Portugal joins the World Cup of Pool in October – 世界盃雙打資格賽: 葡萄牙力克匈牙利 獲正賽門票

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In an exciting final match, team Portugal consisting of Rui-Edgar Franco and Joao Grilo have won the qualification tournament in Tirana, Albania, for this year’s World Cup of Pool. They have outplayed team Hungary with Gabor Solymosi and Gabor Antal 8:4.

On their road to glory, Portugal had some heavyweights to eliminate. Yesterday, they started with triumphs over North Cyprus 2 with 8:5, then Slovakia 8:6 and finally Croatia 2 with 8:6 which took them into the quarter-finals against Switzerland today.

Switzerland was a high class opponent with Euro-Tour regulars Dimitri Jungo and Ronald Regli on the team. But Portugal prove to be better and pipped the Suisse team 8:6 in a close encounter. Then, they went on and took down team Croatia 1 with Ivica Putnik and Tomislav Susic 8:4 before they entered into the final match against Hungary.

Team Hungary had made their way over Slovakia 8:5 (Jakub Koniar & Balasz Koles) and Belarus 1 (Uladzislau Shopik & Uladzislau Tsyrykau) with 8:5 today.

Team Portugal will now go to the main event, Matchroom’s World Cup of Pool, which will be held in October 8-14, 2016, in China. The exact venue will be published shortly. Team Hungary will be the first substitutes in case one of the nominated teams cannot attend the event.

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Rui-Edgar Franco (left) and Joao Grilo

在資格賽決賽當中,葡萄牙隊在決賽中擊敗匈牙利隊,順利取得今年10月世界杯雙打賽的參賽資格。

Gabor SolymosiGabor Antal代表的匈牙利隊,先後淘汰了Jakub KoniarBalasz Koles的斯洛伐克 (8:5)及Uladzislau ShopikUladzislau Tsyrykau為首的白俄羅斯1隊。

而葡萄牙則一路戰勝北賽普勒斯2隊 (8:5)、斯洛伐克 (8:6)、克羅埃西亞2 (8:6)、瑞士 (8:6) 再以8:4 擊退Ivica PutnikTomislav Susic組成的匈牙利隊進入決賽。

最終Rui-Edgar FrancoJoao Grilo組成的葡萄牙隊8:4擊敗匈牙利隊,取得世界盃雙打賽門票。葡萄牙隊將成為繼奧地利、英國、芬蘭、德國、希臘、荷蘭、挪威、波蘭、羅馬尼亞、俄羅斯、西班牙和瑞典之後的第13支歐洲的參賽國隊伍。

2016年世界盃雙打賽將於10月8-14日在中國展開,場地及相關訊息將會於近期公布,冠軍隊伍將抱回6萬美元獎金。而匈牙利隊將成為第一候補名單,如有任何一支隊伍因故無法參賽,則順理成章由匈牙利隊遞補。

Alison

Top eight teams qualifier
1. Portugal 葡萄牙
2. Hungary 匈牙利
3. Croatia 1 克羅埃西亞 1 隊
Belarus 1 白俄羅斯 1 隊
5. Switzerland 瑞士
Croatia 2 克羅埃西亞 2 隊
Denmark 丹麥
Slovakia 斯洛伐克

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The qualifying event was hosted by the European Governing Body for Pool, the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) and organized by International Billiard Promotion (IBP). Information about the qualifying event can be found at www.eurotouronline.com. For further information and reference about the main event please go to the event websitehttp://www.matchroompool.com/world-cup-of-pool/ .