2007 World Cup of Pool


The 2007 World Cup of Pool was the second World Cup of Pool, a doubles 9-Ball world championship. The event was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from September 25–30, 2007. The event was won by Li He-wen and Fu Jian-bo from China, who defeated Mika Immonen and Marcus Juva from Finland 11–10 in the final.
Defending champions The Philippines defeated Scotland and Croatia, before losing to eventual winners China.

Tournament Summary

A Total of 32 teams were chosen for the event, representing 31 different nations, with host country Netherlands receiving two places. Before the event, the Malaysian team of Patrick Ooi and Ibrahim Bin Amir withdrew from the event, due to "unforeseen circumstances", and were replaced by a Belgian team of Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe.
The event saw the Chinese team defeat the previous years champions Philippines in the quarter-finals 9–6, before defeating the unseeded Japanese team in the semi final. The other semi-final saw 10th seeds Finland defeat 11th seed Canada in a 9–0 whitewash.
In the final, a race-to-11 racks match, the Chinese team held a 10–6 lead, before 4 straight frames from the Finish team took the match to 10–10. At the table in the deciding rack, Markus Juva had the opportunity to win the tournament with a 1–9 ; however, the shot did not come off, and the Chinese pair ran the rest of the rack to win the tournament.

Event field

Participating nations