Tournament information | |
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Dates | 1–6 September 2009 |
Venue | The Annex of SM City North EDSA |
City | Quezon City |
Country | Philippines |
Organisation(s) | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Single elimination tournament |
Total prize fund | $250,000 |
Winner's share | $30,000 per player |
Final | |
Champion | Philippines B (Francisco Bustamante and Efren Reyes) |
Runner-up | Germany (Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann) |
Score | 11–9 |
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The 2009 World Cup of Pool (also known as the 2009 PartyPoker World Cup of Pool due to sponsorship) was a professional nine-ball pool, and the fourth World Cup of Pool, a scotch doubles knockout championship representing 32 national teams. The cup was played at the Annex of SM City North EDSA in Quezon City, Philippines from 1 to 6 September 2009. The Korean pair of Ga Young Kim and Yun Mi Lim were the first all-female team to participate at the event. The tournament featured a prize fund of $250,000 with the winner receiving $60,000. It was sponsored by online poker website partypoker.
The defending champions were Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boening representing the US, who had won the 2008 event 11–7 over the English team of Daryl Peach and Mark Gray in the final. The USA team were defeated in the quarter-finals by the Chinese pair of Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen 5–9. The event was won by the Filipino team of Francisco Bustamante and Efren Reyes, who defeated the Germans Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann in the 2009 final 11–9. The event was organised and later broadcast by Matchroom Sport worldwide, and locally live on Solar Sports and CS9.