Raj Hundal vs. Rodney Morris in World Pool Masters Final!

sjm said:
....maybe more competition to make the Mosconi Team than you realize.

Hohmann, Souquet, Ortmann, Feijen, Tot, Immonen, VanDenBerg, Chamat, Roschkowski, and Hundal seem to be the most obvious candidates for the next European Mosconi Cup team.

Hohmann, Immonen and Feijen all appear assured a spot, and the case for Chamat's inclusion is a strong one, leaving two spots open for debate.

I'll make an argument for each of the others --

Tot deserves in because he attained the #1 ranking on Eurotour this year
Ortmann deserves in because he owned the #1 ranking on Eurotour last year
Lely should get in because he won two of the three events at the Europeans
VanDenberg deserves it because he finsihed fifth in the 2005 WPC
Hundal deserves it for winning the World Pool Masters
Roschkowski deserves it for general excellence in high-profile events
Souquet deserves it as an indisputable future hall of famer and proven veteran

Looks like a pretty tough choice for those choosing the next European Mosconi Cup team. Even Thomas Engert might have a shot. We shall see.

Two things that can be said for sure though: 1) it's a great day for British pool and 2) Europe will field a very strong team at the next Mosconi cup.
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Just curious, did Drago get a spot in the Mosconi cup when he won the masters last year?
 
TheOne said:
Just curious, did Drago get a spot in the Mosconi cup when he won the masters last year?
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No, he didn't. The members of the 2004 Mosconi Cup team were Oliver Ortmann, Thomas Engert, Niels Feijen, Steve Davis, Mika Immonen and Marcus Chamat.
 
I've got a question about the World Pool Masters tournament, and I will be the first to admit that I do not have much knowledge about its origin.

Was Rodney Morris the only American pool player competing in this event, or did I miss seeing other American names? Are the countries designated a certain amount of players based on a criteria or set of standards?

If it is a "world" pool masters tournament, how do they select the Best Qualified List, for lack of a better term? :p

JAM
 
I remember the roof just about fell down when Yang was reported to have lost with his opponent running six racks on him in Taiwan during the WPC. Naturally, everyone was talking about it and everyone was telling me Yang lost to a player that most people has never heard of. Most of the Chinese did not even know how to pronunce his name. I missed that match and so I asked them what did he looked like. They told me he wore a black "hat" on his head and they were not sure of his ethnical origin. That was my first impression of this mystery hit man who just took out the best player in Taiwan, Raj.

We went down to fashion billiard that night and saw lots of European players there, there was Marcus Chamat, Sander Tots, Tony Drago and so on. And there he was, Raj, standing there all in black. I was so curious I went up to him, "so, how many racks did you run against Yang today?" He casually replied, "O only six..."

He did not brag about it or even smiled when he said that. He seemd very indifference about the fact. His attitude suggested to me he has ran more rack before and he felt that he was capable of beating just about anyone.

Richard
 
JAM said:
I've got a question about the World Pool Masters tournament, and I will be the first to admit that I do not have much knowledge about its origin.

Was Rodney Morris the only American pool player competing in this event, or did I miss seeing other American names? Are the countries designated a certain amount of players based on a criteria or set of standards?

If it is a "world" pool masters tournament, how do they select the Best Qualified List, for lack of a better term? :p

JAM
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Im guessing its the world champion, european champion, Steve Davis (Matchroom share holder) and a shed full of wild cards that matchroom judge to be the most marketable faces so that they can sell there product to Asia and anyone else who will buy it. They said it would be seen by approx 350 million veiwers over the next few months, Im guessing mostly on star sports in Asia? I'm sure the WPC would probably have a big impact too, I wouldn't be suprised if they invited the top 16, then offered wild cards for any invites that weren't taken up, for example Kuo / lely

Anyone know for sure, maybe its on thw website I havent looked?
 
Its based on general performance over the past year, with WPC performance being a major factor:

Wu - WPC 05 Champion
Engert - Defending WPM Champion
Tot - European No1
Davis & Drago - Matchroom for UK audience
Manalo - WPC 3rd place
Hybler - WPC Last 16, Eurotour No 5
Feijen - Eurotour No2
Hundal - UK No1
Hohmann - BCA Open Winner
Pagulayan - 2004 WPC Champion, SML Ent 2005 Winner
Chamat - Mosconi European MVP, Eurotour No4
Morris - Mosconi MVP
Kawabata - JPBA No1
Lely - European 8 and 9-ball Champion, Eurotour No3
Immonen - WPC Quarterfinalist
 
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Hershel said:
is davis for sure out of the running?
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It is as definate as definate can be. The UK Snooker Championships - second in prestige to the World Championships - are taking place at the same time as the Mosconi Cup. With Davis being in the elite "top 16" ranked players, he gets an automatic entry into the main draw of the tournament. He will also be doing his presenting and commentating duties for the BBC as the tournament progresses.

With regards to trying to predict the line ups for this year's Mosconi, I'd hang on for a few weeks. We still have the US Open to come and if the winner of that is either American or European, then they will probably get an invite to the tournament as well. If, as I suspect, a European player wins (if not a Euro, then Morris will take his second Open title) then the decision will be very interesting, and very tough, indeed.
 
does anyone know why hohmann wasnt on it last year? he came in 2nd in the us open and the challenge of champions? and he was a member previously
 
Hershel said:
does anyone know why hohmann wasnt on it last year? he came in 2nd in the us open and the challenge of champions? and he was a member previously
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There has to be a balance between European countries. If he was in it last year, we would have Hohmann, Engert and Ortmann. Half the team would be from Germany...
 
14.1player said:
There has to be a balance between European countries. If he was in it last year, we would have Hohmann, Engert and Ortmann. Half the team would be from Germany...
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Why not just send the best six. This is a very odd rule.

Just for laughs, Germany could send all six and Europe would be very strong with Ortmann, Souquet, Engert, Roschkowski, Hohmann and Schober.
 
TheOne said:
I prefer:

Hundal, Davis, Knight, Peach, SJM and Mikka!!! Go England! lol
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Put TheOne in for Davis and you can count me in. Rack em up!
 
TheOne said:
he he, anyone care to predict the score:

USA ? v ? England

LOL!
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Can't we warm up against a more manageable opponent like Iceland or Mongolia? Oh, and by the way, Tony Crosby can be on our team.
 
sjm said:
Can't we warm up against a more manageable opponent like Iceland or Mongolia? Oh, and by the way, Tony Crosby can be on our team.
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Im sorry Tony, totally forgot about you! Right SJM you're fired!

Hundal, Davis, Knight, Peach, Crosby and Mikka!!!

Now that's better, bring on the Maldives! :D
 
Best Brit pool performance?

TheOne said:
Just curious but does anyone know of any other "major" tournaments won by Brits
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Hey Buddy,

According to http://www.worldpoolmasters.com/event_information.asp Daryl Peach won the World Pool Masters in 1995 - Though I think it may have been called the European Masters when he won it.

PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS World Pool Masters
2004 Thomas Engert (GER) - Egmond aan Zee, Holland
2003 Tony Drago (MAL) - Egmond aan Zee, Holland
2002 Ralf Souquet (GER) - Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire
2001 Francisco Bustamante (PHI) - Lakeside, Essex
2000 Ralf Souquet (GER) - Lakeside, Essex
1999 Alex Lely (HOL) - Lakeside, Essex
1998 Francisco Bustamante (PHI) - Lakeside, Essex
1997 Earl Strickland (USA) - Lakeside, Essex
1996 Ralf Souquet (GER) - Blackpool, Lancashire
1995 Daryl Peach (ENG) - Blackpool, Lancashire
1994 Ralf Souquet (GER) - Doncaster, Yorkshire
1993 Werner Duregger (AUT) - Plymouth, Devon


If you check his profile here, it is not listed:http://www.pro9.co.uk/html/darylpeach.php

Titles - Over 40 uk ranking, 96european masters champ, 96Mosconi cup winner, twice semis of world Masters, 00 European champs bronze, Emerates 8-ball Quarters. Eurotour 2004 German open Runner-up
 
thecardman said:
If, as I suspect, a European player wins (if not a Euro, then Morris will take his second Open title) then the decision will be very interesting, and very tough, indeed.
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only one european player has ever won it, so that would be quite an accomplishment.
 
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