ROUND TWO
Great Britain C 7-4 Greece
USA 5–7 Philippines Estonia 7–6 Great Britain A
Great Britain A crashed out of the World Cup of Pool in the most agonising of circumstances as Jayson Shaw scratched with two balls remaining at hill-hill against Estonia.
Earlier in the evening Philippines had won seven consecutive racks to come from 5-0 down to beat USA in a match that had it all and will live long in the memory, while Great Britain C’s comeback continued with a 7-4 success over Greece to reach the quarter-finals.
Shaw and Chris Melling had beaten Belarus in the first round to face Estonia (Denis Grabe and Mark Magi) in the final second round fixture. Neither team were at their best in the first half of the match and after eight racks it was 4-4. The hosts looked set to move ahead until Melling scratched on the 6. Estonia did the rest and reached the hill in rack ten after some good safety play. Magi’s break wasn’t firm enough and to add insult to injury, not only did he fail to make a ball but he left a shot at the 1 for Shaw.
Great Britain A took that rack and the next to join Estonia on the hill, and though Grabe and Magi had a chance in the last, it was Shaw and Melling who were at the table when only the 5 and 9 remained. The two balls were tied close to each other and Shaw didn’t have great position. He cut the five in with pace, but the cue came off the side rail to scratch in the top pocket and Magi had a simple 9 to dramatically take a place in the quarter-finals.
Estonia will face Philippines in the last eight after Jeff De Luna and Roberto Gomez staged a dramatic comeback against America’s Skyler Woodward and Billy Thorpe.
At 2-0 down De Luna executed a great up-table bank on the 7, only to see the cue ball scratch and award USA hall-in-hand with only the 9 remaining on the table. The Americans ran the next rack fro a 4-0 lead and the Filipino mountain was growing.
They had a chance in the fifth but the 7 rattled out of the jaws for Gomez, who was lucky not to scratch. That made it too tough for Thorpe to pot, but Woodward would then get a chance after De Luna’s hit-and-hope wasn’t executed. The drama wasn’t over yet though; this time the two-time Mosconi Cup MVP failed to remove the 7 from the table. It finally went to a Gomez cut, but position was tough for De Luna who couldn’t cut it to the corner; Thorpe knocked in the gimmie and USA had a 5-0 advantage.
But Philippines weren’t done, and began to climb the mountain. The ninth was the most dramatic as again both teams struggled with the stubborn 7, but Philippines came out on top after Thorpe left it in the jaws and in the tenth the Filipinos levelled up against the odds.
They didn’t have a shot after the next break but still managed to reach the hill, and USA didn’t return to the table. The match was one of the World Cup’s best; drama, top play, and in part a story of USA failing to close out from 5-0 up, while Philippines capitalised to run a seven pack to win the match from the jaws of defeat.
Earlier in the session, comeback kids Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes took advantage of a despondent Greece (Alex Kazakis and Nick Malai). Appleton and Boyes lifted the World Cup in 2014 and were returning as a late replacement for Canada, who had been blighted with travel issues. Having beaten South Africa in the first round, their task in round two looked harder against the 2019 quarter-finalists.
However, Greece struggled at the table and though Great Britain C weren’t faultless, they did enough, with Boyes in particular not looking like a player who officially retired in 2017. With Great Britain B having gone out to Philippines in round one, and the ‘A’ team succumbing to Estonia, GB C are now flying the flag alone for the hosts after completing a 7-4 win over Greece.
All four quarter finals will be played out on Thursday, with two in the afternoon session and two in the evening. The action begins at 12noon with Slovakia vs. Japan before Great Britain C face Netherlands. 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 vs. Japan
Quarter-Final 2 - Great Britain C vs. Netherlands
Thursday, May 13 (17:30-21:30) 2 x Quarter-Finals
Quarter-Final 3 - Denmark vs. Germany
Quarter-Final 4 - Philippines vs. Estonia
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
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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