World Cup of Pool 2017 (13-18June2017), London /Scotch Doubles 9 Ball

The popular scotch doubles World Cup Of Pool (WCOP) is back. Kicks off tomorrow (13 June) at 1230pm London time 730am New York time (21.5 hours from now).

TEAMS

1 Chinese Taipei, Ko Pin Yi & Chang Yu Lung
2 Austria, Mario He & Albin Ouschan
3 China, Wu Jiaqing & Dang Jinhu
4 England A, Darren Appleton & Mark Gray
5 USA, Shane Van Boening & Skyler Woodward
6 Holland, Niels Feijen & Nick van den Berg
7 Scotland, Jayson Shaw & Pat Holtz
8 Canada, Alex Pagulayan & John Morra
9 Japan, Naoyuki Oi & Hijikata Hayato
10 England B, Imran Majid & Daryl Peach
11 Philippines, Carlo Biado & Johann Chua
12 Spain, David Alcaide & Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
13 Finland, Mika Immonen & Petri Makkonen
14 Germany, Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann
15 Russia, Ruslan Chinakhov & Konstantin Stepanov
16 Poland, Mateusz Sniegocki & Wojiech Szewczyk
17 Greece, Nikos Ekonomopoulos & Alex Kazakis
18 Norway, Matts B Schjetne & Tom Bjerke
19 Portugal, Joao Grilo & Rui Edgar Franco
20 Romania, Robert Braga & Ioan Ladanyi
21 Sweden, Marcus Chamat & Daniel Tangudd
22 Hungary, Gabor Solymosi & Gabor Antal
23 India, Raj Hundal & Amar Kang
24 Indonesia, Irsal Afrinneza Nasution & Muhammad Bewi Simajuntak
25 Malaysia, Kok Jken Yung & Muhammad Almie
26 Singapore, Toh Lian Han and Aloysius Yapp
27 Thailand, Amnuayporn Chotipong & Tanut Makkamontree
28 Australia, Justin Campbell &Michael Caccioli
29 Kuwait, Bader Al Alawi & Mohammad Saleh Al Kashawi
30 New Zealand, Matt Edwards & Toar Dotulong
31 South Africa, David Anderson & Francois Ellis
32 Qatar, Waleed Majid & Bashar Hussain

BRACKETS & FIXTURES
http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/#draw
http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/#fixtures

All times are London times 5 hours ahead of New York time

Tuesday 13th June
12:30pm session
Round1
Germany v South Africa
Russia v Malaysia
Canada v Australia
6:30pm session
Round1
Spain v Romania
Scotland v New Zealand
England A v India

Wednesday 14th June
12:30pm session
Round1
Poland v Greece
Finland v Norway
Chinese Taipei v Kuwait
6:30pm session
Round1
Japan v Thailand
Philippines v Qatar
England B v Indonesia

Thursday 15th June
12:30pm session
Round1
China v Portugal
Holland v Hungary
Austria v Sweden

6:30pm session
Round1
USA v Singapore

Round2
-
-
Friday 16th June
12:30pm session
Round2
-
6:30pm session
Round2
-
Saturday 17th June
12:30pm session
quarter final
-
-
6:30pm session
quarter final
-
-
Sunday 18th June
12:30pm session
semi final
-
-
6:30pm session
final

PRIZEMONEY
Winners $60,000 (per pair)
Runners-up $30,000 (per pair)
Semi-finalists $15,000 (per pair)
Quarter-finalists $9,000 (per pair)
Last 16 $4,500 (per pair)
Last 32 $3,625 (per pair)


TV BROADCAST
http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/#watchlive

LIVE STREAM
PPV subscription no longer available on pool.livesport.tv
Since it is broadcast on Sky Sports 1, can watch the free Sky Sports 1 streams at these sites:
http://cricfree.sc/sky-sports-1-live-stream-ss-1
http://www.time4tv.me/2011/22/sky-sports-1.php


FORMAT
Should be similar to 2015.
32 x 2-man national teams (Host England gets 2 teams England A and England B)
Scotch doubles
Winner breaks
Single elimination
Ref rack
First and Second Rounds: races to 7;
Quarters and Semi-Finals: Races to 9;
The Final: Race to 10.

Website http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/worldcupofpool
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Cup_of_Pool
Youtube : 2015 matches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKjzmUCywo4&list=PLQSnOgysmxelRKjJCChCoxMrevmT_pwXk

WPA Ranking http://wpapool.com/ranking/
Fargorate http://www.fargorate.com/Home/TopTen

Bookie odds to win title surprising has Austria as 2nd favorites tied with Gernany behind defending champ Taiwan. IMHO, I would say 1st group of favorites are Taiwan/Germany/England A/Philippines/ Holland followed by 2nd favorites Austria/China/Finland/USA

Bookie William Hill Odds to win title
13/2
Chinese Taipei

8/1
Austria
8/1
Germany

9/1
China
9/1
England A

9/1
Philippines
12/1
Holland

12/1
USA
22/1
England B

22/1
Finland
22/1
Russia

22/1
Scotland
25/1
Canada

25/1
Spain
28/1
Greece

33/1
Japan
45/1
Poland

50/1
India
66/1
Singapore

80/1
Qatar
80/1
Sweden

100/1
Malta
125/1
Kuwait

125/1
Malaysia
125/1
Thailand

150/1
Indonesia
300/1
Norway

400/1
Australia
750/1
Hungary

750/1
New Zealand
1000/1
Romania

1500/1
Portugal

1st day (Afternoon session)

Live Now

http://cricfree.sc/sky-sports-1-live-stream-ss-1
http://www.time4tv.me/2011/22/sky-sports-1.php

1st match of the day is
Germany (Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann) v Malta (Tony Drago & Ryan Pisani)

Malta replaces South Africa which dropped out

2nd match :Russia (Ruslan Chinakhov & Konstantin Stepanov) v Malaysia (Kok Jken Yung & Muhammad Almie)

3rd match: Canada (Alex Pagulayan & John Morra) v Australia (Justin Campbell &Michael Caccioli)

:smile:

Easy wins for 14th seed Germany and 15th seed Russia. Germany 7-2 over Malta and Russia 7-0 over Malaysia.

John Morra comes out of retirement to partner Alex for Canada (8th seed) V Australia

http://cricfree.sc/sky-sports-1-live-stream-ss-1
http://www.time4tv.me/2011/22/sky-sports-1.php

Completed matches on Youtube

Completed matches on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQSnOgysmxenAQJ1IxGdqtLMD66FrEC1n


Germany v Malta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwg833qQDqY

Russia v Malaysia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDP5JNnCSHo

ROUND 1 (Evening Session) 3 Matches

ROUND 1
Live Stream Now
Spain (David Alcaide & Francisco Sanchez Ruiz) (12th seed) v Romania (Robert Braga & Ioan Ladanyi)
http://cricfree.sc/sky-sports-1-live-stream-ss-1
http://www.time4tv.me/2011/22/sky-sports-1.php


Followed next by
Scotland (Jayson Shaw & Pat Holtz ) (7th seed) v New Zealand (Matt Edwards & Toar Dotulong)

England A (Darren Appleton & Mark Gray) (4th seed) v India (Raj Hundal & Amar Kang)


Brackets: http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/#draw
Fixtures: http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/#fixtures

Team Scotland: World Cup opponents will be running scared

Live Now

Scotland (Jayson Shaw & Pat Holtz ) (7th seed) v New Zealand (Matt Edwards & Toar Dotulong)

http://cricfree.sc/sky-sports-1-live-stream-ss-1
http://www.time4tv.me/2011/22/sky-sports-1.php



http://www.matchroompool.com/news/team-scotland-world-cup-opponents-will-running-scared/
“Shaw is unquestionably the No.1 player in the world,” said Holtz. “He has been so consistent over the last 18 months in all competitions, taking many major titles and the Mosconi Cup. His fearless game and knowledge scares opponents and you can see it in their eyes and demeanour at the table, they are like frozen rabbits in the headlights!

“Once we get going there will be no stopping us. Teams won’t want to draw us at any stage. We have the ability and fearless factor to go all the way in this. Nothing will phase us.”