Predator WPA World Teams Championship (10 Ball), 8-12 Nov, Puerto Rico, Winning Team $120K

[spartan]

I love team pool
16 teams, $300K prize fund. Winning team walk away with $120K . Most teams have 3 players so $40K each if they win
Teams
Because there is 1 point for women singles and 1 point for mixed doubles, the women player(s) is key and it is not good enough just to have 2 strong 800+ men players. So the favorites will be defending champion Philippines, Taiwan, Austria, Japan.

Stage 1 Round Robin Tables / Fixtures

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2023 Predator World Teams Championship

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Format

Prize Fund

Free Stream

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[skogstokig]

yes the women players are crucial. couple questions though.. roland? phil burford? no china team? taiwan are the favorites here for me. philippines with raga or chua would be favorites otherwise

 

[DaWizard]

Wonder if the shoot outs will be exciting or a bit of a bummer.

 

[Nick B]

Somebody should tell "Baby Ko" he's switching teams. That would be a killer Bro-Bro-Sis team.

 

[Guy Manges]

I love team pool
16 teams, $300K prize fund. Winning team walk away with $120K . Most teams have 3 players so $40K each if they win
Teams
Because there is 1 point for women singles and 1 point for mixed doubles, the women player(s) is key and it is not good enough just to have 2 strong 800+ men players. So the favorites will be defending champion Philippines, Taiwan, Austria, Japan.

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Free Stream

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Lin and Rita... Wow... Guy

 

[Justaneng]

Come on Predator, let Mrs Styer play for USA, her husband is already there! +70 Fargo over April.

 

[DaWizard]

Not sure who the female commentator is, but she is really good.

 

[CanadianGuy]

Team Austria to cure all manner of insomnia!

 

[parvus1202]

For Philippine team they invited Garcia instead of Raga. I think to level it. Biado, Amit and Chezka hold world championship titles, putting Raga in there, that's dominance.

 

[jasonlaus]

Come on Predator, let Mrs Styer play for USA, her husband is already there! +70 Fargo over April.

Shane, Gorst, ...

 

[spartan]

Stage 1 Round Robin Tables/ Brackets
4 groups of 4 teams each. 8 seeded teams- Top seeds are Philippines, Germany, Taiwan, GB followed by Japan, Austria, Poland, Spain
Each group has 2 seeded teams. Looks like only the team that tops the table will qualify for semifinals so will close fight amongst the 2 seeds in each group to qualify
I like this seeded round robin format which is the format used in most major sports

2023 Predator World Teams Championship

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[BRussell]

Wonder if the shoot outs will be exciting or a bit of a bummer.

They’re just like soccer shootouts, which everyone loves! *sarcasm* They’ve got to drop these shootouts. They’re a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

 

[BRussell]

Come on Predator, let Mrs Styer play for USA, her husband is already there! +70 Fargo over April.

It’s kind of amazing that there isn’t one USA woman above 700. Our highest, Jennifer Baretta, is 680 but I don’t think she’s playing (pro) any longer.

 

[spartan]

So there will be quarterfinals round. In Stage 1, each team plays 3 matches in their round robin group. Top 2 teams from each group qualify for quarterfinals in Stage 2 (Single Elimination)

FIXTURES
STAGE 1 (Round Robin Group)

STAGE 2 (Single Elimination)

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[FrankieD]

Some tough draws for team USA (Philippines and Spain).

 

[spartan]

Round 1 starts today about 9 hours from now
On Youtube stream https://www.youtube.com/@ProBilliardTV
Table 1 Philippines v USA
Table 2 Spain v Puerto Rico
Defending Champion Philippines is big favorite to win 1st set Women singles and 3rd set Mixed Doubles. So best route for USA to upset Philippines is to win both 2nd set singles &4th set singles and force a 5th set shootout. Team Shootout (by rotation) will pile immense pressure on Philippines to win and lead to meltdown.
Host Puerto Rico is big underdog to Spain. No 800+ player while Spain has 2.

 

[Dimeball]

Come on Predator, let Mrs Styer play for USA, her husband is already there! +70 Fargo over April.

maybe April has many more matches under her belt?

 

[kling&allen]

maybe April has many more matches under her belt?

She proved herself today with a good win over Amit.

 

[kling&allen]

USA upset win over the Philippines in a shootout. A surprising number of missed shots from both teams. USA squandered a 2 to 0 lead.

 

[sjm]

Looks like a really nice event, although it's odd that some countries have a team of three and others a team of four.

I have a feeling that Team Germany, though not the favorite, is dangerous in this spot, with WCOP silver medalists Filler/Neuhausen being joined by Pia Filler, who showed very solid form at the International, with a 10-8 loss to Niels and a win over Rodney Morris.

Good luck to all these fine players.