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PH teams bow out of World Team in China PhilBoxing.com Thu, 05 Jul 2012 *The World Pool and Billiard Association (WPA) is the international governing body of the sport of pocket billiards. Semi Final Matches Chinese Taipei vs. Great Britain Japan vs. China 2 Quarterfinal Results Chinese Taipei 4 -1 Sweden Great Britain 3 -3 China 1(Great Britain wins shootout 6-3) Japan 3 -3 Philippines(Japan wins shootout 7-5) China 2, 4 ? 2 Canada @@@ Prize Money Winning Team: $80,000 Runner Up: $40,000 Semi-finalist: $20,000 5-8: $12,000 9-16: $7500 17-24: $4000 THE Filipino cue artists competing in the 2012 World Pool Team Championships bowed out of the competition after yielding to Japan in the quarterfinals at the Tongzhou Luhe High School in Beijing, China late Wednesday. The Philippines made up by billiards maestro Efren "Bata" Reyes, Francisco "Django" Bustamante, Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo and Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit battled back from a 3-1 deficit to tie the match and force a sudden death shootout against the Japanese compose of Yukio Akagariyama, Toru Kuribayashi, Naoyuki Oi and Chihiro Kawahara. According to American journalist and sports commentator Ted Lerner, spokesman and publicist of the World Pool-Billiards Association (WPA), the shootout went back and forth and was tied at 3, 4 and 5. With each clutch pot, the players would shout and dance around the table and high-five their teammates. But the Philippines? had a weak link in the shootout and it turned out to be Reyes, whose 57 year old eyes failed him each time he tried the shot. Japan won the shootout 7-5. "The shootout is unique to team pool and is implemented when the two teams split their six matches against each other at three matches each. The 8 ball is then put in the middle of the table down near the short rail level with the first diamond and the cue ball is placed way down at the other end near the head string. The three men and one woman on each team take turns trying to pot the 8-ball in either far corner. All players play in sequence and the team to score six hits first with a margin of two or more(6-4, 7-5, etc.) wins the match and advances to the next round." said Lerner. With the win, Team Japan battles China 2 in one of the featured semi-final matches on Thursday. Chinese-Taipei and defending champion Great Britain hurdled their respective rivals to complete the Final Four. China 2 (Dang Jinhu, Dai Yong, Han Haoxiang, Liu Shasha and Chen Siming) toppled Canada (Jason Klatt, John Morra, Erik Hjorleifson and Brittany Bryant), 4-2, Chinese-Taipei (Chang Jung Lin, Fu Che Wei, Ko Pin Yi and Chieh Yu Chou) routed Sweden (Marcus Chamat, Tomas Larsson, Andreas Gerwen and Carline Roos), 4-1, and Great Britain (Darren Appleton, Daryl Peach, Chris Melling, Mark Gray and Kelly Fisher) also needed extra time to beat crowd favorite China 1 (Li He Wen, Fu Jianbo, Liu Haitao, Fu Xiaofang and Pan Xiao Ting) in another thrilling sudden death shootout, 6-3. Earlier, the Team Philippines backed up by PHL God Father Aristeo "Putch" Puyat and sportsman/businessman Ceferino "Perry" Mariano of Bugsy Promotions topped Group A elimination by beating Indonesia, 4-2, Estonia, 5-1, and Croatia, 6-0, respectively then blasted Norway, 4-0, at the start of knock-out stage in the Last 16 before losing to Japan in the Quarter-Finals.  |
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