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2017 World Cup (snooker)

The 2017 Little Swan World Cup was a professional non-ranking team snooker tournament that took place from 3 to 9 July 2017 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China.[1] It was the 15th edition of the event, and was televised live by Eurosport Player and repeated on Eurosport 1.

World Cup
Tournament information
Dates3–9 July 2017 (2017-07-03 – 2017-07-09)
VenueWuxi City Sports Park Stadium
CityWuxi
CountryChina
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking team event
Total prize fund$800,000
Winner's share$200,000
Highest break140
Final
Champion China A
Ding Junhui
Liang Wenbo
Runner-up England
Judd Trump
Barry Hawkins
Score4–3
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The China A pair of Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo won the event, beating the English pair of Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins 4–3 in the final, winning the last three frames. Ding Junhui made a break of 59 in the deciding frame against Judd Trump.[2]

Teams and players edit

Seed Nation Player 1 Player 2
1   China B Zhou Yuelong Yan Bingtao
2   Scotland John Higgins Anthony McGill
3   England Judd Trump Barry Hawkins
4   China A Ding Junhui Liang Wenbo
5   Hong Kong Marco Fu Au Chi-wai
6   Australia Neil Robertson Kurt Dunham
7   Northern Ireland Mark Allen Joe Swail
8   Wales Mark Williams Ryan Day
  Ireland Fergal O'Brien Ken Doherty
  Norway Kurt Maflin Christopher Watts
  Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Noppon Saengkham
  Belgium Luca Brecel Jeff Jacobs
  India Aditya Mehta Brijesh Damani
  Brazil Igor Figueiredo Itaro Santos
  Malta Alex Borg Duncan Bezzina
  Iran Hossein Vafaei Soheil Vahedi
  Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong Moh Keen Hoo
  Germany Lukas Kleckers Simon Lichtenberg
  Pakistan Hamza Akbar Shahram Changezi
  Cyprus Michael Georgiou Antonis Poullos
  Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher Darren Paris
  Egypt Hatem Yassen Basem Eltahhan
  Israel Eden Sharav Shachar Ruberg
  Finland Robin Hull Heikki Niva

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Prize fund edit

  • 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

Format edit

The 2017 World Cup used the same format as that used in 2015. There were 24 national teams, with two players competing for each side, and the initial round divided the entrants into four groups of six. During the Group Stage, every national team played a best-of-five frame match against each of the other sides in their pool. All matches consisted of five frames, two singles, a doubles frame, and two reverse singles. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Knockout Stages, the order being determined by total frames won. If there is a tie in either of the first two places the following rules determine the positions. If two teams are equal, 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 positions 3 to 6 would remain tied and share the prize money for those positions.

During the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and championship final, the eight qualifying team were paired off in a head-to-head knockout. The format for these matches was a best-of-seven frame competition with the contest coming to an end as soon as one team had won four frames. These encounters were scheduled as two singles, a doubles frame, two reverse singles, another doubles frame, and a winner-take-all singles if necessary.

Group stage edit

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Group A edit

Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
3 July 2017   China B 4–1   Finland   Wales 5–0   Norway   Malaysia 0–5   Brazil
4 July 2017   China B 3–2   Norway   Wales 3–2   Malaysia   Finland 2–3   Brazil
5 July 2017   China B 4–1   Brazil   Wales 5–0   Finland   Norway 2–3   Malaysia
6 July 2017   China B 1–4   Wales   Norway 2–3   Brazil   Finland 2–3   Malaysia
7 July 2017   China B 3–2   Malaysia   Wales 2–3   Brazil   Norway 2–3   Finland
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1 8   Wales 5 25 19 6 13 19
2 1   China B 5 25 15 10 5 15
3   Brazil 5 25 15 10 5 15
4   Malaysia 5 25 10 15 −5 10
5   Finland 5 25 8 17 −9 8
6   Norway 5 25 8 17 −9 8

China B finished above Brazil because they won the match between the two teams.

Group B edit

Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
3 July 2017   China A 5–0   Ireland   Hong Kong 4–1   Germany   Belgium 4–1   Egypt
4 July 2017   China A 3–2   Germany   Hong Kong 1–4   Belgium   Ireland 3–2   Egypt
5 July 2017   China A 4–1   Egypt   Hong Kong 4–1   Ireland   Germany 1–4   Belgium
6 July 2017   China A 2–3   Belgium   Hong Kong 4–1   Egypt   Germany 2–3   Ireland
7 July 2017   China A 3–2   Hong Kong   Germany 4–1   Egypt   Ireland 3–2   Belgium
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1   Belgium 5 25 17 8 9 17
2 4   China A 5 25 17 8 9 17
3 5   Hong Kong 5 25 15 10 5 15
4   Ireland 5 25 10 15 −5 10
5   Germany 5 25 10 15 −5 10
6   Egypt 5 25 6 19 −13 6

Belgium finished above China A because they won the match between the two teams.

Group C edit

Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
3 July 2017   England 5–0   Switzerland   Australia 2–3   Malta   Pakistan 2–3   Iran
4 July 2017   England 4–1   Malta   Australia 4–1   Pakistan   Switzerland 2–3   Iran
5 July 2017   England 4–1   Iran   Australia 4–1   Switzerland   Malta 3–2   Pakistan
6 July 2017   England 5–0   Pakistan   Australia 1–4   Iran   Malta 1–4   Switzerland
7 July 2017   England 4–1   Australia   Malta 0–5   Iran   Switzerland 2–3   Pakistan
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1 3   England 5 25 22 3 19 22
2   Iran 5 25 16 9 7 16
3 6   Australia 5 25 12 13 −1 12
4   Switzerland 5 25 9 16 −7 9
5   Malta 5 25 8 17 −9 8
6   Pakistan 5 25 8 17 −9 8

Group D edit

Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
3 July 2017   Scotland 2–3   Thailand   Northern Ireland 4–1   Cyprus   India 2–3   Israel
4 July 2017   Scotland 3–2   Cyprus   Northern Ireland 3–2   India   Thailand 3–2   Israel
5 July 2017   Scotland 4–1   Israel   Northern Ireland 3–2   Thailand   Cyprus 1–4   India
6 July 2017   Scotland 2–3   Northern Ireland   Thailand 5–0   India   Cyprus 0–5   Israel
7 July 2017   Scotland 3–2   India   Northern Ireland 3–2   Israel   Cyprus 0–5   Thailand
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1   Thailand 5 25 18 7 11 18
2 7   Northern Ireland 5 25 16 9 7 16
3 2   Scotland 5 25 14 11 3 14
4   Israel 5 25 13 12 1 13
5   India 5 25 10 15 −5 10
6   Cyprus 5 25 4 21 −17 4

Knock-out stage edit

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
(8 July 2017) 		Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
(9 July 2017) 		Final
Best of 7 frames
(9 July 2017)
         
A1   Wales 1
B2   China A 4
B2   China A 4
D1   Thailand 2
D1   Thailand 4
C2   Iran 1
B2   China A 4
C1   England 3
B1   Belgium 3
A2   China B 4
A2   China B 3
C1   England 4
C1   England 4
D2   Northern Ireland 3

Final edit

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler.
Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 9 July 2017.
Ding Junhui
Liang Wenbo
  China A 		4–3 Judd Trump
Barry Hawkins
  England
47–70, 76–21 (68), 22–67 (57), 0–72, 70–18 (69), 60–37, 88–4 (59)
69 Highest break 57
0 Century breaks 0
3 50+ breaks 1

Century breaks edit

There were 14 century breaks made in the tournament.

References edit

  1. ^ World Cup draw and format
  2. ^ "Plan Comes Together China's A-team". 9 July 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ^ "2017 World Cup Teams". 12 June 2017.
  4. ^ World Cup Group Tables

External links edit

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