PHL CUE MASTER BLANKED CROATIA IN WORLD TEAM; TOPS GROUP PLAY
By Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 04 Jul 2012
FILIPINO billiards maestro Efren ?Bata? Reyes, Francisco ?Django? Bustamante, Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo and Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit came together as one solid unit Tuesday night to blanked Team Croatia made up by Ivica Putnik, Bozo Primic, Carlo Calmatin and Zrinka Antonijevic to topped Group A in the Day 3 of the 2012 World Pool Team Championships at the Tongzhou Luhe High School in Beijing, China.
The Philippines is employing a unique strategy in all their matches, putting the legend Reyes only in doubles matches, both the 8-ball and 10 ball according to American journalist and commentator Ted Lerner, spokesman and publicist of the World Pool-Billiards Association (WPA). "Expect the Pinoy team to continue down this path as they?ve barely been touched so far." he added.
Backed up by PHL God Father Aristeo "Putch" Puyat and sportsman/businessman Ceferino "Perry" Mariano, the Philippines also beat Indonesia, 4-2, made up by Ricky Wang, Isral Afrinneza Nasution, Muhammad Zulfikri and Amand Rahayu then subdued Estonia, winning 5-1 made up by Erki Erm, Joonas Saska, Mark Magi and Anna Grintosuk.
In the Final 16 on Wednesday, the list of top seeds is a who?s who of the world?s best pool playing countries are Chinese-Taipei, China 2, the Philippines, China 1, Japan and Great Britain.
The Philippines will square off with Team Norway on Wednesday in the knock-out stage led by Roger Rasmussen, Mats Schjetne, Matey Ullah and Ine Helvik for the quarter-finals seat.
A total pot prize $300,000 nput up by the organizing committee with the winning team will pocketed $80,000 while the runner up team will take home $40,000. -Marlon Bernardino-
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Round of 16, Single Elimination
Matches are in order in which they are listed on the knockout chart
Chinese-Taipei vs. India
Sweden vs. Indonesia
Great Britain vs. Australia
Poland vs. China 1
Philippines vs. Norway
Germany vs. Japan
South Korea vs. Canada
China 2 vs. Finland
Prize Money
Winning Team: $80,000
Runner Up: $40,000
Semi-finalist: $20,000
5-8: $12,000
9-16: $7500
17-24: $4000
Teams
Group A
Philippines?Efren Reyes, Francisco Bustamante, Dennis Orcullo, Rubilen Amit
Croatia?Ivica Putnik, Bozo Primic, Carlo Calmatin Zrinka Antonijevic
Estonia?Erki Erm, Joonas Saska, Mark Magi, Anna Grintosuk
Indonesia?Ricky Wang, Isral Afrinneza Nasution, Muhammad Zulfikri, Amand Rahayu
Group B
China 1?Li He Wen, Fu Jianbo, Liu Haitao, Fu Xiaofang, Pan Xiao Ting
Finland?Peter Makkonen, Aki Heiskanen, Abbas Al-Marayati, Marika Pokkijoki
Canada?Jason Klatt, John Morra, Erik Hjorleifson, Brittany Bryant
Malaysia?Ibrahim Amir, Patrick Ooi, Moh Keen Hoo, Klaudia Djajalie
Group C
China 2?Dang Jinhu, Dai Yong, Han Haoxiang, Liu Shasha, Chen Siming
Hong Kong?Kenny Kwok, Lee Chenman, Andrew Kong, Ellen Cheung, Ruby Cheung
Singapore?Sharik Aslam Sayed, Toh Lian Han, Aloysius Yapp, Lum Wai Keong, Ann Koh Seng
Australia?David Rothall, Louis Condo, Robby Foldvari, Lyndall Hulley
Group D
Japan?Yukio Akagariyama, Toru Kuribayashi, Naoyuki Oi, Chihiro Kawahara
Sweden?Marcus Chamat, Tomas Larsson, Andreas Gerwen, Carline Roos
Vietnam?Do The Kien, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Nguyen Manh Tung, Doan Thi Ngoc Le
Poland?Mateusz Sniegocki, Radoslaw Babica, Tomasz Kaplan, Oliwia Czuprynska
Group E
Great Britain?Darren Appleton, Daryl Peach, Chris Melling, Mark Gray, Kelly Fisher
South Korea?Lee Wansu, Ryu Seungwoo, Hwang Yong, Kim Ga Young
India-- Alok Kumar, Sundeep Gulati, Syed Habib, Neena Praveen
South Africa?Dave Van Den Berg, Dino Nair, Nickie Erasmus, Nicola Roussouw
Group F
Chinese Taipei?Chang Jung Lin, Fu Che Wei, Ko Pin Yi, Chieh Yu Chou
Germany?Oliver Ortmann, Thorsten Hohmann, Ralf Souquet, Jasmin Michel
Norway-- Roger Rasmussen, Mats Schjetne, Matey Ullah, Ine Helvik
Mongolia?L. Munkbold, L. Delgerdalai, T. Amarjargal, B. Uyanga, A. Batkhuu
Tournament Format
*Each match between countries will feature the teams playing each other in a set of six matches, all alternate break; two races in 8 ball, two in 9-ball and two in 10-ball.
*One 8-ball match will be men?s scotch doubles, race to 6. The other 8-ball match will be a men?s singles, race to 6.
*In 9-ball, the teams will compete in a women?s singles, race to 8, and a men?s singles race to 8.
*In 10-ball, the teams will play one mixed doubles match(scotch doubles), race to 7, and one men?s singles match race to 7.
*The female player must play in the 10-ball mixed doubles match, and a 9-ball match.
*No player is permitted to play more than two matches per session.
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