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2017 World Pool Masters – Tickets now on sale

20th December – Masters tickets now on sale WITH THE 24th ANNUAL WORLD POOL MASTERS taking place from Friday to Sunday 17th – 19th February at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, Matchroom Sport can announce that tickets for the event are now on sale. With five sessions of play in total, all tickets are available from https://www.buytickets.gi/events/world-pool-masters-2017-87 Tickets are priced at £15 for the Friday evening and both afternoon sessions and £20 for Saturday and Sunday evening sessions. An all-session season ticket is £75. With a field of 16 of the world’s top pool shooters coming to Gibraltar to chase the $20,000 top prize, eight of the stars competing can be named today. They include the defending champion on the hunt for three Masters titles in a row – Shane Van Boening of the USA. Joining him will be two-time WPA World Champion Niels Feijen (Holland) and England’s recent Mosconi Cup hero Mark Gray. Current European No.2 David Alcaide (Spain) will be competing as well as Scotland’s Jayson Shaw, arguably the best player in the world […]

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2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup – Europe rout USA

9th December – 2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup Europe 11 – 3 USA Jayson Shaw 5 – 1 Mike Dechaine THE EUROPEANS needed just one match to retain the 2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup as Jayson Shaw had the honour of potting the winning 9 ball as he eased past Mike Dechaine 5-1 to spark wild celebrations at the Alexandra Palace. Team Europe entered the fray carrying a 10-3 lead after dominating the first three days of the competition and they delivered a crushing defeat to an American side that looked out of their depth at times in front of a very vocal 2,000 strong crowd. Shaw, who came into the event on the back of a run of brilliant form, never looked too comfortable over the first three days. However, he came with some terrific shots to banish Dechaine to the sidelines and secure the European’s seventh consecutive victory. A delighted Shaw said, “There were a lot of nerves out there but you have to stay calm and take every ball one at a time. It […]

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2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup – Europe on the brink

8th December – 2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup Europe 10 – 3 USA Appleton / Feijen 5 – 2 Dechaine / Van Boening Shaw / Ouschan 5 – 3 Morris / Woodward Albin Ouschan 5 – 4 Skyler Woodward Gray / Appleton 4 – 5 Bergman / Morris TEAM AMERICA lives to fight another day at the Alexandra Palace as the pairing of Rodney Morris and Justin Bergman won the final match of the evening in the final rack to stall European celebrations at the 2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup. With the Europeans leading 7-2 going into the final session, they need to win all four of the evening matches to reach the required 11 points to retain the Mosconi Cup for the sixth time. “We can smell the Cup!” said Euro captain Marcus Chamat. “It is really hard to win every match but we were close. We have Jayson first tomorrow and then Niels so we have a good line-up for the first two tomorrow. “I wanted Jayson and Albin to play together because I think […]

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2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup – Euros continue to dominate

7th December – 2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup Europe 7 – 2 USA Feijen / Gray 5 – 2 Van Boening / Woodward Jayson Shaw 3 – 5 Rodney Morris Ouschan / Appleton 5 – 4 Dechaine / Bergman Mark Gray 5 – 1 Justin Bergman TEAM EUROPE piled the misery on a floundering American side to take a five point lead into the third day of the 2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup at the Alexandra Palace in London. They won three of the four Wednesday night matches to leave the USA a mountainous task if they are to win the Mosconi Cup for the first time in eight years. European captain Marcus Chamat was in no doubt as to how the day had gone; “What can you say, I thought today I would relax, watch some games, but it is very hard not to get involved in every game – the games are so tough and my players are playing so good so I am over the moon, and especially with a score like this. “The […]

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Betfair Mosconi Cup 2016 Day One Report

6th December – 2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup Europe 4 – 1 USA Europe 5 – 2 USA Gray / Ouschan 5 – 2 Van Boening / Morris Niels Feijen 5 – 2 Mike Dechaine Shaw / Appleton 1 – 5 Woodward / Bergman Darren Appleton 5 – 3 Shane Van Boening TEAM EUROPE showed exactly why they are big favourites to retain the 23rd annual Betfair Mosconi Cup as they enjoyed a convincing opening session, winning four out of the five matches to take a 4-1 lead into day two. It was the worst possible start to the event for the Americans who have not won the Mosconi Cup since 2009. Even after just one day they face a mammoth task against a European side that looked confident throughout. Commented European captain Marcus Chamat, “The first day is always really tough. The way they put out their team, they came with their strongest but I feel there are no weak links in my team and whatever I came out with today, I had four aces. […]

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Mosconi Cup 2016

Bilder und Grafiken: Matchroom Sport/JP Parmentier Team Europa gewinnt Mosconi Cup 2016 klar und deutlich mit 11-3. MVP der Veranstaltung wurde der amtierende 9 Ball Weltmeister Albin Ouschan aus Österreich. Am kommenden Dienstag, den 06. Dezember beginnt in London das aufregendste Pool Billard Event des Jahres. Bis zum darauffolgenden Freitag, den 09. Dezember wird der Mosconi Cup 2016 auch in diesem Jahr alle Pool Billard Fans auf der Welt in zwei Lager spalten. Dieser Kontinentalvergleich zwischen einem Team aus Europa und den USA geht in seine 23. Ausgabe und findet dieses Jahr im Alexandra Palace statt. Der Austragungsort ist u.a. auch bekannt durch die jährlich stattfindenden Darts WM. Wie immer wird der Veranstalter Matchroom Sport für ein Spektakel sorgen und einige der besten Spieler der Welt werden Teil dieses Events sein. In den letzten Jahren war der Mosconi Cup zumeist eine sehr einseitige Sache zugunsten des Teams Europa. Die letzten sechs Austragungen gewann das Team Europa, der letzte Erfolg der USA liegt bereits 7 Jahre zurück. Im Jahr 2009 gewann das Team USA in Las […]

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2016 US Open 10-Ball Championship Matches Released on YouTube

CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (Nov. 28, 2016) – CSI is pleased to announce that the 2016 US Open 10-Ball Championship matches have been released on the CSI YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/csipool?sub_confirmation=1). Fourteen (14) matches featuring Shane Van Boening, Skylar Woodward, Alex Pagulayan, Rodney Morris, Justin Bergman, Mike Dechaine and more can be viewed in their entirety absolutely free! The 2016 US Open 10-Ball Championship was held July 20-22 at The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Below are the featured matches: Match #1: Danny Smith vs Mike Dechaine Match #2: Oscar Dominguez vs Donny Mills Match #3: Corey Deuel vs Ernesto Dominguez Match #4: Justin Bergman vs Jason Klatt Match #5: Thorsten Hohmann vs Billy Thorpe Match #6: Shane Van Boening vs Skylar Woodward Match #7: Oscar Dominguez vs Alex Pagulayan Match #8: Rodrigo Geronimo vs Billy Thorpe Match #9: Shane Van Boening vs Rodney Morris (Hot Seat Match) Match #10: Oscar Dominguez vs Skylar Woodward Match #11: Rodrigo Geronimo vs John Morra Match #12: Skylar Woodward vs John Morra Match #13: Shane Van […]

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2016 Mosconi Cup – American Team Named

7th November – 2016 Mosconi Cup American Five set for London showdown WITH ALL 28 qualifying events now complete, the team to represent the United States of America at the 23rd annual Mosconi Cup is now finalised and there is one change from the team that last 11-7 at the Tropicana last December. The annual transatlantic showdown takes place at the Alexandra Palace, London from Tuesday 6th to Friday 9th December, Topping the rankings once again, and by some margin, is Shane Van Boening who will be making his tenth appearance in American colours. He will be joined by Mike Dechaine and Skyler Woodward who came second and third on the ranking respectively. The two wildcards are the highly experienced Rodney Morris who like Van Boening will be making his tenth appearance, and Justin Bergman who comes into the side for the third time. American captain Mark Wilson said, “This year we had the strongest effort to date for making the travel squad to London. That very fact speaks to the value of the points […]

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Battle Hardened Hohmann Slugs His Way Through

Two time World 9-ball Champion is all business as the Final 64 knockout rounds take shape at the Kuwait Open 9-ball Championship. By Ted Lerner – WPA Press Officer Photos By Takayama Takao (Kuwait City)—This Gulf nation of 4.2 million people is considered one of the richest countries on earth, a place where big business thrives. And big business is exactly what the Kuwait Open 9-ball Championship will be all about for the next two days, as the race to 9-ball pool’s biggest prize of the year kicks into high gear. The stellar field of 128 of the world’s best players that began battle yesterday at the Al Ardiya Youth Center in Kuwait City has now been cut in half to 64. The always difficult and dreaded double elimination group stages are now history, and from here on in over the course of the next two days, all matches will be single elimination knockout. The player that wins six matches will take home this brand new title, and 50,000 tax fee US dollars. With a […]

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2016 US Open One Pocket Championship Matches Released on YouTube

CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (Nov. 2, 2016) – CSI is pleased to announce that the 2016 US Open One Pocket Championship matches have been released on the CSI YouTube channel. Eleven (11) matches featuring Warren Kiamco, Alex Pagulayan, Corey Deuel, Shane Van Boening, and more can be viewed in their entirety absolutely free! The 2016 US Open One Pocket Championship was held April 18-21 at Pool Table Magic in Windsor Locks, Conn. Below are the matches on this playlist: Match #1: Shane Van Boening vs Steve Booth Match #2: Corey Deuel vs Warren Kiamco Match #3: Warren Kiamco vs Brandon Shuff Match #4: Corey Deuel vs Alex Pagulayan Match #5: Brandon Shuff vs James Adams Match #6: Peterg Hostine vs Sal Bevilacaqua Match #7: Scott Evans vs Ike Runnels Jr. Match #8: Brandon Shuff vs Corey Deuel Match #9: Corey Deuel vs Shane Van Boening (Hot seat match) Match #10: Alex Pagulayan vs Shane Van Boening (Semi-final) Match #11: Corey Deuel vs Alex Pagulayan (Finals) Make sure to “SUBSCRIBE” to the CSI YouTube Channel to […]