2000 Nations Cup (snooker)

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2000 Nations Cup
Tournament information
Dates15–23 January 2000 (2000-01-15 2000-01-23)
Venue Telewest Arena
City Newcastle upon Tyne
CountryEngland
Organisation WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest break John Higgins (147)
Final
ChampionEngland
Runner-upWales
Score6–4
1999
2001

The 2000 Nations Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker team tournament that took place at Telewest Arena in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from 15 to 23 January 2000. [1] It was the second edition of the Nations Cup. The competition was contested by five nations of four players each. The England team of Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Parrott, Stephen Lee and Jimmy White won the title with a 6–4 victory in the final over the Wales Team of Darren Morgan, Mark Williams, Matthew Stevens and Dominic Dale.

Contents

John Higgins compiled the 35th official maximum break in his round-robin match against Dennis Taylor. [2]

Participants

Below is a list of participating teams and players.

CountryPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4
England Ronnie O'Sullivan John Parrott Stephen Lee Jimmy White
Northern Ireland Joe Swail Terry Murphy Gerard Greene Dennis Taylor
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty Fergal O'Brien Michael Judge Stephen O'Connor
Scotland Stephen Hendry John Higgins Alan McManus Chris Small
Wales Darren Morgan Dominic Dale Mark Williams Matthew Stevens

Round robin

Teams in bold indicate match winners.

Winning TeamScoreLosing Team
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 5–5Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Flag of England.svg  England 7–3Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 8–2Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Flag of England.svg  England 6–4Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 8–2Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Flag of England.svg  England 8–2Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 6–4Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 6–4Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 9–1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 7–3Flag of England.svg  England

Final

[3]

Final: Best of 11 frames.
Telewest Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 23 January 2000.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
John Parrott
Stephen Lee
Jimmy White
Flag of England.svg  England
6–4 Mark Williams
Darren Morgan
Dominic Dale
Matthew Stevens
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
O'Sullivan beat Dale
O'Sullivan beat Stevens
O'Sullivan beat Williams
Lee beat Morgan
Lee lost to Stevens
Lee lost to Williams
White beat Williams
White lost to Dale
Parrott lost to Stevens
Parrott beat Morgan

References

  1. "Snooker. The Opening Match". The Observer Newspaper. 16 January 2000.
  2. Everton, Clive (22 January 2000). "Sport in brief: Snooker". The Guardian . p. S.11. Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025 via newspapers.com.
  3. "Snooker". The Guardian Newspaper. 25 January 2000.