THE FINAL FOUR REACH FOR POOL IMMORTALITY
Climactic final day looms as Korea’s Ga Young Kim takes on China’s Liu Shasha, while China’s Chen Siming battles Taiwan’s Tan Yo Hun at the Women’s World 9-ball Championship.
By Ted Lerner
With the knockout stages underway at the Women’s World 9-ball Championship in Guilin, China, the pressure is already proving too much to bear for some players. By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy...
Flight 1 Finalists, 1st Place Gary Cohen (R), 2nd Place Mark Hansen (L) Flight 2 Finalists, 2nd Place Harvey Wixman (R), 3rd Place Dave Ehlers (L); not pictured, Galen Lee, 1st Place Flight 3 Finalists,...
Each month, McDermott gives away a free pool cue to a lucky contestant. For October, the giveaway cue is the G324C, a customized version of their popular G324 model.
England A 9-6 Finland
Holland 9-1 Austria
LAST YEAR’S runners-up Holland will get a shot at redemption on Sunday evening when they face England A in the final of the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth after both teams came through their semi-final matches against European opposition.
2014 Betway World Cup of Pool
Soaraway Finns send Poles packing
Round 2Â Finland 7-0 Poland
Austria 7-5 Qatar     Holland 7-4 Switzerland
FINLAND registered a second 7-0 victory to set up a titanic quarter-final tussle with Philippines as Austria and 2013 finalists Holland also progressed to the last eight of the Betway World Cup of Pool at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth on Friday afternoon.
Sept 25 Day 3
2014 Betway World Cup of Pool
Dutch, US & England A go through
Holland 7 ““ 3 Sweden
USA 7 ““ 2 Croatia
England A 7 ““ 6 Spain
THREE of the big guns of the sport enjoyed victories at the Betway World Cup of Pool as the first round continued at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth. Holland, USA and England A all had wins and will take their place in the second round.
24 September
2014 Betway World Cup of Pool
Super Qatar topple Taiwan!
Poland 7 ““ 4 Australia
China 7 ““ 5 Czech Republic
Qatar 7 ““ 5 Chinese Taipei
QATAR upset the applecart at the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool as they turned over the highly fancied Chinese Taipei pairing of Chang Yu-lung & Hsu Kai-lun to take their nation through to the second round for the first time in the event’ nine year history.
Taking place at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, the Betway World Cup of Pool features 32 two-man teams from around the world vying for a $250,000 prize fund, and it was Qatar who still has their eyes on the prize following an exciting 7-5 win.
This year a 40 player field of the top Straight Pool players in the country arrived in Virginia for Friday afternoon warm-ups, check out the equipment of 11 Brunswick Gold Crowns and 3 Diamond tables, recently covered with new Simonis 760 cloth. Players were anxious to get in a few hours of practice, as competition this year would be fierce among one of the strongest fields ever.
