2012 World Team Championship

The World Team Championship 2012 (WTC 2012) was played from 1 to 4 July 2012 in Beijing, China. It was the second edition of the World Pool-Billiard Association World Team Championship for pool teams.

The event was won the Chinese Taipei team by a 4–0 victory in the final against Japan.[1] The defending champion Great Britain was eliminated in the semi-finals against the eventual champion.[2]

Format

Each participating team consisted of four to five players, including at least one female player. The games consisted of two sets in the disciplines eight-ball, nine-ball and ten-ball with the two 8-ball matches were played in men's singles. The woman played a 9-ball and a 10-ball match. The two 10-ball matches were played as a double, whilst 9-ball was played in singles.[3]

Prize money

A total of $300,000 in prize money was distributed, the winning team received $80,000. Below are the prize money per team indicated.[4][3]

Position Amount
Winner 80.000 US-$
Finalist 40.000 US-$
Semi-finalists 20.000 US-$
Quarter-finalists 12.000 US-$
Last 16 7.500 US-$
Double elimination 4.000 US-$

Participating teams

Teams were split into six groups of four, with the top two from each group progressing. Teams were made up of either four or five players. Teams representing each nation are shown below:[3]

Group Nation Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (Player 5)
A  Estonia Erki Erm Joonas Saska Mark Magi Anna Grintosuk
 Indonesia Ricky Yang Irsal Nasution Muhammad Zulfikiri Amand Rahayu
 Croatia Ivica Putnik Božo Primić Karlo Dalmatin Zrinka Antonijević
 Philippines Efren Reyes Francisco Bustamante Dennis Orcollo Rubilen Amit
B  China 1 Li Hewen Fu Jianbo Liu Haitao Fu Xiaofang Pan Xiao Ting
 Finland Petri Makkonen Aki Heiskanen Abbas al-Marayati Marika Pokkijoki
 Canada Jason Klatt John Morra Erik Hjorleifson Brittany Bryant
 Malaysia Ibrahim Bin Amir Patrick Ooi Moh Keen Hoo Klaudia Djajalie
C  Australia David Rothall Louis Condo Robby Foldvari Lyndall Hulley
 China 2 Dang Jinhu Dai Yong Han Haoxiang Liu Shasha Chen Siming
 Hong Kong Kenny Kwok Lee Chenman Andrew Kong Ellen Cheung Ruby Cheung
 Singapore Sharik Aslam Sayed Toh Lian Han Aloysius Yapp Lum Wai Keong Ann Koh Seng
D  Japan Yukio Akakariyama Tōru Kuribayashi Naoyuki Ōi Chihiro Kawahara
 Poland Mateusz Śniegocki Radosław Babica Tomasz Kapłan Oliwia Czupryńska
 Sweden Marcus Chamat Tomas Larsson Andreas Gerwen Carline Roos
 Vietnam Do The Kien Nguyen Anh Tuan Nguyen Manh Tung Doan Thi Ngoc Le
E  United Kingdom Darren Appleton Daryl Peach Chris Melling Mark Gray Kelly Fisher
 India Alok Kumar Sundeep Gulati Sayed Habib Neena Praveen
 South Africa Dave van den Berg Dino Nair Nickie Erasmus Nicola Rossouw
 South Korea Lee Wansu Ryu Seung-woo Hwang Young Kim Ga-young
F  Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-lin Fu Che-wei Ko Pin-yi Chuo Chieh-yu
 Germany Oliver Ortmann Thorsten Hohmann Ralf Souquet Jasmin Michel
 Mongolia L. Munkbold L. Delgerdalai T. Amarjargal B. Uyanga A. Batkhuu
 Norway Roger Rasmussen Mats Schjetne Matey Ullah Ine Helvik

Tournament bracket

The results below are from the knockout stages onwards.[3]

Last 16 Quarter-final Semi-final Final
        
 Chinese Taipei 4
 India 1
 Chinese Taipei 4
 Sweden 0
 Sweden 9
 Indonesia 7
 Chinese Taipei 4
 United Kingdom 0
 United Kingdom 4
 Australia 1
 United Kingdom 9
 China 7
 Poland 1
 China 4
 Chinese Taipei 4
 Japan 0
 Philippines 4
 Norway 0
 Philippines 8
 Japan 10
 Germany 2
 Japan 4
 Japan 9
 China 7
 South Korea 11
 Canada 13
 Canada 2
 China 4
 China 4
 Finland 0

References
  1. "Chinese-Taipei and Japan to Battle For World Team Title". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. "Shoot It Out Loud". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. "World Pool Team Championship 2012". sixpockets.de. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. "World Pool Team Championship 2012". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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