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2015 World Cup of Pool

Tournament information
Venue	York Hall
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Single elimination tournament
Total prize fund	$250,000
Winner's share	$30,000 each
Final
Champion	Ko Pin-yi & Chang Yu-Lung
Runner-up	Mark Gray & Daryl Peach
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The 2015 World Cup of Pool was the tenth edition of the tournament. The event was held in York Hall, London, England, from September 22 to 27. The 2015 event was sponsored by Dafabet.

Prize fund

• Winners (per pair): $60,000
• Runners-up (per pair): $30,000
• Semi-finalists (per pair): $15,000
• Quarter-finalists (per pair): $9,000
• Last 16 losers (per pair): $4,500
• Last 32 losers (per pair): $3,625

Participating nations

• Seeded teams:
  1. England A (Darren Appleton & Karl Boyes)
  2. Philippines (Carlo Biado & Warren Kiamco)
  3. Netherlands (Niels Feijen & Nick van den Berg)
  4. Chinese Taipei (Ko Pin-yi & Chang Yu-Lung)
  5. Austria (Albin Ouschan & Mario He)
  6. USA (Shane Van Boening & Mike Dechaine)
  7. Greece (Nikos Ekonomopoulos & Alexander Kazakis)
  8. China (Li Hewen & Liu Haitao)
  9. Germany (Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann)
  10. Finland (Mika Immonen & Petri Makkonen)
  11. Spain (Francisco Díaz-Pizarro & Francisco Sánchez Ruiz)
  12. Canada (Jason Klatt & John Morra)
  13. Poland (Mateusz Śniegocki & Wojciech Szewczyk)
  14. Japan (Naoyuki Ōi & Toru Kuribayashi)
  15. England B (Mark Gray & Daryl Peach)
  16. Korea (Jeong Yung Hwa & Ryu Seung-woo)

• Unseeded teams:
  • Malaysia (Ibrahim Bin Amir & Kok Jken Yung)
  • Sweden (Marcus Chamat & Christian Sparrenloev-Fischer)
  • Italy (Danieli Corrieri & Antonio Benvenuto)
  • New Zealand (Matt Edwards & Nick Pera)
  • France (Stephan Cohen & Alex Montpellier)
  • Czech Republic (Roman Hybler & Michal Gavenciak)
  • Belgium (Serge Das & Olivier Mortier)
  • Indonesia (Muhammad Simanjuntak & Irsal Nasution)
  • Romania (Babken Melkonyan & Ioan Ladanyi)
  • Singapore (Aloysius Yapp & Chan Keng Kwang)
  • Qatar (Waleed Majid & Bashar Hussain)
  • Peru (Cristopher Tevez & Manuel Chau)
  • Estonia (Denis Grabe & Erki Erm)
  • India (Raj Hundal & Amar Kang)
  • Russia (Ruslan Chinakhov & Konstantin Stepanov)
  • Australia (Robby Foldvari & Chris Calabrese)

Tournament bracket

	Round 1 Race to 7					Round 2 Race to 7					Quarter-finals Race to 9					Semi-finals Race to 9					Final Race to 10
	1	England A	7
		Australia	5
						1	England A	7
						16	Korea	0
	16	Korea	7
		Malaysia	6
											1	England A	9
												Romania	3
	9	Germany	3
		Indonesia	7
							Indonesia	5
							Romania	7
	8	China	4
		Romania	7
																1	England A	6
																4	Chinese Taipei	9
	5	Austria	7
		Peru	5
						5	Austria	7
							France	2
	12	Canada	6
		France	7
											5	Austria	5
											4	Chinese Taipei	9
	13	Poland	7
		New Zealand	3
						13	Poland	3
						4	Chinese Taipei	7
	4	Chinese Taipei	7
		Estonia	5
																					4	Chinese Taipei	10
																					15	England B	8
	3	Netherlands	7
		India	3
						3	Netherlands	6
						14	Japan	7
	14	Japan	7
		Italy	3
											14	Japan	9
												Qatar	4
	11	Spain	3
		Czech Republic	7
							Czech Republic	3
							Qatar	7
	6	USA	5
		Qatar	7
																14	Japan	7
																15	England B	9
	7	Greece	5
		Singapore	7
							Singapore	4
						10	Finland	7
	10	Finland	7
		Belgium	4
											10	Finland	4
											15	England B	9
	15	England B	7
		Sweden	4
						15	England B	7
						2	Philippines	4
	2	Philippines	7
		Russia	4