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Finland vs. China in the Finals!
Finland vs. China in the Finals!
Sprite said:China also kick some Sss.
you have to thank me for that !!!
Latest China 9, Finland 5
LIVE FINAL: China 9-5 Finland (race to 11)
THE final match in the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool was between China and Finland.
There was a huge incentive as the winning pair would collect $60,000, with the runners-up winning half of that total.
China had beaten South Africa, France, Philippines and Japan on their way to the final, while Finland defeated Qatar, England, Switzerland and Canada.
In the semi-final, Finland had used the soft-break and positioned the cue ball in exactly the same position on their way to a 9-0 victory.
However, this tactic was not as effective in the final as Finland, who won the lag, saw a dry break to give China an early opportunity.
They appeared to have wasted their chance as the Finnish duo of Immonen and Juva were back at the table, although Immonen lost position going from the 8-ball to the 9-ball and Juva missed the subsequent 9-ball.
China sunk the same ball for 1-0 but then recorded a dry break of their own, the first time in this tournament where there had been two successive dry breaks. But they still won the rack, thanks to a 3-9 combination from Fu Jian-bo.
Amazingly, there was then another dry break from China, the third in a row. Juva failed with an attempt at the 6-ball but Fu Jian-bo then was not successful with an effort at the 7-ball, the 23rd time the 7-ball had been missed in the tournament, and Finland made it 1-2.
In the fourth, Immonen missed with his shot to kick off the rail and connect with the 1-ball and that proved costly as China made it 3-1. It was soon back to a one-rack gap as Fu could not down the 1-ball and a long bank from Immonen helped it become 2-3.
Finland had broke and run out five times in the semi-final and did for the first time in this match to tie the score at 3-3.
Yet another dry break, the fourth in seven racks, brought Finland back in action but Juva gifted the rack to China when he scratched as the score was now 4-3. It was level again after Fu produced a gaff on the green 6.
China regained the lead after a crucial miss from Juva on the 1-ball following yet another dry break as Finland were unable to reproduce the success from the break they had in the semi-finals.
For the first time since the early stages of the match, China moved two ahead at 6-4 before another dry break in the 11th from China and it was 6-5.
The 12th was an error-filled rack as Juva laid a tight safety and Fu was miles away from connecting with his desired target, but Immonen later lost position and the lead was back at two with it being 7-5.
China ran through the next rack and at 8-5 had the biggest advantage than at any other stage of the match. But they were still another three away from the title.
Both sides had used soft breaks in this match but Fu opted for power in the 14th and it seemed the right decision as the 1-ball disappeared with a straight-forward shot on the 2-ball. Within seconds it was 9-5 as China had now stamped their authority on the match with Finland desperate for another chance.
There had only been ten dry breaks in 30 matches but now China produced the sixth in 15 racks in the final.
LIVE FINAL: China 9-5 Finland (race to 11)
THE final match in the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool was between China and Finland.
There was a huge incentive as the winning pair would collect $60,000, with the runners-up winning half of that total.
China had beaten South Africa, France, Philippines and Japan on their way to the final, while Finland defeated Qatar, England, Switzerland and Canada.
In the semi-final, Finland had used the soft-break and positioned the cue ball in exactly the same position on their way to a 9-0 victory.
However, this tactic was not as effective in the final as Finland, who won the lag, saw a dry break to give China an early opportunity.
They appeared to have wasted their chance as the Finnish duo of Immonen and Juva were back at the table, although Immonen lost position going from the 8-ball to the 9-ball and Juva missed the subsequent 9-ball.
China sunk the same ball for 1-0 but then recorded a dry break of their own, the first time in this tournament where there had been two successive dry breaks. But they still won the rack, thanks to a 3-9 combination from Fu Jian-bo.
Amazingly, there was then another dry break from China, the third in a row. Juva failed with an attempt at the 6-ball but Fu Jian-bo then was not successful with an effort at the 7-ball, the 23rd time the 7-ball had been missed in the tournament, and Finland made it 1-2.
In the fourth, Immonen missed with his shot to kick off the rail and connect with the 1-ball and that proved costly as China made it 3-1. It was soon back to a one-rack gap as Fu could not down the 1-ball and a long bank from Immonen helped it become 2-3.
Finland had broke and run out five times in the semi-final and did for the first time in this match to tie the score at 3-3.
Yet another dry break, the fourth in seven racks, brought Finland back in action but Juva gifted the rack to China when he scratched as the score was now 4-3. It was level again after Fu produced a gaff on the green 6.
China regained the lead after a crucial miss from Juva on the 1-ball following yet another dry break as Finland were unable to reproduce the success from the break they had in the semi-finals.
For the first time since the early stages of the match, China moved two ahead at 6-4 before another dry break in the 11th from China and it was 6-5.
The 12th was an error-filled rack as Juva laid a tight safety and Fu was miles away from connecting with his desired target, but Immonen later lost position and the lead was back at two with it being 7-5.
China ran through the next rack and at 8-5 had the biggest advantage than at any other stage of the match. But they were still another three away from the title.
Both sides had used soft breaks in this match but Fu opted for power in the 14th and it seemed the right decision as the 1-ball disappeared with a straight-forward shot on the 2-ball. Within seconds it was 9-5 as China had now stamped their authority on the match with Finland desperate for another chance.
There had only been ten dry breaks in 30 matches but now China produced the sixth in 15 racks in the final.
Congrats to China
Sorry "Marvel", better luck next year!!!
Sorry "Marvel", better luck next year!!!
China's win might indicate the future turning of the guard in international pool. Many of us have been saying it all along that China will be an eventual superpower in the pool world, and this win in the world cup might soon just leap them to that status. With the ever-increasing popularity of pool in China coupled with the country's victory in this prestigious and talent-filled international event, we might be looking back at today as the day that China first spawned their world domination. Congrats to them. It's only a matter of time before pool becomes the next table tennis to the most populated country in the world. And scary outlook for every other pool-playing country in the world.
Question for the Taiwanese fans and supporters. In an international event like this, once all the Taiwanese players are eliminated with a few Chinese players left in the event, do you then root for the Chinese next? Or would you root for anyone but the Chinese. Just curious. Doesn't have to be in a pool event.
jsp said:
This is scary. Unlike gymnastics in which China been elevating the skill to a higher level for a long time but judging is still skewed to the European block, pool is what you see is what you get. As pool become more and more popular internationally, China will be even more determined.
MY PREDICTION: Pool will be like soccer. Yet another American game that will be huge outside the USA.
Great win by who would have thought but it felt right as it fell into place. In twenty years the chinese will all believe they invented 'pool' just like the Americans do now. 