2009 World Cup Of Pool Teams Announced

Matchroom Sport Press Release:

Giants of World Pool line up for Manila Showdown

PREVIOUS Championship winning duos of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante (Philippines 2006), China’s Li Hewen and Fu Jianbo (2007) and 2008 victors Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boening (USA) will all be the SM City North Mall from 1-6 September in pursuit of the PartyCasino.net World Cup of Pool.

With 32 two teams competing, representing 31 nations, event promoters Matchroom Sport in association with Solar Sport of the Philippines, can announce the players taking part in Pool’s most prestigious team event.

And some of the biggest names in world Pool will be lining up to try their luck and a shot at the $60,000 top prize.

Former World Champions Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann will be leading the charge for Germany and highly fancied Dutchmen Nick Van Den Berg and Niels Feijen will be flying the orange flag.

Also in the running will be current World 10Ball Champ Darren Appleton and he will be representing England in partnership with Imran Majid.

Other big European names coming to Manila include Tony Drago (Malta), Marcus Chamat of Sweden and Finland’s 2001 World Pool Champion Mika Immonen.

The 2009 PartyCasino.net World Cup of Pool features 32 teams representing 31 countries competing in a straight knock-out tournament over six days for a $250,000 prize-fund.

Making a less arduous journey will be Taiwanese superstar Yang Ching-shun, who will be partnered by comebacking Lai Chia-hsiung. The Vietnamese duo of Luong Chi Dung & Nguyen Thanh Nam who reached the semi-finals in 2006, will be looking to go one stage further this time.

Possible betting favourites for the competition are Filipino duo Dennis ‘Robocop’ Orcollo and Ronnie ‘Calamba’ Alcano, and they will be highly confident going into the event.

For the first time in the history of the competition there will be an all-female team as representing Korea are Ladies World No.1 Ga Young Kim and Yun Mi Lim.

Teams

Europe (15)
Austria		Martin Kempter & Jasmin Ouschan
Belgium		Serge Das & Pascal Budo
Croatia		Ivica Putnik & Philipp Stojanovic
Denmark		Kasper Kristoffersen & Bahram Lofty
England		Imran Majid & Darren Appleton
Finland		Markus Juva & Mika Immonen
France		Stephan Cohen & Vincent Facquet
Germany		Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann
Holland		Niels Feijen & Nick Van Den Berg
Italy		Bruno Muratore & Fabio Petroni
Malta		Tony Drago & Alex Borg
Poland		Mateusz Sniegocki & Radoslaw Babica
Russia		Ruslan Chinakhov & Konstantin Stepanov
Spain		David Alcaide & Rafael Guzmann
Sweden		Marcus Chamat & Tom Storm
Asia (13)
China		Li He-wen & Fu Jianbo
Hong Kong		Kenny Kwok & Lee Chenman
India		Dharminder Singh Lilly & Raj Hundal
Indonesia		Muhammad Bewi Simanjuntak & Muhammad Zulfikri
Japan		Satoshi Kawabata & Hayato Hijikata
Korea		Ga Young Kim and Yun Mi Lim
Malaysia		Ibrahim Bin Amir & Lee Poh Soon
Philippines 1		Dennis Orcollo & Ronnie Alcano
Philippines 2		Efren Reyes & Francisco Bustamante
Singapore		Chan Keng Kwang & Toh Lian Han
Taiwan		Yang Ching Shun and Lai Chia Hsiung
Thailand		Nitiwat Kanjanasri & Surethep Phoochalam
Vietnam		Luong Chi Dung & Nguyen Thanh Nam
Rest of World (4)
Australia		Lou Condo & Greg Jenkins
Canada		Tyler Edey & Jason Klatt
Qatar		Bashar Hussain & Mohammed Ali Bin Ali
USA		Rodney Morris & Shane Van Boening

The 2009 World Cup of Pool is sponsored by PartyCasino.net, the world’s leading online casino. Tables are supplied by Brunswick Billiards, cloth by Iwan Simonis, Super Aramith balls by Saluc and the Official Cue is Predator.