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. It was the first iteration of the World Team Championship.
In the quarter-finals, the match between Britain 1 and China reached a score of 27–25 despite being a race to 6 racks as the team needed to win by two racks.
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.
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.Regeln
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. A breakdown of the prize money is shown below: PlacingPrize moneyWinner$100,000Runner-up$50,000Semi-finalists$30,000 Quarter-finalists$15,000 Last 16$10,00017-24 Place$6,000
Competing teams Source:
NationPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4(Player 5)(Player 6)Richard WolffAaron FrankenRyan RampersaudDitto Acosta××Serge DasNoel BruynooghePascal BudoJan Dulst××Li HewenFu JianboLiu HaitaoDang Jinhu××Kasper ThygesenKasper KristoffersenBahram LotfyMartin Larsen×× IRalf SouquetAndreas RoschkowskyThorsten HohmannChristian ReimeringManuel EdererNicolas Ottermann IIOliver OrtmannDominic JentschThomas LüttichJohn BlacklawChristian Musmann×Jüri TaluRainer LaarErki ErmDenis GrabeReimo Simsalu×Mika ImmonenMarkus JuvaAki HeiskanenPetri Makkonen××Stephan CohenVincent FacquetLionel VernedalLaurant Bourdelles××Nikos EkonomopoulosJohn VassalosAlexander KazakisEvangelos VettasAristeidis DamoylakisChristos KokotisTakhti ZarakaniFarhad ShaverdiHadi Keyvan EkbataniAli Khojasteh Anbaran×× INoam CohenDror DobronskiBen GmachZion Zvi×× IIShai EisenbergSagi KortlerValery KostoveskyDobronsky Osnat××Bruno MuratorePietro CapernaGabriele CimminoVittorio De FalcoMichele MonacoMauro CastriotaSatoshi KawabataYukio AkakariyamaMasaaki TanakaNaoyuki Ōi××Alain MartelTyler EdeyJason KlattRon WisemanErik Hjorleifson×Ivica PutnikRobert SudićBožo PrimićKarlo DalmatinTomislav Šušić×Khaled al-MutairiAbdullah al-YasefMajed al-AzemiBader al-AwadhiTareq al-MullaOmar al-ShaheenAlessandro BanzerBranko KosicHans Jörg DutlerMario Wille××Amine OuahbiSamuel Saïd ArjiYousri KabbajAmeur Abdel Ati RiadMounir Al Honsali×Niels FeijenNick van den BergHuidji SeeAlex Lely××Samuel BamgboseShehu BamideleAdegbite AderibigbeAyodele AjiboduMarins Abada×Ali KaranfilogluHuseyin BorankanOnuc AlturBerk Mehmetcik××Vegar KristiansenRonny OldervikMats SchjetneMalvin Boelland××Christopher Tevez OcampoJuan Vega EnriquezJorge Llanos BustillosJhon Lopez RomanLuis Arias ChosekEdson Damian VelasquezRonato AlcanoLee Vann CortezaWarren KiamcoAntonio LiningMarlon ManaloDennis OrcolloRadosław BabicaTomasz KapłanMateusz ŚniegockiKarol SkowerskiAdam SkonecznyMariusz SkonecznyJasmin OuschanAlbin OuschanMaximilian LechnerJürgen JenisyMartin KempterMario HeKonstantin StepanovRuslan ChinakhovJegor PlischkinRoman Pruchay××Marcus ChamatTomas LarssonJim ChawkiAndreas GerwenJan Lundell×Dimitri JungoSascha SpecchiaRonny RegliMarco Tschudi×׊andor TotZoran SvilarAndreja KlasovićGoran MladenovićMiloš Verkić×Jaroslav PolachMilan KlobucnikZoltan PetrovicPeter LeitmanJakub KoniarRene DaubnerJožko MarinkoMatjaž DemšarRado DoroslovacMates Cretnik××David AlcaideFrancisco Sánchez RuizJose L. GonzalesRafael Guzman××Jeong Young-hwaPark K. ChanLee Gun JeaHan Won Sik××Vilmos FöldesMate HazayAttila BezdanCsaba NagyBence VargaGabor AntalRoman HyblerMichal GavenčiakLukas KrenekAdam HoudekOto Zeman×Johnny ArcherShane Van BoeningÓscar DomínguezCorey Deuel××Muhammed Al HosaniHanni Al HowriMohammed ObaidKhalid Sibaitah×× IDarren AppletonImran MajidKarl BoyesDaryl PeachMark Gray× IIChris MellingCraig OsborneAdam SmithMick HillMichael Valentine×Costas KonnarisProdromos DemosthenousYiannos KitromilidiesPanicos PetrouGeorge 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:
Team8-Ball9-Ball10-Ball4 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore668747453287124. February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore6688××43424××04 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore648277446682224 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore6558763 21686573Team8-Ball9-Ball10-Ball4 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore 15246××0 16688××44 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore56887×463465×14 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore66287×455826×14 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore64677735688653
Quarter-finals Team8-Ball9-Ball10-Ball5 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore668457443387325 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore6666775 23584521Team8-Ball9-Ball10-Ball5 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore 1644577316883635 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore 1147××0 6688××4
Semi-finals Team8-Ball9-Ball10-Ball6 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore36887×464441×1Team8-Ball9-Ball10-Ball6 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore 164884744646742
Final Team8-Ball9-Ball10-Ball7 February 2010IIIIIIIVVVIScore61271×1 116887×4
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