2017 World Cup of Pool

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.[1]

2017 World Cup of Pool
Tournament information
VenueYork Hall
CityLondon
CountryEngland
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatSingle elimination tournament
Total prize fund$250,000
Winner's share$30,000 each
Final
ChampionAustria Mario He & Albin Ouschan
Runner-upUnited States Shane Van Boening & Skyler Woodward
2015
2018

Prize fund edit

A total of $250,000 constituted the prize fund.[1]

  • 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

Competing teams edit

Seed Team Players[2]

[3] [4]

1   Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi Chang Yu-Lung
2   Austria Mario He Albin Ouschan
3   China Wu Jiaqing Dang Jinhu
4   England Darren Appleton Mark Gray
5   United States Shane Van Boening Skyler Woodward
6   Netherlands Niels Feijen Nick van den Berg
7   Scotland Jayson Shaw Pat Holtz
8   Canada Alex Pagulayan John Morra
9   Japan Naoyuki Ōi Hayato Hijikata
10   England Imran Majid Daryl Peach
11   Philippines Carlo Biado Johann Chua
12   Spain David Alcaide Francisco Sánchez
13   Finland Mika Immonen Petri Makkonen
14   Germany Ralf Souquet Thorsten Hohmann
15   Russia Ruslan Tschinachow Konstantin Stepanow
16   Poland Mateusz Śniegocki Wojciech Szewczyk
17   Greece Nikos Ekonomopoulos Alexander Kazakis
18   Norway Mats Schjetne Tom Bjerke
19   Portugal Joao Grilo Rui Franco
20   Romania Robert Braga Ioan Ladanyi
21   Sweden Marcus Chamat Daniel Tångudd
22   Hungary[a] Gabor Solymosi Gabor Antal
23   India Raj Hundal Amar Kang
24   Indonesia Irsal Nasution Muhammad Simanjuntak
25   Malaysia Kok Jken Yung Muhammad Almie
26   Singapore Toh Lian Han Aloysius Yapp
27   Thailand Amnuayporn Chotipong Tanut Makkamontree
28   Australia Justin Campbell Michael Cacciola
29   Kuwait Bader al-Awadhi Mohammad al-Kashawi
30   New Zealand Matthew Edwards Toar Dotulong
31   Malta[b] Tony Drago Ryan Pisani
32   Qatar Waleed Majid Bashar Hussain

Bracket edit

[5] [6] [7]

Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
               
1   Chinese Taipei 7
29   Kuwait 3
1   Chinese Taipei 7
16   Poland 5
16   Poland 7
17   Greece 6
1   Chinese Taipei 9
9   Japan 2
9   Japan 7
27   Thailand 2
9   Japan 7
8   Canada 3
8   Canada 7
28   Australia 5
1   Chinese Taipei 4
5   United States 9
5   United States 7
26   Singapore 0
5   United States 7
12   Spain 5
12   Spain 7
20   Romania 6
5   United States 9
13   Finland 4
13   Finland 7
18   Norway 0
13   Finland 7
23   India 4
4   England 4
23   India 7
5   United States 6
2   Austria 10
3   China 7
19   Portugal 5
3   China 7
14   Germany 0
14   Germany 7
31   Malta 2
3   China 9
11   Philippines 2
11   Philippines 7
32   Qatar 4
11   Philippines 7
6   Netherlands 5
6   Netherlands 7
22   Hungary 0
3   China 1
2   Austria 9
7   Scotland 7
30   New Zealand 6
7   Scotland 6
10   England 7
10   England 7
24   Indonesia 0
10   England 7
2   Austria 9
15   Russia 7
25   Malaysia 0
15   Russia 2
2   Austria 7
2   Austria 7
21   Sweden 5

Final edit

The final was played between the United States and Austria. Austria were crowned World Cup of Pool champions after victory over USA, with a final score of 10–6.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ The Hong Kong team (Andrew Kong and Lo Ho Sum) withdrew. The Hungarian team took the starting position before the tournament
  2. ^ The South African team (David Anderson and Francois Ellis) was replaced by the Maltese shortly before the start of the tournament.
  1. ^ a b "World Cup of Pool 2017 - Matchroom Pool". Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ "World Cup of Pool 2017 – Teams". matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ "European Stars out in full Force for London World Cup". matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. ^ "World Cup of Pool welcomes global Superstars to London". matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Schedule announced for ‚best World Cup ever'". matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  6. ^ "World Cup of Pool 2017 – Draw". matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. ^ "World Cup of Pool 2017 – Fixtures/Results". matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Austria crowned World Cup of Pool champions after victory over USA". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2 January 2019.