QUARTER-FINALS
Denmark 5-9 Germany
Philippines 4-9 Estonia
Germany will meet Estonia in the World Cup of Pool semi-finals after beating Denmark and Philippines respectively at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes on Thursday evening.
After Great Britain and Slovakia had won through in the afternoon session, Germany saw off Denmark 9-5 with both Joshua Filler and Christof Reintjes performing strongly, and the story was the same for Estonia as Denis Grabe and Mark Magi eliminated Philippines 9-4.
There was nothing to split Denmark (Mickey Krause & Bahram Lotfy) and Germany (Joshua Filler & Christof Reintjes) after the first eight of a potential 17 racks. Germany took the ninth and then Filler delivered his second golden break of the tournament to put his country two ahead, the first time either of them had a lead of more than one.
Denmark pulled one back but Germany extended their lead again, and then made it 8-5 with a 7/9 combo left for Filler by Lotfy.
Germany didn’t have a shot after breaking on the hill but got the better of the safety exchange and once they had a chance, Filler and Reintjes didn’t allow Denmark back to the table.
“We made twice as many balls on the break as they did, I think that and our safety game was out big advantage in the match,” said Filler. “The focus is playing the best you can. In this format, with winner breaks, your opponent can make five or six runouts but you just have to focus on yourself.
“The golden break was a big 9-ball because it took us two ahead. In a long tournament you need to improve in every match and that’s what we will continue to do hopefully.”
Reintjes added: “To play with the best player in the world is amazing; every shot goes right into the heart of the pocket. We wanted to do better in this match because in the first two matches we had a lot of things to improve, but in this match we had better chemistry.”
Germany will meet Estonia in the semi-finals after Denis Grabe and Mark Magi completed a confident 9-4 win over Filipino duo Roberto Gomez and Jeff De Luna.
Estonia started off strong, leading 2-0 and 3-1. De Luna then pulled off a highlights reel jump to bank the 1 up table. However, Gomez then missed the four and Estonia were back to the table to lead 4-1. Grabe and Magi continued to turn the screw, extending the lead to 5-1.
At 6-1 up Estonia allowed Philippines a route back when Grabe lost control of the cue ball in making the 4. It left Magi with a difficult cut which he didn’t make, and Gomez and De Luna got out of their seats to steal the rack.
It wasn’t the start of a momentum swing, however, as Estonia took the next for a 7-2 lead. Philippines hit back with two racks to close the gap but a brilliant Grabe safety helped Estonia open up the table at 7-4 and he and Magi cleared to reach the hill.
Philippines had a great chance to cut the gap and make Estonia sweat, but De Luna missed the 8. Grabe then made it but Magi hit the 9 hard down table and it rattled out. The cue was tied to the bottom rail and Gomez couldn’t make it up table and Grabe cut the 9-ball home.
Both semi-finals will be played on Friday afternoon before the race-to-11 final in the evening session from 5:30pm. 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 7 - 3 Great Britain B
R2: Finland 1 - 7 Netherlands
R2: Slovakia 7 - 6 Czech Republic
Tuesday, May 11 (17:30-21:30) 3 x First Round Matches
R1: USA 7 -2 Australia
R1: Great Britain C 7 - 5 South Africa
R1: Great Britain A 7 - 4 Belarus
Wednesday, May 12 (12:00-16:00) 3 x Second Round Matches
R2: Russia 2 - 7 Japan
R2: Italy 5 - 7 Denmark
R2: Germany 7 - 4 Kuwait
Wednesday, May 12 (17:30-21:30) 3 x Second Round Matches
R2: Great Britain C 7 - 4 Greece
R2: USA 5 - 7 Philippines
R2: Estonia 7 - 6 Great Britain A
Thursday, May 13 (12:00-16:00) 2 x Quarter-Finals
Quarter-Final 1 - Slovakia 9 - 8 Japan
Quarter-Final 2 - Great Britain C 9 - 1 Netherlands
Thursday, May 13 (17:30-21:30) 2 x Quarter-Finals
Quarter-Final 3 - Denmark 5 - 9 Germany
Quarter-Final 4 - Philippines 4 - 9 Estonia
Friday, May 14 (12:00-16:00)
Semi-Final 1 - Great Britain C vs. Slovakia
Semi-Final 2 - Germany vs. Estonia
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
THE 2021 EDITION
WORLD CUP OF POOL
THE PRIZE FUND
Winners:
$ 60,000
Runners Up:
$ 30,000
Semi-Finalists:
$ 15,000
Quarter-Finalists:
$ 9,000
Last 16:
$ 4,500
Last 32:
$ 3,625
Total $ 250,000 * All prize money is split between the two players.
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