2019 World Cup (snooker)

The 2019 Beverly World Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 24 to 30 June 2019 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. Hosted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), it was the first event of the 2019/2020 season and the 16th edition of the World Cup.

2019 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates24–30 June 2019
VenueWuxi City Sports Park Stadium
CityWuxi
CountryChina
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking team event
Total prize fund$800,000
Winner's share$200,000
Highest break China Liang Wenbo (138)
Final
Champion Scotland
John Higgins
Stephen Maguire
Runner-up China B
Zhou Yuelong
Liang Wenbo
Score4–0
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The Chinese team of Liang Wenbo and Ding Junhui were the defending champions, having won the 2017 event defeating the English team of Barry Hawkins and Judd Trump 4–3 in the final. Ding and Liang were on different teams for the event, due to China having two sides as hosts. The China B team of Liang and Zhou Yuelong reached the final of the event, where they met the Scotland team of John Higgins and Stephen Maguire. Higgins and Maguire won the event winning the final 4–0. This was the first win in the World Cup for Scotland since the 1996 World Cup. Liang also had the highest break of the event, a 138 in the group stage match against Switzerland.

Tournament overview

Format

The 2019 World Cup was a professional snooker tournament for national pairs. The defending champions were the Chinese team of Liang Wenbo and Ding Junhui.[1] The tournament used the same format as that used in 2017 World Cup. The tournament consisted of 24 national teams, with two players competing for each side.[2] The World cup was split into a group stage, and a knockout stage.[3] The 24 teams were split into four groups of six teams.[4] The group stages consisted of matches played as best-of-five-frames with four frames of singles, and a frame of doubles.[4] The top two teams from each group advanced to the Knockout Stages, the order being determined by total frames won.[4] If there is a tie in either of the first two places the following rules determine the positions:[4]

  • If two teams are equal on frames won, the winner of the match between the two teams will be ranked higher.
  • If three or more teams are tied, a sudden-death blue ball shoot-out will be played.
  • Teams tied for position 3 to 6 would remain tied and share the prize money for those positions.

During knockout stage, matches were played as best-of-seven-frames.[2] The knockout matches were scheduled as four singles matches and two doubles matches with the final frame being a singles match, with participants nominated by each team.[4]

Prize fund

The total prize fund for the event totalled $800,000, with the winning team receiving $200,000.[5]

  • Winner: $200,000
  • Runner-Up: $100,000
  • Semi-final: $60,000
  • Quarter-final: $40,000
  • Third in group: $22,500
  • Fourth in group: $15,000
  • Fifth in group: $10,000
  • Sixth in group: $7,500
  • Total: $800,000

Participants

The tournament was made up of 24 pairs of players representing individual nations.[6] China, who had won the event in both the last three events, in 2017 and 2015 and 2011 were allocated two places due to being hosts.[6][7] Below is the list of teams and players participating.[2]

SeedNationPlayer 1Player 2
1 China ADing JunhuiYan Bingtao
2 WalesMark WilliamsRyan Day
3 ScotlandJohn HigginsStephen Maguire
4 Northern IrelandMark AllenJordan Brown
5 EnglandKyren WilsonJack Lisowski
6 BelgiumLuca BrecelBen Mertens
7 China BZhou YuelongLiang Wenbo
8 ThailandThepchaiya Un-NoohNoppon Saengkham
9 IranHossein VafaeiSoheil Vahedi
10 CyprusMichael GeorgiouAntonis Poullos
11 NorwayKurt MaflinChristopher Watts
12 IrelandKen DohertyFergal O'Brien
13 MalaysiaThor Chuan LeongMoh Keen Hoo
14 PolandAdam StefanowKacper Filipiak
15 Hong KongAndy LeeCheung Ka Wai
16 GermanySimon LichtenbergLukas Kleckers
17 IsraelEden SharavShachar Ruberg
18 AustraliaSteve MifsudRyan Thomerson
19 Saudi ArabiaOmar AlajlaniAhmed Aseeri
20  SwitzerlandAlexander UrsenbacherLuis Vetter
21 MaltaAlex BorgBrian Cini
22 IndiaHimanshu Dinesh JainLucky Vatnani
23 AustriaAndreas PlonerFlorian Nüßle
24 United Arab EmiratesMohammed ShehabMohammed Al Joaker

Results

The following is the results from the event. Teams listed in bold denote match winners.[8]

Group A
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
24 June 2019  China A 4–1  Germany  Thailand 2–3  Norway  Poland 2–3  Austria
25 June 2019  China A 4–1  Norway  Thailand 3–2  Austria  Poland 3–2  Germany
26 June 2019  China A 4–1  Austria  Thailand 3–2  Poland  Norway 2–3  Germany
27 June 2019  China A 5–0  Poland  Thailand 4–1  Germany  Austria 1–4  Norway
28 June 2019  China A 2–3  Thailand  Poland 4–1  Norway  Austria 3–2  Germany
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1 1  China A 5 25 19 6 +13 19
2 8  Thailand 5 25 15 10 +5 15
3 11  Norway 5 25 11 14 −3 11
14  Poland 5 25 11 14 −3 11
5 23  Austria 5 25 10 15 −5 10
6 16  Germany 5 25 9 16 −7 9

Group B
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
24 June 2019  Northern Ireland 4–1  Saudi Arabia  England 3–2  Hong Kong  Iran 3–2  Ireland
25 June 2019  Northern Ireland 3–2  Hong Kong  England 3–2  Ireland  Iran 2–3  Saudi Arabia
26 June 2019  Northern Ireland 1–4  Ireland  England 3–2  Iran  Hong Kong 4–1  Saudi Arabia
27 June 2019  Northern Ireland 1–4  Iran  England 5–0  Saudi Arabia  Ireland 1–4  Hong Kong
28 June 2019  Northern Ireland 2–3  England  Iran 2–3  Hong Kong  Ireland 3–2  Saudi Arabia
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1 5  England 5 25 17 8 +9 17
2 15  Hong Kong 5 25 15 10 +5 15
3 9  Iran 5 25 13 12 +1 13
4 12  Ireland 5 25 12 13 −1 12
5 4  Northern Ireland 5 25 11 14 −3 11
6 19  Saudi Arabia 5 25 7 18 −11 7

Group C
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
24 June 2019  Scotland 4–1  Cyprus  Belgium 4–1  United Arab Emirates  Malaysia 1–4  Israel
25 June 2019  Scotland 4–1  United Arab Emirates  Belgium 4–1  Israel  Malaysia 3–2  Cyprus
26 June 2019  Scotland 5–0  Israel  Belgium 4–1  Malaysia  United Arab Emirates 3–2  Cyprus
27 June 2019  Scotland 4–1  Malaysia  Belgium 4–1  Cyprus  Israel 4–1  United Arab Emirates
28 June 2019  Scotland 2–3  Belgium  Malaysia 2–3  United Arab Emirates  Israel 2–3  Cyprus
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1 6  Belgium 5 25 19 6 +13 19
2 3  Scotland 5 25 19 6 +13 19
3 17  Israel 5 25 11 14 −3 11
4 10  Cyprus 5 25 9 17 −8 9
24  United Arab Emirates 5 25 9 17 −8 9
6 13  Malaysia 5 25 8 18 −10 8

Group D
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
24 June 2019  Wales 4–1  India  China B 5–0  Australia   Switzerland 3–2  Malta
25 June 2019  Wales 4–1  Australia  China B 3–2  Malta   Switzerland 3–2  India
26 June 2019  Wales 4–1  Malta  China B 5–0   Switzerland  Australia 2–3  India
27 June 2019  Wales 5–0   Switzerland  China B 5–0  India  Malta 3–2  Australia
28 June 2019  Wales 4–1  China B   Switzerland 2–3  Australia  Malta 1–4  India
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1 2  Wales 5 25 21 4 +17 21
2 7  China B 5 25 19 6 +13 19
3 22  India 5 25 10 15 −6 10
4 21  Malta 5 25 9 15 −6 9
5 20   Switzerland 5 25 8 17 −9 8
18  Australia 5 25 8 17 −9 8

Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
(29 June 2019) 		Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
(30 June 2019) 		Final
Best of 7 frames
(30 June 2019)
         
A1  China A (1) 4
B2  Hong Kong (15) 0
A1  China A (1) 1
C2  Scotland (3) 4
D1  Wales (2) 3
C2  Scotland (3) 4
C2  Scotland (3) 4
D2  China B (7) 0
B1  England (5) 4
A2  Thailand (8) 3
B1  England (5) 3
D2  China B (7) 4
C1  Belgium (6) 2
D2  China B (7) 4

Final
Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Jan Scheers
Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 30 June 2019.
John Higgins
Stephen Maguire
 Scotland (3)		 4–0 Zhou Yuelong
Liang Wenbo
 China B (7)
58–38, 71–0, 60–45, 55–33
45 Highest break 45
0 Century breaks 0
0 50+ breaks 0

Century breaks

There were a total of 17 century breaks made in the tournament. The highest break was made by China B's Liang Wenbo in the third frame of the group stage match against Switzerland. Below is a list of centuries made during the tournament, along with the team they were representing.[9]

References
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