After winning her 11th national title this weekend, Therese flew directly to Korea. The Korea National Training Center is host to the sixth World Cup of this year. The world cup in Seoul will be played on Hollywood tables, with Simonis 300 cloth and Super Aramith Pro Cup Prestige balls.
Fourteen players are already seeded. Caudron, Merckx, Haeng Jik Kim, Zanetti, Jaspers, Jung Han Heo, Sung Won Choi, Jae Ho Cho, Coklu, Blomdahl, Sidhom, Tran, Sánchez and Nguyen. The UMB wildcard was given to Pedro Piedrabuena (USA), the local wildcards to Dong Koong Kang and Sung Uk Oh. Caudron is in the lead of the 2018 overall World Cup, after winning in Antalya and Porto. The other three World Cups of this year were won by Tran (Ho Chi Minh), Jaspers (Blankenberge) and Horn (La Baule).
Time Schedule World Cup in Korea
Therese will play her first game on wednesday the 14th. She starts at 12.30 hours (local time) agains PPQ Player 4 (table 5). After that she will play against KIM Jae Guen. The complete time schedule can be found here.
All matches can be followed live on kozoom. Results can be found on the site of the UMB.