2008 World Cup of Pool

The 2008 World Cup of Pool was the third edition of the tournament. The event was held again in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from October 7–11, 2008.

2008 World Cup of Pool

Tournament information
Dates	7–11 October 2008
City	Rotterdam
Country	Netherlands
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Single elimination tournament
Total prize fund	$250,000
Winner's share	$30,000 per player
Final
Champion	B (Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boening)
Runner-up	(Daryl Peach and Mark Gray)
Score	11–7
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Participating nations

• Australia (Stuart Lawler and John Wims)
• Austria (Martin Kempter and Jasmin Ouschan)
• Belgium (Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe)
• Canada (Edwin Montal and Tyler Edey)
• China (Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen)
• Croatia (Philipp Stojanovic and Ivica Putnik)
• Denmark (Kasper Kristoffersen and Martin Larsen)
• England (Daryl Peach and Mark Gray)
• Finland (Mika Immonen and Markus Juva)
• France (Stephan Cohen and Vincent Facquet)
• Germany (Thomas Engert and Ralf Souquet)
• Hong Kong (Kenny Kwok and Lee Chenman)
• Iceland (Bjorgvin Hallgrimsson and Kristján Helgason)
• India (Alok Kumar and Sumit Talwar)
• Italy (Fabio Petroni and Bruno Muratore)
• Japan (Naoyuki Oi and Satoshi Kawabata)
• Korea (Kim Woong-dae and Jeong Young-hwa)
• Malaysia (Ibrahim Bin Amir and Lee Poh Soon)
• Malta (Tony Drago and Alex Borg)
• Netherlands A (Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg)
• Netherlands B (Roy Gerards and Gijs van Helmond)
• Peru (Jhon Lopez and Juan Vega)
• Philippines (Francisco Bustamante and Dennis Orcollo)
• Poland (Radosław Babica and Mateusz Śniegocki)
• Qatar (Bashar Hussain and Fahad Ahmed Al Mohammadi)
• Russia (Konstantin Stepanov and Ruslan Chinakhov)
• Spain (David Alcaide and Carlos Cabello)
•  Switzerland (Marco Tschudi and Dimitri Jungo)
• Chinese Taipei (Wu Chia-ching and Wang Hung-Hsiang)
• Thailand (Dechawat Poomjang and Nitiwat Kanjanasri)
• United States (Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boening)
• Vietnam (Luong Chi Dung and Thanh Nam Nguyen)

Tournament bracket

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	Round of 32 Race to 8 Losers $3,000/pair					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 $60,000/pair
		Kumar / Talwar	6
	1	Fu / Li	8
						1	Fu / Li	8
						16	Tschudi / Jungo	7
		Kwok / Lee	5
	16	Tschudi / Jungo	8
											1	Fu / Li	9
											9	Petroni / Muratore	2
		Lopez / Vega	4
	9	Petroni / Muratore	8
						9	Petroni / Muratore	8
							Kim / Jeong	0
		Kim / Jeong	8
	8	Immonen / Juva	4
																1	Fu / Li	5
																5	Peach / Gray	9
		Drago / Borg	4
	5	Peach / Gray	8
						5	Peach / Gray	8
						12	Montal / Edey	4
		Cohen / Facquet	5
	12	Montal / Edey	8
											5	Peach / Gray	9
											4	Engert / Souquet	7
		Poomjang / Kanjanasri	3
	13	Babica / Sniegocki	8
						13	Babica / Sniegocki	6
						4	Engert / Souquet	8
		Hussain / Al Mohammadi	3
	4	Engert / Souquet	8
																					5	Peach / Gray	7
																					6	Morris / Van Boening	11
		Das / Bruynooghe	8
	4	Feijen / Van den Berg	3
						Das / Bruynooghe		6
						Kempter / Ouschan		8
		Kempter / Ouschan	8
	14	Luong / Nguyen	1
												Kempter / Ouschan	7
											6	Morris / Van Boening	9
		Stojanovic / Putnik	8
	11	Alcaide / Cabello	7
							Stojanovic / Putnik	5
						6	Morris / Van Boening	8
		Hallgrimsson / Helgason	4
	6	Morris / Van Boening	8
																6	Morris / Van Boening	9
																2	Bustamante / Orcollo	6
		Gerards / van Helmond	8
	7	Wu / Wang	5
							Gerards / van Helmond	5
						10	Oi / Kawabata	8
		Lawler / Wims	5
	10	Oi / Kawabata	8
											10	Oi / Kawabata	2
											2	Bustamante / Orcollo	9
		Bin Amir / Lee	4
	15	Stepanov / Chinakhov	8
						15	Stepanov / Chinakhov	3
						2	Bustamante / Orcollo	8
		Kristoffersen / Larsen	2
	2	Bustamante / Orcollo	8

Final

The American duo of Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boening beat the English team of Daryl Peach and Mark Gray with 11–7 to win the first championship for United States.^[2]