World Cup of Pool

World Cup of Pool

Sport	Nine-ball pool
Founded	2006
First season	2006
Most recent champion(s)	Philippines (4th title) James Aranas / Johann Chua (2023)
Most titles	Philippines (4 titles)
Tournament format	Doubles team, Single-elimination

The World Cup of Pool is an annual international single-elimination tournament for doubles teams in nine-ball pool competition. The Philippines holds the record for World Cup wins, winning the title on four occasions. In 2023, they also became the first unseeded country to win the tournament. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The tournament is held annually, at various locations, and was first held in 2006 in Newport, Wales. ^[3] The tournament is hosted by Matchroom Pool.

Format

There are usually 32 participating teams, representing 31 nations (the host nation is represented by two teams, A and B) composed of two players each. The participating nations do not have to go through a qualifying tournament in order to join, as they are selected by the organizers. Sixteen teams are seeded; they will face the unseeded teams at the first round.

The individual matches are scotch doubles with alternating break , which are races to seven racks for Round 1 and 2, nine racks for the quarterfinals and semifinals, and eleven for the final. The rules used are World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) World Standardized Rules for nine-ball, modified for scotch doubles play (players on a team alternate shots; no one shoots twice in a row, unless being asked to play again after pushing out). ^[4]

Results

Year	Host	Final			Semi-finalists
		Winner	Score	Runner-up
2006 Details	Wales (Newport)	Philippines (Reyes / Bustamante)	13–5	United States (Strickland / Morris)	Germany (Engert / Ortmann)	Vietnam (Nguyen / Luong)
2007 Details	Netherlands (Rotterdam)	China (Li / Fu)	11–10	Finland (Immonen / Juva)	Japan (Kawabata / Oi)	Canada (Martel / Montal)
2008 Details	Netherlands (Rotterdam)	United States (Morris / Van Boening)	11–7	England (Peach / Gray)	Philippines (Bustamante / Orcollo)	China (Li / Fu)
2009 Details	Philippines (Quezon City)	Philippines (Reyes / Bustamante)	11–9	Germany (Souquet / Hohmann)	China (Li / Fu)	Philippines (Alcano / Orcollo)
2010 Details	Philippines (Manila)	China (Li / Fu)	10–5	Philippines (Orcollo / Gomez)	Germany (Souquet / Ortmann)	Chinese Taipei (Pin-yi / Jung-lin)
2011 Details	Philippines (Quezon City)	Germany (Souquet / Hohmann)	10–4	Thailand (Kanjanasri / Palajin)	Korea (Lee / Hwang)	Chinese Taipei (Pin-yi / Ping-chung)
2012 Details	Philippines (Manila)	Finland (Immonen / Makkonen)	10–8	Poland (Skowerski / Szewczyk)	United States (Van Boening / Morris)	Chinese Taipei (Hsu / Chen)
2013 Details	England (London)	Philippines (Orcollo / Corteza)	10–8	Netherlands (Feijen / van den Berg)	Finland (Immonen / Makkonen)	Chinese Taipei (Pin-yi / Jung-lin)
2014 Details	England (Portsmouth)	England (Appleton / Boyes)	10–9	Netherlands (Feijen / van den Berg)	Finland (Immonen / Makkonen)	Austria (Ouschan / He)
2015 Details	England (London)	Chinese Taipei (Ko / Chang)	10–8	England (Gray / Peach)	Japan (Oi / Kuribayashi)	England (Appleton / Boyes)
2017 Details	England (London)	Austria (He / Ouschan)	10–6	United States (Van Boening / Woodward)	China (Wu / Dang)	Chinese Taipei (Ko / Chang)
2018 Details	China (Shanghai)	China (Wu / Liu)	10–3	Austria (He / Ouschan)	Chinese Taipei (Jung-lin / Yu-hsuan)	China (Kong / Wang)
2019 Details	England (Leicester)	Austria (He / Ouschan)	11–3	Philippines (Biado / de Luna)	Netherlands (Bijsterbosch / Feijen)	Spain (Alcaide / Sánchez Ruíz)
2021 Details	England (Milton Keynes)	Germany (Filler / Reintjes)	11–7	Great Britain (Appleton / Boyes)	Estonia (Grabe / Magi)	Slovakia (Koniar / Polách)
2022 Details	England (Brentwood)	Spain (Alcaide / Sánchez Ruíz)	11–6	Singapore (Yapp / Toh)	Chinese Taipei (Ko / Ko)	United States (Van Boening / Woodward)
2023 Details	Spain (Lugo)	Philippines (Aranas / Chua)	11–7	Germany (Filler / Neuhausen)	Austria (He / Ouschan)	China (Wu / Wang)

Statistics

Best performances by nation (as of 2023). Not shown is Great Britain (Quarterfinals in 2019). The home nations of the United Kingdom competed separately in other editions.

Performances by nation

#	Country	Winners	Runners-up	Semi-finalists	Top 4
1	Philippines	4 (2006, 2009, 2013, 2023)	2 (2010, 2019)	2 (2008, 2009)	8
2	China	3 (2007, 2010, 2018)	—	5 (2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2023)	8
3	Germany	2 (2011, 2021)	2 (2009, 2023)	2 (2006, 2010)	6
4	Austria	2 (2017, 2019)	1 (2018)	2 (2014, 2023)	5
5	Great Britain 1	1 (2014)	3 (2008, 2015, 2021)	1 (2015)	5
6	United States	1 (2008)	2 (2006, 2017)	2 (2012, 2022)	5
7	Finland	1 (2012)	1 (2007)	2 (2013, 2014)	4
8	Chinese Taipei	1 (2015)	—	7 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022)	8
9	Spain	1 (2022)	—	1 (2019)	2
10	Netherlands	—	2 (2013, 2014)	1 (2019)	3
11	Thailand	—	1 (2011)	—	1
	Poland	—	1 (2012)	—	1
	Singapore	—	1 (2022)	—	1
12	Japan	—	—	2 (2007, 2015)	2
13	Vietnam	—	—	1 (2006)	1
	Canada	—	—	1 (2007)	1
	Korea	—	—	1 (2011)	1
	Estonia	—	—	1 (2021)	1
	Slovakia	—	—	1 (2021)	1
Total		16	16	32	64

Notes

1. Results include England from 2006 to 2023

Performance by Continent

#	Continent	Winners	Runners-up	Semi-finalists	Total
1	Asia	8	4	18	30
2	Europe	7	10	11	28
3	North America	1	2	3	6
4	South America	-	-	-	-
5	Africa	-	-	-	-
6	Oceania	-	-	-	-

References

1. Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (July 3, 2023). "PH makes history as duo wins World Cup of Pool title". Philippine news agency. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
2. Pool, Matchroom (2023-07-02). "THE PHILIPPINES CREATE WORLD CUP OF POOL HISTORY". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
3. "World Cup of Pool - Matchroom Pool". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
4. "World Cup of Pool". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

External links

• World Cup of Pool – Official site
• WPA Pool Calendar Archived 2015-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
• AzBilliards.com