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{{Short description|Annual tournament for nine-ball pool}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title = World Cup of Pool
| logo =
| caption = 
| sport = [[Nine-ball]] [[Pool (cue sports)|pool]]
| founded = 2006
| inaugural = [[2006 World Cup of Pool|2006]]
| defunct = 
| teams = 
| commissioner = 
| tournament_format = Doubles team, [[single-elimination tournament|Single-elimination]]
| champion = {{flag|Philippines}}<br>(4th title)<br>{{small|[[James Aranas]] / [[Johann Chua]]}}
| most_champs = {{flag|Philippines}}<br>(4 titles)
| champ_season = [[2023 World Cup of Pool|2023]]
}}
The '''World Cup of Pool''' is an annual international [[single-elimination tournament]] for doubles teams in [[nine-ball]] [[Pool (cue sports)|pool]] competition. The [[Philippines]] holds the record for World Cup wins, winning the title on four occasions. In 2023, they also became the first unseeded country to win the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |last=Saldajeno |first=Ivan Stewart |date=July 3, 2023 |title=PH makes history as duo wins World Cup of Pool title |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1204748 |access-date=2023-07-31|work=Philippine news agency}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pool |first=Matchroom |date=2023-07-02 |title=THE PHILIPPINES CREATE WORLD CUP OF POOL HISTORY |url=https://matchroompool.com/news/the-philippines-create-world-cup-of-pool-history/ |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=Matchroom Pool }}</ref>

==History==
The tournament is held annually, at various locations, and was first held in 2006 in [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[Wales]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/#history|title=World Cup of Pool - Matchroom Pool|work=Matchroom Pool|access-date=2018-03-21|language=en-GB}}</ref> The tournament is hosted by [[Matchroom Sport|Matchroom Pool]].

==Format==
There are usually 32 participating teams, representing 31 nations (the host nation is represented by two teams, A and B) composed of two players each. The participating nations do not have to go through a qualifying tournament in order to join, as they are selected by the organizers. Sixteen teams are seeded; they will face the unseeded teams at the first round.

The individual matches are {{Cuegloss|Scotch doubles|scotch doubles}} with alternating {{Cuegloss|Break|break}}, which are {{Cuegloss|Race|races}} to seven racks for Round 1 and 2, nine racks for the quarterfinals and semifinals, and eleven for the final. The rules used are [[World Pool-Billiard Association]] (WPA) World Standardized Rules for [[nine-ball]], modified for scotch doubles play (players on a team alternate shots; no one shoots twice in a row, unless being asked to play again after pushing out).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/|title=World Cup of Pool|website=Matchroom Pool|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref>

==Results==
{| border=1 class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:;"cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0
|- bgcolor=#EFEFEF
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year
!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host
!colspan=3|Final
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Semi-finalists
|- bgcolor=EFEFEF
!width=15%|Winner
!width=8%|Score
!width=15%|Runner-up
|- 
|2006 <br /> ''[[2006 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|Wales}} ([[Newport, Wales|Newport]])
|'''{{flagicon|Philippines|size=30px}}<br /> [[Philippines]]''' <br />([[Efren Reyes|Reyes]] / [[Francisco Bustamante|Bustamante]])
|'''13–5'''
|{{flagicon|United States|size=30px}}<br /> [[United States]]<br />([[Earl Strickland|Strickland]] / [[Rodney Morris|Morris]])
|width=15%|{{flagicon|Germany|size=30px}}<br />[[Germany]]<br />([[Thomas Engert|Engert]] / [[Oliver Ortmann|Ortmann]])
|width=15%|{{flagicon|Vietnam|size=30px}}<br />[[Vietnam]]<br />([[Nguyen Thanh Nam|Nguyen]] / [[Luong Chi Dung|Luong]])
|- 
|2007 <br /> ''[[2007 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|Netherlands}} ([[Rotterdam]])
|'''{{flagicon|China|size=30px}}<br />[[China]]'''<br />([[Li He-wen|Li]] / [[Fu Jian-bo|Fu]])
|'''11–10'''
|{{flagicon|Finland|size=30px}}<br />[[Finland]]<br />([[Mika Immonen|Immonen]] / [[Marcus Juva|Juva]])
|{{flagicon|Japan|size=30px}}<br />[[Japan]]<br />([[Satoshi Kawabata|Kawabata]] / [[Naoyuki Oi|Oi]])
|{{flagicon|Canada|size=30px}}<br />[[Canada]]<br />([[Alain Martel|Martel]] / [[Edwin Montal|Montal]])
|-
|2008 <br /> ''[[2008 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|Netherlands}} ([[Rotterdam]])
|'''{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[United States]]'''<br />([[Rodney Morris|Morris]] / [[Shane Van Boening|Van Boening]])
|'''11–7'''
|{{flagicon|England|size=30px}}<br />[[England]]<br />([[Daryl Peach|Peach]] / [[Mark Gray (pool player)|Gray]])
|{{flagicon|Philippines|size=30px}}<br />[[Philippines]]<br />([[Francisco Bustamante|Bustamante]] / [[Dennis Orcollo|Orcollo]])
|{{flagicon|China|size=30px}}<br />[[China]]<br />([[Li He-wen|Li]] / [[Fu Jian-bo|Fu]])
|- 
|2009 <br /> ''[[2009 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|Philippines}} ([[Quezon City]])
|'''{{flagicon|Philippines|size=30px}}<br />[[Philippines]]'''<br />([[Efren Reyes|Reyes]] / [[Francisco Bustamante|Bustamante]])
|'''11–9'''
|{{flagicon|Germany|size=30px}}<br />[[Germany]]<br />([[Ralf Souquet|Souquet]] / [[Thorsten Hohmann|Hohmann]])
|{{flagicon|China|size=30px}}<br />[[China]]<br />([[Li He-wen|Li]] / [[Fu Jian-bo|Fu]])
|{{flagicon|Philippines|size=30px}}<br />[[Philippines]]<br />([[Ronato Alcano|Alcano]] / [[Dennis Orcollo|Orcollo]])
|-
|2010 <br /> ''[[2010 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|Philippines}} ([[Manila]])
|{{flagicon|China|size=30px}}<br />'''[[China]]'''<br />([[Li He-wen|Li]] / [[Fu Jian-bo|Fu]])
|'''10–5'''
|{{flagicon|Philippines|size=30px}}<br />[[Philippines]]<br />([[Dennis Orcollo|Orcollo]] / [[Roberto Gomez (pool player)|Gomez]])
|{{flagicon|Germany|size=30px}}<br />[[Germany]]<br />([[Ralf Souquet|Souquet]] / [[Oliver Ortmann|Ortmann]])
|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|size=30px}}<br />[[Chinese Taipei]]<br />([[Ko Pin-yi|Pin-yi]] / [[Chang Jung-lin|Jung-lin]])
|- 
|2011 <br /> ''[[2011 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|Philippines}} ([[Quezon City]])
|'''{{flagicon|Germany|size=30px}}<br />[[Germany]]'''<br />([[Ralf Souquet|Souquet]] / [[Thorsten Hohmann|Hohmann]])
|'''10–4'''
|{{flagicon|Thailand|size=30px}}<br />[[Thailand]]<br />([[Nitiwat Kanjanasri|Kanjanasri]] / [[Kobkit Palajin|Palajin]])
|{{flagicon|South Korea|size=30px}}<br />[[South Korea|Korea]]<br />([[Lee Gun-jae|Lee]] / [[Hwang Young|Hwang]])
|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|size=30px}}<br />[[Chinese Taipei]]<br />([[Ko Pin-yi|Pin-yi]] / [[Ko Ping-chung|Ping-chung]])
|-
|2012 <br /> ''[[2012 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|Philippines}} ([[Manila]])
|'''{{flagicon|Finland|size=30px}}<br />[[Finland]]'''<br />([[Mika Immonen|Immonen]] / [[Petri Makkonen|Makkonen]])
|'''10–8'''
|{{flagicon|Poland|size=30px}}<br />[[Poland]]<br />([[Karol Skowerski|Skowerski]] / [[Wojciech Szewczyk|Szewczyk]])
|{{flagicon|United States|size=30px}}<br />[[United States]]<br />([[Shane Van Boening|Van Boening]] / [[Rodney Morris|Morris]])
|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|size=30px}}<br />[[Chinese Taipei]]<br />([[Han En Hsu|Hsu]] / [[Hsin Ting Chen|Chen]])
|- 
|2013 <br /> ''[[2013 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|England}} ([[London]])
|'''{{flagicon|Philippines|size=30px}}<br />[[Philippines]]'''<br />([[Dennis Orcollo|Orcollo]] / [[Lee Van Corteza|Corteza]])
|'''10–8'''
|{{flagicon|Netherlands|size=30px}}<br />[[Netherlands]]<br />([[Niels Feijen|Feijen]] / [[Nick van den Berg|van den Berg]])
|{{flagicon|Finland|size=30px}}<br />[[Finland]]<br />([[Mika Immonen|Immonen]] / [[Petri Makkonen|Makkonen]])
|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|size=30px}}<br />[[Chinese Taipei]]<br />([[Ko Pin-yi|Pin-yi]] / [[Chang Jung-Lin|Jung-lin]])
|-
|2014 <br /> ''[[2014 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|England}} ([[Portsmouth]])
|'''{{flagicon|England|size=30px}}<br />[[England]]'''<br />([[Darren Appleton|Appleton]] / [[Karl Boyes (pool player)|Boyes]])
|'''10–9'''
|{{flagicon|Netherlands|size=30px}}<br />[[Netherlands]]<br />([[Niels Feijen|Feijen]] / [[Nick van den Berg|van den Berg]])
|{{flagicon|Finland|size=30px}}<br />[[Finland]]<br />([[Mika Immonen|Immonen]] / [[Petri Makkonen|Makkonen]])
|{{flagicon|Austria|size=30px}}<br />[[Austria]]<br />([[Albin Ouschan|Ouschan]] / [[Mario He|He]])
|- 
|2015 <br /> ''[[2015 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|England}} ([[London]])
|'''{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|size=30px}}<br />[[Chinese Taipei]]'''<br />([[Ko Pin-yi|Ko]] / [[Chang Yu-lung|Chang]])
|'''10–8'''
|{{flagicon|England|size=30px}}<br />[[England]]<br />([[Mark Gray (pool player)|Gray]] / [[Daryl Peach|Peach]])
|{{flagicon|Japan|size=30px}}<br />[[Japan]]<br />([[Naoyuki Oi|Oi]] / [[Toru Kuribayashi|Kuribayashi]])
|{{flagicon|England|size=30px}}<br />[[England]]<br />([[Darren Appleton|Appleton]] / [[Karl Boyes (pool player)|Boyes]])
|-
|2017 <br /> ''[[2017 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|England}} ([[London]])
|'''{{flagicon|Austria|size=30px}}<br />[[Austria]]'''<br />([[Mario He|He]] / [[Albin Ouschan|Ouschan]])
|'''10–6'''
|{{flagicon|United States|size=30px}}<br />[[United States]]<br />([[Shane Van Boening|Van Boening]] / [[Skyler Woodward|Woodward]])
|{{flagicon|China|size=30px}}<br />[[China]]<br />([[Wu Jia-qing|Wu]] / [[Dang Jinhu|Dang]])
|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|size=30px}}<br />[[Chinese Taipei]]<br />([[Ko Pin-yi|Ko]] / [[Chang Yu-lung|Chang]])
|- 
|2018 <br /> ''[[2018 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|China}} ([[Shanghai]])
|'''{{flagicon|China|size=30px}}<br />[[China]]'''<br />([[Wu Jia-qing|Wu]] / [[Liu Haitao (pool player)|Liu]])
|'''10–3'''
|{{flagicon|Austria|size=30px}}<br />[[Austria]]<br />([[Mario He|He]] / [[Albin Ouschan|Ouschan]])
|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|size=30px}}<br />[[Chinese Taipei]]<br />([[Chang Jung-Lin|Jung-lin]] / [[Cheng Yu-hsuan|Yu-hsuan]])
|{{flagicon|China|size=30px}}<br />[[China]] <br />([[Dejing Kong|Kong]] / [[Wang Ming (pool player)|Wang]])
|-
|2019 <br /> ''[[2019 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|England}} ([[Leicester]])
|'''{{flagicon|Austria|size=30px}}<br />[[Austria]]'''<br />([[Mario He|He]] / [[Albin Ouschan|Ouschan]])
|'''11–3'''
|{{flagicon|Philippines|size=30px}}<br />[[Philippines]]<br />([[Carlo Biado|Biado]] / [[Jeff de Luna|de Luna]])
|{{flagicon|Netherlands|size=30px}}<br />[[Netherlands]]<br />([[Marc Bijsterbosch|Bijsterbosch]] / [[Niels Feijen|Feijen]])
|{{flagicon|Spain|size=30px}}<br />[[Spain]]<br />([[David Alcaide|Alcaide]] / [[Francisco Sánchez Ruíz|Sánchez Ruíz]])
|- 
|2021 <br /> ''[[2021 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|England}} ([[Milton Keynes]])
|'''{{flagicon|Germany|size=30px}}<br />[[Germany]]'''<br />([[Joshua Filler|Filler]] / [[Christoph Reintjes|Reintjes]])
|'''11–7'''
|{{flagicon|Great Britain|size=30px}}<br />[[Great Britain]]<br />([[Darren Appleton|Appleton]] / [[Karl Boyes (pool player)|Boyes]])
|{{flagicon|Estonia|size=30px}}<br />[[Estonia]]<br />([[Denis Grabe|Grabe]] / [[Mark Magi|Magi]])
|{{flagicon|Slovakia|size=30px}}<br />[[Slovakia]]<br />([[Jakub Koniar|Koniar]] / [[Jaroslav Polách|Polách]])
|- 
|2022 <br /> ''[[2022 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|England}} ([[Brentwood, Essex|Brentwood]])
|'''{{flagicon|Spain|size=30px}}<br />[[Spain]]'''<br />([[David Alcaide|Alcaide]] / [[Francisco Sánchez Ruíz|Sánchez Ruíz]])
|'''11–6'''
|{{flagicon|Singapore|size=30px}}<br />[[Singapore]]<br />([[Aloysius Yapp|Yapp]] / [[Toh Lian Han|Toh]])
|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|size=30px}}<br />[[Chinese Taipei]]<br />([[Ko Pin-yi|Ko]] / [[Ko Ping-chung|Ko]])
|{{flagicon|United States|size=30px}}<br />[[United States]]<br />([[Shane Van Boening|Van Boening]] / [[Skyler Woodward|Woodward]])
|- 
|2023 <br /> ''[[2023 World Cup of Pool|Details]]''
|{{flag|Spain}} ([[Lugo]])
|'''{{flagicon|Philippines|size=30px}}<br />[[Philippines]]'''<br />([[James Aranas|Aranas]] / [[Johann Chua|Chua]])
|'''11–7'''
|{{flagicon|Germany|size=30px}}<br />[[Germany]]<br />([[Joshua Filler|Filler]] / [[Moritz Neuhausen|Neuhausen]])
|{{flagicon|Austria|size=30px}}<br />[[Austria]]<br />([[Mario He|He]] / [[Albin Ouschan|Ouschan]])
|{{flagicon|China|size=30px}}<br />[[China]]<br />([[ Wu Jiaqing|Wu]] / [[Wang Can|Wang]])
|}

==Statistics==
[[Image:World Cup of Pool.PNG|left|thumb|500px|Best performances by nation (as of 2023). Not shown is Great Britain (Quarterfinals in 2019). The [[home nations]] of the United Kingdom competed separately in other editions.]]
{{clear}}
===Performances by nation===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:100%; text-align:left; width:;"
|-
!# !! Country !! Winners !! Runners-up !! Semi-finalists !! Top 4
|-
!1
|align=left|{{flagcountry|PHI}} || 4 ([[2006 World Cup of Pool|2006]], [[2009 World Cup of Pool|2009]], [[2013 World Cup of Pool|2013]], [[2023 World Cup of Pool|2023]]) || 2 ([[2010 World Cup of Pool|2010]], [[2019 World Cup of Pool|2019]]) || 2 ([[2008 World Cup of Pool|2008]], [[2009 World Cup of Pool|2009]]) || 8
|-
!2
|align=left|{{flagcountry|CHN}} || 3 ([[2007 World Cup of Pool|2007]], [[2010 World Cup of Pool|2010]], [[2018 World Cup of Pool|2018]]) || — || 5 ([[2008 World Cup of Pool|2008]], [[2009 World Cup of Pool|2009]], [[2017 World Cup of Pool|2017]], [[2018 World Cup of Pool|2018]], [[2023 World Cup of Pool|2023]]) || 8
|-
!3
|align=left|{{flagcountry|GER}} || 2 ([[2011 World Cup of Pool|2011]], [[2021 World Cup of Pool|2021]]) || 2 ([[2009 World Cup of Pool|2009]], [[2023 World Cup of Pool|2023]]) || 2 ([[2006 World Cup of Pool|2006]], [[2010 World Cup of Pool|2010]]) || 6
|-
!4
|align=left|{{flagcountry|AUT}} || 2 ([[2017 World Cup of Pool|2017]], [[2019 World Cup of Pool|2019]]) || 1 ([[2018 World Cup of Pool|2018]]) || 2 ([[2014 World Cup of Pool|2014]], [[2023 World Cup of Pool|2023]]) || 5
|-
!5
| align="left" |{{flagcountry|GBR}}{{Ref|a|a}} || 1 ([[2014 World Cup of Pool|2014]]) || 3 ([[2008 World Cup of Pool|2008]], [[2015 World Cup of Pool|2015]], [[2021 World Cup of Pool|2021]]) || 1 ([[2015 World Cup of Pool|2015]]) || 5
|-
!6
|align=left|{{flagcountry|USA}} || 1 ([[2008 World Cup of Pool|2008]]) || 2 ([[2006 World Cup of Pool|2006]], [[2017 World Cup of Pool|2017]]) || 2 ([[2012 World Cup of Pool|2012]], [[2022 World Cup of Pool|2022]]) || 5
|-
!7
|align=left|{{flagcountry|FIN}} || 1 ([[2012 World Cup of Pool|2012]]) || 1 ([[2007 World Cup of Pool|2007]]) || 2 ([[2013 World Cup of Pool|2013]], [[2014 World Cup of Pool|2014]]) || 4
|-
!8
|align=left|{{flagcountry|TPE}} || 1 ([[2015 World Cup of Pool|2015]]) || — || 7 ([[2010 World Cup of Pool|2010]], [[2011 World Cup of Pool|2011]], [[2012 World Cup of Pool|2012]], [[2013 World Cup of Pool|2013]], <br /> [[2017 World Cup of Pool|2017]], [[2018 World Cup of Pool|2018]], [[2022 World Cup of Pool|2022]]) || 8
|-
!9
|align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain]]
|1 ([[2022 World Cup of Pool|2022]])
|—
|1 ([[2019 World Cup of Pool|2019]])
|2
|-
!10
|align=left|{{flagcountry|NLD}} || — || 2 ([[2013 World Cup of Pool|2013]], [[2014 World Cup of Pool|2014]]) || 1 ([[2019 World Cup of Pool|2019]]) || 3
|-
!rowspan=3|11
|align=left|{{flagcountry|THA}} || — || 1 ([[2011 World Cup of Pool|2011]]) || — || 1
|-
|align=left|{{flagcountry|POL}} || — || 1 ([[2012 World Cup of Pool|2012]]) || — || 1
|-
|align=left|{{flagcountry|SIN}} || — || 1 ([[2022 World Cup of Pool|2022]]) || — || 1
|-
!12
|align=left|{{flagcountry|JPN}} || — || — || 2 ([[2007 World Cup of Pool|2007]], [[2015 World Cup of Pool|2015]]) || 2
|-
! rowspan="5" |13
|align=left|{{flagcountry|VIE}} || — || — || 1 ([[2006 World Cup of Pool|2006]]) || 1
|-
|align=left|{{flagcountry|CAN}} || — || — || 1 ([[2007 World Cup of Pool|2007]]) || 1
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[South Korea|Korea]] || — || — || 1 ([[2011 World Cup of Pool|2011]]) || 1
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Estonia]] || — || — || 1 ([[2021 World Cup of Pool|2021]]) || 1
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Slovakia]] || — || — || 1 ([[2021 World Cup of Pool|2021]]) || 1
|-
!colspan=2| Total !! 16 !! 16 !! 32 !! 64
|}

* <small>{{Note|a|Note a}} - Results include England from 2006 to 2018.</small>

=== Performance by Continent ===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:;"
|-
!# !! Continent !! Winners !! Runners-up !! Semi-finalists !! Total
|-
!1 
|align=left| [[Asia]] || 8 || 4 || 18 || 30
|-
!2
|align=left| [[Europe]] || 7 || 10 || 11 || 28
|-
!3
|align=left| [[North America]] || 1 || 2 || 3 || 6
|-
!4
|align=left| [[South America]] || - || - || - || -
|-
!5
|align=left| [[Africa]] || - || - || - || -
|- 
!6
|align=left| [[Oceania]] || - || - || - || -
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.matchroompool.com World Cup of Pool – Official site]
* [http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/sports_calendar WPA Pool Calendar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004121712/http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/sports_calendar |date=2015-10-04 }}
* [http://www.azbilliards.com AzBilliards.com]

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