WORLD POOL MASTERS FINAL RESULTS (all events in England unless otherwise stated) 2008 - Las Vegas. Alex Pagulayan (Philippines) bt Mika Immonen (Finland) 8-6. 2007 - Egmond aan Zee, Holland. Thomas Engert (Germany) bt David Alcaide (Spain) 8-5. 2006 - Egmond aan Zee, Holland. Ralf Souquet (Germany) bt Alex Pagulayan (Philippines) 8-4 2005 - Doncaster. Raj Hundal (England) bt Rodney Morris (USA) 8-7. 2004 - Egmond aan Zee, Holland. Thomas Engert (Germany) bt Oliver Ortmann (GER) 8-6. 2003 - Egmond aan Zee, Holland. Tony Drago (Malta) bt Hsia Hui-kai (TPE) 8-6. 2002 - Milton Keynes. Ralf Souquet (Germany) bt Efren Reyes (PHI) 9-4. 2001 - Lakeside. Francisco Bustamante (Philippines) bt Earl Strickland (USA) 7-6. 2000 - Lakeside. Ralf Souquet (Germany) bt Alex Lely (NED) 7-3. 1999 - Lakeside. Alex Lely (Holland) bt Efren Reyes (PHI) 7-5. 1998 - Lakeside. Francisco Bustamante (Philippines) bt Ralf Souquet (GER) 11-9. 1997 - Lakeside. Earl Strickland (USA) bt Tommy Donlon (IRE) 2-1 sets. 1 996 - Blackpool. Ralf Souquet (Germany) bt Vincent Facquet (FRA) 2-1 sets. 1995 - Blackpool. Daryl Peach (England) bt Lee Kendall (Eng) 2-0 sets. 1994 - Doncaster. Ralf Souquet (Germany) bt Jimmy White (Eng) 2-1 sets. 1993 - Plymouth. Werner Duregger (Austria) MOSCONI CUP RESULTS 2008 Europe 11-5 USA, Hilton Hotel, Malta. 2007 Europe 11-8 USA, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, USA. 2006 USA 12-12 Europe, Cruise Terminal, Rotterdam, Holland. 2005 USA 11-6 Europe, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, USA. 2004 USA 12-9 Europe, Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee, Holland. 2003 USA 11-9 Europe, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, USA. 2002 Europe 12-9 USA, York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England. 2001 USA 12-1 Europe, York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England. 2002 USA 12-9 Europe, York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England. 1999 USA 12-7 Europe, York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England. 1998 USA 13-9 Europe, York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England. 1997 USA 13-8 Europe, York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England. 1996 USA 15-13 Europe, Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, England. 1995 Europe 16-15 USA, Festival Hall, Basildon, Essex, England. 1994 USA 16-12 Europe, Rollerbowl, Romford, Essex, England. WORLD CUP OF POOL RESULTS 2008 – Outland Nightclub, Rotterdam, Holland USA (R. Morris & S. Van Boening) 11 – 7 England (D. Peach & M. Gray) 2007 - Outland Nightclub, Rotterdam, Holland China (Fu Jian-bo & Li He-wen) 11 – 10 Finland (M Immonen & M Juva 2006 – Newport Centre, Newport, Wales Philippines (E. Reyes & F. Bustamante) 13-5 USA (E. Strickland & R. Morris) WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 Daryl Peach (England) bt Roberto Gomez (Philippines) 17-15 Manila, Philippines 2006 Ronnie Alcano (Philippines) bt Ralf Souquet (Germany) 17-11 Manila, Philippines 2005 Wu Chia-ching (Taiwan) bt Kuo Po-cheng (Taiwan) 17-16 Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2004 Alex Pagulayan (Canada) bt Pei-wei Chang (Taiwan) 17–13 Taipei, Taiwan 2003 Thorsten Hohmann (Germany) bt Alex Pagulayan (Canada) 17-10 Cardiff, Wales 2002 Earl Strickland (USA) bt Francisco Bustamante (Philippines) 17-15 Cardiff, Wales 2001 Mika Immonen (Finland) bt Ralf Souquet (Germany) 17-10 Cardiff, Wales 2000 Fong Pang Chao (Taiwan) bt Ismael Paez (Mexico) 17-6 Cardiff, Wales 1999 Efren Reyes (Philippines) bt Hao-ping Chang (Taiwan) 17-8 Cardiff, Wales Nick Varner (USA) bt Jeremy Jones (USA) Alicante, Spain 1998 Kunihiko Takahashi (Japan) bt Johnny Archer (USA) Taipei, Taiwan 1997 Johnny Archer (USA) bt Kun-Fang Lee (Taiwan) Illinois, USA 1996 Ralph Souquet (Germany) bt Tom Storm (Sweden) Borlange, Sweden 1995 Oliver Ortmann (Germany) bt Dallas West (USA) Taipei, Taiwan 1994 Takeshi Okumura (Japan) bt Yasunari Itsuzaki (Japan) Illinois, USA 1993 Fong-Pang Chao (Taiwan) bt Thomas Hasch (Germany) Konigswinter, Germany 1992 Johnny Archer (USA) bt Bobby Hunter (USA) Taipei, Taiwan 1 991 Earl Strickland (USA) bt Nick Varner (USA) Las Vegas, USA 1990 Earl Strickland (USA) bt Jeff Carter (USA) Bergheim, Germany
CLICK ON A TITLE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT PROGRAMME MOSCONI CUP MASTERS WORLD CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS THE PARTYPOKER.COM MOSCONI CUP From its humble origins in 1994 as an exhibition event for the fledging sport of 9-Ball pool, the Mosconi Cup has grown to be the biggest international team event in cue sports. In December 2008, five of the best professional players from Europe took on their American counterparts over four exciting days in a Ryder Cup-style series of singles and doubles matches with the winning team being the first to reach 11 points. Europe triumphed, just as they had done in Las Vegas in 2007, as Team Europe have now won the event four times in the 15 competitions, but for the first time recorded back-to-back victories. Both teams shared the first two runnings of the event in the mid-90's before Team USA embarked on an unbroken six-year run of victory when the Mosconi Cup moved to the historic York Hall in London's East End. After that period of American domination, Team Europe finally laid the ghosts to rest in December 2002 as they beat Team USA 12-9 in a thrilling encounter with snooker legend Steve Davis sinking the winning 9 ball in an emotion-packed evening. However, the Americans won the trophy back in December 2003 amid scenes of wild jubilation as the Mosconi Cup was held on American soil for the first time in its history at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Then in 2004, Team USA once again prevailed following four heart-stopping days of competition in Egmond in Holland. The Mosconi Cup, named after American pool legend Willie Mosconi, has created such a superb atmosphere between players, fans and TV audiences alike, and it is now one of the most anticipated features of the pool calendar. The 2006 Mosconi Cup was back in Europe following its 12th staging in Las Vegas in December 2005 and the tournament ended in a historic 12-12 tie with Team USA retaining the trophy as defending champions. In 2008, the event returned to Europe and was staged at the luxurious Hilton Hotel in Malta as once again the biggest names in European pool battle it out to decide the destination of team pool's most prestigious trophy. Europe proved successful as they dominated from the first match before evntually winning 11-5, the second biggest winning margin ever. Matchroom Sport Television can offer live coverage of four days of competition as well as 20 one-hour highlights programmes of the 2007 event. Date: December Venue: Venue one year - Europe, one year - USA. Television: 24 hours live or 20 x 1 hour highlight programmes with English commentary and international sound. PARTYPOKER.NET WORLD POOL MASTERS The World Pool Masters has established itself as world pool's premier invitational tournament and the list of winners reads like a who's who of all the greats of the modern game. Players like Earl Strickland, Ralf Souquet and Francisco Bustamante have all lifted this coveted trophy, with the German Souquet having claimed it on a record five occasions. In 2003, there was a shock winner as Malta's popular Tony Drago, better known as a snooker player, defied the odds to beat Alex Pagulayan, Nick van den Berg and Earl Strickland before overcoming Taiwan's Hsia Hui-kai to lift the trophy. The 2004 final was an all-German affair as European Champion Thomas Engert overcame Oliver Ortmann to win the coveted title and $20,000 top prize. In 2005, rising star Raj Hundal claimed victory to cement his place in the upper echelons of world pool as he cruised through a select field. The 2006 event saw Germany's Ralf Souquet claim glory for the fifth time. The World Pool Masters featured 16 of the world’s top cue men, including the superstars from Holland, Sweden, Philippines, Taiwan, USA and the United Kingdom. Souquet was back to defend his title as the event returned to the prestigious Hotel Zuiderduin in northern Holland. There was further German glory but not for Souquet as the 2004 champion Thomas Engert claimed his second Masters title in four years, beating Spain's impressive David Alcaide 8-3 in the final. The 2008 event took place in May at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, the first time it had been staged outside of Europe. In a thrilling final, Finland's Mika Immonen led 6-3 over Alex Pagulayan but the Filipino fought back to win 8-6. The Masters format is sudden-death straight knock-out with all matches being a race to seven racks. The competition traditionally attracts large audiences as the cream of world pool fight it out in the game's No.1 invitational event. Matchroom Television produce 15 one-hour programmes of multi-camera coverage with commentary lead by Voice of Pool - Jim Wych of Canada. Date: May Venue: Las Vegas, USA. Television: 15 x 1 hour programmes with English commentary and international sound PARTYPOKER.NET WORLD CUP OF POOL This event, set to rival the World Pool Championship for prestige and scale, took place in Newport, Wales for the first time in August of 2006. The World Cup of Pool filled a huge gap in the market as Matchroom Sport devised an exciting instant knock-out format that pitted nation against nation for the first time in a major international pool event. Played over six days, each two-man team did battle initially in race-to-9 matches with the games stretching out to race-to-11 as the event progresses. All games were played to a 'scotch doubles' format whereby each player takes alternate shots. This makes teamwork essential as each player attempts to read his partner's game as the match unwinds. The major pool playing nations such as Taiwan, the USA, Philippines and Germany were all seeded as the lesser lights attempted to upset the apple cart in pursuit of the lion’s share of the $250,000 prize fund. In the end, the mastery of Team Philippines, made up of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante, took the title against America's Rodney Morris and Earl Strickland in front of a record crowd of over 900 people. The tournament featured a total of 30 matches and the World Cup of Pool will be available live throughout or subsequently as 30 x one hour programmes, all produced by Matchroom Sport television. The 2007 and 2008 events took place at Outland, a futuristic nightclub in Rotterdam, Holland and once again all of pool's big guns were in attendance. Perhaps signalling the future of pool, the Chinese pair of Li He-wen and Fu Jian-bo took the glory, completing an momentous 11-10 victory over Finland in one of the most exciting finals of recent times. USA lost in the 2006 final but Rodney Morris, this time partnered by talented youngster Shane Van Boening, made amends in 2008. America defeated a strong English team, consisting of 2007 World Pool Champion Daryl Peach and European number one Mark Gray, by 11-7 in the final. The following 32 nations competed in the 2008 World Cup of Pool: EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland A, Holland B, Iceland, Italy, Malta, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland. ASIA: China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. REST OF THE WORLD: Australia, Canada, Peru, Qatar, USA Date: September Venue: Manila, Philippines Television: 31x1 hour highlights programmes with English commentary and international sound. World Pool Championship In November 2007, 128 players from over 45 countries converged on the legendary Araneta Coliseum in the Filipino capital of Manila to contest pool's biggest event - the World Pool Championship and with it the purse of $400,000. After nine days of the very best in 9-ball action, under-dog Englishman Daryl Peach, a veteran of the pool circuit, who had the week of his life, defeated champion after champion and finally put paid to the hopes of local hero Roberto Gomez in the final to claim the $100,000 top prize. One of Peach’s victims was Filipino sharp shooter Ronnie 'Calamba' Alcano who lifted the title the previous year following a superb run which saw him beat some of the game's biggest names en-route to the final. Since taking over the event in 1999, Matchroom Sport has ensured that the WPA World Pool Championship has developed into the biggest event in the history of the game. With live coverage across Asia as well as Europe, the WPA World Pool Championship has established itself as a platform for some of the greatest names in the game. In its inaugural year of Matchroom Sport promotion, Filipino legend Efren Reyes took the honours and in 2000, Taiwan's Chao Fong-pang won the event for the second time. In 2001, Finland's 'Iceman' Mika Immonen lifted the trophy, beating Ralf Souquet in the final. The following year saw American Earl 'The Pearl' Strickland win his third World Championship in an epic final against Francisco Bustamante of the Philippines, before nerveless German Thorsten Hohmann put on a series of flawless displays to shock the world of pool in 2003. In 2004, the event moved out of the UK to Asia and, fittingly, Filipino star Alex Pagulayan, a beaten finalist in 2003, won the trophy following in Taipei in an epic comeback in the championship match. Wu Chia-ching from Taiwan who, at 17 became the youngest ever claimant of the title when it took place in 2005 in the southern Taiwanese town of Kaohsiung. Television coverage of this nine-day event saw over 60 hours of live television and 15 cameras focusing on a unique eight-table arena. Television: 63 Hours live or 14 x 2 hour programmes with English commentary and international sound. TO find out about broadcasting any of our pool events, contact Karen Manzi, Matchroom Sport's Head of Television Sales, on +44 1869 340940.