2014 World Team Championship Explained

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		Dennis Orcollo	Lee Van Corteza	Carlo Biado	Rubilien Amit
		Karol Skowerski	Tomasz Kapłan	Mateusz Śniegocki	Katazyna Weslowska
		Oscar Dominguez	Hunter Lombardo	Corey Deuel	Jennifer Barretta
		Stanimir Dimitrov	Radostin Dimov	Lyudmil Georgiev	Kristina Zlateva
B	1	Li Hewen	Wu Jiaqing	Chu Bign Chia	Han Yu	Chen Siming
		Andreas Gerwen	Marcus Chamat	Tomas Larsson	Caroline Roos
		Kwok Chi Ho	Eric Lee	Lo Ho Sum	Robbie James Capito	Lee Tricia Gar Yun
		Josip Šušnjara	Ivica Putnik	Marko Lišnić	Zrinka Antonijević
		L. Delgerdalai	D. Damdinijamts	A. Yeruult	A. Delgerkhuu	Z. Zoljargal
C		Daryl Peach	Karl Boyes	Chris Melling	Allison Fisher
		Thorsten Hohmann	Ralf Souquet	Sebastian Staab	Ina Kaplan
		Albin Ouschan	Tong He Yi	Jürgen Jenisy	Thomas Knittel	Jasmin Ouschan	Sandra Baumgartner
		Rajandran Nair	Charles Kuppusamy	Kumersen Reddy	Thilomi Govender
D	2	Liu Haitao	Dang Jinhu	Wang Can	Fu Xiaofang	Liu Shasha
		Robby Foldvari	David Rothall	Michael Cassiola	Lyndall Hulley
		Trung Le Quang	Tuan Nguyen Anh	Quan Do Hoang	Le Doan Thi Ngoc
		Chan Keng Kwang	Aloysius Yapp	Koh Seng Ann Aaron	Charlene Chai Zeet Huey	Toh Lian Han	Hoe Shu Wah
E		Chang Jung-Lin	Ko Pin-yi	Hsu Kai-lun	Fu Che-Wei	Chou Cheih Yu
		Ryu Seung-woo	Jeong Young-hwa	Ha Min Ug	Kim Ga Young
		Konstantin Stepanov	Ruslan Chinakhov	Andrey Seroshtan	Ann Mazhirina
		Matthew Edwards	Philip Nickpera	Jonathan Pakieto	Molradee Yanan
F		Naoyuki Ōi	Masaaki Tanaka	Hayato Hijikata	Chichiro Kawahara
		Bewi Simanjuntak Bewi	Rudy Susanto	Muhammad Fadly	Silvana
		Sumit Talwar	Sundeep Gulati	Lalrina Tenthlei	Suniti Damani
		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		9
2		6
3		3
4		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		12
2		7
3		6
4		3
5		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		7
2		6
3		4
4		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	2	9
2		6
3		3
4		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		9
2		6
3		3
4		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		9
2		4
3		3
4		1

Knockout round

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014 World Pool Team Championship . sixpockets.de . 24 July 2014. 26 December 2019 . de .
2. Web site: Two For The Money Rounds . azbilliards.com . 26 December 2019 .
3. Web site: Chinese Fortune Smiles in Beijing . azbilliards.com . 26 December 2019 .
4. Web site: World Team Preeminence on Tap in China . azbilliards.com . 26 December 2019 .