Category: Tournaments

  • Singapore Billiard Team Ensures Asian Finalist

    Singapore Billiard Team Ensures Asian Finalist The Singapore billiard team ensured there would be an Asian team in the final of the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool. They beat Austria 8-2 as only Asian countries – Philippines, China, Japan and Singapore – are left in the top half of…

  • China and Philippines Billiard Teams Set to Collide

    China and Philippines Billiard Teams Set to Collide The Chinese billiards team won a thrilling last 16 match with victory over France to move into the quarter-finals. Li He-wen and Fu Jian Bo recorded a tight 8-6 triumph against Vincent Facquet and Stephan Cohen and will now play Philippines. China…

  • Canadian Billiards Team Moves into Final Eight

    Canadian Billiards Team Moves into Final Eight The Canadian billiard team Alain Martel and Edwin montal won the first match of the fourth day to book their place in the quarter-finals of the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool. They had luck on their side with a number of fortunate…

  • Japanese Duo End Host Nation Hopes

    Japanese Duo End Host Nation Hopes The host nation billiards team Holland A, consisting of Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg, were once again backed by a capacity crowd at the Outland Nightclub in Rotterdam, Holland as they faced off against Japan in their second round match. Satoshi Kawabata…

  • Philippine Billiards Team Delivers Whitewash

    Philippine Billiards Team Delivers Whitewash The Philippine billiard team of Francisco Bustamante and Efren Reyes produced a stunning exhibition of pool to thrash Croatia 8-0 and become the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals in the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool. Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante, the reigning…

  • USA Billiards Team Clinches Victory

    USA Billiards Team Clinches Victory The USA billiard team secured a dramatic 8-7 victory in the best match of the tournament so far in the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool. The second seeded Americans side of Rodney Morris and Corey Deuel looked to be heading out of the competition…

  • England Makes Comeback at World Cup of Pool

    England Makes Comeback at World Cup of Pool The England billiards team produced a marvellous fightback to scrape into the last 16 of the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool. Poland had led 3-0, 5-2 and 6-3 but the English duo of Imran Majid and Daryl Peach then won five…

  • Finland Billiard Team Survives a Fright

    Finland Billiard Team Survives a Fright The Finland billiards team advanced into the last 16 of the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool but it was tougher than expected against a brave Qatar side. Trailing 4-0, a whitewash looked on the cards as Finland stamped their authoriy on the encounter but…

  • Switzerland Billiards Team Grind Out Hard-fought Victory

    Switzerland Billiards Team Grind Out Hard-fought Victory The Switzerland billiard team moved into round two after they recorded a hard-fought triumph against Hungary. The quality of pool was not the best but the Swiss pairing of Dimitri Jungo and Marco Tschudi did enought to grind out an 8-5 win over…

  • Replacements Send Holland B Home

    Replacements Send Holland B Home The Belgum billiards team, who only secured a spot in the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool due to the withdrawal of Malaysia, produced a magnificent performance to eliminate Holland B. Malaysia had been due to play the Dutch B team but dropped out due…