| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22–27 August 2006 |
| Venue | Newport Centre |
| City | Newport |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation(s) | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Single Elimination |
| Total prize fund | $250,000 |
| Winner's share | $30,000 per player |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante |
| Runner-up |  Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris |
| Score | 13–5 |
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The 2006 World Cup of Pool (also known as the 2006 PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional nine-ball pool competition, the first World Cup of Pool, a scotch doubles knockout championship representing 32 national teams. The event was held at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales, from 22 to 27 August 2006. The event was held as a single-elimination tournament, for a total prize fund of $250,000 with $60,000 being awarded to the winner. The tournament was organised by Matchroom Sport, sponsored by poker website Partypoker, and broadcast on Sky TV.
The event was won by the Filipino team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante who defeated the American duo of Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris 13–5 in the final. The event saw multiple world pool champions in the field, as well as snooker world champions in Steve Davis and Ronnie O'Sullivan. The unseeded Vietnamese team of Nguyen Thanh Nam and Lương Chí Dũng reached the semi-finals, where they won $8,000 each, three-times the country's national average wage.