POOL competitions are rolling on at pace as some of the world’s best players head to Phillippines for the Reyes Cup – and there’ll be a fair share of prize money up for grabs.
Reigning world champion Joshua Filler has been removed from the competition in a huge blow for Team Europe.
Filler was ranked second behind Albania ace Eklent Kaci and had been tipped to shine in the inaugural tournament.
However, there are several stars capable of leading Europe to a win in the Phillippines such as Jayson Shaw.
But Team Asia are also stacked with incredible pool players who will be determined to pick up the title along with a nice sum of prize money.
Find out how much is up for grabs at the first-ever Reyes Cup.
The prize money for the Reyes Cup is yet to be announced.
But it is expected to be in line with what players earned for the Mosconi Cup due to the format.
Every player from the winning team received $40,000 (£31,556) while the runners-up were awarded $20,000 (£15,778) per player.
David Alcaide has replaced world champion Joshua Filler who was removed from the tournament.
Team Asia:
Johann Chua
Aloysius Yapp
Ko Pin Yi
Carlo Biado
Duong Quoc Hoang
Team Europe:
Jayson Shaw
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Mikey Krause
Eklent Kaci
David Alcaide
Joshua Filler has been withdrawn from the 2024 Reyes Cup after changing his stance about boycotting the World Pool Association for banning Vietnam.
The World Nineball Tour put out a statement on their website that read: “Regretfully Joshua Filler has been withdrawn from the 2024 Reyes Cup due to concerns over contractual obligations and team integrity around the inaugural event.
“As the next player ranked highest on the Race to Reyes Cup WNT rankings, David Alcaide will join the European Team.”
A few hours later, WNT changed their announcement to: “Joshua Filler has been withdrawn from the Reyes Cup and will be replaced by David Alcaide as the next highest-ranked player.”
