Poland
Name:
Radoslaw Babica (left)
Nickname:
Radziu
Home town:
Poznan, Poland
Date of birth:
July 18, 1979
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months:
Runner-up European Championships 9 ball 2007, bronze medalist at European Championships 14/1 2007, runner-up Euro Tour Malaga 2007, winner Dynamic Billard Best of the East - Bulgarian 2007, Player of the Year in Poland and Polish Champion.
Career achievements:
Silver medalist at the 2007 European Championships (9-ball), bronze medalist at the 2007 European Championships (14.1) and quarter-finalist at the 2004 World Championships (8-ball).
Biggest disappointment:
None.
Favourite player:
Efren Reyes.
Sponsors:
Dynamic Billiard, Mak Marketing and Nosan.
Cues Used:
Bear, Fury (break and jump).
Hobbies:
Computers, cycling and skiing.
Home pool room:
-
Like about pool:
Everything.
Dislike about pool:
Nothing.
Describe yourself:
Happy, careful, kind, friendly, ambitious, honest and a good player who wants to be a World Champion.
Name:
Mateusz Sniegocki (right)
Nickname:
Sniegol.
Home town:
Poznan, Poland
Date of birth:
January 3, 1985.
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months:
Semi-finalist at Euro Tour (Austria), winner of Dynamic Billiard Best of the East Bułgaria competition, quarter-finalist at Euro Tour (Germany), winner of the Polish Open.
Career achievements:
Semi-finalist at the 2004 World Junior Championship in Germany, European Junior Champion in 2003 and 2004, semi-finalist at the 2008 Euro Tour (Austria).
Biggest disappointment:
I did not qualify to play in the 2007 World Pool Championship in Philippines.
Favourite player:
Thorsten Hohmann.
Cues used:
Predator.
Hobbies:
Sport and music.
Like about pool:
The art of playing pool.
Dislike about pool:
Losing and boring players.
Describe yourself:
I'm a happy person who likes to play pool and other sports. I'm also patient and systematic in my training.
World Cup of Pool record
2006
(Radoslaw Babica and Mariusz Roter)
R1 - Lost 6-9 to Czech Republic (Michal Gavenciak and Roman Hybler)
2007 (Radoslaw Babica and Mateusz Sniegocki)
R1
6-8 v England (Daryl Peach and Imran Majid)
2008 Campaign
R1 (Wednesday, October 8 - afternoon session) v Thailand (Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Dechawat Poomjang).
