2012 World Cup of Pool

The 2012 World Cup of Pool is the seventh edition of the said tournament. For the fourth straight year, the event is once again being held in the Philippines, this time at the Robinsons Place Manila in Manila, from September 4 to 9, 2012.

Rules

• Winners' break.
• Teammates take shots alternately.
• Race to eight racks for matches prior to the quarterfinals.
• Race to nine racks for matches from the quarterfinals to the semifinals.
• Race to ten racks for the Final.
• Eighty-second shot clock for the shot immediately after the break, forty seconds for other shots.
• In order for a break to be legal, at least two balls must pass over the head string.

Prize fund

• Winners (per pair): $60,000
• Runners-up (per pair): $30,000
• Semi-finalists (per pair): $16,000
• Quarter-finalists (per pair): $10,000
• Round 2 losers (per pair): $5,000
• Round 1 losers (per pair): $3,000

Participating nations

Draw

	Round of 32 Race to 8					Round of 16 Race to 8					Quarter-finals Race to 9					Semi-finals Race to 9					Final Race to 10
	1	Germany	8
		Serbia	1
						1	Germany	4
						16	Finland	8
	16	Finland	8
		Korea	6
											16	Finland	9
											8	Philippines	5
	8	Philippines	8
		Hong Kong	3
						8	Philippines	8
						9	Canada	5
	9	Canada	8
		Sweden	7
																16	Finland	9
																5	USA	7
	5	USA	8
		India	7
						5	USA	8
						12	Austria	4
	12	Austria	8
		Kuwait	2
											5	USA	9
											4	China	8
	4	China	8
		Singapore	4
						4	China	8
						13	Spain	1
	13	Spain	8
		Hungary	3
																					16	Finland	10
																					10	Poland	8
	3	England	8
		Belgium	2
						3	England	8
						14	Thailand	2
	14	Thailand	8
		Malaysia	4
											3	England	8
											6	Chinese Taipei	9
	6	Chinese Taipei	8
		Indonesia	6
						6	Chinese Taipei	8
						11	Japan	6
	11	Japan	8
		Russia	6
																6	Chinese Taipei	4
																10	Poland	9
	7	Netherlands	8
		Croatia	7
						7	Netherlands	6
						10	Poland	8
	10	Poland	8
		Australia	6
											10	Poland	9
											15	Italy	6
	2	Philippines	7
		Switzerland	8
							Switzerland	1
						15	Italy	8
	15	Italy	8
		Vietnam	7

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