2006 World Cup of Pool

The 2006 World Cup of Pool was the first edition of the tournament. The event was held in Newport, Wales from August 22–27, 2006.

Participating nations

• Canada (Luc Salvas and Tyler Edey)
• Croatia (Philipp Stovanovic and Ivan Kralj)
• Chinese Taipei (Wang Hung-hsiang and Yang Ching-shun)
• Czech Republic (Roman Hybler and Michal Gavenciak)
• England A (Raj Hundal and Ronnie O’Sullivan)
• England B (Steve Davis and Daryl Peach)
• Finland (Mika Immonen and Markus Juva)
• Germany (Thomas Engert and Oliver Ortmann)
• Hong Kong (Lee Chenman and Kong Man-ho)
• Hungary (Vilmos Foldes and Gabor Solymosi)
• India (Dharminder Lilly and Alok Kumar)
• Indonesia (Imran Ibrahim and Ricky Yang)
• Ireland (Tommy Donlon and Paddy McLaughlin)
• Italy (Fabio Petroni and Angelo Millauro)
• Japan (Maasaki Tanaka and Satoshi Kawabata)
• Korea (Jeong Young-hwa and Lee Gun-jae)

• Malaysia (Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen and Ibrahim Bin Amir)
• Malta (Tony Drago and Alex Borg)
• Netherlands (Nick van den Berg and Niels Feijen)
• Philippines (Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante)
• Poland (Radoslaw Babica and Mariusz Rote)
• Qatar (Fahad Mohammadi and Bashar Hussain)
• Russia (Konstantin Stepanov and Konstantin Zolotilov)
• Scotland (Michael Valentine and Pat Holtz)
• Singapore (Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han)
• South Africa (David Anderson and Yulan Govender)
• Spain (David Alcaide and Rafael Guzman)
• Sweden (Marcus Chamat and Tom Storm)
• Thailand (Tepwin Arunnath and Amnuayporn Chotipong)
• United States (Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris)
• Vietnam (Nguyen Thanh Nam and Luong Chi Dung)
• Wales (Rob McKenna and Ben Davies)

Tournament bracket

	Round 1 Race to ?					Round 2 Race to 9					Quarter-finals Race to 9					Semi-finals Race to 9					Final Race to 13
	1
	32
						1	Reyes / Bustamante	9
							Yuen / Bin Amir	5
	17
	16
											1	Reyes / Bustamante	9
												Hybler / Gavenciak	6
	9
	24
							Hybler / Gavenciak	9
						8	Salvas / Edey	8
	25
	8
																1	Reyes / Bustamante	9
																4	Engert / Ortmann	7
	5
	28
						5	Wang / Yang	9
						12	Tanaka / Kawabata	4
	21
	12
											5	Wang / Yang	4
											4	Engert / Ortmann	9
	13
	20
							Alcaide / Guzman	5
						4	Engert / Ortmann	9
	29
	4
																					1	Reyes / Bustamante	13
																					3	Strickland / Morris	5
	3
	30
						3	Strickland / Morris	9
							Davis / Peach	3
	19
	14
											3	Strickland / Morris	9
												Lee / Kong	3
	11
	22
						11	Stepanov / Zolorilov	8
							Lee / Kong	9
	27
	6
																3	Strickland / Morris	9
																	Nguyen / Luong	7
	7
	26
						7	Immonen / Juva	2
						10	Petroni / Millauro	9
	23
	10
											10	Petroni / Millauro	8
												Nguyen / Luong	9
	15
	18
							Nguyen / Luong	9
						2	van den Berg / Feijen	8
	31
	2

Final

The Philippine team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante became the first champions of the World Cup of Pool, defeating the American tandem of Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris, 13–5.