương Quốc Hoàng & Đặng Thành Kiên (VIE)
