David Alcaide
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David Alcaide is a Spanish
pool
player. During the 2006 Men's World 9-Ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Rodolfo Luat
. This performance secured him a spot in the 2007 edition.
He was the first Spaniard to represent Europe in the 2006
Mosconi Cup
.
The proper pronunciation of his last name is al-kigh-deh but others tend to mispronounce it as al-kay-dee.
Alcaide won the bronze medal at the 2011 WPA World Eight-ball Championship in the match for 3rd place. He won the match against Darren Appleton
.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
pool
Pocket billiards
Pool, also more formally known as pocket billiards or pool billiards , is the family of cue sports and games played on a pool table having six receptacles called pockets along the , into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play. Popular versions include eight-ball and nine-ball...
player. During the 2006 Men's World 9-Ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Rodolfo Luat
Rodolfo Luat
'Rodolfo Luat is a Filipino professional pool player from Angeles City Pampanga. He is one of the higher-ranking players of Team Philippines and he holds many Asian individual, world Champion and team titles. Luat turned professional at age 16. He has titles in the Asian Championships and the...
. This performance secured him a spot in the 2007 edition.
He was the first Spaniard to represent Europe in the 2006
2006 Mosconi Cup
The 2006 Mosconi Cup in nine-ball pool was played at the Rotterdam Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam, Netherlands from 7 through 10 December of that year....
Mosconi Cup
Mosconi Cup
The Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested between teams representing Europe and the USA since 1994. The trophy is named after American player Willie Mosconi, and is modeled on and compared to the Ryder Cup in golf...
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The proper pronunciation of his last name is al-kigh-deh but others tend to mispronounce it as al-kay-dee.
Alcaide won the bronze medal at the 2011 WPA World Eight-ball Championship in the match for 3rd place. He won the match against Darren Appleton
Darren Appleton
Darren Appleton is a British pool player, nicknamed "Dynamite". He won the first WPA World Ten-ball Championship in 2008 against Wu Chia-ching, the former world champion in both nine-ball and eight-ball from Taiwan...
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Titles
- 2009 Predator International Ten-ball Tour - Portugal
- 2011 WPA World Eight Ball Championship Bronze Medalist