2007 World Cup of Pool matches and teams announced

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FILIPINO legends Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante will be back to defend their World Cup of Pool title later this year.

The 2007 competition, which is sponsored by PartyPoker.net, will be held from Tuesday, September 25 to Sunday, September 30 at the Outland nightclub in Rotterdam, Holland.

Click on the link below to see the full story including details on who Team USA are playing and the full list of matches.

http://www.matchroomsport.com/articleDetail.asp?intArticleID=357
 
Michael_Emons said:
FILIPINO legends Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante will be back to defend their World Cup of Pool title later this year.

The 2007 competition, which is sponsored by PartyPoker.net, will be held from Tuesday, September 25 to Sunday, September 30 at the Outland nightclub in Rotterdam, Holland.

Click on the link below to see the full story including details on who Team USA are playing and the full list of matches.

http://www.matchroomsport.com/articleDetail.asp?intArticleID=357
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LOL, Malta got another bad draw against the USA.
 
this line up, is a JOKE!!!!!!!

The way the players are picked, IS A JOKE!!!!!!!!

Someone has their heads buried so far up their asses, I cant imagine they could see the forrest from the trees.

What would the requirements be to be placed on a team??????

Why isnt the REIGNING EUROPEAN 9 ball CHAMPION on the German team??????

Politics????

You guys suck, and lots of people know it.

This is the second year in a row you slighted this same player, although for a different event. At least your consistent.

Randy Goldwater
 
NYC cue dude said:
this line up, is a JOKE!!!!!!!

The way the players are picked, IS A JOKE!!!!!!!!

Someone has their heads buried so far up their asses, I cant imagine they could see the forrest from the trees.

What would the requirements be to be placed on a team??????

Why isnt the REIGNING EUROPEAN 9 ball CHAMPION on the German team??????

Politics????

You guys suck, and lots of people know it.

This is the second year in a row you slighted this same player, although for a different event. At least your consistent.

Randy Goldwater
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C'mon Randy, Tell us how you really feel. :)
 
Team USA looks strong! I think those two will play well together. GO USA!

BVal
 
If the World Cup of Pool's format was like the Davis Cup (Tennis) style, it
would even be better. Two Singles, a Scotch Double, and 2 reverse singles
will really determine who's the best team out there. Actually, what I was
saying is, I like to see more pool action! :D
 
They should try double elimination or, even better, group stage. Let it be small groups of 3 or 4 teams playing short races, but it will still be better than drawing a favorite in the very first round and go home after one defeat.
Team Russia should be strong this year, but it's the Philippines in the second round...
 
Is this going to be televised or will we get to watch Seabiscuit this time around?
 
whining

worriedbeef said:
any reason why there's no Earl this year?
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Rodney and everyone else probably didn't want him after the way he acted at last years event, what a big baby!!!!!!!!
 
instroke75 said:
Rodney and everyone else probably didn't want him after the way he acted at last years event, what a big baby!!!!!!!!
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Yeah, remember that time when he said he will shoot the next shot
with his foot? He said that after Efren shoot a shot one handed.
 
NYC cue dude said:
this line up, is a JOKE!!!!!!!

The way the players are picked, IS A JOKE!!!!!!!!

Someone has their heads buried so far up their asses, I cant imagine they could see the forrest from the trees.

What would the requirements be to be placed on a team??????

Why isnt the REIGNING EUROPEAN 9 ball CHAMPION on the German team??????

Politics????

You guys suck, and lots of people know it.

This is the second year in a row you slighted this same player, although for a different event. At least your consistent.

Randy Goldwater
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Hi Randy,

I sent an email to Gre Leenders, President of the European Pocket Billiard Federation about this issue. Still waiting for answer:

Dear Gre Leenders,

The upcoming tournament, World Cup of Pool is sanctioned both by the World Pool Association and the European Pool & Billiards Federation. The tournament is listed on the WPA and EPBF?s official sportscalendar, and will take place in Holland during September and the winners will be crowned World Champions!

How can you crown a world champion when not everyone in the world gets a chance to participate?

It looks like the countries are chosen very randomly, and without any criteria listed for countries/players in advance. I?ll set up 2 examples:

There are no nations represented from for example Scandinavia, nor asked, given information about how to qualify or what to do to get a spot. Nothing as I know off. (I am now no longer member of the board of the Norwegian Pool Federation, so there might have been some information given after May, but for last year there were none)

How can a player/nation compete in those events when there are no answers from the organizer (Haven't got the promised email), and no information available on EPBF/WPA sites.

The other example is England.
They have got one spot, and the players are picked to be Daryl Peach and Imran Majid. Not only does the organizer of the event chose country to be represented in the event, but also the players. Nice for Daryl and Imran, a great team, but is the system fair?

The correct here, in my opinion, would be that the BPPPA should pick their players to represent their country, based on their own criterias listed many months (a year) in front. As for now Mark Gray is leading the ranking in England, and Johnny Fulcher is the best Englishman on the Eurotour-ranking. None of them are playing, and the worst of all, they don?t know what they need to do next year to get a spot!!

Would like to know your thoughts about this, as President of the EPBF and also boardmember of the WPA.

How can EPBF accept, and even worse in fact contribute by sanctioning the tournament, that there is a World Championship organized in Europe, without a fair chance for ALL the European nations to participate in this tournament?

Who is picking the teams and players for the tournament, and what are the criterias used?

Most important, why do we even have to ask for information about how to qualify? Shouldn?t be obviously that the criterias should be available for countries/players months or a year ahead?

Yes, I know it is Matchroom Sport who is the organizer of the event, and that it?s called an invitational tournament, so in fact they can do what they want.

But if you choose that as your answer, I feel the worst with all of this is that EPBF is closing their eyes and ears, and let tournaments like this happen, even though it is clearly not for the best interest of all the members of EPBF.

Are EPBF doing the right thing with sanctioning tournaments like this? By sanctioning it EPBF accept the facts that many membersnations are getting a disadvantage.

I am looking forward for your answer. For your information, this subject has been heavily discussed in several poolforums, and I will post my letter to you and your answer too.

Roy Steffensen

EDITED: (Sent a new email minutes after)
Hi again,

I would like to add that the work you are doing with the European
Championships and the Eurotour is GREAT!

I understand that my last email might seem a little harsh, but I am not
critizing the overall work of the EPBF. It's just the matter of approving
a tournament as a World Cup when not all countries get a fair chance of
participating.

Just wanted you to know.

Roy
 
I have been talking to Luke Riches in Matchroom Sport after my letter to Gre Leenders, and what he said to me is the same as written in a public letter to www.pro9.co.uk.

By reading this letter you can see why for example Thorsten Hohmann are not competing in the World Cup of Pool. Fair enough that they use the eurotour-ranking to pick players, but why not tell all players that before the season start?

Here's the letter:

The EPBF rankings do, in fact play a major role in selection for Matchroom Sport events. For the World Pool Championship the top 28 players automatically get in. For the World Cup of Pool we took the top two ranked nationals of the following countries to make up the teams - Austria, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland A, Italy, Poland, Spain, Switzerland.

With the World Pool Masters we take the top four players on the ET rankings at the given cut-off date and for the Mosconi Cup we take the number one ranked player at an agreed cut-off date.

The case of Jonni Fulcher is a bit of an anomaly in that he was always listed as representing Switzerland and as such was part of their team for the World Cup. We subsequently found out he wasn't Swiss which disqualified him from representing Switzerland under IOC regulations by which we are bound by our WPA sanction agreement. He would have been eligible to play for England but by that stage Messrs Peach and Majid had already signed contracts to play in the event. If he has the same ranking this time next year then he would of course be selected for the English team.

I hope this clears things up.

Luke.

However, this is not enough to please me regarding the letter to Gre Leenders. I still can't accept that EPBF can close their eyes and agree that this can be called a World Championship when not every country gets a chance to participate.

I am really looking forward to his answer.


EDIT: I know there are many type-errors in my letter, but you would have done the same errors if you had as small brain as me ;)
 
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