2010 World Team Championship


The 2010 WPA World Team Championship was a World Pool-Billiard Association sanctioned tournament, 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 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.

Format

In contrast to the already existing WPA world championships, players were representing national teams in teams from 4-6 players. Only one national team is allowed to race 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.
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 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:
NationPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4
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 Kokotis
Takhti ZarakaniFarhad ShaverdiHadi Keyvan EkbataniAli Khojasteh Anbaran××
INoam CohenDror DobronskiBen GmachZion Zvi××
IIShai EisenbergSagi KortlerValery KostoveskyDobronsky Osnat××
Bruno MuratorePietro CapernaGabriele CimminoVittorio De FalcoMichele MonacoMauro Castriota
Satoshi 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-Shaheen
Alessandro 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 Velasquez
Ronato AlcanoLee Vann CortezaWarren KiamcoAntonio LiningMarlon ManaloDennis Orcollo
Radosław BabicaTomasz KapłanMateusz ŚniegockiKarol SkowerskiAdam SkonecznyMariusz Skoneczny
Jasmin OuschanAlbin OuschanMaximilian LechnerJürgen JenisyMartin KempterMario He
Konstantin StepanovRuslan ChinakhovJegor PlischkinRoman Pruchay××
Marcus ChamatTomas LarssonJim ChawkiAndreas GerwenJan Lundell×
Dimitri JungoSascha SpecchiaRonny RegliMarco Tschudi××
Šandor TotZoran SvilarAndreja KlasovićGoran MladenovićMiloš Verkić×
Jaroslav PolachMilan KlobucnikZoltan PetrovicPeter LeitmanJakub KoniarRene Daubner
Jožko MarinkoMatjaž DemšarRado DoroslovacMates Cretnik××
David AlcaideFrancisco Sánchez RuízJose L. GonzalesRafael Guzman××
Jeong Young-hwaPark K. ChanLee Gun JeaHan Won Sik××
Vilmos FöldesMate HazayAttila BezdanCsaba NagyBence VargaGabor Antal
Roman 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:

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final