The World Team Championship 2012 (WTC 2012) was played from 1 to 4 July 2012 in Beijing, China. It was the second edition of the World Team Championship which was sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association, for pool teams.

The event was won the Chinese Taipei team by a 4–0 victory in the final against Japan. The defending champion Great Britain was eliminated in the semi-finals against the eventual champion.

Format

Each participating team consisted of four to five players, including at least one female player. The games consisted of two sets in the disciplines eight-ball, nine-ball and ten-ball with the two 8-ball matches were played in men's singles. The woman played a 9-ball and a 10-ball match. The two 10-ball matches were played as a double, whilst 9-ball was played in singles.

Prize money

A total of $300,000 in prize money was distributed, the winning team received $80,000. Below are the prize money per team indicated.

PositionAmount
Winner80.000 US-$
Finalist40.000 US-$
Semi-finalists20.000 US-$
Quarter-finalists12.000 US-$
Last 167.500 US-$
Double elimination4.000 US-$

Participating teams

Teams were split into six groups of four, with the top two from each group progressing. Teams were made up of either four or five players. Teams representing each nation are shown below:

GroupNationPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4(Player 5)
AEstoniaErki ErmJoonas SaskaMark MagiAnna Grintosuk
IndonesiaRicky YangIrsal NasutionMuhammad ZulfikiriAmand Rahayu
CroatiaIvica PutnikBožo PrimićKarlo DalmatinZrinka Antonijević
PhilippinesEfren ReyesFrancisco BustamanteDennis OrcolloRubilen Amit
BChina 1Li HewenFu JianboLiu HaitaoFu XiaofangPan Xiao Ting
FinlandPetri MakkonenAki HeiskanenAbbas al-MarayatiMarika Pokkijoki
CanadaJason KlattJohn MorraErik HjorleifsonBrittany Bryant
MalaysiaIbrahim Bin AmirPatrick OoiMoh Keen HooKlaudia Djajalie
CAustraliaDavid RothallLouis CondoRobby FoldvariLyndall Hulley
China 2Dang JinhuDai YongHan HaoxiangLiu ShashaChen Siming
Hong KongKenny KwokLee ChenmanAndrew KongEllen CheungRuby Cheung
SingaporeSharik Aslam SayedToh Lian HanAloysius YappLum Wai KeongAnn Koh Seng
DJapanYukio AkakariyamaTōru KuribayashiNaoyuki ŌiChihiro Kawahara
PolandMateusz ŚniegockiRadosław BabicaTomasz KapłanOliwia Zalewska
SwedenMarcus ChamatTomas LarssonAndreas GerwenCarline Roos
VietnamDo The KienNguyen Anh TuanNguyen Manh TungDoan Thi Ngoc Le
EUnited KingdomDarren AppletonDaryl PeachChris MellingMark GrayKelly Fisher
IndiaAlok KumarSundeep GulatiSayed HabibNeena Praveen
South AfricaDave van den BergDino NairNickie ErasmusNicola Rossouw
South KoreaLee WansuRyu Seung-wooHwang YoungKim Ga-young
FChinese TaipeiChang Jung-linFu Che-weiKo Pin-yiChuo Chieh-yu
GermanyOliver OrtmannThorsten HohmannRalf SouquetJasmin Michel
MongoliaL. MunkboldL. DelgerdalaiT. AmarjargalB. UyangaA. Batkhuu
NorwayRoger RasmussenMats SchjetneMatey UllahIne Helvik

Tournament bracket

The results below are from the knockout stages onwards.

Last 16Quarter-finalSemi-finalFinal
Chinese Taipei4
India1
Chinese Taipei4
Sweden0
Sweden9
Indonesia7
Chinese Taipei4
United Kingdom0
United Kingdom4
Australia1
United Kingdom9
China7
Poland1
China4
Chinese Taipei4
Japan0
Philippines4
Norway0
Philippines8
Japan10
Germany2
Japan4
Japan9
China7
South Korea11
Canada13
Canada2
China4
China4
Finland0

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