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Canada

Name: Alain Martel (left)
Nickname: Dancing Bear
Home town: Montreal, Canada
Date of birth: March 11, 1959
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months: Finished second in the 2006 Canadian Championships and second in the Canadian rankings.
Career achievements: Semi-finalist in the 2001 World 9-ball Championships, eighth in the Camel Tour rankings and 21-time provincial champion.
Biggest disappointment: Pool is still seen as an American game.
Favourite player: Willie Mosconi
Cues used: Falcon Cue
Hobbies: Chess, movies.
Like about pool: Discipline and practice.
Dislike about pool: Pool is still seen as an American game.
Describe yourself: Fat, old and a big heart to match.

Name: Edwin Montal (right)
Nickname: Ed.
Home town: Calgary, Canada.
Date of birth: May 5, 1960.
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months: Two victories and a third place finish on the Canadian Stan James Tour.
Career achievements: Ranked number one in Canada for two years in a row, reached the last 16 in the 2001 World Pool Championship.
Biggest disappointment: Not making the quarter-finals in the 2001 World Pool Championship.
Favourite player: Efren Reyes.
Cues used: Shon.
Hobbies: Basketball and poker.
Like about pool: Competition.
Dislike about pool: Losing.
Describe yourself: Friendly, honest, easy going, shy, competitive, good looking, nice and loyal.

World Cup of Pool record
2006 (Tyler Edey and Luc Salvas)
L16 lost 8-9 to Czech Republic (Michal Gavenciak and Roman Hybler)
R1 won 9-5 against Thailand (Tepwin Arunnath and Amnuayporn Chotipong)

2007 Campaign
R1 - Wednesday, September 26 v India (Dharminder Singh Lilly and Manan Chandra)