Every year it seems to be a war on the message boards, this year is no exception 
let me fan the flames with some fun stats...of the countries that sent 4 or more players, here is a breakdown of percentages still left vs percentages of starting players:
Taiwan -- 19 started 5 remain (15% --> 31%) (19/128 --> 5/16)
USA -- 12 started 3 remain (9% --> 19%)
Netherlands -- 5 started 1 remains (4% --> 6%)
Germany -- 9 started 1 remains (7% --> 6%)
Philippines -- 10 started 1 remains (8% --> 6%)
England -- 9 started 0 remain (7% --> 0%)
Australia -- 4 started 0 remain (3% --> 0%)
Canada -- 4 started 0 remain (3% --> 0%)
Japan -- 4 started 0 remain (3% --> 0%)
Since many people like to consider Europe as a whole:
Europe -- 56(!) started 6 remain (44% --> 38%)
of choosing the last 16 as a starting point was purposeful, lol, but when you consider the USA started with 9% of the players and have 19% of the remaining players, those that have written the USA off as underacheiving have some things to think about, as along with the taiwanese players, they seem to be the real overachievers thus far! europe doesn't look nearly so dominating when you consider they had 56 players to begin the tournament, although they are certainly doing well (perhaps underachieving slightly).
other fun facts -- if i told you that there would be 5 taiwanese, 3 americans, and 1 filipino left with 16 standing and the names yang, chao, archer, strickland, pagulayan, reyes, and bustamante would not be among them, how many of you would have called me crazy??
young man's game? haven't verified this, but heard that rodney morris is the oldest player left standing @ 34 yrs old.
new champion? only germany's hohmann and finland's immonen remain in the field as former world champs.
england the next world power? after strong performances by uzzell and hundal, those predicting england as the next great pool power are left with the feeling of "oops!" as 0 of 9 remain in the last 16.
what happened to the philippines? perhaps the strongest group top to bottom, a group presumably much more comfortable with the climate, atmosphere, and jet lag than most foreigners, and fueled by manalo dominating his match 10-0, one wonders how the philippines has one man standing out of 10 in the last 16.
have fun, and of course tommorrow all these numbers will have changed and you can make fun of me
warren..
let me fan the flames with some fun stats...of the countries that sent 4 or more players, here is a breakdown of percentages still left vs percentages of starting players:Taiwan -- 19 started 5 remain (15% --> 31%) (19/128 --> 5/16)
USA -- 12 started 3 remain (9% --> 19%)
Netherlands -- 5 started 1 remains (4% --> 6%)
Germany -- 9 started 1 remains (7% --> 6%)
Philippines -- 10 started 1 remains (8% --> 6%)
England -- 9 started 0 remain (7% --> 0%)
Australia -- 4 started 0 remain (3% --> 0%)
Canada -- 4 started 0 remain (3% --> 0%)
Japan -- 4 started 0 remain (3% --> 0%)
Since many people like to consider Europe as a whole:
Europe -- 56(!) started 6 remain (44% --> 38%)
of choosing the last 16 as a starting point was purposeful, lol, but when you consider the USA started with 9% of the players and have 19% of the remaining players, those that have written the USA off as underacheiving have some things to think about, as along with the taiwanese players, they seem to be the real overachievers thus far! europe doesn't look nearly so dominating when you consider they had 56 players to begin the tournament, although they are certainly doing well (perhaps underachieving slightly).
other fun facts -- if i told you that there would be 5 taiwanese, 3 americans, and 1 filipino left with 16 standing and the names yang, chao, archer, strickland, pagulayan, reyes, and bustamante would not be among them, how many of you would have called me crazy??
young man's game? haven't verified this, but heard that rodney morris is the oldest player left standing @ 34 yrs old.
new champion? only germany's hohmann and finland's immonen remain in the field as former world champs.
england the next world power? after strong performances by uzzell and hundal, those predicting england as the next great pool power are left with the feeling of "oops!" as 0 of 9 remain in the last 16.
what happened to the philippines? perhaps the strongest group top to bottom, a group presumably much more comfortable with the climate, atmosphere, and jet lag than most foreigners, and fueled by manalo dominating his match 10-0, one wonders how the philippines has one man standing out of 10 in the last 16.
have fun, and of course tommorrow all these numbers will have changed and you can make fun of me
warren..
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