King's Cup (snooker)

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King's Cup
Tournament information
Location Bangkok
Country Thailand
Established1990
Organisation(s) WPBSA
FormatInvitational event
Final year1994
Final champion Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Snaddon

The King's Cup was a series of invitational snooker tournaments staged in Bangkok, Thailand between 1990 and 1994, and was an event made for television in Thailand and held in the studios of their Channel 9 station just before Christmas. Sixteen players were invited, mostly Asian, and they were split into four groups of three with four players exempted until the quarter-finals where they joined the group winners. [1]

Winners

YearWinnerRunner-upFinal scoreSeason
1990 Ulster Banner.svg Joe Swail Flag of Thailand.svg James Wattana 8–4 [2] 1990/91
1992 Flag of England.svg Nigel Bond Flag of Thailand.svg James Wattana 8–7 [3] 1992/93
1993 Flag of Thailand.svg James Wattana Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Darren Morgan 8–3 [4] 1993/94
1994 Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Snaddon Flag of Thailand.svg Noppadon Noppachorn 8–4 [5] 1994/95

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References

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