Team Asia defends crown as Reyes Cup begins

The Manila Times

Team Asia defends crown as Reyes Cup begins  The second edition of the Reyes Cup begins on Oct. 16, 2025 and will run until Oct. 19 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. The tournament named after Filipino pool legend Efren 'Bata' Reyes held its kickstart presser at the Cignal Launchpad in Mandaluyong on Oct. 15. Non-playing team captain Philippine pool legend Francisco 'Djangco' Bustamante and Filipino players Carlo Biado, AJ Manas, Johann Chua as well as Singaporean Aloysius Yapp and Vietnamese Duong Quoc Hoang make up Team Asia. The Asians defend their crown against Team World composed of non-playing captain in American Jeremy Jones, Russian born-American Fedor Gorst, Scottish Jayson Shaw, Spanish Francisco Sanchez Ruiz, German Moritz Neuhaussen, and American Skyler Woodward.   VIDEO BY NIEL V. MASOY  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel -  vhttps://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook   Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram   Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter   DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion     Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify   Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts   Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic   Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #themanilatimes  #philippines #tmtnews  #sports

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00:00I want to say thank you to everyone for coming along obviously to our press conference for the

00:05LiveSB.io Reyes Cup. What a special, special day tomorrow is going to bring. The second year of

00:12the Reyes Cup and obviously I just want to say a personal thank you to Puch Puyat for believing in

00:20this event. Last year was one of the most remarkable weeks I've ever experienced in my life when we

00:27launched the Reyes Cup. Puch has believed in this event, he's been waiting for it to happen and

00:33without his support as well as Efren we wouldn't have got this over the line and for years we've

00:39had Europe versus USA and for the first time ever we have an invitational event for Team Asia and for

00:47us to really show the world just how incredible they are. They are so damn incredible we've had

00:53to change the entire format just to make it competitive. So we've gone from Europe to team

00:59rest of the world just because they were so great last year but also I want to send my thanks to

01:05Signal TV. Their HQ here is incredible there's a studio set up here for the press conference I'd love

01:11to have this in the UK but obviously both to Miguel and Gerard for setting this up. The production's

01:18coming along really well at the arena you're going to have such a special special treat when we kick

01:24off tomorrow night and for us to be running from Thursday through to Sunday it's going to be so wild

01:31in that arena the fans are going to love it if you haven't been able to come along you can watch it at

01:37home obviously that all the different platforms that are available here in the Philippines it is

01:42accessible to all and the viewing figures from last year were exceptional and I'm sure we're going to

01:47beat them again this year.

01:49I've been making up with AJ because he's the young star player. He's really good. I'm

01:54really happy. I've seen him in the tournament. He's really good. I'm sure he's the one who

01:59made me play here in the ESC. He's really good. He's really good. I'm sure he's the one who

02:03played here in the ESC. He's really good. He's really good. He's really good. He's really good.

02:08In the wild. He's kind of a team. He's good. He's really good. So, I think the

02:11team is good. He's good. He's good. I'm not looking at all. I'm not good at all.

02:20I think that the title defense was hard to do with the rest of the world.

02:27Yeah, it was a big deal with Fedor Gors, Jason, Efesai, Moritz, and the other players.

02:39It's a big deal, so we're going to do what we did last year, so we're going to do team work and support for each other.

02:58Carlos, what's your feeling?

03:02What's your feeling?

03:04What's your feeling?

03:06What's your feeling?

03:08Not just Philippines.

03:10It's a lot of pressure.

03:12It's different.

03:14It's different.

03:16The race is race to five.

03:18So, it's a lot of pressure.

03:20But for me,

03:22it's a lot of experience with international people.

03:26It's a lot of pressure,

03:28but it's a lot of pressure.

03:30So, what we're doing is team work.

03:32Do you want your familiarity with your team?

03:36Yes.

03:38Yes, it's a lot of support.

03:40So, we really need team work.

03:44What's your feeling about your players,

03:46especially Adrian,

03:48who's a young person?

03:50Yes.

03:52As you guys said,

03:54just like the regular tournament,

03:56just keep pushing it

03:58because they are like,

04:00the only way that they're all should beberryed.

04:02So, just relax,

04:04and just keep pushing the tournament,

04:06just keep pushing it.

04:08And so,

04:10everything with team Asia

04:12is something that they support.

04:14So the team is very important.

04:16So, KJ, how did you get the practice with you?

04:22With you.

04:24With you, Carlos, and all the legends that you can join us with us.

04:30How did you get the practice?

04:32I remember the practice for me that I'm also the practice for the practice.

04:36So, I'm excited for my practice.

04:40According to the second edition of AJ, how is the difference between AJ?

04:48AJ is the future world champion.

04:54It's a great success in the Reyes Cup.

04:57It's what's the best of people, especially in the young people.

05:02It's a great help to improve the game.

05:12But it's a great help to improve the game.

05:32It's a great help to improve the game.

05:48It's a great help to improve the game.

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