World Cup 2019

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the table tennis tournament, see World Cup 2019 (table tennis) , for the chess tournament see Chess World Cup 2019 .

World Cup 2019
Tournament type:	Team / invitation tournament
Venue:	Wuxi Sports Park Stadium , Wuxi , China
Opening:	June 24, 2019
Endgame:	June 30, 2019
Winner:	Scotland
Finalist:	People's Republic of China
Highest Break:	138 ( People's Republic of China )
← 2017

The Beverly World Cup 2019 was a snooker team competition as part of the main tour of the 2019/20 season . The invitation tournament takes place every two years and was held for the third time in a row in Wuxi , China . The tournament ran from June 24th to 30th.

In 2017 , China won the tournament with Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo . This time they couldn't defend their title because they were on two different teams. But this time Liang made it to the final again together with Zhou Yuelong . However, they were clearly defeated by John Higgins and Stephen Maguire from Scotland 4-0. It was the first time since the World Cup was held in China that none of the hosts' teams won.

Prize money

The prize money and the individual prizes remained unchanged compared to the 2017 World Cup. Unlike the individual tournaments, the prize money was paid out in US dollars and not in British pounds .

	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 procedure and rules corresponded to those of two years ago, again 24 teams were at the start. Austria, Poland and the United Arab Emirates returned after 2015 , with Saudi Arabia taking part for the first time. But compared to the last time Finland, Brazil, Pakistan and Egypt were missing .

Rank	nation	Player 1	Player 2
1	China A	Ding Junhui	Yan Bingtao
2	Wales	Mark Williams	Ryan Day
3	Scotland	John Higgins	Stephen Maguire
4th	Northern Ireland	Mark Allen	Jordan Brown
5	England	Kyren Wilson	Jack Lisowski
6th	Belgium	Luca Brecel	Ben Mertens
7th	China B	Zhou Yuelong	Liang Wenbo
8th	Thailand	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	Noppon Saengkham
	Iran	Hossein Vafaei	Soheil Vahedi
	Cyprus	Michael Georgiou	Antonis Poullos
	Norway	Kurt Maflin	Christopher Watts
	Ireland	Ken Doherty	Fergal O'Brien
	Malaysia	Thor Chuan Leong	Moh Keen Hoo
	Poland	Adam Stefanów	Kacper Filipiak
	Hong Kong	Andy Lee	Ka Wai Cheung
	Germany	Simon Lichtenberg	Lukas Kleckers
	Israel	Eden Sharav	Shachar Ruberg
	Australia	Steve Mifsud	Ryan Thomerson
	Saudi Arabia	Omar Alajlani	Ahmed Aseeri
	Switzerland	Alexander Ursenbacher	Luis cousin
	Malta	Alex Borg	Brian Cini
	India	Himanshu Jain	Lucky Vatnani
	Austria	Andreas Ploner	Florian Nuessle
	United Arab Emirates	Mohammed Shehab	Mohammed al-Joker

Group stage

The group stage matches were played from Monday, June 24th to Friday, June 28th, 2019.

Group A

Gameday	Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
Monday	China A	4: 1	Germany		Thailand	2: 3	Norway		Poland	2: 3	Austria
Tuesday	China A	4: 1	Norway		Thailand	3: 2	Austria		Poland	3: 2	Germany
Wednesday	China A	4: 1	Austria		Thailand	3: 2	Poland		Norway	2: 3	Germany
Thursday	China A	5-0	Poland		Thailand	4: 1	Germany		Austria	1: 4	Norway
Friday	China A	2: 3	Thailand		Poland	4: 1	Norway		Austria	3: 2	Germany

space Seeding list team Games Frames w. Frames lost Frames difference Points 1 1  China A 5 25th 19th 6th +13 19th 2 8th  Thailand 5 25th 15th 10 +5 15th 3  Poland 5 25th 11 14th −3 11 4th  Norway 5 25th 11 14th -3 11 5  Austria 5 25th 10 15th −5 10 6th  Germany 5 25th 9 16 −7 9

Group B

Gameday	Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
Monday	Northern Ireland	4: 1	Saudi Arabia		England	3: 2	Hong Kong		Iran	3: 2	Ireland
Tuesday	Northern Ireland	3: 2	Hong Kong		England	3: 2	Ireland		Iran	2: 3	Saudi Arabia
Wednesday	Northern Ireland	1: 4	Ireland		England	3: 2	Iran		Hong Kong	4: 1	Saudi Arabia
Thursday	Northern Ireland	1: 4	Iran		England	5-0	Saudi Arabia		Ireland	1: 4	Hong Kong
Friday	Northern Ireland	2: 3	England		Iran	2: 3	Hong Kong		Ireland	3: 2	Saudi Arabia

space Seeding list team Games Frames w. Frames lost Frames difference Points 1 5  England 5 25th 17th 8th +9 17th 2  Hong Kong 5 25th 15th 10 +5 15th 3  Iran 5 25th 13 12 +1 13 4th  Ireland 5 25th 12 13 −1 12 5 4th  Northern Ireland 5 25th 11 14th -3 11 6th  Saudi Arabia 5 25th 7th 18th –11 7th

Group C

Gameday	Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
Monday	Scotland	4: 1	Cyprus		Belgium	4: 1	UAE		Malaysia	1: 4	Israel
Tuesday	Scotland	4: 1	UAE		Belgium	4: 1	Israel		Malaysia	3: 2	Cyprus
Wednesday	Scotland	5-0	Israel		Belgium	4: 1	Malaysia		UAE	3: 2	Cyprus
Thursday	Scotland	4: 1	Malaysia		Belgium	4: 1	Cyprus		Israel	4: 1	UAE
Friday	Scotland	2: 3	Belgium		Malaysia	2: 3	UAE		Israel	2: 3	Cyprus

space Seeding list team Games Frames w. Frames lost Frames difference Points 1 6th  Belgium 5 25th 19th 6th +13 19th 2 3  Scotland 5 25th 19th 6th +13 19th 3  Israel 5 25th 11 14th -3 11 4th  UAE 5 25th 9 16 –7 9 5  Cyprus 5 25th 9 16 –7 9 6th  Malaysia 5 25th 8th 17th –9 8th

Group D

Gameday	Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
Monday	Wales	4: 1	India		China B	5-0	Australia		Switzerland	3: 2	Malta
Tuesday	Wales	4: 1	Australia		China B	3: 2	Malta		Switzerland	3: 2	India
Wednesday	Wales	4: 1	Malta		China B	5-0	Switzerland		Australia	2: 3	India
Thursday	Wales	5-0	Switzerland		China B	5-0	India		Malta	3: 2	Australia
Friday	Wales	4: 1	China B		Switzerland	2: 3	Australia		Malta	1: 4	India

space Seeding list team Games Frames w. Frames lost Frames difference Points 1 2  Wales 5 25th 21st 4th +17 21st 2 7th  China B 5 25th 19th 6th +13 19th 3  India 5 25th 10 15th -5 10 4th  Malta 5 25th 9 16 −7 9 5  Australia 5 25th 8th 17th –9 8th 6th  Switzerland 5 25th 8th 17th –9 8th

Finals

The final rounds were played on June 29th and 30th.

Quarterfinals Best of 7 Frames

Semi-final best of 7 frames

Final best of 7 frames

A1

China A

4th

B2

Hong Kong

0

A1

China A

1

C2

Scotland

4th

D1

Wales

3

C2

Scotland

4th

C2

Scotland

4th

D2

China B

0

B1

England

4th

A2

Thailand

3

B1

England

3

D2

China B

4th

C1

Belgium

2

D2

China B

4th

final

Final: Best of 7 Frames Referee: Jan Scheers Wuxi Sportspark Stadium ,  Wuxi , China , June 30, 2019
Scotland	4 : 0	China B
58 : 38, 71 : 0, 60 : 45, 55 : 33
-	Highest break	-
-	Century breaks	-
-	50+ breaks	-

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1. ^ World Cup Prize Money. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 13, 2019, accessed June 13, 2019 . 
2. ↑ World Cup Team Players Confirmed. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 17, 2019, accessed June 17, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Snooker World Cup Teams Announced. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 11, 2019, accessed June 12, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} World Cup (2019). Snooker.org, accessed June 30, 2019 . 
5. ↑ World Cup 2019 - Provisional Format. (PDF; 163 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 11, 2019, accessed June 12, 2019 .