World Cup Reaches Quarter-finals Stage

THE PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool has reached the quarter-final stage and there are some cracking matches on offer.

Fifth seeds Taiwan, who have defeated India and Japan so far, are first in action and it could be one of the matches of the tournament as their pairing of Yang Ching-shun and Wang Hung-hsiang go up against Germans Oliver Ortmann and Thomas Engert.

The Germany side, who are seeded fourth, thrashed Wales 9-2 in the first round but had to work harder in round two as they defeated Spain 9-5 on Friday evening.

Italy have been one of the most impressive sides of the tournament so far with convincing 9-2 wins against South Africa and seventh seeds Finland. Fabio Petroni and Angelo Millauro, who are seeded tenth, will be confident of defeating the unseeded Vietnam pairing of Thanh Nam Nguyen and Chi Dung Luong.

They were lucky to win their first round match when they benefited from numerous Croatian mistakes but the Vietnamese players showed what they are capable of with a surprise 9-8 victory against highly-fancied Holland.

USA begin the evening session with a match against the surprise of the tournament, Hong Kong. The American duo of Rodney Morris and Earl Strickland had to work hard to defeat Singapore in the first round but comfortably defeated England B in the second round.

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