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PHL TEAM ADVANCES TO THE KO STAGE OF WORLD TEAM EVENT IN CHINA

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Total Points after two rounds in Group A
Philippines 6, Indonesia 3, Croatia 3, Estonia 0

Winner gets 3 points, loser none, tie gets 1 point. The top 2 teams in each group advance to final 16. The 4 best 3rd place teams also advance.

THE Philippines, with the great Efren "Bata" Reyes, Francisco "Django" Bustamante, Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo and Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit had no trouble in manhandling Estonia, winning 5-1 made up by Erki Erm, Joonas Saska, Mark Magi and Anna Grintosuk advanced to the knock-out stage on Day 2 of the 2012 World Pool Team Championships at the Tongzhou Luhe High School in Beijing, China yesterday.

"Today (Tuesday) is last day of group stage but Philippines will go through they already have 6 points. Tommrow (Wednesday) it starts the real action now is just group stage," said American journalist and commentator Ted Lerner, spokesman and publicist of the World Pool-Billiards Association (WPA).

Inspired by their supporters PHL God Father Aristeo "Putch" Puyat and sportsman/businessman Ceferino "Perry" Mariano, the Team Philippines defeated Indonesia, 4-2, made up by Ricky Wang, Isral Afrinneza Nasution, Muhammad Zulfikri and Amand Rahayu in the opening round in Group A.

The Indons bounced back in contention by blanking Team Croatia, 6-0, spearheaded by Ivica Putnik, Bozo Primic, Carlo Calmatin and Zrinka Antonijevic.

Last night, Team Philippines battling in a no bearing game against Team Croatia.

After two games of play in Group A, Philippines 6, Indonesia 3, Croatia 3, and Estonia 0 in this $300,000 total pot prize tournament with the winning team will pocketed $80,000 while the runner up team will take home $40,000.

The format call winner gets 3 points, loser none, tie gets 1 point. The top 2 teams in each group advance to final 16. The 4 best 3rd place teams also advance.

Meanwhile, Great Britain, China 1 and 2, Taiwan and Japan also won their matches for the second straight day and ensured their places in the single elimination round of 16 which begins on Wednesday. Germany finally got a win and is looking strong for a place in the final 16. South Korea won again and is probably the leading dark horse in the 24 team competition.

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Results from Day 2, Group Stages

Winner gets 3 points, loser none, tie gets 1 point.
The top 2 teams in each group advance to final 16. The 4 best 3rd place teams also advance

Group A
Indonesia 6 ? 0 Croatia
Philippines 5 - 1 Estonia
Total Points after two rounds
Philippines 6, Indonesia 3, Croatia 3, Estonia 0

Group B
Canada 4 - 2 Finland
China 1 4 ? 2 Malaysia
Total Points after two rounds
China 1- 6, Canada 3, Finland 3, Malaysia 0

Group C
Australia 3 - 3 Hong Kong
China 2 6 - 0 Singapore
Total Points after two rounds
China 2- 6, Hong Kong 2, Singapore 1, Australia 1

Group D
Poland 3 - 3 Sweden
Japan 4 - 2 Vietnam
Total Points after two rounds
Japan 6, Sweden 2, Poland 1, Vietnam 1

Group E
South Korea 5 ? 1 South Africa
Great Britain 6 ? 0 India
Total Points after two rounds
Great Britain 6, South Korea 6, South Africa 0, India 0

Group F
Germany 6 ? 0 Mongolia
Chinese Taipei 6 ? 0 Norway
Total Points after two rounds
Chinese Taipei 6, Germany 4, Norway 1, Mongolia



Scheduled Matches for Day 3, last day of the Group Stage

Estonia vs. Indonesia
Philippines vs. Croatia
Malaysia vs. Canada
China 1 vs. Finland
Singapore vs. Australia
China 2 vs. Hong Kong
Vietnam vs. Poland
Japan vs. Sweden
India vs. South Africa
Norway vs. Mongolia
Great Britain vs. South Korea
Chinese Taipei vs. Germany

Results from Day 1, Group Stages
Winner gets 3 points, loser none, tie gets 1 point

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




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