World Cup of Pool 2014 Archive

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – England steals it in final rack!

29. September 2014 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

28 September The Final England A 10-9 Holland ENGLAND are the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool champions after they broke Dutch hearts in a thrilling final rack shoot out where both sides had chances to take one of cue sport’s most prestigious titles. It was England’s first win in the storied history of the event and gives the two players a $60,000 pay day. Showing the bulldog spirit Karl Boyes and Darren Appleton came from 3-6 down and then 7-9 behind to force a final rack decider at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth in front of a sell-out crowd. It was Appleton who broke the last rack of the match, but he could only recoil in horror as the cue ball scratched into the centre pocket. With ball in hand, Niels Feijen and Nick Van den Berg were big favourites to take the title but with just two balls on the table, it all went wrong. Feijen missed the 8 ball trying to force a better position for the 9. Boyes came to the table […]

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – England and Holland complete semis line up

28. September 2014 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – England and Holland complete semis line up 27 September Quarter-Finals Holland 9-7 Germany England A 9-7 USA THERE IS certain to be a European winner of the ninth annual Betway World Cup of Pool as England A – Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes – put paid to Team USA in a tense quarter-final encounter at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth. The momentum ebbed and flowed as the English duo coasted into a 7-2 lead as the American pairing of Earl Strickland and Shane Van Boening looked patchy as they struggled to find a rhythm. That soon changed as the English grip on the match slipped away and at 7-7 the match was anyone’s. A dry break from Shane Van Boening though halted the USA’s ascendancy and the English ran out to get to the hill and then broke and ran the last for a great win and a semi-final berth against Finland. Appleton: “We made a dream start to get to 7-2 and the game was a bit […]

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – Germany by a whisker as China and England A coast

26. September 2014 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – Germany by a whisker as China and England A coast 26 September Round 2 Germany 7-6 Canada England A 7-1 Greece China 7-0 England B England A set up a quarter-final clash with old rivals USA by dispatching Greece 7-1 on an evening which also saw China give England B no chances in a 7-0 win. Earlier Canada had gifted Germany victory as the final round two fixtures played out at the Betway World Cup of Pool at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth. Before the tournament Karl Boyes said he would love the chance to ‘shut Earl Strickland up’, after the pair had a fiery Mosconi Cup singles match in Las Vegas last year. Boyes and his team-mate Darren Appleton booked their match against USA with a confident 7-1 victory over Greece. Nikos Ekonomopoulos and Alexander Kazakis were sloppy early on but as England A gained momentum the only further chance Greece were allowed came in the sixth rack when Appleton scratched. They took the chance to make […]

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – Soaraway Finns send Poles packing

26. September 2014 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – Soaraway Finns send Poles packing 26 September Round 2 Finland 7-0 Poland Austria 7-5 Qatar Holland 7-4 Switzerland FINLAND registered a second 7-0 victory to set up a titanic quarter-final tussle with Philippines as Austria and 2013 finalists Holland also progressed to the last eight of the Betway World Cup of Pool at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth on Friday afternoon. Mika Immonen and Petri Makkonen won the 2012 World Cup for Finland and haven’t dropped a rack yet this year. They will now meet defending champions Philippines on Saturday afternoon having barely given Poland (Karol Skowerski and Mateusz Sniegock) an opportunity to visit the table in what was expected to be a closely-fought round two battle. Earlier in the week they had seen off Korea by the same scoreline and have become the only nation to seal consecutive 7-0 wins in Betway World Cup of Pool history. Finland’s break and run in the first rack set the tone, although Immonen’s illegal break in rack two handed control to […]

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – England B through as US and Philippines make quarters

26. September 2014 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – England B through as US and Philippines make quarters 25 September Round 1 England B 7 – 6 India Round 2 Philippines 7 – 5 France USA 7 – 5 Russia ENGLAND B completed the list of round one victors at the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool as they squeezed past India at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth on Thursday evening. There were also second round wins for the Philippines and USA who both take their place in Saturday’s quarter-final draw. In probably the most entertaining match of the tournament so far, the England B side of Chris Melling and Daryl Peach put paid to Indian hopes by the odd rack in 13 to give themselves a second round match-up against China. The Indian duo of Raj Hundal and Amar Kang were making their fourth appearance in the event as a pair and both sides looked in good shape. It was England B though, who shot into a 2-0 lead as Kang missed on the 6 ball. The […]

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – Easy afternoon for Germany, Canada and the Swiss

25. September 2014 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – Easy afternoon for Germany, Canada and the Swiss 25 September Germany 7 – 1 Malaysia Canada 7 – 1 Malta Switzerland 7-3 Belgium THERE were comfortable wins for Germany, Canada and Switzerland at the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool as the opening session of day three unwound at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth. There is just one more round one game remaining as India and England B slug it out in the opening game of Thursday evening. In the opening game, 2011 champions Germany – Thorsten Hohmann and Ralf Souquet – had too much for Malaysia, represented by Alan Tan and Ibrahim Amir, as they coasted to a 7-1 victory. “We’re obviously very happy with the result and the performance,” said a delighted Hohmann. “I missed a bank shot in the first rack but after that we didn’t make too many mistakes. We got a little fortunate getting balls after the break, that is very important and we were able to string a few racks together so that […]

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – Dutch, US & England A go through

25. September 2014 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – Dutch, US & England A go through 24 September Holland 7 – 3 Sweden USA 7 – 2 Croatia England A 7 – 6 Spain THREE of the big guns of the sport enjoyed victories at the Betway World Cup of Pool as the first round continued at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth. Holland, USA and England A all had wins and will take their place in the second round. Home team England A – Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes – had a huge scare as they nearly succumbed to Spain, scraping through in the deciding rack of the match. Spain had taken a 5-3 lead in front of a lively crowd but the English levelled it at 5-5. Francisco Diaz for Spain, though, played a daring 4/9 combination which put the Spaniards on the hill. His partner David Alcaide just couldn’t get the requisite number of balls over the head string and control of the table passed back to the English. It was a lifeline that they gratefully […]

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – Super Qatar topple Taiwan!

24. September 2014 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – Super Qatar topple Taiwan! 24 September Poland 7 – 4 Australia China 7 – 5 Czech Republic Qatar 7 – 5 Chinese Taipei QATAR upset the applecart at the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool as they turned over the highly fancied Chinese Taipei pairing of Chang Yu-lung & Hsu Kai-lun to take their nation through to the second round for the first time in the event’s nine year history. Taking place at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, the Betway World Cup of Pool features 32 two-man teams from around the world vying for a $250,000 prize fund, and it was Qatar who still has their eyes on the prize following an exciting 7-5 win. The Middle Eastern country had played in the event from its inception in 2006 until 2010, having failed to win a game but pool in Qatar has made significant progress in recent years. The pairing of newcomer Waleed Majid and veteran Bashar Hussain shed any nerves as they moved into a 2-0 lead. […]

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – Reigning champs through

24. September 2014 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

Philippines hold off battling Chile 23 September – 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool Russia 7 – 6 Japan Finland 7 – 0 Korea Philippines 7 – 5 Chile DEFENDING CHAMPIONS the Philippines got their 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool campaign underway successfully as they edged past a gutsy Chile side that had started out as huge underdogs but almost managed to silence a big Filipino contingent at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth. 7-5 was the final score but there was plenty of heart shown by the South American side consisting of Alejandro Carvajal and Enrique Rojas. The pair had endured a tortuous journey that had taken them from Santiago to Sao Paolo, across to Paris and then onto London and then Portsmouth. It didn’t help that there was a lengthy delay in Brazil factored into the itinerary and at the end of that trek were reigning champs Dennis Orcollo and Lee Vann Corteza They stayed with their more illustrious opponents in the early stages and the Chilean pair took the fifth rack and […]

Betway World Cup of Pool – Day 1 Session 1

24. September 2014 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

Day one wins for Greece, France and Austria 23 September – 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool Greece 7 – 6 Indonesia France 7 – 4 Italy Austria 7 – 2 Portugal THE NINTH ANNUAL Betway World Cup of Pool got underway this afternoon at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth and there were wins for Greece, France and Austria as the first session of the $250,000 event unfolded. The opening match went down to the decider as both Indonesia and Greece had periods in the ascendancy. In the end it was a glaring miss on a routine 5 ball by Muhammad Zulfikri which effectively handed the rack and the match to the Greek pairing of Nik Ekonomopoulus and Alex Kazakis. The second match saw France put paid to Italian hopes as veteran Stefan Cohen and newcomer Alex Montpelier looked the part. They were in control throughout as Fabio Petroni and Daniele Corrieri could not match their game. Cohen said, “It was a tight match but there were some big moments. They forgot to call for the […]