2025 Reyes Cup

2025 Reyes Cup
Dates	16-19 October
Venue	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Location	Manila, Philippines
Captains	Francisco Bustamante (Asia) Jeremy Jones (Row)
MVP	AJ Manas
Asia 11 – 3 Rest of the World
ASIA wins the Reyes Cup
←2024 2026→

The 2025 LiveSB.io Reyes Cup was the second edition of the Reyes Cup, an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested between teams representing Asia and the Rest of the World. ^[1] For the second tournament, the Asian team faced a "rest of the world" team, rather than one representing Europe. ^[2]

The event, sponsored by LiveSB.io, was held from October 16 to 19, 2025, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila, Philippines. ^[3] Team Asia, the defending champions from the inaugural 2024 event, defeated Team Rest of the World by a score of 11–3 to retain the title. ^[4]

AJ Manas was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament. ^[5]

Teams

Team Asia [6]
Name	Nationality	Notes
Francisco Bustamante	Philippines	Non-playing Captain [7]
Carlo Biado	Philippines
Johann Chua	Philippines
AJ Manas	Philippines
Dương Quốc Hoàng	Vietnam
Aloysius Yapp	Singapore

Team Rest of the World [6]
Name	Nationality	Notes
Fedor Gorst	Russia	Russian born but represents the United States internationally since 2023 [8]
Jeremy Jones	United States	Non-playing Captain [7]
Moritz Neuhausen	Germany
Francisco Sánchez Ruiz	Spain
Jayson Shaw	Scotland
Skyler Woodward	United States

Results

Thursday, October 16

Team Asia	Results	Team Rest of the World
Teams Team Asia	5–1 [9]	Teams Team Rest of the World
Doubles Aloysius Yapp AJ Manas	5–2 [10]	Doubles Francisco Sánchez Ruiz Jayson Shaw
Singles Carlo Biado	5–3 [11]	Singles Moritz Neuhausen
Doubles Johann Chua Dương Quốc Hoàng	5–4 [12]	Doubles Fedor Gorst Skyler Woodward
4	Session	0
4	Overall	0

Friday, October 17

Team Asia	Results	Team Rest of the World
Teams Team Asia	5–4 [13]	Teams Team Rest of the World
Singles AJ Manas	5–4 [14]	Singles Fedor Gorst
Doubles Johann Chua AJ Manas	5–2 [15]	Doubles Fedor Gorst Jayson Shaw
3	Session	0
7	Overall	0

Saturday, October 18

Team Asia	Results	Team Rest of the World
Teams Team Asia	4–5 [16]	Teams Team Rest of the World
Singles Dương Quốc Hoàng	5–1 [17]	Singles Skyler Woodward
Doubles Aloysius Yapp Carlo Biado	5–0 [18]	Doubles Francisco Sánchez Ruiz Moritz Neuhausen
2	Session	1
9	Overall	1

Sunday, October 19

Team Asia	Results	Team Rest of the World
Singles Aloysius Yapp	5–1 [19]	Singles Jayson Shaw
Doubles Aloysius Yapp Dương Quốc Hoàng	2–5 [20]	Doubles Jayson Shaw Skyler Woodward
Singles Johann Chua	3–5 [21]	Singles Francisco Sánchez Ruiz
Doubles Carlo Biado AJ Manas	5–2 [22]	Doubles Fedor Gorst Moritz Neuhausen
2	Session	2
11	Overall	3

References

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9. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-16). Team Asia vs Team ROW | Match One | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
10. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-16). Yapp & Manas vs Shaw & Sanchez Ruiz | Match Two | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
11. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-16). Carlo Biado vs Moritz Neuhausen | Match Three | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
12. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-16). Chua & Duong vs Gorst & Woodward | Match Four | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
13. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-17). Team Asia vs Team ROW | Match Five | Day Two | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
14. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-17). AJ Manas vs Fedor Gorst | Match Six | Day Two | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
15. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-17). AJ Manas & Johann Chua vs Jayson Shaw & Fedor Gorst | Match Seven | Day Two | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
16. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-18). Team Asia vs Team Rest of the World | Match Eight | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
17. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-18). Duong Quoc Hoang vs Skyler Woodward | Match Nine | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
18. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-18). Carlo Biado & Aloysius Yapp vs Francisco Sanchez Ruiz & Moritz Neuhausen | Match 10 | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
19. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-19). Aloysius Yapp vs Jayson Shaw | Match 11 | Day Four | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
20. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-19). Duong Quoc Hoang & Aloysius Yapp vs Jayson Shaw & Skyler Woodward | Match 12 | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
21. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-19). Johann Chua vs Francisco Sanchez Ruiz | Match 13 | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.
22. Matchroom Pool (2025-10-19). Carlo Biado & AJ Manas vs Fedor Gorst & Moritz Neuhausen | Match 14 | 2025 Reyes Cup . Retrieved 2025-12-13– via YouTube.