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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- @@@ 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. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Marlon Bernardino. |
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