The US team wins World Cup of Pool

Shane Van Boening and Rodney Morris from USA won the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool.

In the final they defeated England's Daryl Peach and Mark Gray 11-7 to claim the $60,000 first prize. England earnt $30,000 for their runner-up position.

Holders China (Li He-wen and Fu Jianbo) were beaten 9-5 by England in the semi-finals. 2006 winners Philippines (Francisco Bustamante and Dennis Orcollo) were defeated 9-6 by USA in the same round.

Once again England impresses at a major pool event. Peach is the current world 9-ball champion, Gray is the current European No.1 and Darren Appleton recently won the World Ten Ball Championship.

The event took place from 7-10 October in Outland, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 32 teams took part and all matches were scotch doubles, winner breaks.

See also:

• 2008 World Cup of Pool (Official site)
• Team USA wins World Cup of Pool (AzBilliards)
• Team USA Beats England to Win World Cup of Pool (Billiards Digest)
• EE.UU gana la World Cup of Pool, por primera vez en la historia (Billarnet - Spanish)
• An unnecessary defeat in the quarter-finals (Ralf Souquet)
• World Cup of Pool in Rotterdam/Netherlands (Jasmin Ouschan)
• Berichte zum World Cup of Pool 2008 (Martin Kempter - German)
• USA Claims Party Poker World Cup Title (Poolmag's 8-Ball Blog)
• USA Claim World Cup Title (Professor-Q-Ball)
• Boening, Morris win world tilt (Manila Standard Today)
• After WCup loss, RP cue artists' woes continue (GMANews.TV)
• Champs end run of Pinoy duo (Business Mirror)
• USA wint WCoP (Poolkrant - Dutch)
• World Cup of Pool (Matchroom Sport Forums)

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• Philippines capture World Cup of Pool (2006)
• China surprise champs in World Cup of Pool (2007)