UMB Bogotá World Cup
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DAY 2
Groot Draws With Crespo To Advance
Raymon Groot shooting to even the match.
Raymon Groot draws with Carlos Crespo both scoring 30 points in 31 innings. Both players scored a total of 60 points in 52 innings averaging 1.153, however, Groot wins the tiebreak with his high run of 10 compared with Crespo's 9. That puts Groot in 1st place in Group B so he will advance to the next round.
Groot Wins First Match In Fine Style
Raymon Groot about to score his 2nd point in a run of 10 to pull ahead in the match.
Raymon Groot scored 30 points in 21 innings to win his first match against Lucas Egert from Germany. Egert started with 5 in the first inning, ran 7 a few innings later but Groot kept scoring steadily keeping the match close. In the 12th inning it was 20-16 in favor of Egert when Groot managed to string together a run of 10 to take the lead at 26-20. From there Groot chipped away at the scoreline with single point innings but Egert could do no better allowing Groot to cross the finish line. Groot will face Spain's Carlos Crespo in his next match. Crespo also won his first match (against Egert) in 21 innings but Groot's run of 10 puts him 1st in the standings over Crespo for now (Crespo had a 9). The two will meet later in the day.
Victor Cuzzi on day 2.
Day 2 was not as fortunate as the first for Victor Cuzzi (the only USBA player to advance from the first day) who was defeated in his two matches, but overall a good showing from the talented player from Florida.
DAY 1
Victor Cuzzi Advances To The Next Round
No Luck For Other USBA Players
USBA Players (top to bottom): Victor Cuzzi, Seung Kwon Hong, John Park, Jovanny Ceballos and Edward Gomez.
Matches Begin & Edward Gomez Joins USBA Players In Bogotá
Edward Gomez is the 7th USBA player to compete in Bogotá.
Edward Gomez has now joined the USBA players competing in Bogotá. He was paired in the first round with S. K. Hong. Both players are regulars at Bergen Billiards in New Jersey, the site of the 2025 USBA National Championship coming up in April. S. K. Hong prevailed winning 30-21 in 31 innings.
Top L to R: Hugo Patiño, Raymon Groot, Seung Kwon Hong. Bottom L to R: Victor Cuzzi, John Park, and Jovanny Ceballos.
The UMB Bogotá World Cup kicks off the 2025 season beginning February 24th and running through March 2nd. Six players from the USBA will compete: Hugo Patiño, Jovanny Ceballos, Victor Cuzzi, Raymon Groot, Seung Kwon Hong, and John Park. Patiño will begin play in the PQ Round on the 26th. Groot starts a day earlier on the 25th in the PPQ Round and the rest of the players start in the PPPQ Round on the 24th, the first day of the tournament.
The schedule of play is posted here on the UMB website:
Matches are streamed live on Soop:
Full information on the UMB Website:
Information is also available on Cuesco:
Tune in and cheer for our players!