IFMP Nations Cup Kicks Off To Crown A New World Champion
Publish date: May 30, 2020

12 nations and 100 players are now vying to become the champion of the IFMP (International Federation of Match Poker) Wolrd championship which will be held from May 30-31, 2020.

Due to the Corona Virus. this is the first time that the event will be hosted on a Cisco Webex video conferencing platform.

Playing at the comfort and security of their respective homes. It did prove to be challenging as there are time zone differences for each team.

“All In Together” will see 12 tables, each with six nations competing to be crown the new World Champions.

Currently, Ukraine is the defending champion.

Patrick Nally the President of IFMP commented

“Although we are extremely disappointed not to be in a live tournament environment, and we look forward to being united at central venues in the future, it is good that as a sport, we can respond to the current pandemic problems. It is showing the spirit of friendship, sportsmanship and cooperation that exists within our sporting family, we are truly “All In Together”.

Twitch links are https://www.twitch.tv/ifmptable1 etc up to https://www.twitch.tv/ifmptable12 for access to each individual table and the video conference between the players on that table.

Here are the list of the participating countries and their representative. 

Ukraine

Mykhailo Kedrovskyi (C)

Hanna Mazno
Andrii Momot
Andriy Lyubovetskiy
Kobylinckyi Mychailo
Kobylinckyi Artem
Drokin Volodymyr
Renat Bogbanov
Mykhailo Gutyi

Spain

Yossi Obadia (C)

Juan Manuel Pastor
David Lebron
Cesar Garrido
Laura Gallardo
Jose Luis Puente
Nabil Cardoso

Ireland

Fintan Gavin (C)

Andy Black
Chris Dowling
Karen Muir
Mick Graydon
Roy Brindley
Sam Baneham
Patrick Clarke
Tomas Geleziunas

Germany

Stephan Kalhamer (C)

Timm Albrecht
Arash Fazeli
Kai Rieche
Alexander Kleppe
Daniel Eylenfeldt
Stefani Haffke
Jan Heitmann
Niklas Andrews
Lukas Lange
Sven Kautermann

Belarus

Alexander Zholnerchik (C)

Yauhen Burlo
Kim Pavel
Denisenko Kirill
Sergej Vladimirov
Mikalai Nikanovich
Yanina Shcharbuk

Poland

Michał Panek (C)

Olga Konieczna
Piotr Sarnecki
Jakub Wiśnicki
Radzym Jankiewicz
Rafał Rogusz

Lithuania

Skirmantas Tomkevičius (C)

Dainius Ulke
Laimis Karvelis
Mantas Urbonas
Diana Dvelienė
Erikas Žukas
Arūnas Valantavičius

India

Gaurav Gala (C)

Tanmay Bagga
Rishab Jain
Krina Gala
Zubin Panthaki
Aditya Agarwal
Vidur Singhal
Kalyan Chakravarthy
Anuj Kumar Kodam

Australia

Julius Colman (C)

Ashley Warner
Jarryd Godena
Chris Wookey
Tanja Vujanic
Daniel Levy
Josh Budin

Singapore

Daniel Chua (C)

Phua Tzai Wei
Lisa Tan Meiling
Ivan Tan
Freddy Kwek
Brandon Gerard Tan
Fong Xi Yuan
Darren Wee Jee Joon
Vince Lau
Lim Min Soon
Bobby Cheong

South Korea

Lim Yohwan (C)

Lee GyeongByeong
Yea Joon Hee
Kim Jiyoung
Shin Jae Wook
Hong Jinho
Kim Ji Woon

Taiwan

David Tai (C)

Philip Wang
CJ Chen
Serina Lui
Bonsai Wei Cheng Yin
Bruno Tzu Chieh Lo
Cheng Yi Chun
Jack Wu
Nevan Yu Chung Chang
Zong Chi He

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