2017 World Cup (snooker)

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World Cup
Tournament information
Dates3–9 July 2017 (2017-07-03 2017-07-09)
Venue Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium
City Wuxi
Country China
Organisation WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking team event
Total prize fund $800,000
Winner's share$200,000
Highest break140
Final
ChampionFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A
Ding Junhui
Liang Wenbo
Runner-upFlag of England.svg  England
Judd Trump
Barry Hawkins
Score4–3
2015
2019

The 2017 Little Swan World Cup was a professional non-ranking team snooker tournament that took place from 3 to 9 July 2017 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. [1] It was the 15th edition of the event, and was televised live by Eurosport Player and repeated on Eurosport 1.

Contents

The China A pair of Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo won the event, beating the English pair of Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins 4–3 in the final, winning the last three frames. Ding Junhui made a break of 59 in the deciding frame against Judd Trump. [2]

Teams and players

SeedNationPlayer 1Player 2
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China B Zhou Yuelong Yan Bingtao
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland John Higgins Anthony McGill
3Flag of England.svg  England Judd Trump Barry Hawkins
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A Ding Junhui Liang Wenbo
5Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Marco Fu Au Chi-wai
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Neil Robertson Kurt Dunham
7Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Mark Allen Joe Swail
8Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Mark Williams Ryan Day
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Fergal O'Brien Ken Doherty
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Kurt Maflin Christopher Watts
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Noppon Saengkham
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Luca Brecel Jeff Jacobs
Flag of India.svg  India Aditya Mehta Brijesh Damani
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Igor Figueiredo Itaro Santos
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Alex Borg Duncan Bezzina
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Hossein Vafaei Soheil Vahedi
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong Moh Keen Hoo
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Lukas Kleckers Simon Lichtenberg
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Hamza Akbar Shahram Changezi
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Michael Georgiou Antonis Poullos
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher Darren Paris
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Hatem Yassen Basem Eltahhan
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Eden Sharav Shachar Ruberg
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Robin Hull Heikki Niva

[3]

Prize fund

Format

The 2017 World Cup used the same format as that used in 2015. There were 24 national teams, with two players competing for each side, and the initial round divided the entrants into four groups of six. During the Group Stage, every national team played a best-of-five frame match against each of the other sides in their pool. All matches consisted of five frames, two singles, a doubles frame, and two reverse singles. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Knockout Stages, the order being determined by total frames won. If there is a tie in either of the first two places the following rules determine the positions. If two teams are equal, the winner of the match between the two teams will be ranked higher. If three or more teams are tied, a sudden-death blue ball shoot-out will be played. Teams tied for positions 3 to 6 would remain tied and share the prize money for those positions.

During the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and championship final, the eight qualifying team were paired off in a head-to-head knockout. The format for these matches was a best-of-seven frame competition with the contest coming to an end as soon as one team had won four frames. These encounters were scheduled as two singles, a doubles frame, two reverse singles, another doubles frame, and a winner-take-all singles if necessary.

Group stage

[4]

Group A

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Team 1ScoreTeam 2Team 1ScoreTeam 2
3 July 2017Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China B4–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 5–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 0–5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
4 July 2017Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China B3–2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 3–2Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
5 July 2017Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China B4–1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 5–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–3Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
6 July 2017Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China B1–4Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2–3Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
7 July 2017Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China B3–2Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 2–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
PlaceSeedTeamGamesFramesFrames wonFrames lostDifferencePoints
18Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 5251961319
21Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China B5251510515
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5251510515
4Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 5251015−510
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 525817−98
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 525817−98

China B finished above Brazil because they won the match between the two teams.

Group B

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Team 1ScoreTeam 2Team 1ScoreTeam 2
3 July 2017Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A5–0Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 4–1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
4 July 2017Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A3–2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1–4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3–2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
5 July 2017Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A4–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 4–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
6 July 2017Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A2–3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 4–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2–3Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
7 July 2017Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A3–2Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3–2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
PlaceSeedTeamGamesFramesFrames wonFrames lostDifferencePoints
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 525178917
24Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A525178917
35Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 5251510515
4Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 5251015−510
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5251015−510
6Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 525619−136

Belgium finished above China A because they won the match between the two teams.

Group C

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Team 1ScoreTeam 2Team 1ScoreTeam 2
3 July 2017Flag of England.svg  England 5–0Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2–3Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2–3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
4 July 2017Flag of England.svg  England 4–1Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4–1Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2–3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
5 July 2017Flag of England.svg  England 4–1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4–1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 3–2Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
6 July 2017Flag of England.svg  England 5–0Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1–4Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1–4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
7 July 2017Flag of England.svg  England 4–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 0–5Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2–3Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
PlaceSeedTeamGamesFramesFrames wonFrames lostDifferencePoints
13Flag of England.svg  England 5252231922
2Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 525169716
36Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5251213−112
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 525916−79
5Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 525817−98
6Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 525817−98

Group D

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Team 1ScoreTeam 2Team 1ScoreTeam 2
3 July 2017Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2–3Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 4–1Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Flag of India.svg  India 2–3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
4 July 2017Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3–2Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 3–2Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3–2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
5 July 2017Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 3–2Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1–4Flag of India.svg  India
6 July 2017Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2–3Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 5–0Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 0–5Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
7 July 2017Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3–2Flag of India.svg  India Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 3–2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 0–5Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
PlaceSeedTeamGamesFramesFrames wonFrames lostDifferencePoints
1Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 5251871118
27Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 525169716
32Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 5251411314
4Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5251312113
5Flag of India.svg  India 5251015−510
6Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 525421−174

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
(8 July 2017)
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
(9 July 2017)
Final
Best of 7 frames
(9 July 2017)
         
A1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1
B2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A4
B2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A4
D1 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2
D1 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4
C2 Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1
B2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A4
C1 Flag of England.svg  England 3
B1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3
A2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China B4
A2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China B 3
C1 Flag of England.svg  England 4
C1 Flag of England.svg  England 4
D2 Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 3

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler.
Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 9 July 2017.
Ding Junhui
Liang Wenbo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A
4–3 Judd Trump
Barry Hawkins
Flag of England.svg  England
47–70, 76–21 (68), 22–67 (57), 0–72, 70–18 (69), 60–37, 88–4 (59)
69Highest break57
0Century breaks0
350+ breaks1

Century breaks

There were 14 century breaks made in the tournament. [5]

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