Belgium
Name:
Serge Das (right)
Nickname:
Dassie
Home town:
Bree, Belguim
Date of birth:
March 10, 1979
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months:
Reached the last eight in the 2007 World Cup of Pool.
Career achievements:
Multi Belgian Champion, Last 32 WPA WC 8-Ball 2007, Last 8 WPA World Cup of Pool Team Belgium.
Biggest disappointment:
Not reaching the last 16 of the 2007 World 8-Ball Championship
Favourite player:
Efren Reyes
Cues used:
Predator Willy Hoppe Special edition.
Hobbies:
Squash, swimming, travelling and going out
Home pool room:
HOB Weert - Ames Deurne.
Like about pool:
Different disciplines, competing against top payers.
Dislike about pool:
Nothing.
Occupation other than pool:
Table Fitter.
Describe yourself:
Stubborn.
Name:
Noel Bruynooghe (above left)
Nickname:
Goldeneye
Home town:
Gent, Belguim.
Date of birth:
April 18, 1971
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months:
Winner of 9-ball and 8-ball events in Belgium in 2008, semi-finalist in 14.1 event in Belgium, quarter-finalist in the 2007 World Cup of Pool, quarter-finalist in the 2008 Weert Open (Euro Tour).
Career achievements:
Reaching the quarter-finals of the 2007 World Cup of Pool.
Biggest disappointment:
In Belgium they do nothing for pool.
Favourite player:
Efren Reyes
Cues used:
Predator
Hobbies:
Travelling with my girlfriend, playing with my girls (two and five years old).
Like about pool:
To compete.
Home pool room: The Magic Poolplace.
Dislike about pool:
The luck needed.
Occupation other than pool: Part-time job (Turkish integration in Belgium).
Describe yourself:
Winner, good loser, honest, fun, relax, sweet, can't wake up fast.
World Cup of Pool record
2006
- Did not enter
2007 (Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe)
R1
8-2
v Holland B (Alex Lely and Rico Diks).
R2 8-6 v Taiwan (Wu Chia-ching and Yang Ching-shun)
QF 4-9 v Canada (Alain Martel and Edwin Montal)
2008 campaign
R1 (Tuesday, October 7 - evening) v Holland A - Niels Feijen and Nick Van Den Berg.
