World Cup 2011

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the table tennis tournament, see World Cup 2011 (table tennis) .

World Cup 2011
Tournament type:	Team / invitation tournament
Venue:	Bangkok , Thailand
Opening:	July 11, 2011
Endgame:	July 17, 2011
Winner:	Team China
Finalist:	Team Northern Ireland
Highest Break:	139 ( Passakorn Suwannawat )
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The World Cup 2011 (also: PTT-EGAT Snooker World Cup ) was a snooker tournament that was held from July 11th to 17th, 2011 in Bangkok . It was an invitation tournament as part of the Main Tour of the 2011/12 snooker season .

In the final, Team China beat Northern Ireland 4-2.

The tournament was last held in 2001 as the Nations Cup . Defending champions Scotland ( Stephen Hendry , John Higgins , Alan McManus ) defeated Ireland ( Ken Doherty , Fergal O'Brien , Michael Judge ) 6-2 in the final.

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Twenty national teams , consisting of two players, took part in the tournament. The best eight teams (based on the snooker world rankings) were seeded. Thailand was allowed to provide two teams as the host nation. The teams were drawn into four groups. The two top-ranked teams in the group stage qualified for the quarter-finals.

Group stage
Each game consisted of 5 frames. Every player on the team had to play against every player on the other team in a frame. In addition, a double was played in which all 4 players played a frame together.

The 5 frames were played in the following order:

1. Singles: Player 1 versus Player 1
2. Singles: Player 2 versus Player 2
3. Double
4. Singles: Player 1 versus Player 2
5. Singles: Player 2 versus Player 1

There was one point for every frame won. If two teams had the same number of points at the end of the group stage, the team that had won the direct duel was rated higher. If three or more teams had the same number of points, progress in the group was determined by a blue ball shootout. If two or more teams in places 3 to 5 had the same number of points, the respective prize money was divided.

Final round
In the final round a best of 7 was played, with a score of 3: 3 the decisive frame being played in a single game.

The 7 frames were played in the following order:

1. Singles: Player 1 versus Player 1
2. Singles: Player 2 versus Player 2
3. Double
4. Singles: Player 1 versus Player 2
5. Singles: Player 2 versus Player 1
6. Double
7. Individual: Team captain determines the player

Prize money

• Winner: $ 200,000
• Finalist: $ 100,000
• Semi-finalists: $ 60,000
• Quarter-finalists: $ 30,000
• Third party: $ 15,000
• Group fourth: $ 12,500
• Group of five: $ 7,500
• Highest Group Stage Break: $ 5,000
• Biggest Final Round Break: $ 15,000
• Total: $ 700,000

Teams and seeding list

Rank	nation	Player 1	Player 2
1	Wales	Mark Williams	Matthew Stevens
2	Scotland	John Higgins	Stephen Maguire
3	England	Mark Selby	Allister Carter
4th	People's Republic of China	Ding Junhui	Liang Wenbo
5	Australia	Neil Robertson	Steve Mifsud
6th	Northern Ireland	Mark Allen	Gerard Greene
7th	Hong Kong	Marco Fu	Fung Kwok Wai
8th	Ireland	Ken Doherty	Fergal O'Brien
	Thailand I	James Wattana	Dechawat Poomjaeng
	Thailand II	Passakorn Suwannawat	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
	Germany	Patrick Einsle	Let Münstermann
	Brazil	Fabio Luersen	Noel Rodrigues Moreira
	Belgium	Bjorn Haneveer	Luca Brecel
	Pakistan	Shahid Aftab	Muhammad Sajjad
	India	Aditya Mehta	Pankaj Advani
	Afghanistan	Mohammad Rais Senzahi	Saleh Mohammadi
	United Arab Emirates	Mohammed Mustafa Shehab	Mohammed al-Joker
	Poland	Kacper Filipiak	Krzysztof Wróbel
	Malta	Tony Drago	Alex Borg
	Egypt	Wael Talaat	Yasser el-Sherbini

Group stage

Group A

space Seeding list team Games w. Games w. Frames lost Frames difference 1 1  Wales 4th 4th 14th 6th +8 2 8th  Ireland 4th 2 11 9 +2 3  Pakistan 4th 2 10 10 ± 0 4th  Germany 4th 1 9 11 −2 5  Egypt 4th 1 6th 14th −8

Pakistan 3-2 Ireland Egypt 3-2 Germany Pakistan 2: 3 Germany Wales 5-0 Egypt Egypt 1: 4 Ireland Wales 3-2 Germany Wales 3-2 Pakistan Germany 2: 3 Ireland Egypt 2: 3 Pakistan Wales 3-2 Ireland

Group B

space Seeding list team Games w. Games w. Frames lost Frames difference 1 4th  People's Republic of China 4th 4th 13 7th +6 2 5  Australia 4th 3 13 7th +6 3  Malta 4th 2 12 8th +4 4th  Thailand I 4th 1 8th 12 −4 5  UAE 4th 0 4th 16 −12

China 3-2 Malta Thailand I 1: 4 Australia Malta 2: 3 Australia Thailand I 4 : 1 United Arab Emirates Thailand I 2: 3 Malta China 3-2 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 0-5 Malta China 3-2 Australia United Arab Emirates 1-4 Australia Thailand I 1: 4 China

Group C

space Seeding list team Games w. Games w. Frames lost Frames difference 1 3  England 4th 4th 14th 6th +8 2 6th  Northern Ireland 4th 3 13 7th +6 3  India 4th 2 9 11 −2 4th  Belgium 4th 0 8th 12 −4 5  Brazil 4th 1 6th 14th −8

India 1: 4 Northern Ireland Brazil 3-2 Belgium India 3-2 Belgium England 4-1 Brazil Brazil 1: 4 Northern Ireland England 3-2 Belgium Belgium 2-3 Northern Ireland England 4-1 India Brazil 1: 4 India England 3-2 Northern Ireland

Group D

space Seeding list team Games w. Games w. Frames lost Frames difference 1 2  Scotland 4th 4th 13 7th +6 2 7th  Hong Kong 4th 2 11 9 +2 3  Thailand II 4th 2 10 10 ± 0 4th  Afghanistan 4th 1 9 11 −2 5  Poland 4th 1 7th 13 −6

Thailand II 3 : 2 Afghanistan Hong Kong 2-3 Poland Scotland 3-2 Poland Afghanistan 2-3 Hong Kong Scotland 4-1 Afghanistan Thailand II 1: 4 Hong Kong Poland 1: 4 Afghanistan Scotland 3-2 Thailand II Thailand II 4 : 1 Poland Scotland 3-2 Hong Kong

Finals

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Wales

4th

B2

Australia

2

A1

Wales

1

B1

People's Republic of China

4th

B1

People's Republic of China

4th

A2

Ireland

1

B1

People's Republic of China

4th

C2

Northern Ireland

2

C1

England

3

D2

Hong Kong

4th

D2

Hong Kong

3

C2

Northern Ireland

4th

D1

Scotland

3

C2

Northern Ireland

4th

Century breaks

singles
Passakorn Suwannawat	139 1
Mark Allen	128 2 , 108
Stephen Maguire	125
Ding Junhui	120
Ken Doherty	111
Gerard Greene	109
Mark Selby	102
Fergal O'Brien	101
Luca Brecel	100
Tony Drago	100

Double
Mark Allen / Gerard Greene	110

¹ Highest group phase break.
² Highest final round break

Web links

• Website of the organizer ( Memento of July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Draw and team line-ups ( Memento from July 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (on worldsnooker.com)
• Results (on snooker.org)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Prize Money ( memento of July 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on worldsnooker.com
2. ↑ Announcement of the rejection of Santos and the subsequent nomination of Luersen ( memento of June 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (on worldsnooker.com)