2022 World Cup of Pool

2022 World Cup of Pool XV

Tournament information
Dates	14–19 June 2022
Venue	Brentwood Centre
City	Brentwood
Country	England
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Total prize fund	$250,000
Winner's share	$60,000
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The 2022 World Cup of Pool will be a professional pool doubles tournament, and the 15th edition of the World Cup of Pool. The event will be contested by 32 pairs representing different nations, and will take place at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England, from 14 to 19 June 2022. ^[1]

The German team of Joshua Filler and Thorsten Hohmann were defending their 2021 title, but were knocked out in the second round to the Dutch pairing of Niels Feijen and Marc Bijsterbosch.

Prize fund

The total prize money for the event:

• 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

Teams

Each competing nation features two players, with the hosts, Great Britain, receiving two places. The Filipino pairing of Efren Reyes and Carlo Biado were replaced by Thailand due to travel issues. ^[2]

The competing teams were made of the players below:

•   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)
•   Imran Majid & Chris Melling  (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)

Tournament bracket

Source: ^[3]

	Round 1 Race to 7					Round 2 Race to 7					Quarter-finals Race to 9					Semi-finals Race to 9					Final Race to 11
	1	Germany	7
		New Zealand	1
						1	Germany	4
						16	Netherlands	7
	16	Netherlands	7
		Morocco	1
											16	Netherlands	8
											9	Chinese Taipei	9
	9	Chinese Taipei	7
		Argentina	2
						9	Chinese Taipei	7
						8	Greece	6
	8	Greece	7
		Cyprus	4
																9	Chinese Taipei	4
																4	Spain	9
	5	Thailand	3
		South Africa	7
						South Africa		3
						Great Britain B		7
	12	Great Britain A	0
		Great Britain B	7
												Great Britain B	2
											4	Spain	9
	13	Albania	7
		Italy	2
						13	Albania	1
						4	Spain	7
	4	Spain	7
		Australia	1
																					4	Spain	11
																					6	Singapore	6
	3	Austria	1
		Finland	7
							Finland	7
						14	Estonia	5
	14	Estonia	7
		Serbia	6
												Finland	6
											6	Singapore	9
	11	Kuwait	7
		Vietnam	5
						11	Kuwait	6
						6	Singapore	7
	6	Singapore	7
		Qatar	3
																6	Singapore	9
																2	United States	3
	7	Japan	6
		Switzerland	7
							Switzerland	7
						10	Hungary	5
	10	Hungary	7
		Czech Republic	4
												Switzerland	5
											2	United States	9
	15	Poland	7
		Hong Kong	4
						15	Poland	2
						2	United States	7
	2	United States	7
		Canada	1

References

1. "Official site of the tournament". matchroompool.com. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
2. "Un-Nooh and Saengkham to represent Thailand at World Cup of Pool". Matchroom Pool. 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
3. "Tournament bracket". matchroompool.com. Retrieved 2022-06-13.

External links

• 2022 World Cup of Pool at azbilliards.com