Everything you need to know ahead of the 2026 Reyes Cup as Team Asia take on the Rest of the World in the Philippines.
What is the Reyes Cup?
The Reyes Cup is a recent addition to the World Nineball Tour calendar, with players representing Team Asia and the Rest of the World in a battle for supremacy.
The 2026 staging of the event will be the third installment with Asia reigning supreme in both 2024 and 2025.
Possessing an almost identical format to the Mosconi Cup, five players from each team will do battle over four days in singles and doubles matches with the first team to reach 11 points being declared the winner.
Reyes Cup - Dates
The 2026 Reyes Cup will get underway on Thursday 15th October and reach its conclusion on Sunday 18th October, 2026.
Of course, the event could finish earlier should one of the teams reach 11 points before the final day of play.
Reyes Cup - Location and venue
The Reyes Cup is scheduled to take place at the Makati Coliseum in Makati, Metro Manila in the Philippines.
Reyes Cup - Captains
For the 2026 edition, Francisco Bustamante returns as captain for Team Asia, whilst Ralf Souquet will lead Team Rest of the World for the first time.
Who is playing in the Reyes Cup?
Team Asia
Carlo Biado
The 2025 World Pool champion returns after sharing the title-clinching match with AJ Manas in last year’s Reyes Cup. He gives the home crowd a world champion to get behind.
Robbie Capito
The Hong Kong star makes his debut after reaching the 2026 US Open final. The man who beat him there, Francisco Sánchez Ruiz, will be in the opposing team.
AJ Manas
Last year’s MVP returns for his second appearance. His debut helped Asia retain the trophy, and he now arrives with experience of the occasion alongside fellow Filipino Biado.
Duong Quoc Hoang
The Vietnamese hero returns for a third consecutive Reyes Cup, this time with the 2026 Premier League Pool title to his name.
Albert Januarta
The Indonesian makes his debut after a season that included a Premier League Pool semi-final and quarter-finals at the Florida and Arizona Opens. He joins Capito as one of Asia’s two newcomers.
Team Rest of the World
Francisco Sánchez Ruiz
The 2026 US Open champion returns after representing the team in 2025. Capito’s presence on the other side adds another point of interest, should the selections bring the US Open finalists together again.
Shane Van Boening
The five-time US Open champion makes his Reyes Cup debut. His long Mosconi Cup career gives him extensive experience of playing for a team, and he arrives following victory at the 2026 Florida Open.
Joshua Filler
A former Mosconi Cup MVP, the German brings established team credentials to his first Reyes Cup. This time, familiar American opponents Van Boening and Fedor Gorst are teammates.
Fedor Gorst
Gorst returns from the 2025 side alongside Sánchez Ruiz. His experience of facing Asia in this competition gives Souquet another player familiar with the challenge.
Aleksa Pecelj
The Serbian makes his debut following a productive August: a Phoenix Open title, an Arizona Open runner-up finish and a US Open semi-final.
Reyes Cup - Format
The Reyes Cup is decided over 21 matches across four days, with one point available from each.
The first team to reach 11 points wins the trophy.
Each day will kick-off with a team match between Team Asia and Team Rest of the World, followed by a mix of singles and doubles.
All five players on both sides must play at least once in a set block of matches each day.
Reyes Cup - Schedule
Day One – Thursday 15 October
- Match 1: Team match
- Match 2: Doubles
- Match 3: Singles
- Match 4: Doubles
All players must appear at least once in Matches 2, 3 or 4.
Day Two – Friday 16 October
- Match 5: Team match
- Match 6: Singles
- Match 7: Doubles
- Match 8: Singles
- Match 9: Doubles
All players must appear at least once in Matches 7, 8 or 9.
Day Three – Saturday 17 October
- Match 10: Team match
- Match 11: Singles
- Match 12: Doubles
- Match 13: Singles
- Match 14: Doubles
- Match 15: Singles
All players must appear at least once in Matches 12, 13 or 14.
Day Four – Sunday 18 October
- Match 16: Team match
- Match 17: Doubles
- Match 18: Singles
- Match 19: Doubles
- Match 20: Singles
- Match 21: Captain’s Pick Doubles
All players must appear at least once in Matches 17, 18 or 19.
The final day closes with Captain’s Pick Doubles, giving Bustamante and Souquet one last selection call if the contest goes the distance.
Reyes Cup - Previous winners, results & MVP
- 2024 - Asia 11-6 Europe (MVP: Aloysius Yapp)
- 2025 - Asia 11-3 ROW (MVP: AJ Manas)
