# 2010 World Team 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. It was the first iteration of the World Team Championship.
In the quarter-finals, the match between Britain 1 and China reached a playoff. After a "titanic struggle", the match reached a score of 27–25 in a race to 6 racks with the winning rack from Peach.

## 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.
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.
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.

### Prize money

The event featured a prize fund totalling $398,000, with $100,000 for the winners of the event split between the participants. A breakdown of the prize money is shown below:
| 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:
| Nation | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | (Player 5) | (Player 6) |
| Aruba | Richard Wolff | Aaron Franken | Ryan Rampersaud | Ditto Acosta | × | × |
| Belgium | Serge Das | Noel Bruynooghe | Pascal Budo | Jan Dulst | × | × |
| China | Li Hewen | Fu Jianbo | Liu Haitao | Dang Jinhu | × | × |
| Denmark | Kasper Thygesen | Kasper Kristoffersen | Bahram Lotfy | Martin Larsen | × | × |
| Germany I | Ralf Souquet | Andreas Roschkowsky | Thorsten Hohmann | Christian Reimering | Manuel Ederer | Nicolas Ottermann |
| Germany II | Oliver Ortmann | Dominic Jentsch | Thomas Lüttich | John Blacklaw | Christian Musmann | × |
| Estonia | Jüri Talu | Rainer Laar | Erki Erm | Denis Grabe | Reimo Simsalu | × |
| Finland | Mika Immonen | Markus Juva | Aki Heiskanen | Petri Makkonen | × | × |
| France | Stephan Cohen | Vincent Facquet | Lionel Vernedal | Laurant Bourdelles | × | × |
| Greece | Nikos Ekonomopoulos | John Vassalos | Alexander Kazakis | Evangelos Vettas | Aristeidis Damoylakis | Christos Kokotis |
| Iran | Takhti Zarakani | Farhad Shaverdi | Hadi Keyvan Ekbatani | Ali Khojasteh Anbaran | × | × |
| Israel I | Noam Cohen | Dror Dobronski | Ben Gmach | Zion Zvi | × | × |
| Israel II | Shai Eisenberg | Sagi Kortler | Valery Kostovesky | Dobronsky Osnat | × | × |
| Italy | Bruno Muratore | Pietro Caperna | Gabriele Cimmino | Vittorio De Falco | Michele Monaco | Mauro Castriota |
| Japan | Satoshi Kawabata | Yukio Akakariyama | Masaaki Tanaka | Naoyuki Ōi | × | × |
| Canada | Alain Martel | Tyler Edey | Jason Klatt | Ron Wiseman | Erik Hjorleifson | × |
| Croatia | Ivica Putnik | Robert Sudić | Božo Primić | Karlo Dalmatin | Tomislav Šušić | × |
| Kuwait | Khaled al-Mutairi | Abdullah al-Yasef | Majed al-Azemi | Bader al-Awadhi | Tareq al-Mulla | Omar al-Shaheen |
| Liechtenstein | Alessandro Banzer | Branko Kosic | Hans Jörg Dutler | Mario Wille | × | × |
| Morocco | Amine Ouahbi | Samuel Saïd Arji | Yousri Kabbaj | Ameur Abdel Ati Riad | Mounir Al Honsali | × |
| Netherlands | Niels Feijen | Nick van den Berg | Huidji See | Alex Lely | × | × |
| Nigeria | Samuel Bamgbose | Shehu Bamidele | Adegbite Aderibigbe | Ayodele Ajibodu | Marins Abada | × |
| Northern Cyprus | Ali Karanfiloglu | Huseyin Borankan | Onuc Altur | Berk Mehmetcik | × | × |
| Norway | Vegar Kristiansen | Ronny Oldervik | Mats Schjetne | Malvin Boelland | × | × |
| Peru | Christopher Tevez Ocampo | Juan Vega Enriquez | Jorge Llanos Bustillos | Jhon Lopez Roman | Luis Arias Chosek | Edson Damian Velasquez |
| Philippines | Ronato Alcano | Lee Vann Corteza | Warren Kiamco | Antonio Lining | Marlon Manalo | Dennis Orcollo |
| Poland | Radosław Babica | Tomasz Kapłan | Mateusz Śniegocki | Karol Skowerski | Adam Skoneczny | Mariusz Skoneczny |
| Austria | Jasmin Ouschan | Albin Ouschan | Maximilian Lechner | Jürgen Jenisy | Martin Kempter | Mario He |
| Russia | Konstantin Stepanov | Ruslan Chinakhov | Jegor Plischkin | Roman Pruchay | × | × |
| Sweden | Marcus Chamat | Tomas Larsson | Jim Chawki | Andreas Gerwen | Jan Lundell | × |
| Switzerland | Dimitri Jungo | Sascha Specchia | Ronny Regli | Marco Tschudi | × | × |
| Serbia | Šandor Tot | Zoran Svilar | Andreja Klasović | Goran Mladenović | Miloš Verkić | × |
| Slovakia | Jaroslav Polach | Milan Klobucnik | Zoltan Petrovic | Peter Leitman | Jakub Koniar | Rene Daubner |
| Slovenia | Jožko Marinko | Matjaž Demšar | Rado Doroslovac | Mates Cretnik | × | × |
| Spain | David Alcaide | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | Jose L. Gonzales | Rafael Guzman | × | × |
| South Korea | Jeong Young-hwa | Park K. Chan | Lee Gun Jea | Han Won Sik | × | × |
| Hungary | Vilmos Földes | Mate Hazay | Attila Bezdan | Csaba Nagy | Bence Varga | Gabor Antal |
| Czech Republic | Roman Hybler | Michal Gavenčiak | Lukas Krenek | Adam Houdek | Oto Zeman | × |
| United States | Johnny Archer | Shane Van Boening | Óscar Domínguez | Corey Deuel | × | × |
| United Arab Emirates | Muhammed Al Hosani | Hanni Al Howri | Mohammed Obaid | Khalid Sibaitah | × | × |
| United Kingdom I | Darren Appleton | Imran Majid | Karl Boyes | Daryl Peach | Mark Gray | × |
| United Kingdom II | Chris Melling | Craig Osborne | Adam Smith | Mick Hill | Michael Valentine | × |
| Cyprus | 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:
| Team | 8-Ball | 8-Ball | 9-Ball | 9-Ball | 10-Ball | 10-Ball | |
| 4 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| Philippines | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Norway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 4. February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| Poland | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | × | × | 4 |
| Finland | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | × | × | 0 |
| 4 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| Russia | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Denmark | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| Sweden | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Germany 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| Team | 8-Ball | 8-Ball | 9-Ball | 9-Ball | 10-Ball | 10-Ball | |
| 4 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| Germany 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | × | × | 0 |
| United Kingdom 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | × | × | 4 |
| 4 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| China | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | × | 4 |
| Serbia | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | × | 1 |
| 4 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| Switzerland | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | × | 4 |
| Japan | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | × | 1 |
| 4 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| United States | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Greece | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 |

### Quarter-finals

| Team | 8-Ball | 8-Ball | 9-Ball | 9-Ball | 10-Ball | 10-Ball | |
| 5 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| Philippines | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Poland | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| Russia | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Germany 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 8-Ball | 8-Ball | 9-Ball | 9-Ball | 10-Ball | 10-Ball | |
| 5 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| United Kingdom 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| China | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | × | × | 0 |
| Greece | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | × | × | 4 |

### Semi-finals

| Team | 8-Ball | 8-Ball | 9-Ball | 9-Ball | 10-Ball | 10-Ball | |
| 6 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| Philippines | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | × | 4 |
| Russia | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | × | 1 |
| Team | 8-Ball | 8-Ball | 9-Ball | 9-Ball | 10-Ball | 10-Ball | |
| 6 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| United Kingdom 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Greece | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 |

### Final

| Team | 8-Ball | 8-Ball | 9-Ball | 9-Ball | 10-Ball | 10-Ball | |
| 7 February 2010 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Score |
| Philippines | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | × | 1 |
| United Kingdom 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | × | 4 |