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.
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 .
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 .