2007 World Cup of Pool

The 2007 World Cup of Pool was the second edition of the tournament. The event was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from September 25–30, 2007.

Participating nations

Australia (Stuart Lawler and Shaun Budd)  Austria (Martin Kempter and Albin Ouschan)  Belgium (Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe) (Replaced Malaysia)  Canada (Edwin Montal and Alain Martel)  China (Li He-wen and Fu Jian-bo)  Croatia (Philipp Stojanovic and Ivica Putnik)  Denmark (Bahram Lotfy and Kasper Kristoffersen)  England (Daryl Peach and Imran Majid)  Finland (Mika Immonen and Markus Juva)  France (Stephan Cohen and Vincent Facquet)  Germany (Oliver Ortmann and Christian Reimering)  Hungary (Vilmos Foldes and Balazs Miko)  India (Dharminder Singh Lilly and Manan Chandra)  Indonesia (Ricky Yang and Muhammed Zulfikri)  Italy (Fabio Petroni and Bruno Muratore)  Japan (Naoyuki Oi and Satoshi Kawabata)  Korea (Woong-Dae Kim and Seung-Woo Rye)

Malaysia (Patrick Ooi and Ibrahim Bin Amir) (Withdrew)  Malta (Tony Drago and Alex Borg)  Netherlands A (Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg)  Netherlands B (Alex Lely and Rico Diks)  Philippines (Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante)  Poland (Radoslaw Babica and Mateusz Sniegocki)  Qatar (Bashar Hussain and Fahad Ahmed Al Mohammadi)  Russia (Konstantin Stepanov and Ruslan Chinakhov)  Scotland (Pat Holtz and Michael Valentine)  Singapore (Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han)  South Africa (Juan de Beer and Clinton Rossouw)  Spain (David Alcaide and Antonio Fazanes)   Switzerland (Dimitri Jungo and Marco Tschudi)  Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) (Wu Chia-ching and Yang Ching-shun)  United States (Rodney Morris and Corey Deuel)  Vietnam (Nguyen Thanh Nam and Luong Chi Dung)

Tournament bracket

	Round of 32 Race to ?					Round of 16 Race to 8 Losers $5,000/pair					Quarter-finals Race to 9 Losers $10,000/pair					Semi-finals Race to 9 Losers $16,000/pair					Final Race to 11 Losers $30,000/pair; Winners $50,000/pair
	1
	32
						1	Reyes / Bustamante	8
							Stojanovic / Putnik	0
	17
	16
											1	Reyes / Bustamante	6
											8	Li / Fu	9
	9
	24
							Cohen / Facquet	6
						8	Li / Fu	8
	25
	8
																8	Li / Fu	9
																	Kawabata / Oi	4
	5
	28
						5	Feijen / van den Berg	7
							Kawabata / Oi	8
	21
	12
											Kawabata / Oi		9
											Toh / Chan		5
	13
	20
						13	Kempter / Ouschan	2
							Toh / Chan	8
	29
	4
																					8	Li / Fu	11
																					10	Immonen / Juva	10
	3
	30
						3	Wu / Yang	6
							Das / Bruynooghe	8
	19
	14
												Das / Bruynooghe	4
											11	Martel / Montal	9
	11
	22
						11	Martel / Montal	8
							Kim / Rye	2
	27
	6
																11	Martel / Montal	0
																10	Immonen / Juva	9
	7
	26
						7	Majid / Peach	5
						10	Immonen / Juva	8
	23
	10
											10	Immonen / Juva	9
											15	Tschudi / Jungo	4
	15
	18
						15	Tschudi / Jungo	8
						2	Deuel / Morris	6
	31
	2

Final

The Chinese duo of Li He-wen and Fu Jian-bo beat the Finnish team of Mika Immonen and Markus Juva at the last rack, 11–10 to win first championship for China. No team seeded higher than 8th made it to the semifinals.

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