2009 World Cup Of Pool Championships Live

World Cup of Pool 2009 is here! And it's happening in SM City North EDSA Mall in Manila, Philippines. This September 1-6 the 32 two-player teams from 31 countries will compete for the highly coveted team prize. This is the most prestigious prize for POOL sports. Since the Philippines will be the host nation, they will have two teams with pool legends Francisco Bustamante and Efren Reyes, who won the inaugural competition in 2006, and Dennis Orcollo & Ronnie Alcano. Here are the competing teams for the 4th World Cup of Pool:

Europe (15)

Asia (13)
Austria		Martin Kempter & Jasmin Ouschan
Belgium		Serge Das & Pascal Budo
Croatia		Ivica Putnik & Philipp Stojanovic
Denmark		Kasper Kristoffersen & Bahram Lofty
England		Imran Majid & Darren Appleton
Finland		Markus Juva & Mika Immonen
France		Stephan Cohen & Vincent Facquet
Germany		Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann
Holland		Niels Feijen & Nick Van Den Berg
Italy		Bruno Muratore & Fabio Petroni
Malta		Tony Drago & Alex Borg
Poland		Mateusz Sniegocki & Radoslaw Babica
Russia		Ruslan Chinakhov & Konstantin Stepanov
Spain		David Alcaide & Rafael Guzmann
Sweden		Marcus Chamat & Tom Storm
China		Li He-wen & Fu Jianbo
Hong Kong		Kenny Kwok & Lee Chenman
India		Dharminder Singh Lilly & Raj Hundal
Indonesia		Muhammad Bewi Simanjuntak & Muhammad Zulfikri
Japan		Satoshi Kawabata & Hayato Hijikata
Korea		Ga Young Kim and Yun Mi Lim
Malaysia		Ibrahim Bin Amir & Lee Poh Soon
Philippines 1		Dennis Orcollo & Ronnie Alcano
Philippines 2		Efren Reyes & Francisco Bustamante
Singapore		Chan Keng Kwang & Toh Lian Han
Taiwan		Yang Ching Shun and Lai Chia Hsiung
Thailand		Nitiwat Kanjanasri & Surethep Phoochalam
Vietnam		Luong Chi Dung & Nguyen Thanh Nam
Rest of World (4)
Australia		Lou Condo & Greg Jenkins
Canada		Tyler Edey & Jason Klatt
Qatar		Bashar Hussain & Mohammed Ali Bin Ali
USA		Rodney Morris & Shane Van Boening