The 2014 World Team Championship (short: WTC 2014) was a professional team pool tournament that took place from 27 July to 2 August 2014. The event was held in Beijing, China. It was the third edition of the World Team Championship which was sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association.[1]

The defending champion was the Chinese Taipei team who won the 2012 World Team Championship, but they lost in the quarter-finals to the Filipino team.[2] China defeated the Philippines in the final 4–2.[3]

Teams

Below is the list of participating teams, along with the four to six team members.[1][4]

Group Nation Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (Player 5) (Player 6)
A  Philippines Dennis Orcollo Lee Van Corteza Carlo Biado Rubilien Amit
 Poland Karol Skowerski Tomasz Kapłan Mateusz Śniegocki Katazyna Weslowska
 United States Oscar Dominguez Hunter Lombardo Corey Deuel Jennifer Barretta
 Bulgaria Stanimir Dimitrov Radostin Dimov Lyudmil Georgiev Kristina Zlateva
B  China 1 Li Hewen Wu Jiaqing Chu Bign Chia Han Yu Chen Siming
 Sweden Andreas Gerwen Marcus Chamat Tomas Larsson Caroline Roos
 Hong Kong Kwok Chi Ho Eric Lee Lo Ho Sum Robbie James Capito Lee Tricia Gar Yun
 Croatia Josip Šušnjara Ivica Putnik Marko Lišnić Zrinka Antonijević
 Mongolia L. Delgerdalai D. Damdinijamts A. Yeruult A. Delgerkhuu Z. Zoljargal
C  United Kingdom Daryl Peach Karl Boyes Chris Melling Allison Fisher
 Germany Thorsten Hohmann Ralf Souquet Sebastian Staab Ina Kaplan
 Austria Albin Ouschan Tong He Yi Jürgen Jenisy Thomas Knittel Jasmin Ouschan Sandra Baumgartner
 South Africa Rajandran Nair Charles Kuppusamy Kumersen Reddy Thilomi Govender
D  China 2 Liu Haitao Dang Jinhu Wang Can Fu Xiaofang Liu Shasha
 Australia Robby Foldvari David Rothall Michael Cassiola Lyndall Hulley
 Vietnam Trung Le Quang Tuan Nguyen Anh Quan Do Hoang Le Doan Thi Ngoc
 Singapore Chan Keng Kwang Aloysius Yapp Koh Seng Ann Aaron Charlene Chai Zeet Huey Toh Lian Han Hoe Shu Wah
E  Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin Ko Pin-yi Hsu Kai-lun Fu Che-Wei Chou Cheih Yu
 South Korea Ryu Seung-woo Jeong Young-hwa Ha Min Ug Kim Ga Young
 Russia Konstantin Stepanov Ruslan Chinakhov Andrey Seroshtan Ann Mazhirina
 New Zealand Matthew Edwards Philip Nickpera Jonathan Pakieto Molradee Yanan
F  Japan Naoyuki Ōi Masaaki Tanaka Hayato Hijikata Chichiro Kawahara
 Indonesia Bewi Simanjuntak Bewi Rudy Susanto Muhammad Fadly Silvana
 India Sumit Talwar Sundeep Gulati Lalrina Tenthlei Suniti Damani
 Malaysia Ibrahim Bin Amir Tan Kah Thiam Jason Ng Keat Siang Suhana Dewi Sabtu Klaudia Djahalie

Results

Group stage

Group A

Philippines Bulgaria 5:1
Poland USA 4:2
Philippines USA 4:2
Bulgaria Poland 0:6
USA Bulgaria 5:1
Philippines Poland 6:0

Table

Place Team Points Playoff
1  Philippines 9  :
2  Poland 6  :
3  United States 3  :
4  Bulgaria 0  :

Group B

China 1 Mongolia 6:0
Sweden Hong Kong 4:2
Sweden Mongolia 5:1
Hong Kong Croatia 2:4
China 1 Croatia 5:1
Mongolia Hong Kong 2:4
China 1 Hong Kong 6:0
Croatia Sweden 4:2
China 1 Sweden 5:1
Croatia Mongolia 3:3

Table

Place Team Points Playoff
1  China 12  :
2  Croatia 7  :
3  Sweden 6  :
4  Hong Kong 3  :
5  Mongolia 1  :

Group C

Great Britain South Africa 6:0
Germany Austria 4:2
Great Britain Austria 3:3
South Africa Germany 0:6
Austria South Africa 6:0
Great Britain Germany 4:2

Table

Place Team Points Playoff
1  United Kingdom 7  :
2  Germany 6  :
3  Austria 4  :
4  South Africa 0  :

Group D

China 2 Singapur 5:1
Australia Vietnam 2:4
China 2 Vietnam 5:1
Singapore Australia 6:0
Vietnam Singapore 4:2
China 2 Australia 6:0

Table

Place Team Points Playoff
1  China 2 9  :
2  Vietnam 6  :
3  Singapore 3  :
4  Australia 0  :

Groupe E

Chinese Taipei New Zealand 6:0
South Korea Russia 1:5
Chinese Taipei Russland 5:1
New Zealand South Korea 2:4
Russia New Zealand 5:1
Chinese Taipei South Korea 5:1

Table

Place Team Points Playoff
1  Chinese Taipei 9  :
2  Russia 6  :
3  South Korea 3  :
4  New Zealand 0  :

Group F

Japan Malaysia 5:1
Indonesia India 3:3
Japan India 5:1
Malaysia Indonesia 1:5
India Malaysia 2:4
Japan Indonesia 6:0

Table

Place Team Points Playoff
1  Japan 9  :
2  Indonesia 4  :
3  Malaysia 3  :
4  India 1  :

Knockout round

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
1  China 1 4
16  Singapore 1
 China 4
 Poland 1
8  Poland 4
9  Croatia 1
 China 1 0
 Philippines 4
5  Philippines 4
12  Indonesia 0
 Philippines 4
 Chinese Taipei 2
4  Chinese Taipei 4
13  Austria 2
 Philippines 2
 China 2 4
6  China 2 4
11  Sweden 0
 China 2 4
 United Kingdom 0
3  United Kingdom 4
14  Vietnam 1
 China 2 4
 Japan 2
7  Germany 4
10  Russia 2
 Germany 3 (5)
 Japan 3 (7)[lower-alpha 1]
2  Japan 4
15  United States USA 1

References

  1. ↑ Japan won the shootout 7-5.
  1. 1 2 "2014 World Pool Team Championship". sixpockets.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Two For The Money Rounds". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Chinese Fortune Smiles in Beijing". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "World Team Preeminence on Tap in China". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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