World Cup of Snooker - Day One Discussion

[Mr P]

Kicks off bright and early tomorrow morning (7am UK time) with Pakistan vs Republic of Ireland, followed by a few more matches which escape my memory.

Discuss Day One in here.

[Pauloslam]

India v NI could be an upset there, also interesting to see how Australia v Thailand I turns out.

Really looking forward to seeing a few different names and faces involved and am hoping for a few upset results along the way. I think for Snooker to move forward around the Globe it really could do with this. What price an Afghanistan v Egypt final ?

[aussie147]

is this televised?

[Terry Davidson]

aussie:

I get a listing at the same site the Wuxi was on (see 'live stream' string) but I'm not sure of the time differential as I didn't get anything. It said 0700hrs and I tried at 0900hrs my time (5 hours behind BST) and then they say another broadcast at 1300hrs so I'll try again later to see if I can get it

Terry

[Mr P]

There will be streams online, I'll try and post some up before I leave tomorrow morning.

[mazur]

Go Brazil Go!
Video streamming will be avaliable there: http://www.fromsportcom.com/

[Mr P]

Go Brazil Go!
Video streamming will be avaliable there: http://www.fromsportcom.com/

Tough first match for the Brazilians. Selby and Carter!

[mazur]

Really hard for brazilians.. but if they get chance they will score heavy, they are great potters, take a look on some shots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQxzr1U-mw0

[Mr P]

Really hard for brazilians.. but if they get chance they will score heavy, they are great potters, take a look on some shots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQxzr1U-mw0

What's your predicted score?

[mazur]

I really think they can beat Belgium and India, NI and England will be really really tough..
But two brazilians playing there is already a victory for us, snooker dont have any support here, with our standard 10ft tables.

[spike]

A 111 break from Ken Doherty gives Ireland the first frame. Good start to the tournament..

[likahokeith]

A 111 break from Ken Doherty gives Ireland the first frame. Good start to the tournament..

But O'Brien lost in the second frame

[Onlyforward]

Hi, I wonder if anybody knows why Ronnie O'Sullivan is not participating? It would be a great pair with M.Selby and R.O'Sullivan.

[likahokeith]

Hi, I wonder if anybody knows why Ronnie O'Sullivan is not participating? It would be a great pair with M.Selby and R.O'Sullivan.

It's considered by ranking, therefore O'Sullivan is ranked no.5 in England and too low to qualify into the World Cup

[likahokeith]

What a surprise that Ireland lost this match