2012 World Team Championship


The World Team Championship 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. The defending champion Great Britain was eliminated in the semi-finals against the eventual champion.

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.

Prize money

A total of $300,000 in prize money was distributed, the winning team received $80,000. Below are the prize money per team indicated.
PositionAmount
Winner80.000 US-$
Finalist40.000 US-$
Semi-finalists20.000 US-$
Quarter-finalists12.000 US-$
Last 167.500 US-$
Double elimination4.000 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:
GroupNationPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4
AErki ErmJoonas SaskaMark MagiAnna Grintosuk
ARicky YangIrsal NasutionMuhammad ZulfikiriAmand Rahayu
AIvica PutnikBožo PrimićKarlo DalmatinZrinka Antonijević
AEfren ReyesFrancisco BustamanteDennis OrcolloRubilen Amit
B 1Li HewenFu JianboLiu HaitaoFu XiaofangPan Xiao Ting
BPetri MakkonenAki HeiskanenAbbas al-MarayatiMarika Pokkijoki
BJason KlattJohn MorraErik HjorleifsonBrittany Bryant
BIbrahim Bin AmirPatrick OoiMoh Keen HooKlaudia Djajalie
CDavid RothallLouis CondoRobby FoldvariLyndall Hulley
C 2Dang JinhuDai YongHan HaoxiangLiu ShashaChen Siming
CKenny KwokLee ChenmanAndrew KongEllen CheungRuby Cheung
CSharik Aslam SayedToh Lian HanAloysius YappLum Wai KeongAnn Koh Seng
DYukio AkakariyamaTōru KuribayashiNaoyuki ŌiChihiro Kawahara
DMateusz ŚniegockiRadosław BabicaTomasz KapłanOliwia Czupryńska
DMarcus ChamatTomas LarssonAndreas GerwenCarline Roos
DDo The KienNguyen Anh TuanNguyen Manh TungDoan Thi Ngoc Le
EDarren AppletonDaryl PeachChris MellingMark GrayKelly Fisher
EAlok KumarSundeep GulatiSayed HabibNeena Praveen
EDave van den BergDino NairNickie ErasmusNicola Rossouw
ELee WansuRyu Seung-wooHwang YoungKim Ga-young
FChang Jung-linFu Che-weiKo Pin-yiChuo Chieh-yu
FOliver OrtmannThorsten HohmannRalf SouquetJasmin Michel
FL. MunkboldL. DelgerdalaiT. AmarjargalB. UyangaA. Batkhuu
FRoger RasmussenMats SchjetneMatey UllahIne Helvik

Tournament Bracket

The results below are from the knockout stages onwards.