2023 World Cup It Takes Steady Hands to Hold this Cup

By Keith Shaner

Pool has come a long way in terms of competition on the world stage. People who have come to the game in the last couple of decades, I don’t think, know how far things have really come. Yes, they have certainly seen pool rise, especially in the last few years, but if you are like me, someone who remembers Steve Mizerak winning his four consecutive US Open 14.1 titles and watching Mosconi and Fats on TV, it’s a much bigger deal. Players from Europe, South America, and Asia were a bit rarer, and most cue sports outside the US were the various forms of carom billiards, English Billiards, Snooker, Russian Pyramid…etc. Not 9-Ball.

Most remember when Efren Reyes and Jose Parica from the Philippines started making waves in the US, along with the terrific Oliver Ortmann from Germany. Slowly but surely, more and more players began to compete, and the level of play slowly increased every year. Now we have major events all over the world, we have the Mosconi Cup, and we just finished the World Cup of Pool team event. The quantity and quality of play that we have today is amazing. Every major event now is packed with talent, and there are few easy matches. The last sixty-four of the majors this past year have proven that if you want to win, then you had better come ready to play, and the World Cup was no different. We started with thirty-two teams from thirty-one countries (*Note the host country gets two teams). Right out of the gate, the team of Johan Chua and James Aranas from the Philippines took on the A-Team of Spain, David Alcaide, and current world champion, Francisco Sanchez Ruiz. This team is also the defending champions from 2022. (The bookmakers across the pond had Aranas and Chua at twenty-five to one to win the event)

Francisco Sanchez Ruiz took on the first break, and Spain-A runs out game one. Johann and James didn’t get to the table until game three but took advantage and got on the board with the score 2-1. They quickly took games four and five and the lead at 3-2. David and FSR battled right back, and with a touchy shot on the 9 in rack seven, they went back on top 4-3. A misplayed safe by Team Philippines in rack eight led to another Spain-A victory and a 5-3 edge in this race to seven. A rare miss by FSR left the door open for Chua and Aranas to get back to within one game. Another miss on a two-ball by FSR gave James and Johan tied the match, but a miss by Aranas on the three-ball let Alcaide back to the table where he also missed the same ball! Team Philippines reached the hill first and breaking with the SPM chance to close the match out. A safe by Aranas leaves a touch kick to Franscisco. He makes contact but leaves an open shot for Chua, and the Philippines close the door on Spain-A.

The team from Greece faced Singapore, the runner-up team from 2022. Singapore jumped out to a 4-1 lead, and Aloysius Yapp and Sharik Sayed looked to be cruising through the match. Sayed missed a routine ball in rack six. Alexander Kazakis and Nikos Ekonomopulous cleaned up to pull within two games. Singapore made another error in the following rack taking on a jumpshot after a pushout and scratching. It looked like an easy out for Greece, but Alexander over position on the 9 ball a bit, and Nikos missed the shot on the nine in the side. Singapore moved out to a 5-2 lead. A scratch off the break of rack eight and a miss in rack nine by Singapore gave two more games to team Greece to get within one. Both teams struggled in rack ten, but Yapp rattled in the nine-ball to get to the hill first. Greece gained another win and looked to tie it up at hill-hill when Sharik, facing a safe, kicked and scratched off the back of the two-ball with the score 6-5. Getting out and breaking hill-hill, the team from Greece missed a makeable three-ball in the side, and Singapore takes the match 7-6.

The next match for day one saw Alex Pagulayan and John Morra for Canada up against Myanmar’s Phone Myint Kyaw and Thaw Zin Htet. An early exchange of leads finally saw Team Canada out in front 4-2. A scratch by The Lion almost gave the seventh rack to Myanmar, but a miss on the eight and John and Alex increased their lead to 5-2. After some less-than-stellar play from both teams, Myanmar missed an opportunity by overrunning position on the 9 and missing the final ball to let Canada go up 6-2 and reach the hill. Alex dropped an early nine-ball in the final rack to close it out at 7-2.

Great Britain’s Jayson Shaw and Elliott Sanderson stepped in against Qatar’s Ali Al Obaidli and Bashar Hussein in round one. Struggles with the table continued as Sanderson missed an easy five-ball to turn the table over, and then Qatar overran shape on the eight-ball to get snookered by the nine and missed the jump shot. Shaw and Sanderson finished off the rack and gain the early lead. Some tough misses continued to plague team Qatar, and Great Britain took a commanding 6-0 lead. It looked like Qatar would get on the board, but a missed thin cut on a seven allowed Great Britain to get the shutout and advance to round two.

Albania’s first-round match was against Peru. Gerson Martinez and Christopher Tevez took the first rack against Eklent Kaci and Besar Spahiu. Kaci quickly led his team back into the lead at 3-1. Taking rack five, Besar broke rack six and got a fortunate golden break to increase the lead to 5-1. Keeping control of the table, Kaci and Spahiu ran rack seven to reach the hill with a fivegame lead. Gerson and Christopher did not fold, however, and took down the next two racks to cut the lead to 6-3. A miss on the five-ball in rack ten left the final rack to Team Albania, and the match win 7-3.

Mario He and Ablin Ouschan playing for Austria, took on the team from down under, Australia’s Justin Sajich and James Georgiadis. Australia saw themselves land on a tough nine-ball, but Justin knocks it down to get out of the gate first. Rack two saw a great safe from Australia, but Albin fluked the one-ball in. Mario, having no shot on the two, tried to kick thin and missed giving ball in hand to Justin and James. Austria tied the match up at 2-2, but Australia’s play did not falter as they found themselves on the hill leading 6-3. Mario and Albin took advantage of a couple of mistakes and pulled themselves to within one game at 6-5. A misplayed safe in rack twelve gave Albin a look at the seven ball, and he and Mario win their fourth in a row to tie the match at hillhill. The final rack looked like Australia would get the upset win, but a missed four-ball opened the door, and Austria walked on to round two taking the win 7-6.

Day two continued with round one matches as the Netherlands stepped up to face Hong Kong. The pressure of the event and playing in a scotch-doubles format was evident throughout the event. It was a tough opening rack as Robbie Capito was forced to jump two balls to try to pocket the three and gave Niels Feijen a clean look. Niels and Marc Bijsterbosch had a slight hiccup with the eight-ball, but a fortunate roll let them take the first rack. Lo Ho Sum and Robbie Capitio, however, regained their composure quickly, and they win the next three games. Marc hung a three-ball on the tight corner pocket in rack five but rolled safely behind the four leaving a tough kick. A foul shot by Hong Kong gave ball-in-hand to Marc and Niels, and they quickly pull even at 3-3. A terrific break by Feijen in rack seven, dropping three balls, but Marc missed the long shot on the two-ball. Team Hong Kong runs out to retake the lead at 4-3. Robbie’s foul on the break stalled their momentum shift in rack eight, and The Terminator and partner went on to even the match up once again. Rack Nine also went to Team Netherlands with some very smart defense and steady ball striking. Rack ten put Niels and Marc on the hill, and Team Hong Kong really felt the pressure. Neils hung a four-ball, but again, Lo and Capito were looking at a kick. A foul by Hong Kong allowed ball-in-hand for the Netherlands, and they moved on to round two.

A very interesting match followed with the Ko Brothers for Team Chinese Taipei and The Iceman Mika Immonen, and his partner Petri Makkonen for Finland. Table speed, tight pockets, and pressure against seemed to bleed into the match as rack one got turned around for Finland, and Pin Yi and Ping Chung took down game one. Little Ko hung a two-ball in the corner on a very thin cut. It was very deep in the jaws, and Mika failed to hit in on the rail first attempt, and Taipei adds game two to their score. Rack three saw Petri miss a back cut on the seven giving the Ko brothers this game and the next. Down 4-0 Finland needed to get some focus and control back on their side. It looked like they might, but a safe attempt led to a fluke on the six-ball by Makkonen, and Mika had a tough long cut on the seven which he missed, and Taipei moved on to increase their lead 5-0. Rack Six finally saw Finland on the board. Mika scratched on the next break but did not leave an easy out, even with ball-in-hand. A safe by Pin Yi put Finland on two fouls, and a two-way safe by Little Ko put the game in jeopardy for Finland. A kick shot lead to a good hit but also a scratch with the cue ball, and the Ko’s saw themselves up 6-1. A textbook runout and Chinese Taipei move on to round two.

Wiktor Zielinksi and Konrad Juszczyszyn of Poland were next up to face Serbia’s Aleska Peclj and Lazar Kostic. This first rack also saw unexpected misses, and with a good safe, Poland takes the first rack. Serbia came back to win game two, but in the third rack, another missed seven-ball led to Poland taking over the lead at 2-1. Serbia got their second win in rack five. Poland nearly pulled off a three-foul, but they still won rack six to move the gap back to two games at 4-2. The young Serbian team just could not get any momentum going their way and found themselves down 6-2. Zielinski had a rare miss on the eight-ball letting Serbia see a shot for the first time in what seemed a very long time. While not a hanger, the eight was makeable, but the long wait and the pressure led to a miss by Serbia and the win for Poland.

Evening on Day Two began with Germany and New Zealand squaring off. Joshua Filler and

Moritz Neuhausen versus Matt Edwards and Sullivan Clark. Playing a good safe shot that led to ball-in-hand, Clark and Edwards take rack one. Germany came back in game two with a great runout after a tricky combination. Neuhausen’s break comes up dry in rack three, and New Zealand has a nice layout until a little too much draw forces them to go all the way around the table to get on the nine and sink it and lead 2-1. The teams traded scratches in rack number four, with Filler finally dropping the nine-ball for the win and a tie score. Germany also takes rack five, but a missed four-nine combination gives New Zealand a chance that they fail to capitalize on, and Joshua and Moritz are up 4-2. They find a rhythm and an early nine-ball to keep piling up the games and lead 6-2 over Team New Zealand. Again, Clark and Edwards have a chance but a miss on the four-ball leads to Germany moving on to the next round 7-2.

The next match gives us a look at some players that the wider audience may not be familiar with, Hungary’s team of Oliver Szolnoki and Bezdan Attila matching up with the team from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Sanjin Pehlivanovic and Ajdin Piknjac. The first rack saw a tough scratch by Bosnia & Herzegovina trying to position for a tough out, and with ball-in-hand, Hungary make a long three-ball combination on the 8 to draw first blood in the match. Sanjin and Ajdin come right back at them, taking rack two, and then B&H for two break and runs to lead 3-1. Hungary feeling a little pressure misses an opportunity in rack five, and Sanjin and Ajdin run out another rack to lead 4-1. A great safe gives Sanjin ball in hand, and he takes the next rack with an early combination on the nine. Bosnia & Herzegovina got to the hill leading 6-1, having won six in a row. The last rack is a repeat of the previous one as Sanjin and Ajdin win the match and move on to round two.

Saudi Arabia’s Khalid Alghamdi and Mohannad Hamoud Alghumayz followed with their match against the host country’s B team of Jose Alberto Delgado and Jonas Souto Comino. Alberto and Jonas showed that the “B” designation should not fool anyone as they came to win, and they dominated the match, winning the first six games in a row. The Saudi team was able to dig deep and win rack seven. Show brilliant shot-making and terrific firepower, Spain B moves on to round two, winning 7-1.

Day three, session one of round one, started off with Syria taking on China. Wu Jiaqing and Wang Can got off to a slow start as Mohammad Soufi and Zaid Al Shariti took the first three racks before China was able to get a game on the wire. Once they got rolling, however, they became the force everyone expected them to be, winning the next seven games with great play and giving few opportunities to their opponents, and taking whatever came their way.

Duong Quoc Hoang, Nguyen Anh Tuan of Vietnam, and Kuwait’s Abdullah Alyousef and Bader Alawadi took center stage to battle out their first-round match. An early miss by Hoang on a tricky cut shot gave Kuwait a chance, but a missed bank on the eight-ball sets up Vietnam for the first win. They went on to win the next two games to lead 3-0. A missed cut on the eight by Vietnam gives Kuwait another opportunity, but they are unable to take advantage, and Hoang and Tuan lead 4-0. Even when they miss, Vietnam seemed to be the team with a favorable fate, and Kuwait just could not gain any traction to get going until rack six, where they finally took their first step out of the hole. They took the next rack, and then a miss by Tuan led to a third game on the wire for Kuwait, and they closed to within two games. Rack had Alawadi missing a routine kick and allowing Vietnam to get to the hill. Vietnam keeps control and takes the match 6-3.

Next up, we have Japan with Naoyuki Oi and Masato Yoshioka, mixing it up with Team Italy’s Daniele Corrieri and Francesco Candela. Japan takes rack one, and with some very smart play, they take rack two as well. The pressure was on the Italian team as with Oi leading Japan, they were the underdogs on paper. Oi and Yashioka kept the heat on as they played very well, and when Italy had opportunities, they could not make the most of them. Down 4-0, Italy makes a great bank shot to get into position to win their first rack and a four-nine combination to win their second they were down only two games going into rack seven. A tricky miss on a threeball lets Japan extend their lead to 5-2. Another tough miss on the six by Italy puts Japan on the hill leading 6-2. Francesco and team Italy fight back to cut the lead to 3, taking rack nine. A fortunate roll on a miss by Corrieri leads to a miss by Yoshioka, and Italy gets back another game trailing only by two games going into rack 11. A couple of nice jump shots by Oi and Yoshioka help get them some measure of control as they take down a tricky layout to win 7-4.

The evening session saw Team USA take on South Korea. Shane and Sky take rack one, but Kang Lee and Seo Seoa answer right back to take rack number two. Team USA took a 3-1 lead, and in rack five, it looked like South Korea would cut the lead back to one when Kang Lee had an unexpected miss on the six-ball, and SVB and Sky were off and running. Getting to the hill at 6-1, they gave few opportunities to Kang and Seo, and they, in turn, gave a few too many to their opponents. Despite the 7-1 score, it was fun to watch Seo Seoa compete in an event like this, and hopefully, we will begin to see it more often. This was the final match of round one.

Round two began with Poland taking on Albania. Rack one looked to be one for the Albanians, but a miss on the nine gave Poland the early lead. Rack two had a nice safety battle, and again it looked to favor Albania, but a missed eight-ball put the game in danger of a loss, and after a safety by Poland, Kaci, shooting from the rail double, hit the cue ball for a foul and ball-in-hand to Zielinkski. Leading 2-0, Wiktor missed a four-nine combination but did not leave anything easy for Albania. Kaci took a swing at it and got a little fortunate with the six-ball, and Albania ran out to get on the board. Team Albania went on to take racks four and five to lead 3-2. Poland came back right away to tie it up at 3-3. Poland finished off the seventh rack to take the lead again. With Poland leading 5-3, Spahiu missed the two-ball, and Konrad and Wiktor moved to the hill at 6-3. A mistake by Poland gives some hope to Team Albania, but an unfortunate scratch gives it back to Poland, and they drill the nine ball to send Albania to the sidelines.

Austria and Bosnia & Herzegovina are the next battle in round two, and both teams come out firing aggressively and exchanging the first four racks tied 2-2 going into rack five. A missed six allows Austria to take a 3-2 lead. A good safe by Albin in rack six brought them their fourth win. B&H cuts the lead back to one game, but they can’t keep control of the table, and Austria takes the next game. Austria extends their lead to three games, and they get to the hill first. He sinks the last eight and Albin the final nine to win the set and match.

Day four and the Philippines, who have a very tough draw, face Spain B after already defeating Spain

A in round one. Chua and Aranas take the first rack and the early lead. They went on to win three in a row before Spain stopped them in rack four. James and Johan, looking very solid, take two more racks to extend their lead to 5-1. Spain, who dominated their first match, try to stop the bleeding with a win in rack seven. The Philippines takes rack eight to lead 6-2, and then Aranas ends the match with a golden break as they move on to round three.

Our next round-two match was China versus Singapore. Misses still plagued the players as in the first rack, Can missed the nine-ball, but the miss was returned by Yapp, and Wu finally put it down for the win. With the score all even at two apiece, Yapp barely hung the one ball, and Wu hits an absolutely beautiful jump shot making the buried one-ball and coming back for shape on the three for Can. They take the rack to lead 3-2. A great kick-safe by Yapp lets Singapore tie the score up once again. Even with a higher-than-normal number of misses, there was still plenty of great shot-making, especially in this match with Wu and Yapp, to keep the score close. At 4-4, Wu plays a great position shot from the six to the seven, and China once again goes on top 5-4. Sharik Sayed also contributed some fine shots, and Singapore evened the match once again at 5-5. Singapore takes advantage of an error from China to get to the hill and a one-game lead going into rack twelve. Wu Jiaqing is never out of a match, and China comes back to make it a hill-hill affair. A tough miss on the two for Singapore gives China the opportunity to run the final rack and move on to the next round.

Team Netherlands with The Terminator takes on the Ko Brothers of Chinese Taipei in round two. A safety shot that leaked out by Taipei gave Team Netherlands the opportunity to go in front 1-0. Niels has a scratch on the break, and with ball-in-hand Pin Yi and Ping Chung easily run out rack two. Another scratch in the third rack gives the Ko’s another win and the lead at 2-1. With Chinese Taipei leading 6-2 Little Ko drops two balls on the break and leaves an easy shot to get started. Big Ko drops the nine for the fifth game in a row and the final of the match.

Hoang and Tuan of Vietnam step into the box against Shaw and Sanderson of Great Britain. GB quickly grabbed the first two racks, but Vietnam followed up with a win in racks three, four, and five. In rack six, Tuan missed badly, and Sanderson played a great shot down the rail as Great Britain went on to win. The next game saw a kick by Shaw that left an opening, and Hoang dropped the shot, and Tuan followed with a combination on the nine for the win and the lead. Shaw and Sanderson draw even again. Shaw scratches on the break in the next game and leaves an open table for Vietnam to retake the lead. Playing safe on the one in rack ten, Sanderson scratches in the corner to give Vietnam a chance to get on the hill. Down 6-4, Great Britain shows great heart to make it a hill-hill match. A missed safe sells out the rack to Great Britain, and Sanderson drops the winning nine-ball.

Joshua Filler leads Germany against Alex Pagulayan and Canda in the next round-two match. Great shots, fluke shots, and golden breaks start off this match, and we saw Germany leading 3-2 when Alex and John keep control and even things up at three all. Germany takes the lead again, but Canada will not fold, and they pull level again to 4-4. A missed position by Morra and a missed bank shot by Pagulayan allows Germany to steal the lead again. This puts Josh and Moritz on the hill. The final rack saw a smooth break and run for Germany to take it 7-4 and moved to the quarterfinals.

Team USA steps up to take on Oi and Team Japan. An early nine ball gives Japan the early lead as they take two in a row. SVB and Sky quickly right the ship and pull even at 2-2. A little back and forth through the middle of the match, and then Japan goes up by two games again at 5-3. Team USA fights back to get even once again at 5-5, but the momentum again shifts to Oi and Yoshioka, and they closed the match out at 7-5.

The quarterfinal matches started off with Chinese Taipei and the Philippines. Chua and Aranas came flying out of the gate to win the first six racks. The Ko brothers finally got on the board in rack seven after a miss by Aranas. Pin Yi and Ping Chung make a valiant run and get hill-hill with Aranas and Chua. Taipei breaks but does not have a good look and miss and turns the table back over to the Philippines, and with a beautiful run-out, they moved on to the semifinals 9-8. Germany went up against Poland in their quarterfinal match. Poland showed their strong prowess by immediately taking control and going up 5-1. German got a bit of a break with a scratch by Poland in rack seven. Germany managed to win a couple of more racks before Poland got things back in their control to move to 7-4. But you can never count out a team with Joshua Filler, and Germany pulled even at 7-7 and then went on to get to the hill first. German moved on to the semis with a 9-7 win. Great Britain and Austria faced off next. A misplayed two-way shot by Mario He gives GB a chance to take the first rack but a funny miss and foul by Shaw gives Austria a reprieve, and they get on the board first. Austria built up a 3-0 lead quickly on Great Britain before they could get a game on the wire. Albin looking like he is getting some rhythm, leads Austria to a three-game lead. Great Britain gets a game back, but a scratch on the break in the next rack allows Austria to clean up and get to 6-3. GB has another chance, but a hung 8-ball in the next rack moves Austria to a 7-3 advantage. Austria takes the next rack as well to get to the hill, but GB fights back and makes it 8-4. Great Britain plays aggressively and tries to make something happen, but Austria smoothly shuts the door on GB 9-4.

Japan coming off a bit of an upset over the USA, must try to get by China in their next match. China takes the first game, but a very uncharacteristic 9-ball miss by Wu in the second rack lets Japan tie it up and take the break. The team’s trade racks for the next few games, then with China leading 5-4, Japan lets the cue ball get a little loose, and with ball-in-hand, China moves out to a two-game lead. Japan, however, would not go away and pulled within one. A great jump shot by Japan was followed up by a missed shot, and China moved back to the table. China gets to the hill first and then follows with the match game to win 9-5.

The semifinal matches were Austria v Philippines and China v Germany. Austria fought with the Philippines and was leading the match 3-2 when Chua and Aranas stepped it up and went on to win four games in a row. At 7-4, Chua flukes a safe and leaves Austria in a horrible spot which leads to a ball-in-hand situation for Aranas. This put the Philippines on the hill at 8-4. Austria makes a wonderful comeback winning four games in a row to get hill-hill. Mario, scratches on the break, and the team from the Philippines move on to the finals. Germany took rack one against China, but Wu and Can quickly won the next two games. At 3-2, China made an early 9-ball to extend their lead, but a missed two ball in the next rack turned control back over to Germany. Defensive shots helped Germany keep China close, and they were finally able to tie the match at 5-5. China showed they have a few defensive shots in their arsenal, and they were able to keep Germany from being able to regain their early lead. China missed their chance to get to eight games and the hill by hanging the nine-ball, and Germany pulled within one game. Germany kicked into a new gear and pulled themselves up the hill first to lead 8-7. A nearly missed four-ball teased the crowd, but it dropped, and Germany put themselves into the finals against the team from the Philippines.

The finals upped the ante with a race to 11, and both teams were looking to take home the gold. Aranas and Chua looked very strong as they won the first rack and put Germany on the defensive right off the bat. Coming up a little short on the nine led to a miss by Chua, leaving a very long shot for Germany. Neuhausen drills it to make the match one game apiece. Taking the lead at 2-1, Filler missed

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