China surprise champs in World Cup of Pool

NB! This is the 2007 World Cup of Pool. Also see the 2008 World Cup of Pool.

China (Li He-wen and Fu Jian-bo) won the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool.

In the final they edged out the Finnish duo of Mika Immonen and Markus Juva 11-10 to claim the $60,000 first prize. Finland earnt $30,000 for their efforts and Canada and Japan in third place won $16,000.

Holders Philippines (Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante) were beaten 9-6 by China in the quarter-finals.

The event took place from September 25-30 in Outland, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 16 teams took part and all matches were scotch doubles, winner breaks.

See also:

• 2007 World Cup of Pool (Official site)
• China Take World Cup in Thriller (AzBilliards)
• China Wins 2007 PartyPoker.net World Cup (Inside Pool Magazine)
• China Edges Finland in Thrilling World Cup Final (Billiards Digest)
• China Take World Cup in Thriller! (Professor-Q-Ball)
• 2007 World Cup of Pool (Global Cue Sports Centre)
• China es la nueva campeona de la World Pool Cup 2007 (Billarnet - Spanish)
• Les Chinois jusqu'au bout (Kozoom - French)
• China wint World Cup of Pool in thriller (Poolkrant - Dutch)
• World Cup of Pool - Rotterdam (Bahram Lotfy - Danish)
• World Cup of Pool (AzBilliards Forums)
• PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool matches and teams (Matchroom Sport Forums)

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