Filipino duo back to defend World Cup title
FILIPINO legends Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante will be back to defend their World Cup of Pool title.
The 2007 competition, which is sponsored by PartyPoker.net, will be held from Tuesday, September 25 to Sunday, September 30 at the Outland nightclub in Rotterdam, Holland.
Reyes and Bustamante (pictured right) clinched the inaugural trophy last August when they defeated Team America in the final at the Newport Centre, Newport, Wales in front of a large partisan crowd.
A total of 31 different countries will be represented in the scotch doubles, winner-break format with $60,000 going to the winning pair. Holland, as host country, will have two teams and one side will see the return of Dutch stars Alex Lely and Rico Diks, with the other team consisting of Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg.
The tournament, which features four former World Champions, will be filmed and produced for television by Matchroom Sport and broadcast in highlights packages around the world.
There is a $250,000 prize fund, which will be split up as follows: Winners $60,000 for the pair, runners-up $30,000, semi-finalists $16,000, quarter-finalists $10,000, last 16 $5,000, first round losers $3,000.
Date posted: September 5, 2007
