GLOBAL STARS COMPLETE WORLD CUP OF POOL LINE-UP

May 24, 2019

The final teams have been confirmed for the 2019 World Cup of Pool with powerhouse nations such as Philippines, Germany and Holland all set to compete at the Morningside Arena, Leicester this June 25-30.



Tickets are on sale now at www.matchroompool.com for pool’s biggest doubles event with the draw to be announced shortly.



A further 15 teams have been added to the line-up with the final nation to be the winner of a European qualifying event, which will take place over the weekend of June 1-2 at IDM Club in Bucharest, Romania.



US Open and World Champion Joshua Filler will again compete alongside Ralf Souquet for Germany, with another Mosconi Cup legend in Niels Feijen being joined by Marc Bijsterbosch for Holland. Alex Pagulayan teams up with John Morra to represent Canada, and Ko brothers Pin-Yi and Ping-Chung will be aiming to win Chinese Taipei’s second World Cup title.



Other Asian nations will include Japan (Naoyuki Oi and Toru Kuribayashi), Hong Kong (Lo Ho Sum and Yip Kin Ling Leo), Singapore (Aloysuis Yapp and Sharik Aslam Sayed) and three-time World Cup winners Philippines (Carlo Biado and Jeff De Luna).



European representation is completed by France (Alex Montpellier and Fabio Rizzi), Russia (Fedor Gorst and Ruslan Chinakhov) and Poland (Konrad Juszczyszyn and Mateusz Sniegocki).



Elsewhere South American Champions Chile will be represented by Enrique Rojas and Alejandro Carvajal, while there will also be teams from Brazil and Saudi Arabia, with players to be confirmed shortly.



2019 World Cup of Pool Confirmed Teams:Albania               Eklent Kaci / Besar SpahiuAustralia            Justin Sajich / Danny StoneAustria                Albin Ouschan / Mario HeBrazil                   TBC / TBCCanada               Alex Pagulayan / John MorraChile                    Enrique Rojas / Alejandro CarvajalChina                   Wu Jiaqing / Liu HaitaoChinese Taipei  Ko Pin-Yi / Ko Ping-ChungCzech Republic Roman Hybler / Michal GavenčiakEuropean QualifierEstonia               Denis Grabe / Mark MagiFinland               Petri Makkonen / Mika ImmonenFrance                 Alex Montpellier / Fabio RizziGermany            Joshua Filler / Ralf Souquet Great Britain A Jayson Shaw / Chris MellingGreat Britain B Mark Gray / Imran MajidGreece                Alexander Kazakis / Nick MalajHolland               Niels Feijen / Marc BijsterboschHong Kong         Lo Ho Sum / Yip Kin Ling LeoItaly                     Fabio Petroni / Daniele CorrieriJapan                  Naoyuki Oi / Toru KuribayashiMalta                  Tony Drago / Clayton CastaldiNew Zealand     Matt Edwards / Simon SingletonPhilippines         Carlo Biado / Jeff De LunaPoland                Konrad Juszczyszyn / Mateusz SniegockiRussia                 Fedor Gorst / Ruslan ChinakhovSaudi Arabia      TBC / TBCSingapore           Aloysuis Yapp / Sharik Aslam SayedSouth Africa       Richard Halliday / Jason TheronSpain                   David Alcaide / Francisco Sanchez RuizSweden              Marcus Chamat / Tomas LarssonUSA                     Shane van Boening / Skyler Woodward



















Tickets for the 2019 World Cup of Pool are on sale now priced at £5 for weekday afternoons and £10 for weekday evenings and weekend sessions. A season ticket is available for £75 with premium ticket packages available for weekend days including food and unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks.



The 2019 World Cup of Pool features 32 two-player teams battling for the $60,000 first prize from a total prize fund of $250,000. Matches are race to 7 in the first two rounds, race to 9 in the quarter and semi-finals and, for the first time, race to 11 in the final.



The 2019 World Cup of Pool is sponsored by the following partners: Iwan Simonis (Cloth), Saluc (Aramith Balls), Rasson (Table), Predator (cues), Kamui (chalk and tip).