Italy dumped World Cup of Pool third seeds Spain out in the first round of the event at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, while there were wins on Monday evening for Germany, who survived a Lithuanian fightback, and Kuwait, who shocked Poland with a 7-3 victory.
Italy (Fabio Petroni and Daniele Corrieri) led for much of the evening’s first match against Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz and World Pool Masters champion David Alcaide and it was a Corrieri golden break that got them to 4-1. They moved to the hill with a healthy 6-2 lead, and it turned out that they would need it.
A mini fightback got Spain to 6-4, but Sanchez-Ruiz then missed a long 2 to the top pocket. Corrieri made the jump to remove the 2 but hooked himself on the 7. However, former Mosconi Cup player ‘Fabulous’ Fabio Petroni fluked the 3 and that opened the table for the underdogs, who cleared for the match to set up a second-round clash with Denmark on Wednesday.
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The second match of the evening featured Germany’s US Open Champion Joshua Filler alongside new partner Christoph Reintjes. They were taking on World Cup rookies Lithuania, who were represented by two-time European under-23 champion Pijus Labutis and Kestutis Zadeikis.
After opening up a 5-1 lead, Germany were hit by a Lithuanian comeback, but the debutants stalled at 5-4 and from there the favourites were able to take advantage of a third dry break to close out the match 7-4.
“To play in the arena is always edgy in the first match but I really enjoyed it,” said Filler. “I missed a couple of shots but it happens but the main thing is to keep positive, and my partner played really well so I am delighted that we won.
“You should practice as a team to find your chemistry and rhythm and I think that is the key for every team. I was impressed with Lithuania. I saw them in the practice room and they played good and after 5-1 down they kept fighting.”
The evening concluded with another seeded team being eliminated. This time it was Poland who were on the wrong end of the result, with Kuwait’s Omar Al-Shaheen and Badar Abdullah Alawadhi impressing in a 7-3 victory.
The first round concludes on Tuesday with matches including appearances for all three Great Britain Teams. Kelly and Allison Fisher take on Philippines pairing Jeff De Luna and Roberto Gomez in the opening match at 12 noon (UK time). The evening session sees Jayson Shaw and Chris Melling against Belarus’ Margarita Fefilova and Yana Halliday after the return of 2014 winners Karl Boyes and Darren Appleton, they take on South Africa as late replacements for Canada. The evening session will begin at 5:30pm with USA against Australia.
The World Cup of Pool is broadcast live globally including on Sky Sports, DAZN and Matchroom.Live. Full broadcast details can be found at matchroompool.com.
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THE 2021 EDITION
WORLD CUP OF POOL
THE SCHEDULE
Sunday, May 9 (12:00-16:00) 3 x First Round Matches
R1: Japan 7 - 1 Croatia
R1: Czech Republic 7 - 4 Hungary
R1: Austria 1 - 7 Slovakia
Sunday, May 9 (17:30-21:30)
3 x First Round Matches
Russia 7 - 4 Switzerland
Greece 7 - 2 Serbia
Estonia 7 - 5 Belgium
Monday, May 10 (12:00-16:00) 3 x First Round Matches
R1: Netherlands 7 - 4 Bosnia & Herzegovina
R1: Finland 7 - 0 Iceland
R1: France 2 - 7 Denmark
Monday, May 10 (17:30-21:30) 3 x First Round Matches
R1: Spain 4 - 7 Italy
R1: Germany 7 - 4 Lithuania
R1: Poland 3 - 7 Kuwait
Tuesday, May 11 (12:00-16:00) 1 x First Round Match & 2 x Second Round Matches
R1: Philippines vs. Great Britain B
R2: Finland vs. Netherlands
R2: Slovakia vs. Czech Republic
Tuesday, May 11 (17:30-21:30) 3 x First Round Matches
R1: USA vs. Australia
R1: Great Britain C vs. South Africa
R1: Great Britain A vs. Belarus
Wednesday, May 12 (12:00-16:00) 3 x Second Round Matches
R2: Russia vs. Japan
R2: Italy vs. Denmark
R2: Germany vs. Kuwait
Wednesday, May 12 (17:30-21:30) 3 x Second Round Matches
R2: TBC vs. Greece
R2: USA/Australia vs. Philippines/Great Britain B
R2: Estonia vs. Great Britain A/Belarus
Thursday, May 13 (12:00-16:00)
Quarter-Final 1
Quarter-Final 2
Thursday, May 13 (17:30-21:30)
Quarter-Final 3
Quarter-Final 4
Friday, May 14 (12:00-16:00)
Semi-Final 1
Semi-Final 2
Friday, May 14 (17:30-21:30)
The Final
THE 2021 EDITION
WORLD CUP OF POOL
THE TEAMS
Australia -
Justin Sajich & Ivan Li Austria -
Albin Ouschan & Mario He Belarus -
Margarita Fefilova & Yana Halliday Belgium -
Serge Das & Kevin Lannoye Bosnia & Herzegovina -
Sanjin Pehlivanovic & Ajdin Piknjac Croatia -
Philipp Stojanovic & Roberto Bartol Czech Republic -
Petr Urban & Michal Gavenciak Denmark -
Mickey Krause & Bahram Lotfy Estonia -
Denis Grave & Mark Magi France - Alex Montpellier & Alain Da Costa Finland -
Petri Makkonen & Casper Matikainen Germany -
Joshua Filler & Christoph Reintjes Great Britain A -
Jayson Shaw & Chris Melling Great Britain B -
Kelly Fisher & Allison Fisher Great Britain C -
Darren Appleton & Karl Boyes Greece -
Nick Malai & Alexander Kazakis Hungary -
Oliver Szolnoki & Vilmos Foldes Iceland -
Zophonias Arnason & Magnus Arnason Italy -
Daniele Corrieri & Fabio Petroni Japan -
Naoyuki Oi & Masato Yoshioka Kuwait -
Omar Al-Shaheen & Bader Abdullah Alawadhi Lithuania -
Pijus Labutis & Kestutis Zadeikis Netherlands -
Niels Feijen & Marc Bijsterbosch Philippines -
Jeff De Luna & Roberto Gomez Poland -
Mieszko Fortunski & Wojciech Szewczyk Russia -
Fedor Gorst & Sergey Lutsker Serbia -
Aleksa Pecelj & Andreja Klasovic Slovakia -
Jabub Koniar & Jaroslav Polách South Africa -
Richard Halliday & JJ Faul Spain -
David Alcaide & Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz Switzerland -
Ronald Regli & Dimitri Jungo USA - Billy Thorpe & Skyler Woodward
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