2015 World Cup (snooker)

World Cup
Tournament information
Dates 15–21 June 2015
Venue Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium
City Wuxi
Country China
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-ranking event
Total prize fund $800,000
Winner's share $200,000
Highest break 137
Final
Champion  China B
Zhou Yuelong
Yan Bingtao
Runner-up  Scotland
John Higgins
Stephen Maguire
Score 4–1
← 2011

The 2015 Nongfu Spring World Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 15 to 21 June 2015 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China.[1][2] It was the 14th edition of the event, and it was televised live by Eurosport.[3]

Teams and players

Seed Nation Player 1 Player 2
1  China A Ding Junhui Xiao Guodong
2  England Mark Selby Stuart Bingham
3  Australia Neil Robertson Vinnie Calabrese
4  Hong Kong Marco Fu Au Chi-wai
5  Scotland John Higgins Stephen Maguire
6  Wales Mark Williams Michael White
7  Ireland Ken Doherty Fergal O'Brien
8  Norway Kurt Maflin Anita Maflin
 Singapore Marvin Lim Chun Kiatt KK Chan
 Iran Hossein Vafaei Ehsan Heydari Nezhad
 Pakistan Hamza Akbar Muhammad Sajjad
 China B Zhou Yuelong Yan Bingtao
 India Aditya Mehta Pankaj Advani
 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong Mohd Reza Hassan
 Qatar Ahmed Saif Ali Alobaidaly
 Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 Malta Tony Drago Alex Borg
 Brazil Igor Figueiredo Itaro Santos
 Poland Mateusz Baranowski Adam Stefanow
 United Arab Emirates Khalid Alkamali Mohamed Shehab
 Austria Andreas Ploner Paul Schopf
 Belgium Luca Brecel Thomas Skalski
 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene Joe Swail
 Germany Lukas Kleckers Felix Frede

Prize fund

Format

The 2015 World Cup consisted of 24 national teams, with two players competing for each side, and the initial round divided the entrants into four pools of six sides apiece. During the Group Stage, every national team played a best-of-five match against each of the other sides in their pool. Three victories were required to secure a head-to-head team win, but all five individual contests needed to be played, similar to the Davis Cup and Fed Cup formats in professional tennis. All matches were scheduled to include two singles contests, a doubles encounter, and two reverse singles showdowns. The top two teams from each bracket advanced to the Knockout Stages.

During the Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Championship Final, the remaining national sides were paired off a head-to-head knockout bracket. The format for these head-to-head matches was a sudden death best-of-seven competition, similar to professional sporting events like baseball's World Series and basketball's NBA Finals, with the contest coming to an end as soon as one team accumulated four individual victories. These encounters were scheduled as two singles showdowns, a doubles match, two reverse singles contests, another doubles encounter, and a winner-take-all singles showdown if necessary. The side that won the Final were named champions.

Group round

Group A

Gameday Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
15 June 2015  China A 3–2  India  Norway 3–2  Singapore  Malta 5–0  Austria
16 June 2015  China A 5–0  Singapore  Norway 0–5  Malta  India 5–0  Austria
17 June 2015  China A 5–0  Austria  Norway 0–5  India  Singapore 3–2  Malta
18 June 2015  China A 5–0  Norway  India 3–2  Malta  Singapore 2–3  Austria
19 June 2015  China A 3–2  Malta  Norway 4–1  Austria  Singapore 1–4  India
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1 1  China A 5 25 21 4 17 21
2  India 5 25 19 6 13 19
3  Malta 5 25 16 9 7 16
4  Singapore 5 25 8 17 –9 8
5 8  Norway 5 25 7 18 –11 7
6  Austria 5 25 4 21 –17 4

Group B

Gameday Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
15 June 2015  Hong Kong 3–2  Malaysia  Scotland 4–1  Iran  Brazil 2–3  Belgium
16 June 2015  Hong Kong 3–2  Iran  Scotland 2–3  Brazil  Malaysia 0–5  Belgium
17 June 2015  Hong Kong 2–3  Belgium  Scotland 4–1  Malaysia  Iran 1–4  Brazil
18 June 2015  Hong Kong 1–4  Scotland  Malaysia 1–4  Brazil  Iran 2–3  Belgium
19 June 2015  Hong Kong 5–0  Brazil  Scotland 2–3  Belgium  Iran 4–1  Malaysia
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1  Belgium 5 25 17 8 9 17
2 5  Scotland 5 25 16 9 7 16
3 4  Hong Kong 5 25 14 11 3 14
4  Brazil 5 25 13 12 1 13
5  Iran 5 25 10 15 –5 10
6  Malaysia 5 25 5 20 –15 5

Group C

Gameday Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
15 June 2015  Australia 3–2  Qatar  Wales 5–0  Pakistan  Poland 0–5  Northern Ireland
16 June 2015  Australia 2–3  Pakistan  Wales 4–1  Poland  Qatar 1–4  Northern Ireland
17 June 2015  Australia 3–2  Northern Ireland  Wales 4–1  Qatar  Pakistan 2–3  Poland
18 June 2015  Australia 4–1  Poland  Wales 4–1  Northern Ireland  Pakistan 4–1  Qatar
19 June 2015  Australia 2–3  Wales  Pakistan 4–1  Northern Ireland  Qatar 3–2  Poland
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1 6  Wales 5 25 20 5 15 20
2 3  Australia 5 25 14 11 3 14
3  Pakistan 5 25 13 12 1 13
4  Northern Ireland 5 25 13 12 1 13
5  Qatar 5 25 8 17 –9 8
6  Poland 5 25 7 18 –11 7

Group D

Gameday Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
15 June 2015  England 1–4  Thailand  Ireland 1–4  China B  United Arab Emirates 2–3  Germany
16 June 2015  England 3–2  China B  Ireland 5–0  United Arab Emirates  Thailand 3–2  Germany
17 June 2015  England 4–1  Germany  China B 5–0  United Arab Emirates  Ireland 2–3  Thailand
18 June 2015  England 5–0  United Arab Emirates  China B 3–2  Thailand  Ireland 4–1  Germany
19 June 2015  England 3–2  Ireland  China B 5–0  Germany  Thailand 4–1  United Arab Emirates
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1  China B 5 25 19 6 13 19
2  Thailand 5 25 16 9 7 16
3 2  England 5 25 16 9 7 16
4 7  Ireland 5 25 14 11 3 14
5  Germany 5 25 7 18 –11 7
6  United Arab Emirates 5 25 3 22 –19 3

Final round

Quarterfinals
Best of 7 frames
(20 June 2015) 		Semifinals
Best of 7 frames
(21 June 2015) 		Final
Best of 7 frames
(21 June 2015)
         
A1  China A 1
B2  Scotland 4
B2  Scotland 4
A2  India 3
B1  Belgium 1
A2  India 4
B2  Scotland 1
D1  China B 4
C1  Wales 4
D2  Thailand 1
C1  Wales 3
D1  China B 4
D1  China B 4
C2  Australia 2

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.
Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 21 June 2015.
John Higgins
Stephen Maguire
 Scotland		 1–4 Zhou Yuelong
Yan Bingtao
 China B
0–100 (100), 6–100 (56), 41–69, 67–18, 44–71
37 Highest break 100
0 Century breaks 1
0 50+ breaks 2

Century breaks

There was 10 century breaks in the tournament. Players in brackets made the century breaks.[4]

References

External links

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