2021 World Cup of Pool
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 9â14 May 2021 |
Venue | Stadium MK |
City | Milton Keynes |
Country | England |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Total prize fund | $250,000 |
Winner's share | $60,000 |
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The 2021 World Cup of Pool was a professional pool doubles tournament, and the 14th edition of the World Cup of Pool. The event was contested by 32 pairs representing different nations, and took place at the Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England, from 9 to 14 May 2021.[1][2]
The Austrian team of Mario He and Albin Ouschan were defending their 2019 title, but were knocked out in the first round by the Slovakian team of Jakub Koniar & Jaroslav PolĂĄch.
Prize fund
The total prize money for the event:
- Winners (per pair): $60,000
- Runners-up (per pair): $30,000
- Semi-finalists (per pair): $15,000
- Quarter-finalists (per pair): $9,000
- Last 16 losers (per pair): $4,500
- Last 32 losers (per pair): $3,625
Teams
Each competing nation features two players, with the hosts, Great Britain, receiving three places (one being a last minute replacement for the Canadian pairing who were forced to withdraw due to travel issues[3]). Also the Albanian pairing was replaced by France due to travel issues.[4] The competing teams were made of the players below:
- Justin Sajich & Ivan Li (AUS)
- Mario He & Albin Ouschan (AUT)
- Marharyta Fjafilawa & Yana Halliday (BLR)
- Serge Das & Kevin Lannoye (BEL)
- Sanjin PehlivanoviÄ & Ajdin PiknjaÄ (BIH)
- Philipp StojanoviÄ & Roberto Bartol (CRO)
- Petr Urban & Michal GavenÄiak (CZE)
- Mickey Krause & Bahram Lotfy (DEN)
- Denis Grabe & Mark MĂ€gi (EST)
- Petri Makkonen & Casper Matikainen (FIN)
- Alex Montpellier & Alain Da Costa (FRA)
- Joshua Filler & Christoph Reintjes (GER)
- Jayson Shaw & Chris Melling (GBR) A
- Kelly Fisher & Allison Fisher (GBR) B
- Darren Appleton & Karl Boyes (GBR) C
- Alexander Kazakis & Nick Malai (GRE)
- Olivér Szolnoki & Vilmos Földes (HUN)
- Zophonias Ărnason & MagnĂșs Ărnason (ISL)
- Fabio Petroni & Daniele Corrieri (ITA)
- Naoyuki Ći & Masato Yoshioka (JPN)
- Omar Al-Shaheen & Bader Alawadhi (KUW)
- Pijus Labutis & KÄstutis Ćœadeikis (LTU)
- Niels Feijen & Marc Bijsterbosch (NED)
- Jeff de Luna & Roberto Gomez (PHL)
- Mieszko FortuĆski & Wojciech Szewczyk (POL)
- Fedor Gorst & Sergey Lutsker (RUS)
- Aleksa Pecelj & Andreja KlasoviÄ (SRB)
- Jakub Koniar & Jaroslav PolĂĄch (SVK)
- Richard Halliday & JJ Faul (RSA)
- David Alcaide & Francisco SĂĄnchez RuĂz (ESP)
- Ronald Regli & Dimitri Jungo (SUI)
- Billy Thorpe & Skyler Woodward (USA)
Tournament bracket
Source:[5]
References
- ^ "Philippines aiming to land record fourth title". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Matchroom Pool - World Cup of Pool". matchroompool.com. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Great Britain a Survive Almighty Belarus Scare as USA March on". 11 May 2021.
- ^ Matchroom Pool [@MatchroomPool] (8 May 2021). "đĄ Due to travel issues, Albania have withdrawn from the World Cup of Pool and will be replaced by France (Alex Montpellier & Alain Da Costa). Tom Theriault and Ben Francis have replaced Alex Pagulayan and John Morra for Canada (1/2)" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Tournament bracket". cuescore.com. Retrieved 2021-05-03.