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2010 World Team Championship

{{Short description|Championship}}

The 2010 World Team Championship (short WTC 2010) was the first edition of the World Team Championship which was sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association, which ran from January 30, 2010, to February 6, 2010, in Hanover, Germany. A total prize fund of $398,000 was distributed, with the winning team receiving $100,000. The Great Britain 1 team of Darren Appleton, Daryl Peach, Imran Majid, Karl Boyes and Mark Gray won the event with a 4–1 victory over the Philippines.{{Cite web |title=Team Great Britain, World Team Cup 2010 :: ProPool.info |work=propool.info |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=http://propool.info/players/team-great-britain-world-team-cup-2010.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427205832/http://propool.info/players/team-great-britain-world-team-cup-2010.htm |archive-date=27 April 2018 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Great Britain Wins World Team Championship |work=azbilliards.com |date=7 February 2010 |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6375-great-britain-wins-world-team-championship/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318120948/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6375-great-britain-wins-world-team-championship/ |archive-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=live }} It was the first iteration of the World Team Championship.

In the quarter-finals, the match between Britain 1 and China reached a playoff. After a "titanic struggle", the match reached a score of 27–25 in a race to 6 racks with the winning rack from Peach.{{Cite web |title=World Team Championship Final Four |work=azbilliards.com |date=6 February 2010 |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6371-world-team-championship-final-four/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320170943/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6371-world-team-championship-final-four/ |archive-date=20 March 2016 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=BBC Sport - Great Britain win WPA world pool title |author= |work=BBC |date= 9 February 2010|access-date=24 August 2019 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/8506239.stm |quote=}}

Format

The World Team Championship consisteted of teams of 4-6 players for national teams. The event was organised and run by the World Pool-Billiard Association. Only one national team is allowed to compete per nation, with the exception of hosts Germany, Great Britain and Israel. The latter two were re-nominated after the teams from Nigeria and Brunei cancelled.{{Cite web |title=World Teams Championship 2010 |author= |work=azbilliards.com |date= 31 December 2009|access-date=24 August 2019 |url= https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6256-world-teams-championship-2010/ |language= |quote=}}{{Cite web |title=Day One of the World Team Championships |work=azbilliards.com |date=31 January 2010 |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6346-day-one-of-the-world-team-championships/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317112504/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6346-day-one-of-the-world-team-championships/ |archive-date=17 March 2016 |url-status=live }}

The event featured three pool disciplines for each match: Eight-ball, Nine-ball and 10-Ball. Each match consists of six matches; two each in the respective disciplines. The 8-ball sets are played in doubles to 6 racks. The 9-ball and 10-ball sets are played in singles on a playout of 8 or 7 racks. If a match is tied 3-3, the winner is determined by a playoff.[http://www.wtc-2010.com/cms/neuigkeiten/newsdetails/datum/2009/12/22/spielerliste-aktualisiert.html Regeln]{{Dead link|url=http://www.wtc-2010.com/cms/neuigkeiten/newsdetails/datum/2009/12/22/spielerliste-aktualisiert.html|date=December 2018}}

The tournament was contested as a Double-elimination tournament until 16 teams remained. In the final round of the last 16 will be in the Single-elimination tournament played, so every defeat leads to the immediate withdrawal from the tournament.

=Prize money=

The event featured a prize fund totalling $398,000, with $100,000 for the winners of the event split between the participants.{{Cite web |title=WPA World Team Championship 2010 |work=azbilliards.com |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/182-world-team-championship/3057-wpa-world-team-championship-2010/results/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821211135/https://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/182-world-team-championship/3057-wpa-world-team-championship-2010/results/ |archive-date=21 August 2019 |url-status=live }} A breakdown of the prize money is shown below:

class="wikitable sortable"

!Placing

!Prize money

Winner

|$100,000

Runner-up

|$50,000

Semi-finalists

|$30,000

Quarter-finalists

|$15,000

Last 16

|$10,000

17-24 Place

|$6,000

Competing teams

Source:{{Cite web |title=World Team Cup 2010 - match results :: ProPool.info |work=propool.info |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=http://propool.info/tours/world-team-cup-2010-matches.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024235519/http://propool.info/tours/world-team-cup-2010-matches.htm |archive-date=24 October 2017 |url-status=live }}

class="wikitable"

!Nation

!Player 1

!Player 2

!Player 3

!Player 4

!(Player 5)

!(Player 6)

{{ABW}}

|Richard Wolff

|Aaron Franken

|Ryan Rampersaud

|Ditto Acosta

|×

|×

{{BEL}}

|Serge Das

|Noel Bruynooghe

|Pascal Budo

|Jan Dulst

|×

|×

{{CHN}}

|Li Hewen

|Fu Jianbo

|Liu Haitao

|Dang Jinhu

|×

|×

{{DNK}}

|Kasper Thygesen

|Kasper Kristoffersen

|Bahram Lotfy

|Martin Larsen

|×

|×

{{DEU}} I

|Ralf Souquet

|Andreas Roschkowsky

|Thorsten Hohmann

|Christian Reimering

|Manuel Ederer

|Nicolas Ottermann

{{DEU}} II

|Oliver Ortmann

|Dominic Jentsch

|Thomas Lüttich

|John Blacklaw

|Christian Musmann

|×

{{EST}}

|Jüri Talu

|Rainer Laar

|Erki Erm

|Denis Grabe

|Reimo Simsalu

|×

{{FIN}}

|Mika Immonen

|Markus Juva

|Aki Heiskanen

|Petri Makkonen

|×

|×

{{FRA}}

|Stephan Cohen

|Vincent Facquet

|Lionel Vernedal

|Laurant Bourdelles

|×

|×

{{GRC}}

|Nikos Ekonomopoulos

|John Vassalos

|Alexander Kazakis

|Evangelos Vettas

|Aristeidis Damoylakis

|Christos Kokotis

{{IRN}}

|Takhti Zarakani

|Farhad Shaverdi

|Hadi Keyvan Ekbatani

|Ali Khojasteh Anbaran

|×

|×

{{ISR}} I

|Noam Cohen

|Dror Dobronski

|Ben Gmach

|Zion Zvi

|×

|×

{{ISR}} II

|Shai Eisenberg

|Sagi Kortler

|Valery Kostovesky

|Dobronsky Osnat

|×

|×

{{ITA}}

|Bruno Muratore

|Pietro Caperna

|Gabriele Cimmino

|Vittorio De Falco

|Michele Monaco

|Mauro Castriota

{{JPN}}

|Satoshi Kawabata

|Yukio Akakariyama

|Masaaki Tanaka

|Naoyuki Ōi

|×

|×

{{CAN}}

|Alain Martel

|Tyler Edey

|Jason Klatt

|Ron Wiseman

|Erik Hjorleifson

|×

{{HRV}}

|Ivica Putnik

|Robert Sudić

|Božo Primić

|Karlo Dalmatin

|Tomislav Šušić

|×

{{KWT}}

|Khaled al-Mutairi

|Abdullah al-Yasef

|Majed al-Azemi

|Bader al-Awadhi

|Tareq al-Mulla

|Omar al-Shaheen

{{LIE}}

|Alessandro Banzer

|Branko Kosic

|Hans Jörg Dutler

|Mario Wille

|×

|×

{{MAR}}

|Amine Ouahbi

|Samuel Saïd Arji

|Yousri Kabbaj

|Ameur Abdel Ati Riad

|Mounir Al Honsali

|×

{{NLD}}

|Niels Feijen

|Nick van den Berg

|Huidji See

|Alex Lely

|×

|×

{{NGA}}

|Samuel Bamgbose

|Shehu Bamidele

|Adegbite Aderibigbe

|Ayodele Ajibodu

|Marins Abada

|×

{{TRNC}}

|Ali Karanfiloglu

|Huseyin Borankan

|Onuc Altur

|Berk Mehmetcik

|×

|×

{{NOR}}

|Vegar Kristiansen

|Ronny Oldervik

|Mats Schjetne

|Malvin Boelland

|×

|×

{{PER}}

|Christopher Tevez Ocampo

|Juan Vega Enriquez

|Jorge Llanos Bustillos

|Jhon Lopez Roman

|Luis Arias Chosek

|Edson Damian Velasquez

{{PHL}}

|Ronato Alcano

|Lee Vann Corteza

|Warren Kiamco

|Antonio Lining

|Marlon Manalo

|Dennis Orcollo

{{POL}}

|Radosław Babica

|Tomasz Kapłan

|Mateusz Śniegocki

|Karol Skowerski

|Adam Skoneczny

|Mariusz Skoneczny

{{AUT}}

|Jasmin Ouschan

|Albin Ouschan

|Maximilian Lechner

|Jürgen Jenisy

|Martin Kempter

|Mario He

{{RUS}}

|Konstantin Stepanov

|Ruslan Chinakhov

|Jegor Plischkin

|Roman Pruchay

|×

|×

{{SWE}}

|Marcus Chamat

|Tomas Larsson

|Jim Chawki

|Andreas Gerwen

|Jan Lundell

|×

{{CHE}}

|Dimitri Jungo

|Sascha Specchia

|Ronny Regli

|Marco Tschudi

|×

|×

{{SRB}}

|Šandor Tot

|Zoran Svilar

|Andreja Klasović

|Goran Mladenović

|Miloš Verkić

|×

{{SVK}}

|Jaroslav Polach

|Milan Klobucnik

|Zoltan Petrovic

|Peter Leitman

|Jakub Koniar

|Rene Daubner

{{SVN}}

|Jožko Marinko

|Matjaž Demšar

|Rado Doroslovac

|Mates Cretnik

|×

|×

{{ESP}}

|David Alcaide

|Francisco Sánchez Ruíz

|Jose L. Gonzales

|Rafael Guzman

|×

|×

{{KOR}}

|Jeong Young-hwa

|Park K. Chan

|Lee Gun Jea

|Han Won Sik

|×

|×

{{HUN}}

|Vilmos Földes

|Mate Hazay

|Attila Bezdan

|Csaba Nagy

|Bence Varga

|Gabor Antal

{{CZE}}

|Roman Hybler

|Michal Gavenčiak

|Lukas Krenek

|Adam Houdek

|Oto Zeman

|×

{{USA}}

|Johnny Archer

|Shane Van Boening

|Óscar Domínguez

|Corey Deuel

|×

|×

{{ARE}}

|Muhammed Al Hosani

|Hanni Al Howri

|Mohammed Obaid

|Khalid Sibaitah

|×

|×

{{GBR}} I

|Darren Appleton

|Imran Majid

|Karl Boyes

|Daryl Peach

|Mark Gray

|×

{{GBR}} II

|Chris Melling

|Craig Osborne

|Adam Smith

|Mick Hill

|Michael Valentine

|×

{{CYP}}

|Costas Konnaris

|Prodromos Demosthenous

|Yiannos Kitromilidies

|Panicos Petrou

|George Louka

|×

Results

=Round of 16 =

After the double elimination round, a single elimination tournament featuring the last 16 teams was held. Below are the results from this stage:{{Cite web |title=World Team Cup 2010 - match results :: ProPool.info |work=propool.info |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=http://propool.info/tours/world-team-cup-2010-brackets.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024235516/http://propool.info/tours/world-team-cup-2010-brackets.htm |archive-date=24 October 2017 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=World Team Cup 2010 - match results :: ProPool.info |work=propool.info |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=http://propool.info/tours/world-team-cup-2010-matches.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024235519/http://propool.info/tours/world-team-cup-2010-matches.htm |archive-date=24 October 2017 |url-status=live }}

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Team

! colspan="2" |8-Ball

! colspan="2" |9-Ball

! colspan="2" |10-Ball

!

4 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{PHL|#}}

|6

|6

|8

|7

|4

|7

| style="background:#88ff88;" |4

{{NOR|#}}

|5

|3

|2

|8

|7

|1

| style="background:#ff8888;" |2

4. February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{POL|#}}

|6

|6

|8

|8

|×

|×

| style="background:#88ff88;" |4

{{FIN|#}}

|3

|4

|2

|4

|×

|×

| style="background:#ff8888;" |0

4 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{RUS|#}}

|6

|4

|8

|2

|7

|7

| style="background:#88ff88;" |4

{{DNK|#}}

|4

|6

|6

|8

|2

|2

| style="background:#ff8888;" |2

4 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{SWE|#}}

|6

|5

|5

|8

|7

|6

| style="background:#ff8888;" |3

{{DEU|#}} 2

|1

|6

|8

|6

|5

|7

| style="background:#88ff88;" |3

|

class="wikitable"

!Team

! colspan="2" |8-Ball

! colspan="2" |9-Ball

! colspan="2" |10-Ball

!

4 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{DEU|#}} 1

|5

|2

|4

|6

|×

|×

| style="background:#ff8888;" |0

{{GBR|#}} 1

|6

|6

|8

|8

|×

|×

| style="background:#88ff88;" |4

4 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{CHN|#}}

|5

|6

|8

|8

|7

|×

| style="background:#88ff88;" |4

{{SRB}}

|6

|3

|4

|6

|5

|×

| style="background:#ff8888;" |1

4 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{CHE|#}}

|6

|6

|2

|8

|7

|×

| style="background:#88ff88;" |4

{{JPN|#}}

|5

|5

|8

|2

|6

|×

| style="background:#ff8888;" |1

4 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{USA|#}}

|6

|4

|6

|7

|7

|7

| style="background:#ff8888;" |3

{{GRC|#}}

|5

|6

|8

|8

|6

|5

| style="background:#88ff88;" |3

|}

= Quarter-finals=

{| class="wikitable"

!Team

! colspan="2" |8-Ball

! colspan="2" |9-Ball

! colspan="2" |10-Ball

!

5 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{PHL|#}}

|6

|6

|8

|4

|5

|7

| style="background:#88ff88;" |4

{{POL|#}}

|4

|3

|3

|8

|7

|3

| style="background:#ff8888;" |2

5 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{RUS|#}}

|6

|6

|6

|6

|7

|7

| style="background:#88ff88;" |5

{{DEU|#}} 2

|3

|5

|8

|4

|5

|2

| style="background:#ff8888;" |1

|

class="wikitable"

!Team

! colspan="2" |8-Ball

! colspan="2" |9-Ball

! colspan="2" |10-Ball

!

5 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{GBR|#}} 1

|6

|4

|4

|5

|7

|7

| style="background:#88ff88;" |3{{efn|Britain won on a tie-breaker match 27-25.{{Cite web |title=Philippines vs Great Britain for World Team Championship |work=azbilliards.com |date=6 February 2010 |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6372-philippines-vs-great-britain-for-world-team-championship/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318231515/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6372-philippines-vs-great-britain-for-world-team-championship/ |archive-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=live }}}}

{{CHN|#}}

|1

|6

|8

|8

|3

|6

| style="background:#ff8888;" |3

5 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{CHE|#}}

|1

|1

|4

|7

|×

|×

| style="background:#ff8888;" |0

{{GRC|#}}

|6

|6

|8

|8

|×

|×

| style="background:#88ff88;" |4

|}

=Semi-finals =

{| class="wikitable"

!Team

! colspan="2" |8-Ball

! colspan="2" |9-Ball

! colspan="2" |10-Ball

!

6 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{PHL|#}}

|3

|6

|8

|8

|7

|×

| style="background:#88ff88;" |4

{{RUS|#}}

|6

|4

|4

|4

|1

|×

| style="background:#ff8888;" |1

|

class="wikitable"

!Team

! colspan="2" |8-Ball

! colspan="2" |9-Ball

! colspan="2" |10-Ball

!

6 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{GBR|#}} 1

|6

|4

|8

|8

|4

|7

| style="background:#88ff88;" |4

{{GRC|#}}

|4

|6

|4

|6

|7

|4

| style="background:#ff8888;" |2

|}

=Final=

class="wikitable"

!Team

! colspan="2" |8-Ball

! colspan="2" |9-Ball

! colspan="2" |10-Ball

!

7 February 2010

!I

!II

!III

!IV

!V

!VI

!Score

{{PHL|#}}

|6

|1

|2

|7

|1

|×

| style="background:#ff8888;" |1

{{GBR|#}} 1

|1

|6

|8

|8

|7

|×

| style="background:#88ff88;" |4

External links

  • {{official website|http://www.wtc-2010.com/}}

{{AZB|https://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/182-world-team-championship/3057-wpa-world-team-championship-2010/}}

References

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