ROUND 1
Russia 7-4 Switzerland Greece 7-2 Serbia Estonia 7-5 Belgium
Seeded teams Russia, Greece and Estonia all advanced to the second round of the World Cup of Pool on Monday evening, the latter fighting back from 5-1 down to defeat Belgium 7-5 at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes.
Earlier in the session Russia had beaten Switzerland 7-4 to set up a second-round match against Japan, while Greece defeated Serbia 7-2.
Russia, featuring World Champion Fedor Gorst and new playing partner Sergey Lutsker, raced to a 5-0 lead with a combination of confident play and some poor Swiss errors. Russia, despite their strength in the sport, have suffered first round defeats in the last two World Cups. Gorst had yet to advance beyond round one in this event and was made to sweat by Switzerland (Ronald Regli and Dimitri Djungo), who won four consecutive racks to cut the deficit to 5-4.
However, Russia got another chance in the tenth and moved to the hill, before winning the next rack to book their place in round two, where Japan, who defeated Croatia earlier in the day, await.
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In the evening’s second match Serbia (Aleksa Pecelj and Andreja Klasović) made a promising start against the Greek pair of Alexander Kazakis and Nick Malai, a pairing who reached the semi-finals last time out. However, the wheels soon came off for the Serbian pair and Greece pulled well clear, winning 7-2. They’ll meet the winners of Canada’s clash with South Africa in round two on Wednesday evening.
Estonia (Denis Grabe and Mark Magi) became the sixth team to advance on the first day of play, but only after surviving an almighty scare against Belgium (Serge Das and Kavin Lannoye).
Day 1 Session 2 - Highlights
Das and Lannoye fired themselves to a 5-1 lead, but after a fluid start lost their way with the finish line in sight. A string of errors allowed Estonia to fight back, though they themselves were far from faultless. At 5-4 up, Belgium looked set to reach the hill before a time foul was called against Das, giving Estonia ball in hand to level the match.
A dry break brought Belgium back to the table, but a Lannoye scratch on the 1 gave initiate back to Estonia, who from 5-1 down were now first to the hill and complete their turnaround by running the next to win 7-5. They’ll face either Great Britain or Belarus in the second round on Wednesday.
Round one continues on Monday with sessions at 12 noon and 5:30pm UK time. Matches include Finland vs. Iceland in the afternoon and Spain vs. Italy in the evening.
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 vs. Croatia
R1: Czech Republic vs. Hungary
R1: Austria vs. Slovakia
Sunday, May 9 (17:30-21:30)
3 x First Round Matches
USA v. Brazil
Philippines v. Czech Republic
Great Britain B v. Chile
Monday, May 10 (12:00-16:00) 3 x First Round Matches
R1: Netherlands vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina
R1: Finland vs. Iceland
R1: Albania vs. Denmark
Monday, May 10 (17:30-21:30) 3 x First Round Matches
R1: Spain vs. Italy
R1: Germany vs. Lithuania
R1: USA vs. Australia
Tuesday, May 11 (12:00-16:00) 3 x First Round Matches
R1: Philippines vs. Great Britain B
R1: Poland vs. Kuwait
R1: Estonia vs. Belgium
Tuesday, May 11 (17:30-21:30) 1 x First Round Match & 2 x Second Round Matches
R2: Austria/Slovakia vs. Czech Republic/Hungary
R2: Canada/South Africa vs. Greece/Serbia
R1: Great Britain A vs. Belarus
Wednesday, May 12 (12:00-16:00) 3 x Second Round Matches
R2: Russia/Switzerland vs. Japan/Croatia
R2: Finland/Iceland vs. Netherlands/B&H
R2: Spain/Italy vs. Albania/Denmark
Wednesday, May 12 (17:30-21:30) 3 x Second Round Matches
R2: Germany/Lithuania vs. Poland/Kuwait
R2: USA/Australia vs. Philippines/Great Britain B
R2: Estonia/Belgium 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
Albania - Eklent Kaci & Besar Spahiu 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 Canada -
Alex Pagulayan & John Morra Croatia -
Philipp Stojanovic & Roberto Bartol Czech Republic -
Roman Hybler & Michal Gavenciak Denmark -
Mickey Krause & Bahram Lotfy Estonia -
Denis Grave & Mark Magi Finland -
Petri Makkonen & Casper Matikainen Germany -
Joshua Filler & Christoph Reintjes Great Britain A -
Jayson Shaw & Chris Melling Great Britain B -
Kelly Fisher & Allison Fisher 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 & Vincent Halliday Spain -
David Alcaide & Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz Switzerland -
Ronald Regli & Dimitri Jungo USA - Billy Thorpe & Skyler Woodward
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