The 2019 World Cup was a professional snooker tournament for national pairs. The defending champions were the Chinese team of Liang Wenbo and Ding Junhui. The tournament used the same format as that used in 2017 World Cup. The tournament consisted of 24 national teams, with two players competing for each side. The World cup was split into a group stage, and a knockout stage. The 24 teams were split into four groups of six teams. The group stages consisted of matches played as best-of-five-frames with four frames of singles, and a frame of doubles. 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 on frames won, 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 position 3 to 6 would remain tied and share the prize money for those positions.
During knockout stage, matches were played as best-of-seven-frames. The knockout matches were scheduled as four singles matches and two doubles matches with the final frame being a singles match, with participants nominated by each team.
Prize fund
The total prize fund for the event totalled $800,000, with the winning team receiving $200,000.
Winner: $200,000
Runner-Up: $100,000
Semi-final: $60,000
Quarter-final: $40,000
Third in group: $22,500
Fourth in group: $15,000
Fifth in group: $10,000
Sixth in group: $7,500
Total: $800,000
Participants
The tournament was made up of 24 pairs of players representing individual nations. China, who had won the event in both the last three events, in 2017 and 2015 and 2011 were allocated two places due to being hosts. Below is the list of teams and players participating.
The following is the results from the event. Teams listed in bold denote match winners.
Group A
Place
Seed
Team
Games
Frames
Frames won
Frames lost
Difference
Points
1
1
A
5
25
19
6
+13
19
2
8
5
25
15
10
+5
15
3
11
5
25
11
14
−3
11
3
14
5
25
11
14
−3
11
5
23
5
25
10
15
−5
10
6
16
5
25
9
16
−7
9
Group B
Place
Seed
Team
Games
Frames
Frames won
Frames lost
Difference
Points
1
5
'
5
25
17
8
+9
17
2
15
'
5
25
15
10
+5
15
3
9
5
25
13
12
+1
13
4
12
5
25
12
13
−1
12
5
4
5
25
11
14
−3
11
6
19
5
25
7
18
−11
7
Group C
Place
Seed
Team
Games
Frames
Frames won
Frames lost
Difference
Points
1
6
'
5
25
19
6
+13
19
2
3
'
5
25
19
6
+13
19
3
17
5
25
11
14
−3
11
4
10
5
25
9
17
−8
9
4
24
5
25
9
17
−8
9
6
13
5
25
8
18
−10
8
Group D
Place
Seed
Team
Games
Frames
Frames won
Frames lost
Difference
Points
1
2
5
25
21
4
+17
21
2
7
B
5
25
19
6
+13
19
3
22
5
25
10
15
−6
10
4
21
5
25
9
15
−6
9
5
20
5
25
8
17
−9
8
5
18
5
25
8
17
−9
8
Knockout stage
Final
Century breaks
There were a total of 17 century breaks made in the tournament. The highest break was made by China B's Liang Wenbo in the third frame of the group stage match against Switzerland. Below is a list of centuries made during the tournament, along with the team they were representing.
