2017 World Cup of Pool

{{Infobox Individual Snooker Tournament

| tournament_name = 2017 World Cup of Pool

| logo =

| venue = York Hall

| location = London

| country = England

| organisation = Matchroom Sport

| format = Single elimination tournament

| Total prize fund = $250,000

| winners_share = $30,000 each

| winner = {{flagicon|AUT}} Mario He & Albin Ouschan

| runner_up = {{flagicon|USA|2=USA}} Shane Van Boening & Skyler Woodward

|previous=2015

|next=2018

}}

The 2017 World Cup of Pool was the eleventh edition of the tournament. The event was held in York Hall, London, England, from 13 to 18 June. A total of 32 two-player teams participated in the tournament.{{cite web |url=http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/world-cup-pool-2017/ |title=World Cup of Pool 2017 - Matchroom Pool |publisher=Matchroom Sport|accessdate=2 January 2019}}

Prize fund

A total of $250,000 constituted the prize fund.

Winners (per pair): $60,000
Runners-up (per pair): $30,000
Semi-finalists (per pair): $15,000
Quarter-finalists (per pair): $9,000
Last 16 losers (per pair): $4,500
Last 32 losers (per pair): $3,625

Competing teams

Seed	Team	colspan="2" \| Players {{cite web \|url=http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/#teams \|title=World Cup of Pool 2017 – Teams \|work=matchroompool.com \|publisher=Matchroom Sport \|accessdate=18 May 2017}} {{cite web \|url=http://www.matchroompool.com/news/world-cup-of-pool/european-stars-full-force-london-world-cup/ \|title=European Stars out in full Force for London World Cup \|work=matchroompool.com \|publisher=Matchroom Sport \|date=3 May 2017 \|accessdate=18 May 2017}} {{cite web \|url=http://www.matchroompool.com/news/world-cup-of-pool/world-cup-pool-welcomes-global-superstars-london/ \|title=World Cup of Pool welcomes global Superstars to London \|work=matchroompool.com \|publisher=Matchroom Sport \|date=5 May 2017 \|accessdate=18 May 2017}}
class="wikitable sortable"
style="text-align:center" \| 1	{{TPE}}	style="width:12em" \| Ko Pin-yi	style="width:12em" \| Chang Yu-Lung
style="text-align:center" \| 2	{{AUT}}	Mario He	Albin Ouschan
style="text-align:center" \| 3	{{CHN\|2=China}}	Wu Jiaqing	Dang Jinhu
style="text-align:center" \| 4	{{ENG\|2=England A}}	Darren Appleton	Mark Gray
style="text-align:center" \| 5	{{USA\|2=USA}}	Shane Van Boening	Skyler Woodward
style="text-align:center" \| 6	{{NLD}}	Niels Feijen	Nick van den Berg
style="text-align:center" \| 7	{{SCO}}	Jayson Shaw	Pat Holtz
style="text-align:center" \| 8	{{CAN}}	Alex Pagulayan	John Morra
style="text-align:center" \| 9	{{JPN}}	Naoyuki Ōi	Hayato Hijikata
style="text-align:center" \| 10	{{ENG\|2=England B}}	Imran Majid	Daryl Peach
style="text-align:center" \| 11	{{PHL}}	Carlo Biado	Johann Chua
style="text-align:center" \| 12	{{ESP}}	David Alcaide	Francisco Sánchez
style="text-align:center" \| 13	{{FIN}}	Mika Immonen	Petri Makkonen
style="text-align:center" \| 14	{{DEU}}	Ralf Souquet	Thorsten Hohmann
style="text-align:center" \| 15	{{RUS}}	Ruslan Tschinachow	Konstantin Stepanow
style="text-align:center" \| 16	{{POL}}	Mateusz Śniegocki	Wojciech Szewczyk
style="text-align:center" \| 17	{{GRC}}	Nikos Ekonomopoulos	Alexander Kazakis
style="text-align:center" \| 18	{{NOR}}	Mats Schjetne	Tom Bjerke
style="text-align:center" \| 19	{{PRT}}	Joao Grilo	Rui Franco
style="text-align:center" \| 20	{{ROU}}	Robert Braga	Ioan Ladanyi
style="text-align:center" \| 21	{{SWE}}	Marcus Chamat	Daniel Tångudd
style="text-align:center" \| 22	{{HUN}}{{efn\|The Hong Kong team (Andrew Kong and Lo Ho Sum) withdrew. The Hungarian team took the starting position before the tournament}}	Gabor Solymosi	Gabor Antal
style="text-align:center" \| 23	{{IND}}	Raj Hundal	Amar Kang
style="text-align:center" \| 24	{{IDN}}	Irsal Nasution	Muhammad Simanjuntak
style="text-align:center" \| 25	{{MYS}}	Kok Jken Yung	Muhammad Almie
style="text-align:center" \| 26	{{SGP}}	Toh Lian Han	Aloysius Yapp
style="text-align:center" \| 27	{{THA}}	Amnuayporn Chotipong	Tanut Makkamontree
style="text-align:center" \| 28	{{AUS}}	Justin Campbell	Michael Cacciola
style="text-align:center" \| 29	{{KWT}}	Bader al-Awadhi	Mohammad al-Kashawi
style="text-align:center" \| 30	{{NZL}}	Matthew Edwards	Toar Dotulong
style="text-align:center" \| 31	{{MLT}}{{efn\|The South African team (David Anderson and Francois Ellis) was replaced by the Maltese shortly before the start of the tournament.}}	Tony Drago	Ryan Pisani
style="text-align:center" \| 32	{{QAT}}	Waleed Majid	Bashar Hussain

Bracket

{{Cite web |url=http://www.matchroompool.com/news/world-cup-of-pool/schedule-announced-best-world-cup-ever/ |title=Schedule announced for ‚best World Cup ever‘ |work=matchroompool.com |publisher=Matchroom Sport |date=15 May 2017 |accessdate=18 May 2017}}

{{Cite web |url=http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/#draw |title=World Cup of Pool 2017 – Draw |work=matchroompool.com |publisher=Matchroom Sport |accessdate=18 June 2017}}

{{Cite web |url=http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/#fixtures |title=World Cup of Pool 2017 – Fixtures/Results |work=matchroompool.com |publisher=Matchroom Sport |accessdate=18 June 2017}}

{{32TeamBracket

| RD1=Round 1

| RD2=Round 2

| RD3=Quarterfinal

| RD4=Semifinal

| RD5=Final

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| RD1-team01={{TPE}}

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| RD1-seed02=29

| RD1-team02={{KWT}}

| RD1-score02=3

| RD1-seed03=16

| RD1-team03={{POL}}

| RD1-score03=7

| RD1-seed04=17

| RD1-team04={{GRC}}

| RD1-score04=6

| RD1-seed05=9

| RD1-team05={{JPN}}

| RD1-score05=7

| RD1-seed06=27

| RD1-team06={{THA}}

| RD1-score06=2

| RD1-seed07=8

| RD1-team07={{CAN}}

| RD1-score07=7

| RD1-seed08=28

| RD1-team08={{AUS}}

| RD1-score08=5

| RD1-seed09=5

| RD1-team09={{USA|2=USA}}

| RD1-score09=7

| RD1-seed10=26

| RD1-team10={{SGP}}

| RD1-score10=0

| RD1-seed11=12

| RD1-team11={{ESP}}

| RD1-score11=7

| RD1-seed12=20

| RD1-team12={{ROU}}

| RD1-score12=6

| RD1-seed13=13

| RD1-team13={{FIN}}

| RD1-score13=7

| RD1-seed14=18

| RD1-team14={{NOR}}

| RD1-score14=0

| RD1-seed15=4

| RD1-team15={{ENG|2=England A}}

| RD1-score15=4

| RD1-seed16=23

| RD1-team16={{IND}}

| RD1-score16=7

| RD1-seed17=3

| RD1-team17={{CHN|2=China}}

| RD1-score17=7

| RD1-seed18=19

| RD1-team18={{PRT}}

| RD1-score18=5

| RD1-seed19=14

| RD1-team19={{DEU}}

| RD1-score19=7

| RD1-seed20=31

| RD1-team20={{MLT}}

| RD1-score20=2

| RD1-seed21=11

| RD1-team21={{PHL}}

| RD1-score21=7

| RD1-seed22=32

| RD1-team22={{QAT}}

| RD1-score22=4

| RD1-seed23=6

| RD1-team23={{NLD}}

| RD1-score23=7

| RD1-seed24=22

| RD1-team24={{HUN}}

| RD1-score24=0

| RD1-seed25=7

| RD1-team25={{SCO}}

| RD1-score25=7

| RD1-seed26=30

| RD1-team26={{NZL}}

| RD1-score26=6

| RD1-seed27=10

| RD1-team27={{ENG|2=England B}}

| RD1-score27=7

| RD1-seed28=24

| RD1-team28={{IDN}}

| RD1-score28=0

| RD1-seed29=15

| RD1-team29={{RUS}}

| RD1-score29=7

| RD1-seed30=25

| RD1-team30={{MYS}}

| RD1-score30=0

| RD1-seed31=2

| RD1-team31={{AUT}}

| RD1-score31=7

| RD1-seed32=21

| RD1-team32={{SWE}}

| RD1-score32=5

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01={{TPE}}

| RD2-score01=7

| RD2-seed02=16

| RD2-team02={{POL}}

| RD2-score02=5

| RD2-seed03=9

| RD2-team03={{JPN}}

| RD2-score03=7

| RD2-seed04=8

| RD2-team04={{CAN}}

| RD2-score04=3

| RD2-seed05=5

| RD2-team05={{USA|2=USA}}

| RD2-score05=7

| RD2-seed06=12

| RD2-team06={{ESP}}

| RD2-score06=5

| RD2-seed07=13

| RD2-team07={{FIN}}

| RD2-score07=7

| RD2-seed08=23

| RD2-team08={{IND}}

| RD2-score08=4

| RD2-seed09=3

| RD2-team09={{CHN|2=China}}

| RD2-score09=7

| RD2-seed10=14

| RD2-team10={{DEU}}

| RD2-score10=0

| RD2-seed11=11

| RD2-team11={{PHL}}

| RD2-score11=7

| RD2-seed12=6

| RD2-team12={{NLD}}

| RD2-score12=5

| RD2-seed13=7

| RD2-team13={{SCO}}

| RD2-score13=6

| RD2-seed14=10

| RD2-team14={{ENG|2=England B}}

| RD2-score14=7

| RD2-seed15=15

| RD2-team15={{RUS}}

| RD2-score15=2

| RD2-seed16=2

| RD2-team16={{AUT}}

| RD2-score16=7

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01={{TPE}}

| RD3-score01=9

| RD3-seed02=9

| RD3-team02={{JPN}}

| RD3-score02=2

| RD3-seed03=5

| RD3-team03={{USA|2=USA}}

| RD3-score03=9

| RD3-seed04=13

| RD3-team04={{FIN}}

| RD3-score04=4

| RD3-seed05=3

| RD3-team05={{CHN|2=China}}

| RD3-score05=9

| RD3-seed06=11

| RD3-team06={{PHL}}

| RD3-score06=2

| RD3-seed07=10

| RD3-team07={{ENG|2=England B}}

| RD3-score07=7

| RD3-seed08=2

| RD3-team08={{AUT}}

| RD3-score08=9

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01={{TPE}}

| RD4-score01=4

| RD4-seed02=5

| RD4-team02={{USA|2=USA}}

| RD4-score02=9

| RD4-seed03=3

| RD4-team03={{CHN|2=China}}

| RD4-score03=1

| RD4-seed04=2

| RD4-team04={{AUT}}

| RD4-score04=9

| RD5-seed01=5

| RD5-team01={{USA|2=USA}}

| RD5-score01=6

| RD5-seed02=2

| RD5-team02={{AUT}}

| RD5-score02=10

}}

Final

The final was played between the United States and Austria. Austria were crowned World Cup of Pool champions after victory over USA, with a final score of 10–6.{{Cite web |title=Austria crowned World Cup of Pool champions after victory over USA |author= |work=Sky Sports |date= |access-date=2 January 2019 |url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/other-sports/news/29877/10920212/austria-crowned-world-cup-of-pool-champions-after-victory-over-usa |quote=}}

References

2017

Category:2017 in cue sports

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Category:2017 in English sport

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