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2012 World Pool Team Championships: Team Philippines ousted in the quarterfinals

5 Jul

Beijing, China – Perennial favorites Philippines were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 2012 World Pool Team Championships after losing to Japan via shootout.  The team composed of Efren Reyes, Francisco Bustamante, Dennis Orcollo, and Cebuana Rubilen Amit were actually down 3-1 before rallying to tie the game to 3-3. The team of Yukio Akagariyama, Toru Kuribayashi, Naoyuki Oi and Chihiro Kawahara , however, were steadier in the shootout by winning it to 6-4 to land a place in the semifinals were they play China-2 composed of Dang Jinhu, Dai Yong, Han Haoxiang, Liu Shasha, and Chen Siming.

The 5th-8th placing of the Philippines earned them $12,000. The other semifinal match-up will feature Great Britain and Chinese-Taipei. All in all, Team Philippines won 4 games before losing their quarterfinal match.  The team swept their group matches before sweeping Norway, 4-0 in the Round of 16. Here are yesterday’s results:

Quarterfinal Results
Chinese Taipei 4 -1 Sweden
Great Britain 3 -3 China 1(Great Britain wins shootout 6-3)
Japan 3 -3 Philippines(Japan wins shootout 6-4)
China 2, 4 – 2 Canada

Round of 16, Single Elimination Results

Chinese-Taipei 4-1 India
Sweden 3-3 Indonesia(Sweden wins shootout 6-2)

Great Britain 4 -1 Australia
China 1, 4 -1 Poland

Philippines 4 -0 Norway
Japan 4-2 Germany

Canada 3-3 South Korea(Canada wins shootout 10-8)
China 2, 4-0 Finland

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2012 World Pool Team Championships: Philippine Team tops Group A after sweeping Croatia

4 Jul

Legends Bata and Django spearhead Philippine campaign at World Pool Team Championship 2012

Tongzhou Luhe High School in Beijing, China- Team of Efren Reyes, Django Bustamante, Dennis Orcollo, and Cebu‘s Rubilen Amit topped Group A of the 2012 World Pool Team Championships after sweeping all 6 matches against Croatia which composed by Ivica Putnik, Bozo Primic, Carlo Calmatin and Zrinka Antonijevic.  It was the Philippine‘s third victory in 3 matches. They started their campaign with a 4-2 win over Indonesia then followed it up with a 5-1 beating of Estonia.

With the sweep of the group rounds, Team Philippines will head to the second round as one of the seeded teams. The team will next face Norway in the Round of 16.  Team Norway is made up by Roger Rasmussen, Mats Schjetne, Matey Ullah ans Ine Helvik . Here is tournament bracket in knockout stages:

Chinese-Taipei vs. India
Sweden vs. Indonesia

Great Britain vs. Australia
Poland vs. China 1

Philippines vs. Norway
Germany vs. Japan

South Korea vs. Canada
China 2 vs. Finland

Match Format

*Each match between countries will feature the teams playing each other in a set of six matches, all alternate break; two races in 8 ball, two in 9-ball and two in 10-ball.

*One 8-ball match will be men’s scotch doubles, race to 6. The other 8-ball match will be a men’s singles, race to 6.

*In 9-ball, the teams will compete in a women’s singles, race to 8, and a men’s singles race to 8.

*In 10-ball, the teams will play one mixed doubles match(scotch doubles), race to 7, and one men’s singles match race to 7.

*The female player must play in the 10-ball mixed doubles match, and a 9-ball match.

*No player is permitted to play more than two matches per session.

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2012 World Pool Team Championship Day 2: Philippines beat Estonia, 5-1

3 Jul

Reyes banners Team Philippines

Beijing, China – The Philippine quartet made up of Efren Reyes, Francisco Bustamante, Dennis Orcullo, and Cebuana Rubilen Amit had an easy 5-1 victory over Team Estonia who were made up of Erki Erm, Joonas Saska, Mark Magi, Anna Grintosuk in the 2012 World Pool Team Championship.  The Philippine team will next face Croatia who were blanked by Indonesia, 6-0.

After Day 2, only 7 of the 24 teams have a perfect 6 points . Aside from Team Philippines; China-1, China-2, Chinese-Taipei, Japan, holders Great Britain, and South Korea remained undefeated in the tournament. The top prize of the tournament is $80,000 while the runner-up will get $40,000.

Team Rosters of Participating teams:

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2012 World Pool Team Championship: Rubilen Amit is part of Team Philippines

2 Jul

Beijing, China – Cebuano Rubilen Amit was chosen to be the female participant for the Philippines in 2012 World Pool Team Championship.  She will be teaming up with Efren Reyes, Francisco Bustamante, Dennis Orcollo in the tournament that was a top prize of $80,000.

The format of this tournament is like the football World Cup where teams are divided into several groups.  The teams in the same group will play each other and the top 2 teams of the group moves on to the knockout stages.  Each match-up will include 6 matches, 2 for each billiard discipline: 8-ball, 9-ball, and 10-ball.

The Philippines is in Group A along with Indonesia, Croatia, and Estonia.  In yesterday’s matches, the Philippine won over Indonesia, 4-2 while Croatia routed Estonia, 5-1.  23 countries are represented.  Two teams come from hosts China.

 

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2012 WORLD 9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP Day 6 Recap: Lapu-Lapu City’s Antonio “Gaga” Gabica is the lone PHL player in the Quarterfinals by Eliminating Mika Immonen for the 2nd straight year

28 Jun

Gabica, the lone PHL hope in the 2012 World 9 Ball Championship

Doha, Qatar – The 2012 World 9 Ball Championship is down to its final 8 competitors. From 17 Filipino participants, the Philippine campaign is in the shoulders of the lone Filipino quarterfinalist. Cebuano Antonio “Gaga” Gabica survived 6 grueling days of competition, to be the Philippine’s only representative in the Top 8.  For the second straight year, he eliminated former world champion “The Iceman” Mika Immonen. He won over Immonen in the Round of 16, 11-9. Last year, he eliminated the Finn in the Round of 64.The two other Filipinos in the Round of 16 were not as lucky.  Dennis Orcollo was stopped by Netherlands‘ Nick Van Der Berg, 6-11, while, Jundel Mazon was eliminated by Ko Pin Yi of Taipei, 9-11.

 

The 2 Filipinos along with 6 others will be going home with $5,000 after finishing 9th -16th in one of the world’s biggest pool tournaments.  The total pot of the competition $300,000.Gabica, who counts as the 2006 Games 9 ball event as one of his biggest career achievements, is now assured of $8,000 for his feat.  With 3 more victories, he will clinch the $40,000 top prize. The pride of Lapu-Lapu City will have a chance to bring home the World 9 Ball Trophy to the Philippines once again.  The last time a Filipino won the tournament was in 2010 when Francisco “Django” Bustamante won his first ever World 9 Ball Championship. Other former Filipino winners are 1999 Efren Reyes, and 2006 Ronnie Alcano.

 
Gabica’s Tournament Match Results so far:

  • Elimination: 9 -4 vs. Andrea Klasovic of Serbia and Montenegro
  • Elimination: 9-7 vs.  Dennis Grabe (EST)
  • Round of 64: 11 – 7 vs. Mario He (AUT)
  • Round of 32:  11-6 vs. Yang Ching Shun (TAI)
  • Round of 16: 11-9 vs. Mika Immonen (FIN)
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2012 WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP Round of 32 update: Pinoys exact revenge from Taipei bets

28 Jun
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Dennis Orcollo (Photo credit: Doha Stadium Plus)

After a disastrous Round of 64 where 8 of 13 were eliminated including 2 against Chinese-Taipei bets, the Filipino cue masters exacted some sort of revenge in the Round of 32 by eliminating 2 Taipei pool players.  Dennis Orcollo won 11-8 against Hsu Kai Lun and Cebuano Antonio Gabica eliminated Yang Ching Shun, 11-6.  Gabica and Yang’s battle was a match between former Asian Games Gold medallists. Gabica won the Asian Gold in 2006 while Yang won it in 1998 and 2002. Jundel Mazon also made it to the Round of 16 by beating Russian Konstantian Stepanov, 11-3 while Lee Van Corteza will be going home with $3,500 after losing to Mika Immonen.  Efren Reyesalso was also ousted in the Round of 32 via hill-hill encounter vs. Jentsch Dominic.  The loss of Reyes was a heartbreaker but nevertheless, the Philippines is the most represented country in the Top 16 with 3 cue masters left.  Top 16 matches are being played as of the moment.
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2012 World 9-Ball Championship Round of 64: Cebuano Israel Rota and Marlon Caneda are eliminated

27 Jun

The Filipino cue masters are off to a dismal start at the knockout phase of the World 9-Ball Championship. Only 1 of 3 Filipinos have won his Round of 64 match so far. Ten others will have a chance to redeem the campaign and qualify in the Round of 32 for higher prize money and greater glory.

Among those who lost in the Round of 64 is Cebuano Israel Rota. He lost to Han Hao Xiang of China, 8-11 in their Round of 64 match.  All in all, he won 2 matches and lost 2 matches before he was eliminated.  He lost to German Ralf Souquet in his opening game before booting out Lee Wan Su of Korea and David Anderson of Great Britain in succession. The other Filipino participant who got eliminated was Marlon Caneda, who lost to Nick Van Den Berg of Netherlands with a 6-11 score.  Marlon Caneda opened his campaign with a 9-6 win over  Francisco Diaz-Pizzaro of Spain. He lost his second match to countryman Lee Van Corteza before eliminating Ceri Worts.  The Top 64 finish of both players were worth $2,000.  The top prize of the competition is $40,000.

The only Filipino so far who is assured of a Top 32 slot is Dennis Orcollo.   Orcollo avenged his Day 3 defeat to Andrew Kong by beating the Hong Kong native 11-8 in their Round of 64 match.

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World 9-Ball Championship 2012: 6 Filipinos including Cebuano Israel Rota survive Do or Die Day 4

26 Jun
Al Sadd Sports Club, Doha, Qatar- Six more Filipino cue artists enter the Round of 64 of the 2012 World 9-Ball Championship after surviving their final elimination games. The six will join the 7 others who qualified in Day 3. The Filipinos went 6-3 in Day 4 making. The win-loss record of Filipinos so far is 29-14 including 2 matches between compatriots. The Day 4 winners were Jundel Mazon, Elvis Casalsang, Marlon Caneda, Dennis Orcollo, Joven Alba, and Cebuano Israel Rota. Eliminated were Raymund Faraon, Vicente Loyme, and Ramil Gallego.  Faraon was beaten by Orcollo. The 3 Filipinos joined Oliver Medenilla who was eliminated in Day 2.

Here are the results of the matches of the Filipino participants in Day 4:

Huidji See 9-8 Vicente Loyme

Hsu Kai Lun 9-7 Ramil Gallego

Jundel Mazon 9-4 Shane Van Boening

Elvis Casalsang 9-7 Abdul Rahman Al Amar

Marlon Caneda 9-3 Ceri Worts

Dennis Orcollo 9-2 Raymund Faraon

Joven Alba 9-5 Nayf Abdel Afou

Israel Rota 9-7 David Anderson

Dennis Orcollo

Dennis Orcollo survives Day 4 (Photo credit: Doha Stadium Plus)

The 6 Day 4 qualifiers joins Efren “Bata” Reyes, Django Bustamante, Ronnie Alcano, Roberto Gomez, Lee Van Corteza, Carlo Biado, and Lapu-Lapu City’s Antonio Gabica.

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2012 World 9-ball Championship: Gabica wins opening match; 12 -2 so far for PHL bets

24 Jun

Cebuano Antonio “Gaga” Gabica  beat Andrea Klasovic of Serbia and Montenegro, 9-4, to join 11 other Filipino early winners in the 2012 World 9-ball Championship. So far, the Filipino cue masters won 12 of 14 matches in Day 1. The other Filipino winners were:

Efren  Reyes(PHI) 9 – 3 Philipp Stojanovic(CRO)

Loyme Vicente(PHI) 9 -4  Mohammad Berjawi(LEB)

Ramil Gallego(PHI) 9 – 6 Sundeep Gulati(IND)

Jundel Mazon(PHI) 9 – 7 Chris Melling(GBR)

Carlo Biado(PHI) 9 – 1 Rajandran Nair(RSA)

Francisco Bustamante(PHI) 9 – 6 Lo Li Wen(TPE)

Roberto Gomez(PHI) 9 – 6 Takhti Zarekani(IRI)

Ronnie Alcano (PHI) 9 -3 Toh Lian Han (SIN)

Lee Van Corteza (PHI) 9 – 0 Ivica Putnik (CRO)

Marlon Caneda (PHI) 9 – 6 Francisco Diaz-Pizzaro (ESP)

Dennis Orcollo (PHI) 9 – 6 Ali Saeed Alsuwaidi (UAE)

The early winners only needs one more win to go to the knockout stages.  Last year, 17 Filipinos entered the Round of 64. Yukio Akagariyama won the 2011 title.

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Cebu-based Pulpul among the 9 Filipinos in the Round of 64 in World 8-Ball

15 Feb

Fujirah, UAE – After the group stages in the 2012 World 8-Ball Championships, there are only 64 players left that has a chance to grab 2012 title. Of the 64, nine of them are Filipinos. Among the 9 is Cebu-based Demosthenes “Plong-Plong” Pulpul.

Pulpul squeaked past Austria‘s Albin Ouschan, 7-6, in their elimination match to qualify for a spot in the knockout stages. He earlier downed Bahram Lofty of Denmark but lost to England‘s Mark Gray to set-up the do or die match against Ouschan.  He will be facing Hwang Yong for a slot in the round of 32.

The other Filipino qualifiers are Roberto Gomez, defending champion Dennis Orcollo, Carlo Biado, Lee Van Corteza, Elvis Calasang, Joven Alba, Raymund Faraon, and Elmer Haya.

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