History
Click here for pictures from the 2006 World Cup of Pool, which was staged in Newport, Wales
THE World Cup of Pool was first held in August 2006 at the Newport Centre, Wales.
The results were...
Final
Philippines (Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante) 13-5 USA (Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris.
Semi-finals
Philippines 9-7 Germany (Thomas Engert and Oliver Ortmann)
USA 9-7 Vietnam (Luong Chi Dung and Thanh Nam Nguyen)
Quarter-finals
Philippines 9-6 Czech Republic (Michal Gavenciak and Roman Hybler)
Germany 9-4 Taiwan (Wang Hung-hsiang and Yang Ching-shun)
USA 9-3 Hong Kong (Lee Chenman and Kong Man-ho)
Vietnam 9-8 Italy (Angelo Millauro and Fabio Petroni)
Last 16
Philippines 9-5 Malaysia (Ibrahim Bin Amin and Patrick Ooi)
Czech Republic 9-8 Canada (Tyler Edey and Luc Salvas)
Taiwan 9-4 Japan (Satoshi Kawabata and Masaki Tanaka)
Germany 9-5 Spain (David Alcaide and Rafael Guzman)
USA 9-3 England B (Steve Davis and Daryl Peach)
Hong Kong 9-8 Russia (Konstantin Stepanov and Konstantin Zolotilov)
Italy 9-2 Finland (Markus Juva and Mika Immonen)
Vietnam 9-8 Holland (Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg)
Round One
Philippines 9-0 Malta (Tony Drago and Alex Borg)
Malaysia 9-3 Qatar (Bashar Hussain and Fahad Mohammadi)
Czech Republic 9-6 Poland (Radoslaw Babica and Mariusz Roter)
Canada 9-5 Thailand (Tepwin Arunnath and Amnuayporn Chotipong)
Taiwan 9-6 India (Alok Kumar and Dharminder Singh Lilly)
Japan 9-0 (walkover) v Indonesia (Imran Ibrahim and Ricky Yang)
Spain 9-8 England A (Raj Hundal and Ronnie O'Sullivan)
Germany 9-2 Wales (Ben Davies and Rob McKenna)
USA 9-6 Singapore (Toh Lian Han and Chan Keng Kwang)
England B 9-6 Korea (Lee Gun-jae and Jeong Young-hwa)
Russia 9-3 Hungary (Vilmos Foldes and Gabor Solymosi)
Hong Kong 9-8 Sweden (Marcus Chamat and Tom Storm)
Finland 9-5 Ireland (Tommy Donlon and Paddy McLaughlin)
Italy 9-2 South Africa (David Anderson and Yulan Govender)
Vietnam 9-8 Croatia (Ivan Kralj and Philipp Stojanovic)
Holland 9-5 Scotland (Pat Holtz and Michael Valentine)
