2006 World Cup of Pool

The 2006 World Cup of Pool was the first edition of the tournament. The event was held in Newport, Wales from August 22–27, 2006.

Participating nations

Tournament bracket

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	Round 1 Race to 9					Round 2 Race to 9					Quarter-finals Race to 9					Semi-finals Race to 9					Final Race to 13
	1	Reyes / Bustamante	9
		Michael Valentine / Pat Holtz	0
						1	Reyes / Bustamante	9
							Yuen / Bin Amir	5
	Fahad Mohammadi / Bashar Hussain		3
	Yuen / Bin Amir		9
											1	Reyes / Bustamante	9
												Hybler / Gavenciak	6
	Roman Hybler / Michal Gavenciak		9
	Radoslaw Babica / Mariusz Rote		6
							Hybler / Gavenciak	9
						8	Salvas / Edey	8
	8	Luc Salvas / Tyler Edey	9
		Tepwin Arunnath / Amnuayporn Chotipong	5
																1	Reyes / Bustamante	9
																4	Engert / Ortmann	7
	5	Wang Hung-Hsiang / Yang Ching-shun	9
		Dharminder Lilly / Alok Kumar	6
						5	Wang / Yang	9
						12	Tanaka / Kawabata	4
	12	Maasaki Tanaka / Satoshi Kawabata	9
		Dharminder Lilly / Alok Kumar	0
											5	Wang / Yang	4
											4	Engert / Ortmann	9
	David Alcaide / Rafael Guzman		8
	A Raj Hundal / Ronnie O’Sullivan		9
							Alcaide / Guzman	5
						4	Engert / Ortmann	9
		Rob McKenna / Ben Davies	2
	4	Thomas Engert / Oliver Ortmann	9
																					1	Reyes / Bustamante	13
																					3	Strickland / Morris	5
						3	Strickland / Morris	9
							Davis / Peach	3
											3	Strickland / Morris	9
												Lee / Kong	3
						11	Stepanov / Zolorilov	8
							Lee / Kong	9
																3	Strickland / Morris	9
																	Nguyen / Luong	7
						7	Immonen / Juva	2
						10	Petroni / Millauro	9
											10	Petroni / Millauro	8
												Nguyen / Luong	9
							Nguyen / Luong	9
						2	van den Berg / Feijen	8

Final

The Philippine team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante became the first champions of the World Cup of Pool, defeating the American tandem of Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris, 13–5.

References