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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

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.[5][6]

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.[7]

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.[6]

Prize money

The event featured a prize fund totalling $398,000, with $100,000 for the winners of the event split between the participants.[8] A breakdown of the prize money is shown below:[8]

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:[9]

Nation Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (Player 5) (Player 6)
 Aruba Richard Wolff Aaron Franken Ryan Rampersaud Ditto Acosta × ×
 Belgium Serge Das Noel Bruynooghe Pascal Budo Jan Dulst × ×
 China Li Hewen Fu Jianbo Liu Haitao Dang Jinhu × ×
 Denmark Kasper Thygesen Kasper Kristoffersen Bahram Lotfy Martin Larsen × ×
 Germany I Ralf Souquet Andreas Roschkowsky Thorsten Hohmann Christian Reimering Manuel Ederer Nicolas Ottermann
 Germany II Oliver Ortmann Dominic Jentsch Thomas Lüttich John Blacklaw Christian Musmann ×
 Estonia Jüri Talu Rainer Laar Erki Erm Denis Grabe Reimo Simsalu ×
 Finland Mika Immonen Markus Juva Aki Heiskanen Petri Makkonen × ×
 France Stephan Cohen Vincent Facquet Lionel Vernedal Laurant Bourdelles × ×
 Greece Nikos Ekonomopoulos John Vassalos Alexander Kazakis Evangelos Vettas Aristeidis Damoylakis Christos Kokotis
 Iran Takhti Zarakani Farhad Shaverdi Hadi Keyvan Ekbatani Ali Khojasteh Anbaran × ×
 Israel I Noam Cohen Dror Dobronski Ben Gmach Zion Zvi × ×
 Israel II Shai Eisenberg Sagi Kortler Valery Kostovesky Dobronsky Osnat × ×
 Italy Bruno Muratore Pietro Caperna Gabriele Cimmino Vittorio De Falco Michele Monaco Mauro Castriota
 Japan Satoshi Kawabata Yukio Akakariyama Masaaki Tanaka Naoyuki Ōi × ×
 Canada Alain Martel Tyler Edey Jason Klatt Ron Wiseman Erik Hjorleifson ×
 Croatia Ivica Putnik Robert Sudić Božo Primić Karlo Dalmatin Tomislav Šušić ×
 Kuwait Khaled al-Mutairi Abdullah al-Yasef Majed al-Azemi Bader al-Awadhi Tareq al-Mulla Omar al-Shaheen
 Liechtenstein Alessandro Banzer Branko Kosic Hans Jörg Dutler Mario Wille × ×
 Morocco Amine Ouahbi Samuel Saïd Arji Yousri Kabbaj Ameur Abdel Ati Riad Mounir Al Honsali ×
 Netherlands Niels Feijen Nick van den Berg Huidji See Alex Lely × ×
 Nigeria Samuel Bamgbose Shehu Bamidele Adegbite Aderibigbe Ayodele Ajibodu Marins Abada ×
 Northern Cyprus Ali Karanfiloglu Huseyin Borankan Onuc Altur Berk Mehmetcik × ×
 Norway Vegar Kristiansen Ronny Oldervik Mats Schjetne Malvin Boelland × ×
 Peru Christopher Tevez Ocampo Juan Vega Enriquez Jorge Llanos Bustillos Jhon Lopez Roman Luis Arias Chosek Edson Damian Velasquez
 Philippines Ronato Alcano Lee Vann Corteza Warren Kiamco Antonio Lining Marlon Manalo Dennis Orcollo
 Poland Radosław Babica Tomasz Kapłan Mateusz Śniegocki Karol Skowerski Adam Skoneczny Mariusz Skoneczny
 Austria Jasmin Ouschan Albin Ouschan Maximilian Lechner Jürgen Jenisy Martin Kempter Mario He
 Russia Konstantin Stepanov Ruslan Chinakhov Jegor Plischkin Roman Pruchay × ×
 Sweden Marcus Chamat Tomas Larsson Jim Chawki Andreas Gerwen Jan Lundell ×
 Switzerland Dimitri Jungo Sascha Specchia Ronny Regli Marco Tschudi × ×
 Serbia Šandor Tot Zoran Svilar Andreja Klasović Goran Mladenović Miloš Verkić ×
 Slovakia Jaroslav Polach Milan Klobucnik Zoltan Petrovic Peter Leitman Jakub Koniar Rene Daubner
 Slovenia Jožko Marinko Matjaž Demšar Rado Doroslovac Mates Cretnik × ×
 Spain David Alcaide Francisco Sánchez Ruíz Jose L. Gonzales Rafael Guzman × ×
 South Korea Jeong Young-hwa Park K. Chan Lee Gun Jea Han Won Sik × ×
 Hungary Vilmos Földes Mate Hazay Attila Bezdan Csaba Nagy Bence Varga Gabor Antal
 Czech Republic Roman Hybler Michal Gavenčiak Lukas Krenek Adam Houdek Oto Zeman ×
 United States Johnny Archer Shane Van Boening Óscar Domínguez Corey Deuel × ×
 United Arab Emirates Muhammed Al Hosani Hanni Al Howri Mohammed Obaid Khalid Sibaitah × ×
 United Kingdom I Darren Appleton Imran Majid Karl Boyes Daryl Peach Mark Gray ×
 United Kingdom II Chris Melling Craig Osborne Adam Smith Mick Hill Michael Valentine ×
 Cyprus 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:[10][11]

Team 8-Ball 9-Ball 10-Ball
4 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 Philippines 6 6 8 7 4 7 4
 Norway 5 3 2 8 7 1 2
4. February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 Poland 6 6 8 8 × × 4
 Finland 3 4 2 4 × × 0
4 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 Russia 6 4 8 2 7 7 4
 Denmark 4 6 6 8 2 2 2
4 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 Sweden 6 5 5 8 7 6 3
 Germany 2 1 6 8 6 5 7 3
Team 8-Ball 9-Ball 10-Ball
4 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 Germany 1 5 2 4 6 × × 0
 United Kingdom 1 6 6 8 8 × × 4
4 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 China 5 6 8 8 7 × 4
 Serbia 6 3 4 6 5 × 1
4 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 Switzerland 6 6 2 8 7 × 4
 Japan 5 5 8 2 6 × 1
4 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 United States 6 4 6 7 7 7 3
 Greece 5 6 8 8 6 5 3

Quarter-finals

Team 8-Ball 9-Ball 10-Ball
5 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 Philippines 6 6 8 4 5 7 4
 Poland 4 3 3 8 7 3 2
5 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 Russia 6 6 6 6 7 7 5
 Germany 2 3 5 8 4 5 2 1
Team 8-Ball 9-Ball 10-Ball
5 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 United Kingdom 1 6 4 4 5 7 7 3[a]
 China 1 6 8 8 3 6 3
5 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 Switzerland 1 1 4 7 × × 0
 Greece 6 6 8 8 × × 4

Semi-finals

Team 8-Ball 9-Ball 10-Ball
6 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 Philippines 3 6 8 8 7 × 4
 Russia 6 4 4 4 1 × 1
Team 8-Ball 9-Ball 10-Ball
6 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 United Kingdom 1 6 4 8 8 4 7 4
 Greece 4 6 4 6 7 4 2

Final

Team 8-Ball 9-Ball 10-Ball
7 February 2010 I II III IV V VI Score
 Philippines 6 1 2 7 1 × 1
 United Kingdom 1 1 6 8 8 7 × 4

External links[edit]


References[edit]

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  8. ^ a b "WPA World Team Championship 2010". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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