Reyes Cup

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The Reyes Cup is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested between teams representing Asia and Europe.

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Similar in format to the Mosconi Cup, the inaugural event was held in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, during October 2024 and is named after Filipino Hall of Fame player Efren Reyes. [1] [2] [3] Asia won the inaugural event 11–6.

Format

The contest is played over four days between two teams of five players. Three players for each team qualify automatically and each captain can pick two wildcards. There are twenty matches, each a best of nine racks with players having alternate breaks. The match winner wins one point and the first team to eleven points wins the Reyes Cup. On days one to three, the first match is a team match followed by a mixture of singles and doubles matches. Day four is just singles matches. In the event of a tie, each captain must select a player for a deciding match. [4]

History

In April 2024, a new nine-ball event was announced to be played in October 2024, similar to the Mosconi Cup, but held between Europe and Asia. [5] Karl Boyes and Efren Reyes were announced as team captains for the inaugural staging of the event at Ninoy Aquino National Stadium. [6] Europe's team comprised Jayson Shaw, Mickey Krause, Eklent Kaçi, David Alcaide and Francisco Sánchez Ruíz. The Asia team was Carlo Biado, Aloysius Yapp, Johann Chua, Ko Pin-yi and Duong Quoc Hoang. [7] Asia took a 3‍–‍2 lead on day one [8] and secured a day two whitewash to extend their lead to 7‍–‍2. [9] On the third day, Asia took a 9‍–‍3 lead. [10] On day four, Yapp won his match against Sanchez Ruiz to seal the victory as Asia won the event 11-6. Yapp was also crowned as the Most valuable player. [11] [12]

Results by year

YearVenueWinnersScoreRunners-Up MVP Ref
2024 Manila, Philippines Asia11‍–‍6Europe Aloysius Yapp [11]

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