{{Short description|Championship}} The '''2010 World Team Championship''' (short ''WTC 2010'') was the first edition of the World Team Championship which was sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association, which ran from January 30, 2010, to February 6, 2010, in Hanover, Germany. A total prize fund of $398,000 was distributed, with the winning team receiving $100,000. The ''Great Britain 1'' team of Darren Appleton, Daryl Peach, Imran Majid, Karl Boyes and Mark Gray won the event with a 4–1 victory over the Philippines.<ref name="prop_Team">{{Cite web |title=Team Great Britain, World Team Cup 2010 :: ProPool.info |work=propool.info |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=http://propool.info/players/team-great-britain-world-team-cup-2010.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427205832/http://propool.info/players/team-great-britain-world-team-cup-2010.htm |archive-date=27 April 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="azbi_Grea">{{Cite web |title=Great Britain Wins World Team Championship |work=azbilliards.com |date=7 February 2010 |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6375-great-britain-wins-world-team-championship/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318120948/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6375-great-britain-wins-world-team-championship/ |archive-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the first iteration of the World Team Championship.
In the quarter-finals, the match between Britain 1 and China reached a score of 27–25 despite being a race to 6 racks as the team needed to win by two racks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Team Championship Final Four |work=azbilliards.com |date=6 February 2010 |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6371-world-team-championship-final-four/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320170943/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6371-world-team-championship-final-four/ |archive-date=20 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="news_BBCS">{{Cite news |title=BBC Sport - Great Britain win WPA world pool title |author= |work=BBC |date= 9 February 2010|access-date=24 August 2019 |url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/8506239.stm |quote=}}</ref>
==Format== The World Team Championship consisteted of teams of 4-6 players for national teams. The event was organised and run by the World Pool-Billiard Association. Only one national team is allowed to compete per nation, with the exception of hosts Germany, Great Britain and Israel. The latter two were re-nominated after the teams from Nigeria and Brunei cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Teams Championship 2010 |author= |work=azbilliards.com |date= 31 December 2009|access-date=24 August 2019 |url= https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6256-world-teams-championship-2010/ |language= |quote=}}</ref><ref name="day1">{{Cite web |title=Day One of the World Team Championships |work=azbilliards.com |date=31 January 2010 |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6346-day-one-of-the-world-team-championships/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317112504/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6346-day-one-of-the-world-team-championships/ |archive-date=17 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The event featured three pool disciplines for each match: Eight-ball, Nine-ball and 10-Ball. Each match consists of six matches; two each in the respective disciplines. The 8-ball sets are played in doubles to 6 racks. The 9-ball and 10-ball sets are played in singles on a playout of 8 or 7 racks. If a match is tied 3-3, the winner is determined by a playoff.<ref>[http://www.wtc-2010.com/cms/neuigkeiten/newsdetails/datum/2009/12/22/spielerliste-aktualisiert.html Regeln]{{Dead link|url=http://www.wtc-2010.com/cms/neuigkeiten/newsdetails/datum/2009/12/22/spielerliste-aktualisiert.html|date=December 2018}}</ref>
The tournament was contested as a Double-elimination tournament until 16 teams remained. In the final round of the last 16 will be in the Single-elimination tournament played, so every defeat leads to the immediate withdrawal from the tournament.<ref name="day1"/>
===Prize money=== The event featured a prize fund totalling $398,000, with $100,000 for the winners of the event split between the participants.<ref name="prizemoney">{{Cite web |title=WPA World Team Championship 2010 |work=azbilliards.com |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/182-world-team-championship/3057-wpa-world-team-championship-2010/results/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821211135/https://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/182-world-team-championship/3057-wpa-world-team-championship-2010/results/ |archive-date=21 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> A breakdown of the prize money is shown below:<ref name="prizemoney"/> {| class="wikitable sortable" !Placing !Prize money |- |Winner |$100,000 |- |Runner-up |$50,000 |- |Semi-finalists |$30,000 |- |Quarter-finalists |$15,000 |- |Last 16 |$10,000 |- |17-24 Place |$6,000 |}
==Competing teams== Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Team Cup 2010 - match results :: ProPool.info |work=propool.info |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=http://propool.info/tours/world-team-cup-2010-matches.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024235519/http://propool.info/tours/world-team-cup-2010-matches.htm |archive-date=24 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Nation !Player 1 !Player 2 !Player 3 !Player 4 !(Player 5) !(Player 6) |- |{{ABW}} |Richard Wolff |Aaron Franken |Ryan Rampersaud |Ditto Acosta |× |× |- |{{BEL}} |Serge Das |Noel Bruynooghe |Pascal Budo |Jan Dulst |× |× |- |{{CHN}} |Li Hewen |Fu Jianbo |Liu Haitao |Dang Jinhu |× |× |- |{{DNK}} |Kasper Thygesen |Kasper Kristoffersen |Bahram Lotfy |Martin Larsen |× |× |- |{{DEU}} I |Ralf Souquet |Andreas Roschkowsky |Thorsten Hohmann |Christian Reimering |Manuel Ederer |Nicolas Ottermann |- |{{DEU}} II |Oliver Ortmann |Dominic Jentsch |Thomas Lüttich |John Blacklaw |Christian Musmann |× |- |{{EST}} |Jüri Talu |Rainer Laar |Erki Erm |Denis Grabe |Reimo Simsalu |× |- |{{FIN}} |Mika Immonen |Markus Juva |Aki Heiskanen |Petri Makkonen |× |× |- |{{FRA}} |Stephan Cohen |Vincent Facquet |Lionel Vernedal |Laurant Bourdelles |× |× |- |{{GRC}} |Nikos Ekonomopoulos |John Vassalos |Alexander Kazakis |Evangelos Vettas |Aristeidis Damoylakis |Christos Kokotis |- |{{IRN}} |Takhti Zarakani |Farhad Shaverdi |Hadi Keyvan Ekbatani |Ali Khojasteh Anbaran |× |× |- |{{ISR}} I |Noam Cohen |Dror Dobronski |Ben Gmach |Zion Zvi |× |× |- |{{ISR}} II |Shai Eisenberg |Sagi Kortler |Valery Kostovesky |Dobronsky Osnat |× |× |- |{{ITA}} |Bruno Muratore |Pietro Caperna |Gabriele Cimmino |Vittorio De Falco |Michele Monaco |Mauro Castriota |- |{{JPN}} |Satoshi Kawabata |Yukio Akakariyama |Masaaki Tanaka |Naoyuki Ōi |× |× |- |{{CAN}} |Alain Martel |Tyler Edey |Jason Klatt |Ron Wiseman |Erik Hjorleifson |× |- |{{HRV}} |Ivica Putnik |Robert Sudić |Božo Primić |Karlo Dalmatin |Tomislav Šušić |× |- |{{KWT}} |Khaled al-Mutairi |Abdullah al-Yasef |Majed al-Azemi |Bader al-Awadhi |Tareq al-Mulla |Omar al-Shaheen |- |{{LIE}} |Alessandro Banzer |Branko Kosic |Hans Jörg Dutler |Mario Wille |× |× |- |{{MAR}} |Amine Ouahbi |Samuel Saïd Arji |Yousri Kabbaj |Ameur Abdel Ati Riad |Mounir Al Honsali |× |- |{{NLD}} |Niels Feijen |Nick van den Berg |Huidji See |Alex Lely |× |× |- |{{NGA}} |Samuel Bamgbose |Shehu Bamidele |Adegbite Aderibigbe |Ayodele Ajibodu |Marins Abada |× |- |{{TRNC}} |Ali Karanfiloglu |Huseyin Borankan |Onuc Altur |Berk Mehmetcik |× |× |- |{{NOR}} |Vegar Kristiansen |Ronny Oldervik |Mats Schjetne |Malvin Boelland |× |× |- |{{PER}} |Christopher Tevez Ocampo |Juan Vega Enriquez |Jorge Llanos Bustillos |Jhon Lopez Roman |Luis Arias Chosek |Edson Damian Velasquez |- |{{PHL}} |Ronato Alcano |Lee Vann Corteza |Warren Kiamco |Antonio Lining |Marlon Manalo |Dennis Orcollo |- |{{POL}} |Radosław Babica |Tomasz Kapłan |Mateusz Śniegocki |Karol Skowerski |Adam Skoneczny |Mariusz Skoneczny |- |{{AUT}} |Jasmin Ouschan |Albin Ouschan |Maximilian Lechner |Jürgen Jenisy |Martin Kempter |Mario He |- |{{RUS}} |Konstantin Stepanov |Ruslan Chinakhov |Jegor Plischkin |Roman Pruchay |× |× |- |{{SWE}} |Marcus Chamat |Tomas Larsson |Jim Chawki |Andreas Gerwen |Jan Lundell |× |- |{{CHE}} |Dimitri Jungo |Sascha Specchia |Ronny Regli |Marco Tschudi |× |× |- |{{SRB}} |Šandor Tot |Zoran Svilar |Andreja Klasović |Goran Mladenović |Miloš Verkić |× |- |{{SVK}} |Jaroslav Polach |Milan Klobucnik |Zoltan Petrovic |Peter Leitman |Jakub Koniar |Rene Daubner |- |{{SVN}} |Jožko Marinko |Matjaž Demšar |Rado Doroslovac |Mates Cretnik |× |× |- |{{ESP}} |David Alcaide |Francisco Sánchez Ruiz |Jose L. Gonzales |Rafael Guzman |× |× |- |{{KOR}} |Jeong Young-hwa |Park K. Chan |Lee Gun Jea |Han Won Sik |× |× |- |{{HUN}} |Vilmos Földes |Mate Hazay |Attila Bezdan |Csaba Nagy |Bence Varga |Gabor Antal |- |{{CZE}} |Roman Hybler |Michal Gavenčiak |Lukas Krenek |Adam Houdek |Oto Zeman |× |- |{{USA}} |Johnny Archer |Shane Van Boening |Óscar Domínguez |Corey Deuel |× |× |- |{{ARE}} |Muhammed Al Hosani |Hanni Al Howri |Mohammed Obaid |Khalid Sibaitah |× |× |- |{{GBR}} I |Darren Appleton |Imran Majid |Karl Boyes |Daryl Peach |Mark Gray |× |- |{{GBR}} II |Chris Melling |Craig Osborne |Adam Smith |Mick Hill |Michael Valentine |× |- |{{CYP}} |Costas Konnaris |Prodromos Demosthenous |Yiannos Kitromilidies |Panicos Petrou |George Louka |× |- |}
== Results == ===Round of 16 === After the double elimination round, a single elimination tournament featuring the last 16 teams was held. Below are the results from this stage:<ref name="prop_Worl">{{Cite web |title=World Team Cup 2010 - match results :: ProPool.info |work=propool.info |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=http://propool.info/tours/world-team-cup-2010-brackets.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024235516/http://propool.info/tours/world-team-cup-2010-brackets.htm |archive-date=24 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=World Team Cup 2010 - match results :: ProPool.info |work=propool.info |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=http://propool.info/tours/world-team-cup-2010-matches.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024235519/http://propool.info/tours/world-team-cup-2010-matches.htm |archive-date=24 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| | {| class="wikitable sortable" !Team ! colspan="2" |8-Ball ! colspan="2" |9-Ball ! colspan="2" |10-Ball ! |- |''4 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |'''{{PHL|#}}''' |'''6''' |'''6''' |'''8''' |7 |4 |'''7''' | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''4''' |- |{{NOR|#}} |5 |3 |2 |'''8''' |'''7''' |1 | style="background:#ff8888;" |2 |- |''4. February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |'''{{POL|#}}''' |'''6''' |'''6''' |'''8''' |'''8''' |× |× | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''4''' |- |{{FIN|#}} |3 |4 |2 |4 |× |× | style="background:#ff8888;" |0 |- |''4 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |'''{{RUS|#}}''' |'''6''' |4 |'''8''' |2 |'''7''' |'''7''' | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''4''' |- |{{DNK|#}} |4 |'''6''' |6 |'''8''' |2 |2 | style="background:#ff8888;" |2 |- |''4 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |{{SWE|#}} |'''6''' |5 |5 |'''8''' |'''7''' |6 | style="background:#ff8888;" |3 |- |'''{{DEU|#}} 2''' |1 |'''6''' |'''8''' |6 |5 |'''7''' | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''3''' |- |} | {| class="wikitable" !Team ! colspan="2" |8-Ball ! colspan="2" |9-Ball ! colspan="2" |10-Ball ! |- |''4 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |{{DEU|#}} 1 |5 |2 |4 |6 |× |× | style="background:#ff8888;" |0 |- |'''{{GBR|#}} 1''' |'''6''' |'''6''' |'''8''' |'''8''' |× |× | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''4''' |- |''4 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |'''{{CHN|#}}''' |5 |'''6''' |'''8''' |'''8''' |'''7''' |× | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''4''' |- |{{SRB}} |'''6''' |3 |4 |6 |5 |× | style="background:#ff8888;" |1 |- |''4 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |'''{{CHE|#}}''' |'''6''' |'''6''' |2 |'''8''' |'''7''' |× | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''4''' |- |{{JPN|#}} |5 |5 |'''8''' |2 |6 |× | style="background:#ff8888;" |1 |- |''4 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |{{USA|#}} |'''6''' |4 |6 |7 |'''7''' |'''7''' | style="background:#ff8888;" |3 |- |'''{{GRC|#}}''' |5 |'''6''' |'''8''' |'''8''' |6 |5 | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''3''' |- |} |}
=== Quarter-finals=== {| | {| class="wikitable" !Team ! colspan="2" |8-Ball ! colspan="2" |9-Ball ! colspan="2" |10-Ball ! |- |''5 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |'''{{PHL|#}}''' |'''6''' |'''6''' |'''8''' |4 |5 |'''7''' | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''4''' |- |{{POL|#}} |4 |3 |3 |'''8''' |'''7''' |3 | style="background:#ff8888;" |2 |- |''5 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |'''{{RUS|#}}''' |'''6''' |'''6''' |6 |6 |'''7''' |'''7''' | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''5''' |- |{{DEU|#}} 2 |3 |5 |'''8''' |4 |5 |2 | style="background:#ff8888;" |1 |} | {| class="wikitable" !Team ! colspan="2" |8-Ball ! colspan="2" |9-Ball ! colspan="2" |10-Ball ! |- |''5 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |'''{{GBR|#}} 1''' |'''6''' |4 |4 |5 |'''7''' |'''7''' | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''3{{efn|Britain won on a tie-breaker match 27-25.<ref name="azbi_Phil">{{Cite web |title=Philippines vs Great Britain for World Team Championship |work=azbilliards.com |date=6 February 2010 |access-date=24 August 2019 |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6372-philippines-vs-great-britain-for-world-team-championship/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318231515/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6372-philippines-vs-great-britain-for-world-team-championship/ |archive-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="news_BBCS"/>}}''' |- |{{CHN|#}} |1 |'''6''' |'''8''' |'''8''' |3 |6 | style="background:#ff8888;" |3 |- |''5 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |{{CHE|#}} |1 |1 |4 |7 |× |× | style="background:#ff8888;" |0 |- |'''{{GRC|#}} ''' |'''6''' |'''6''' |'''8''' |'''8''' |× |× | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''4''' |} |}
===Semi-finals === {| | {| class="wikitable" !Team ! colspan="2" |8-Ball ! colspan="2" |9-Ball ! colspan="2" |10-Ball ! |- |''6 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |'''{{PHL|#}}''' |3 |'''6''' |'''8''' |'''8''' |'''7''' |× | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''4''' |- |{{RUS|#}} |'''6''' |4 |4 |4 |1 |× | style="background:#ff8888;" |1 |} | {| class="wikitable" !Team ! colspan="2" |8-Ball ! colspan="2" |9-Ball ! colspan="2" |10-Ball ! |- |''6 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |'''{{GBR|#}} 1''' |'''6''' |4 |'''8''' |'''8''' |4 |'''7''' | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''4''' |- |{{GRC|#}} |4 |'''6''' |4 |6 |'''7''' |4 | style="background:#ff8888;" |2 |} |}
===Final=== {| class="wikitable" !Team ! colspan="2" |8-Ball ! colspan="2" |9-Ball ! colspan="2" |10-Ball ! |- |''7 February 2010'' !I !II !III !IV !V !VI !Score |- |{{PHL|#}} |'''6''' |1 |2 |7 |1 |× | style="background:#ff8888;" |1 |- |'''{{GBR|#}} 1''' |1 |'''6''' |'''8''' |'''8''' |'''7''' |× | style="background:#88ff88;" |'''4''' |}
== External links == * {{official website|http://www.wtc-2010.com/}} {{AZB|https://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/182-world-team-championship/3057-wpa-world-team-championship-2010/}}
== References == {{notelist}} {{reflist}}
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