World Cup 2015

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the table tennis tournament, see World Cup 2015 (table tennis) .

World Cup 2015
Tournament type:	Team / invitation tournament
Venue:	Wuxi Sports Park Stadium , Wuxi , China
Opening:	June 15, 2015
Endgame:	June 21, 2015
Winner:	Team China B
Finalist:	Team Scotland
Highest Break:	137 ( Pankaj Advani )
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The World Cup 2015 was a snooker invitation tournament as part of the Main Tour of the 2015/16 season , which was held from June 15 to 21, 2015 in Wuxi , China .

It took place for the first time since July 2011, with the number of participating teams increased from twenty to twenty-four. Team China B , consisting of Zhou Yuelong and Yan Bingtao , won the tournament by beating Scots John Higgins and Stephen Maguire 4-1 in the final . The defending champion was China A with the two players Ding Junhui and Xiao Guodong . They won Group A with 21 points, making them the most successful team in the group stage, but were eliminated 4-1 in the quarter-finals against Scotland .

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A total of twenty-four national teams with two players each took part. The best eight teams (based on the current snooker world rankings ) were seeded, with China providing two teams as the host nation. The teams were drawn into four groups A to D. The two best-placed teams in the group stage qualified for the finals.

Group stage

Exactly five frames were played in each match, even if a team had already won three frames. Every player on one team had to play against every player on the other team in a frame. In addition, a double was played in which all four players played a frame.

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 (alternating)
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 achieved the same number of points in places 3 to 5, the prize money was divided.

Finals

In the final round the game was played in the best-of-7 mode . When the score was 3: 3, the team captains nominated a player for the decision frame.

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

Prize money

With the addition of four more teams, the prize money was $ 100,000 more than in the previous tournament in 2011.

	Prize money
winner	200,000 $
finalist	$ 100,000
Semi-finalist	$ 60,000
Quarter finalist	$ 40,000
Group third	$ 22,500
Group fourth	$ 15,000
Group fifth	$ 10,000
Group sixth	$ 7,500
All in all	$ 800,000

Teams and seeding list

The countries Norway , Singapore , Iran , Malaysia , Qatar and Austria were there for the first time .

Rank	nation	Player 1	Player 2
1	China A	Ding Junhui	Xiao Guodong
2	England	Mark Selby	Stuart Bingham
3	Australia	Neil Robertson	Vinnie Calabrese
4th	Hong Kong	Marco Fu	Au Chi Wai
5	Scotland	John Higgins	Stephen Maguire
6th	Wales	Mark Williams	Michael White
7th	Ireland	Ken Doherty	Fergal O'Brien
8th	Norway	Kurt Maflin	Anita Maflin
	Singapore	Marvin Lim Chun Kiat	KK Chan
	Iran	Hossein Vafaei Ayouri	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 al-Obaidaly
	Thailand	Dechawat Poomjaeng	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
	Malta	Tony Drago	Alex Borg
	Brazil	Igor Figueiredo	Itaro Santos
	Poland	Mateusz Baranowski	Adam Stefanów
	United Arab Emirates	Khalid al-Kamali	Mohammed Shehab
	Austria	Andreas Ploner	Paul Schopf
	Belgium	Luca Brecel	Thomas Skalski
	Northern Ireland	Gerard Greene	Joe Swail
	Germany	Lukas Kleckers	Felix Frede

Group stage

The group stage matches were played from June 15 to 19, 2015.

Group A

Gameday	Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
Monday	China A	3 : 2	India		Norway	3 : 2	Singapore		Malta	5 : 0	Austria
Tuesday	China A	5 : 0	Singapore		Norway	0: 5	Malta		India	5 : 0	Austria
Wednesday	China A	5 : 0	Austria		Norway	0: 5	India		Singapore	3 : 2	Malta
Thursday	China A	5 : 0	Norway		India	3 : 2	Malta		Singapore	2: 3	Austria
Friday	China A	3 : 2	Malta		Norway	4 : 1	Austria		Singapore	1: 4	India

space Seeding list team Games Frames w. Frames lost Frames difference Points 1 1  China A 5 25th 21st 4th 17th 21st 2  India 5 25th 19th 6th 13 19th 3  Malta 5 25th 16 9 7th 16 4th  Singapore 5 25th 8th 17th −9 8th 5 8th  Norway 5 25th 7th 18th −11 7th 6th  Austria 5 25th 4th 21st −17 4th

Group B

Gameday	Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
Monday	Hong Kong	3 : 2	Malaysia		Scotland	4 : 1	Iran		Brazil	2: 3	Belgium
Tuesday	Hong Kong	3 : 2	Iran		Scotland	2: 3	Brazil		Malaysia	0: 5	Belgium
Wednesday	Hong Kong	2: 3	Belgium		Scotland	4 : 1	Malaysia		Iran	1: 4	Brazil
Thursday	Hong Kong	1: 4	Scotland		Malaysia	1: 4	Brazil		Iran	2: 3	Belgium
Friday	Hong Kong	5 : 0	Brazil		Scotland	2: 3	Belgium		Iran	4 : 1	Malaysia

space Seeding list team Games Frames w. Frames lost Frames difference Points 1  Belgium 5 25th 17th 8th 9 17th 2 5  Scotland 5 25th 16 9 7th 16 3 4th  Hong Kong 5 25th 14th 11 3 14th 4th  Brazil 5 25th 13 12 1 13 5  Iran 5 25th 10 15th −5 10 6th  Malaysia 5 25th 5 20th −15 5

Group C

Gameday	Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
Monday	Australia	3 : 2	Qatar		Wales	5 : 0	Pakistan		Poland	0: 5	Northern Ireland
Tuesday	Australia	2: 3	Pakistan		Wales	4 : 1	Poland		Qatar	1: 4	Northern Ireland
Wednesday	Australia	3 : 2	Northern Ireland		Wales	4 : 1	Qatar		Pakistan	2: 3	Poland
Thursday	Australia	4 : 1	Poland		Wales	4 : 1	Northern Ireland		Pakistan	4 : 1	Qatar
Friday	Australia	2: 3	Wales		Pakistan	4 : 1	Northern Ireland		Qatar	3 : 2	Poland

space Seeding list team Games Frames w. Frames lost Frames difference Points 1 6th  Wales 5 25th 20th 5 15th 20th 2 3  Australia 5 25th 14th 11 3 14th 3  Pakistan 5 25th 13 12 1 13 4th  Northern Ireland 5 25th 13 12 1 13 5  Qatar 5 25th 8th 17th −9 8th 6th  Poland 5 25th 7th 18th −11 7th

Group D

Gameday	Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
Monday	England	1: 4	Thailand		Ireland	1: 4	China B		UAE	2: 3	Germany
Tuesday	England	3 : 2	China B		Ireland	5 : 0	UAE		Thailand	3 : 2	Germany
Wednesday	England	4 : 1	Germany		China B	5 : 0	UAE		Ireland	2: 3	Thailand
Thursday	England	5 : 0	UAE		China B	3 : 2	Thailand		Ireland	4 : 1	Germany
Friday	England	3 : 2	Ireland		China B	5 : 0	Germany		Thailand	4 : 1	UAE

space Seeding list team Games Frames w. Frames lost Frames difference Points 1  China B 5 25th 19th 6th 13 19th 2  Thailand 5 25th 16 9 7th 16 3 2  England 5 25th 16 9 7th 16 4th 7th  Ireland 5 25th 14th 11 3 14th 5  Germany 5 25th 7th 18th −11 7th 6th  United Arab Emirates 5 25th 3 22nd −19 3

Finals

The final rounds were played on June 20 and 21.

Quarterfinals Best of 7 Frames

Semi-final best of 7 frames

Final best of 7 frames

A1

China A

1

B2

Scotland

4th

B2

Scotland

4th

A2

India

3

B1

Belgium

1

A2

India

4th

B2

Scotland

1

D1

China B

4th

C1

Wales

4th

D2

Thailand

1

C1

Wales

3

D1

China B

4th

D1

China B

4th

C2

Australia

2

final

Final: Best of 7 Frames Referee: Paul Collier Wuxi Sportspark Stadium ,  Wuxi , China , June 21, 2015
Scotland	1: 4	China B
0: 100 (100), 6: 100 (56), 41: 69 , 67 : 18, 44: 71
37	Highest break	100
-	Century breaks	1
-	50+ breaks	2

Century breaks

singles
India	137
China B	134, 100
Wales	130, 108
Scotland	122
Australia	111
Thailand	108
Wales	108
Brazil	105
Malta	105

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Snooker World Cup line-up announced. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , May 21, 2015, accessed May 21, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} World Cup 2015 - Provisional Format. (PDF; 128 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , May 21, 2015, accessed May 21, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} World Cup (2015). Snooker.org, accessed June 21, 2015 . 
4. ↑ World Cup 2015 - Century Breaks. (No longer available online.) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , archived from the original ; Retrieved June 19, 2015 .