Here are some aggregate stats from the World Cup of Pool played June 14-19, 2022 at The Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England. Team Spain (David Alcaide and Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz) won the event, defeating Team Singapore (Aloysius Yapp and Toh Lian Han) in the final match.
This was a 6-day, single-elimination event with 32 2-person teams from 31 countries (2 teams were from Great Britain) playing scotch doubles. An afternoon and an evening session (England time) were played each day. Six matches were played on each of the first 4 days, reducing the field to 8 teams. The quarterfinals were played on Day 5, and the semifinals and finals were played on Day 6.
Pay-per-view streaming was provided in the USA by DAZN. The commentators were Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, Karl Boyes, and Rollie Williams. The referees were Marcel Eckardt, Brendan Moore, and Desislava Bozhilova.
I watched 19 of the 31 matches, skipping the first session on each of the first 4 days. So the stats shown here are for those 19 matches (218 games), which represented 61% of the total of 31 matches played and 64% of the total games played.
Conditions -- the conditions for this event included the following:
The 19 matches tracked were as follows, shown in the order in which they were played.
Tues. June 14, 2022
Wed. June 15
Thurs. June 16
Fri. June 17
Sat. June 18 (all Quarterfinal matches)
Sun. June 19
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 218 games (for match winners and losers combined).
9-Balls on the break -- 3 game-winning 9-balls were made on the break, 1.4% of all 218 breaks.
This was a 6-day, single-elimination event with 32 2-person teams from 31 countries (2 teams were from Great Britain) playing scotch doubles. An afternoon and an evening session (England time) were played each day. Six matches were played on each of the first 4 days, reducing the field to 8 teams. The quarterfinals were played on Day 5, and the semifinals and finals were played on Day 6.
Pay-per-view streaming was provided in the USA by DAZN. The commentators were Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, Karl Boyes, and Rollie Williams. The referees were Marcel Eckardt, Brendan Moore, and Desislava Bozhilova.
I watched 19 of the 31 matches, skipping the first session on each of the first 4 days. So the stats shown here are for those 19 matches (218 games), which represented 61% of the total of 31 matches played and 64% of the total games played.
Conditions -- the conditions for this event included the following:
- Rasson OX 9-foot table;
- shark grey Simonis 860 cloth;
- Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-spots cue ball;
- referee racks using a triangle rack with the 1-ball on the foot spot (2-ball not necessarily in back location);
- winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- no 3-point illegal-break rule, but a forceful break is required (determined by referee);
- 30-sec. shot clock (60 sec. after the break), with one 30-sec. extension per team per game;
- foul on all balls;
- jump cues allowed;
- lag for the break in each match; and
- all slop counts.
The 19 matches tracked were as follows, shown in the order in which they were played.
Tues. June 14, 2022
1. USA (S. Van Boening, S. Woodward) defeated Canada (A. Pagulayan, J. Morra) 7-1
2. Hungary (O. Szolnoki, V. Foldes) d. Czech Republic (R. Hybler, P. Urban) 7-4
3. Spain (D. Alcaide, F. Sanchez-Ruiz) d. Australia (J. Georgiadis, I. Li) 7-1
Wed. June 15
4. Great Britain B (I. Majid, C. Melling) d. Great Britain A (J. Shaw, E. Sanderson) 7-0
5. Estonia (D. Grabe, R. Laar) d. Serbia (A. Pecelj, A. Klasovic) 7-6
6. Finland (M. Immonen, J. Uski) d. Austria (A. Ouschan, M. Lechner) 7-1
Thurs. June 16
7. Switzerland ( D. Jungo, R. Regli) d. Japan (N. Oi, M. Yoshioka) 7-6
8. Spain d. Albania (E. Kaçi, B. Spahiu) 7-1
9. USA d. Poland (M. Fortunski, W. Szewczyk) 7-2
Fri. June 17
10. Finland d. Estonia 7-5
11. Switzerland d. Hungary 7-5
12. Great Britain B d. South Africa (J. Theron, K. Akaloo) 7-3
Sat. June 18 (all Quarterfinal matches)
13. Chinese Taipei (Ko P-Y, Ko P-C) d. Netherlands (N. Feijen, M. Bijsterbosch) 9-8
14. Singapore (A. Yapp, T. Han) d. Finland 9-6
15. USA d. Switzerland 9-5
16. Spain d. Great Britain B 9-2
Sun. June 19
17. Spain d. Chinese Taipei 9-4 (Semifinal)
18. Singapore d. USA 9-3 (Semifinal)
19. Spain d. Singapore 11-6 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 84% (119 of 141)
Match losers -- 86% (66 of 77)
Total -- 85% (185 of 218)
Breaking side won the game:
Match winners -- 73% (103 of 141)
Match losers -- 40% (31 of 77)
Total -- 61% (134 of 218)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 32% (45 of 141)
Match losers -- 16% (12 of 77)
Total -- 26% (57 of 218)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 38% (45 of 119)
Match losers -- 18% (12 of 66)
Total -- 31% (57 of 185)
Here's a breakdown of the 218 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaking side won the game: 118 (54% of the 218 games)
Breaking side lost the game: 67 (31%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaking side won the game: 3 (1%)
Breaking side lost the game: 11 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaking side won the game: 13 (6%)
Breaking side lost the game: 6 (3%)
Therefore, whereas the breaking side won 61% (134 of 218) of all games,
It won 64% (118 of 185) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
It won 48% (16 of 33) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
9-Balls on the break -- 3 game-winning 9-balls were made on the break, 1.4% of all 218 breaks.
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