2023 World Cup of Pool (WCOP) 27June-2July, Spain (Winner $60K per team)

I don't think that Round 1 of the WCOP taught us much. A few teams looked solid, but nobody blew me away. Perhaps the Round of 16 will clarify things. Perhaps the team showing the most consistency is Poland, but I need to see more.
 
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Chinese Taipei will be a formality to the Netherlands.
 
sjm said:
I don't think that Round 1 of the WCOP taught us much. A few teams looked solid, but nobody blew me away. Perhaps the Round of 16 will clarify things. Perhaps the team showing the most consistency is Poland, but I need to see more.
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Of course not, you being a US player hater. They played pretty much perfect aside from sky's two dry breaks.

Jaden
 
Jaden said:
Of course not, you being a US player hater. They played pretty much perfect aside from sky's two dry breaks.

Jaden
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LOL.

Yes, that's one of the two matches I missed. I did, however, call Team USA the best team on paper in post #64 in this thread.
 
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Sorry I was being sarcastic, I think Chinese Taipei have a 70% chance of winning. Maybe more. Allthough I hope that Niels and Marc bring their A game!
 
skogstokig said:
bookies sometimes mess up the outrights but match odds are usually correct.. i think all matches today will go as planned. vietnam should be favorites over GB maybe
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So far been spot on GB Vietnam hill hill now
Yikes , we will get to hear "The Shouter" Sanderson if GB snaps off this match :ROFLMAO:
 
Better late than never. I missed the first four matches today, but look forward to watching the two matches that remain.
 
Surprisingly subdued entrance by Alex this match. Good to see Filler/Germany having fun upstaging Alex/Canada with this cheeky entrance song :LOL:

Been no upsets so far in early rounds (last 32/last16) race to 7 with only two race to 7 matches remaining which is rare (Spain loss to Philippines was not a major upset)
Only 4 hill hill matches out of 22 so far (18%) High average score of 7-3 is not surprising given this is winner breaks.
It is small sample size but the new break format, tighter pockets does appear to favor the better team/favorite more.
 
westcoast said:
Speaking of- whatever happened to Ga Young Kim? Did she retire completely from competitive pool?
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She and SVB will both be eligible in 2024 for BCA of Hall of Fame induction. They are two of the greatest that ever played the game.
 
sjm said:
Better late than never. I missed the first four matches today, but look forward to watching the two matches that remain.
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Pretty sure you can still watch them... and even better, you can fast forward through the lull
 
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