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2015 World Cup (snooker)

The 2015 Nongfu Spring World Cup was a professional non-ranking team 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]

World Cup
Tournament information
Dates15–21 June 2015 (2015-06-15 – 2015-06-21)
VenueWuxi City Sports Park Stadium
CityWuxi
CountryChina
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking team event
Total prize fund$800,000
Winner's share$200,000
Highest break137
Final
Champion China B
Zhou Yuelong
Yan Bingtao
Runner-up Scotland
John Higgins
Stephen Maguire
Score4–1
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Teams and players

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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 Kiat 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 Rory Thor 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 Tomasz Skalski
  Northern Ireland Gerard Greene Joe Swail
  Germany Lukas Kleckers Felix Frede

Prize fund

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  • 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

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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

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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   UAE 2–3   Germany
16 June 2015   England 3–2   China B   Ireland 5–0   UAE   Thailand 3–2   Germany
17 June 2015   England 4–1   Germany   China B 5–0   UAE   Ireland 2–3   Thailand
18 June 2015   England 5–0   UAE   China B 3–2   Thailand   Ireland 4–1   Germany
19 June 2015   England 3–2   Ireland   China B 5–0   Germany   Thailand 4–1   UAE
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

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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

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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

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There were 10 century breaks in the tournament.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Nongfu Spring World Cup
  2. ^ "WorldSnookerData.com: World Cup". Archived from the original on 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  3. ^ Eurosport transmission schedules for the Nongfu Spring World Cup
  4. ^ "2015 World Cup – Century breaks". Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
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