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REYES-BUSTAMANTE AND ORCOLLO-ALCANO LEAD PHILIPPINE CHALLENGE IN WORLD CUP OF POOL PhilBoxing.com Fri, 05 Aug 2011  WITH THE PARTYPOKER.NET World Cup of Pool returning to the Philippines for the third consecutive year, all of the two-player teams are now in place for when the action gets underway from Tuesday 6th to Sunday 11th September. Now in its sixth year and carrying a $250,000 prize fund, the World Cup of Pool is firmly established as the No.1 team event in world pool. This year it takes place at the Block Atrium, SM City North EDSA Mall in Metro Manila, Philippines from Tuesday 6th to Sunday 11th September. There are a total of 32 teams competing with 31 nations represented ? host nation the Philippines are allowed two sides in the event. Defending champions China ? Fu Jianbo and Li Hewen ? will be back to try and make it a hat-trick of wins in five years. This year?s teams are: Europe (15) Austria ? Jasmin Ouschan & Mario He Croatia ? Carlo Dalmatin & Ivica Putnik or Philipp Stojanovic England ? Darren Appleton & Chris Melling Estonia ? Dennis Grabe & Erki Erm Finland ? Mika Immonen & Petri Makkonen France ? Stephan Cohen & Vincent Facquet Germany - Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann Holland ? Huidji See & Marco Teutscher Italy ? Fabio Petroni & Bruno Muratore Malta ? Tony Drago & Alex Borg Poland - Karol Skowerski & Radoslaw Babica Russia ? Konstantin Stepanov & Ruslan Chinakhov Spain ? David Alcaide & Francisco Diaz-Pizarro Sweden ? Marcus Chamat & Thomas Mehtala Switzerland ? Dimitri Jungo & Ronni Regli Asia (13) China ? Li Hewen & Fu Jianbo Hong Kong ? Lee Chenman & Kenny Kwok India ? Raj Hundal & Amar Kang Indonesia ? Irsal Nasution & Riyan Setiawan Japan - Yukio Akagariyama & Lo Li-wen Korea ? Lee Gun Jae & Hwang Yong Malaysia ? Ibrahim Amir & Patrick Ooi Philippines A ? Dennis Orcollo & Ronnie Alcano Philippines B ? Efren Reyes & Francisco Bustamante Singapore - Bernard Tey & Chan Keng Kwang Taiwan ? Ko Pin-yi & Ko Ping-chun Thailand - Nitiwat Kanjanasri & Kobkit Palajin Vietnam - Nguyen Phuc Long & Luong Chi Dung Rest of the World (4) Australia ? Greg Jenkins & David Rothall Canada ? Jason Klatt & John Morra Kuwait ? Khaled Al Mutaira & Omar Al Shaheen USA ? Corey Deuel & Mike Dechaine Commented Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn, ?The World Cup of Pool has really taken off in recent years and is fast developing into the biggest pool tournament in the world. ?Some of the greatest players in the game today will be in Manila searching for a big payday but more importantly, toss in the magic ingredient of national pride, and you have the recipe for a six days of compelling action. ?Plenty of teams can win this, and the two Filipino sides looks as good a bets as anyone, but it is also a chance for the minnows of the pool world to upset the applecart and grab a slice of the glory!? The 2011 World Cup of Pool is sponsored by PartyPoker.net, the world?s leading online poker school. Cloth is supplied by Iwan Simonis, Super Aramith balls by Saluc, tables by Star Xing Pai and the Official Cue is Predator.  |
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