Fujairah, UAE – Chang Jun Lin beat fellow Taiwanese Fu Chei We, 11-6, to capture the 2012 World 8 Ball Championship. The new 8 Ball World champ received $20,000 for the victory while the runner-up was awarded $15,000. Chang credited so much for his victory as he considers him as his mentor. If the NBA has Linsanity, another “Lin” is now emerging to top the billiard world.
Fujairah, UAE – Day 3 was not a good day for the Filipino contingent in the 2012 World 8-Ball Championship held at the Fujairah Tennis and Country Club in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Out of the 9 Filipino cue masters, less than half survive their first knockout match. Only defending champion Dennis Orcollo, current National Open Champ Carlo Biado, Roberto “Pinoy Superman” Gomez, and veteran campaigner Lee Van Corteza are left to carry the Philippine flag to the next round.
Later in the night, Orcollo was sent packing by Polish Karol Skowerski. The Philippines has still a big chance though as Gomez, Corteza, and Biado are no pushovers. Here are the results of Day 3:
FINAL 64
Race to 9, Alternate Break
Dennis Orcullo(PHI) 9 – 5 Nasser Al Mujaibel(KUW) Vilmos Foldes(HUN) 9 – 5 Kuo Po Chen(TPE) Niels Feijen(NED) 9 – 1 Saleh Mohammed(KUW)
Ko Pin Yi(TPE) 9 – 5 Raymund Faraon(PHI)
Jalal Yousef(VEN) 9 – 5 Konstantin Stepanov(RUS)
Karol Skowerski(POL) 9 – 6 Shaker Wahdan(JOR)
Liu Haitao(CHN) 9 – 6 Abdulatef Fawal(QAT)
Max Eberle(USA) 9 – 7 Ralf Souquet(GER)
Fu Chei Wei(TPE) 9 – 7 Reiner Wirsbitzki(GER)
Ahmad Jallad(JOR) 9 – 8 Joven Alba(PHI)
Hwang Yong(KOR) 9 – 8 Demosthenes Pulpul(PHI)
Mika Immonen(FIN) 9 – 7 Omran Salem(UAE)
Lee Van Corteza(PHI) 9 – 2 Lee Chen Man(HKG)
Nguyen Phuc Long(VIE) 9 – 8 Amin Fekry(UAE)
Serge Das(BEL) 9 – 7 So Shaw(IRI) Nick van den Berg(NED) 9 – 7 Karl Boyes(GBR)
Li Hewen(CHN) 9 – 3 Darren Appleton(GBR)
Carlo Biado(PHI) 9 – 2 Elmer Haya(PHI)
Imran Majid(GBR) 9 – 5 Kenny Chi Ho Kwok(HKG)
Oliver Ortman(GER) 9 – 3 Lo Li Wen(JPN)
Huidji See(NED) 9 – 4 Dominic Jentsch(GER)
Bruno Muratore(ITA)9 –4 Radislaw Babica(POL)
Chang Jun Lin(TPE) 9 –6 Carlos Cabello(ESP)
Salah Al-Rimawi(UAE) 9 – 5 Daryl Peach(GBR)
Toru Kuribayashi(JPN) 9 — 7 Tomasz Kaplan(POL)
Thorsten Hohmann(GER) 9 – 2 Ryoji Aoki(JPN)
Chris Melling(GBR) 9 –5 Omer Al Serkal(UAE)
Fancisco Diaz-Pizarro(ESP) 9 — 4 Omar Al Shaheen(KUW)
Roberto Gomez(PHI) 9 – 4 Mario He(AUT)
Mark Gray(GBR) 9 – 3 Maghsoud Ali(IRI)
Hijikata Hajato(JPN) 9 – 8 Takhti Zarekani(IRI)
Yukio Akagariyama(JPN)9 –2 Elvis Calasang(PHI)
ROUND OF 32 MATCHES
Karol Skowerski(POL) 9 – 3 Dennis Orcullo(PHI)
Ko Pin Yi(TPE) 9 – 2 Niels Feijen(NED)
Liu Haitao(CHN) 9 – 7 Vilmos Foldes(HUN)
Fujairah, UAE- When 2012 World 8-ball Championships started, there were 9 Filipino cue artists who joined the prestigious tournament. After the thrilling group matches, all 9 are still in the running to capture the 2012 crown at the at the Fujairah Tennis and Country Club in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
Robinsons Galleria, Metro Manila – Filipino cue artist Dennis Orcollo beats Mike Immonen 10-8 in the finals of the 2011 Predator International 10 Ball Championship. The World No.1 Orcollo reached the finals after he beat former World 9-Ball Champ Wu Jia Qing of China, 10-5, while Immonen also beat a Chinese bet Liu Hai Tao to be in the finals, 10-9.
Orcollo eliminated fellow Filipino pool player Ramil “Bebeng” Gallego in quarterfinals while Immonen got a quaterfinal win over Roberto “Pinoy Superman” Gomez.
Orcollo’s win gave the Philippines its 3rd straight Predator International Title. Orcollo won in 2009 while Efren “Bata” Reyes won in 2010. The victory makes Dennis Orcollo $10,000 richer while runner-up Mika “The Iceman” Immonen got $6,000.00. The 2 Chinese semifinalists got $3,500.
There were 7 Filipinos in the final 32. Ronnie Alcano, Jundel Mazon, and John Salazar fell in this round. Alcano lost a 10-9 squeaker to Philipp Stojanovic while Mazon and Salazar lost to compatriots. The 16 will feature 4 cue masters from the host country.
Quarterfinals
Liu Hai Tao
10 : 8
Philipp Stojanovic
Mika Immonen
10 : 7
Roberto Gomez
Wu Jia Qing
10 : 9
Efren Reyes
Dennis Orcollo
10 : 3
Ramil Gallego
Only 1 Filipino player survived this round as Roberto Gomez, defending champ Efren “Bata” Reyes, and Ramil Gallego lost their matches. Gallego was eliminated by fellow Filipino Dennis Orcollo. The remaining players are Liu Hai Tao of China, Mika Immonen of Finland, Wu Jia Qing also of China, and Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines.
Semis Pairing
Liu Hai Tao
0 : 0
Mika Immonen
Wu Jia Qing
0 : 0
Dennis Orcollo
There is a chance that there will be an all-Chinese final if Wu and Liu hurdle Orcollo and Immonen.
The 11th annual Predator International 10-Ball Championship is held at Robinsons Galleria, EDSA cor. Ortigas Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines. The tournament has a total prize money of $43,000 with the winner getting $10,000. The defending champion was Efren Reyes of the Philippines.
Robinson’s Galleria, Ortigas Center- Efren “Bata” Reyes, the 2010 Predator 10-Ball Champion, won against Jayson Shaw of the USA, 9-6, for his first win in the 11th Predator 10-Ball Championships. Reyes drew a bye in the first round of this prestigious billiar tourney that offers $10,ooo to the champion.
Other notable results:
Former World 9-Ball and 8-Ball Champion Ronnie Alcano squeezed past Johan Chua, 9-8 after winning by default against Reda Belhaj.
Veteran Ramil Gallego won against countrymen Lee Vann Corteza, 9-6, and Jericho Banares, 9-5.
PCSO billiards academy’s RJ Bautista surprised American Max Eberle, 9-6.
Quezon City, Philippines – Ralf Souquet capped one of the best 2 weeks in his pool career as he spearheaded the German team to capture the World Cup of Pool crown a week after he won the World Pool Masters. In the World Cup, he partnered with an equally on-form Thorsten Hohmann . Together they beat a surprising Thai pair of Nitiwat Kanjanasri & Kobkit Palajin in the finals to bag the World Cup trophy and $60,000 prize money. The Thais bagged $30,ooo as the second prize.
In the finals, the Germans let the Thai took the first rack after a Hohmann miscue. They countered by winning an amazing 8 straight racks to take an insurmountable 8-1 lead. The Germans held on for a 10-4 victory.
Germany became the first World Cup of Pool winner from Europe. The past 2 editions were dominated by Asian teams (2009 Philippines, 2010 China). This year, Asia had 3 of the 4 semifinal spots but in the end, Germany was too strong for Korea, and Thailand. They also beat 2009 Champs Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante as well as Team Australia en route to becoming the 2011 World Cup of Pool Champions.
The PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool featured 32 two-player teams representing 31 nations. The total prize-pool was $250,000 with $60,000 going to the champions. The title for the event was PartyPoker.net, the world’s leading online poker school. The tournament was held at the Block Atrium at SM City North EDSA.
Germany battled from a 2-6 deficit to eke out a victory from the on-form Korean pair. Korea‘s Lee Gun Jae & Hwang Yong were having a comfortable lead after winning 4 straight racks starting from the 5th. They gave Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann a chance, the German pounced on it to equalize at 6-all then lead 8-6. It was 6 straight racks for the Germans after losing 4 straight. Korea won the 15th to get closer but lost the battles of safeties in the 16th rack to give the Germany tandem the win, 9-7. It is the 2nd World Cup of Pool final for Team Germany.
The Thai pair of Nitiwat Kanjanasri & Kobkit Palajin beat team Taiwan of Ko Pin-yi & Ko Ping-chun. The Ko brothers who came of a hill-hill victory over the very strong Orcollo-Alcano tandem, came of short as they did not survive the fast start of the unheralded Thai pair. Thailand took a 3-0 lead then a 6-2 before finishing off the Taiwanese at 9-3. Thailand will now face the formidable German tandem in the final.
Semifinal Recap:
Just like the other rounds, the semifinal had a big surprise. Only few believed that the Thais can reach this far but they have making believers out of many billiard fans. Will the Cinderella run continue? We will know in a while.
The pairing Lee Gun Jae & Hwang Yong has reached the semifinals of the 2011 World Cup of Pool as they beat Sweden’sMarcus Chamat & Thomas Mehtala. The surprising Koreans blitzed the Swedes to a 6-2 lead then held on to win 9-5.
Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann of Germany never gave a chance to the legendary pair of Efren Reyes & Francisco Bustamante from the host country to win convincingly their quarterfinal duel 9-1. The Filipino pair did not take advantage of the poor breaking of the Germans as they missed several makable shots. Ralf Souquet is going deep again in a tournament held at the Block Atrium at SM City North Edsa. The Germans will be facing Korea in the semifinals.
(11) Poland 6 vs. 9 Thailand
After beating two Southeast Asian teams in the past 2 rounds, the Polish team of Karol Skowerski & Radoslaw Babica faced a Thai team of Nitiwat Kanjanasri & Kobkit Palajin with great confidence. The Thai team however, showed that they belong to this tournament that pits the worlds best as they battled Team Poland rack for rack to eventually grab the lead for good at the 11th rack for 6-5 score. They held on to win 9-6 and grabbed a spot in the Final 4.
(7) Taiwan 9 vs. 8 Philippines A
The last game of the round turned out to be the best among the 4 pairings. Team Taiwan of Ko Pin-yi & Ko Ping-chun battled the Philippine’s Dennis Orcollo & Ronnie Alcano in a hill-hill encounter. The Philippines started the game strong to grab 3-rack leads at 4-1 and 5-2. The Ko brothers won 5 straight racks to silence the home crowd at 7-5. The teams split the next 2 racks to put the Taiwenese at the hill 8-6. A dry break from Team Taiwan brought the World’s No.1 and No.3 ranked players back at the table and they did not disappoint as they leveled the match at 8-8. A sorry miss by Alcano in the last rack gave the Taiwenese the victory, 9-8. It’s going to be Taiwan vs. Thailand in the second semifinal pairing.
Day 5 Recap (September 10, 2011): The 2 teams from the host country fell today. One was routed. The other one lost in a heartbreaker. It was tough but as the saying goes, anything can happen. That is the beauty of a single elimination tournament.
It is going to be Germany vs. Korea and Taipei vs. Thailand. 3 Asian teams have made it to the Final 4. Germany is the lone European team but it is the highest seed left. Expect the unexpected in tomorrow’s games.
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It’s Day 5 of the World Cup of Pool and there are only 8 teams left in the tournament. Here are the quarterfinal pairings of the 2011 World Cup of Pool:
