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From the World Snooker website. It will be interesting
to see the level of play from these many countries and
there are some strong teams from the UK, China and
Australia.
The World Cup returns to the calendar for the first time since 2011,
when it won by Chinese duo Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo. This time
it takes place in Wuxi, in China’s Jiangsu Province. There will be
24 two-man teams, all dreaming of the trophy and a top prize of
US$200,000. The teams will be split into four groups of six for the
initial round robin phase, with the top two in each group qualifying f
or the quarter-finals.
Draw:
Group A
China A (Ding Junhui and Xiao Guodong)
Norway (Kurt Maflin and Anita Maflin)
Singapore (Marvin Lim Chun Kiat and KK Chan)
India (Aditya Mehta and Pankaj Advani)
Malta (Tony Drago and Alex Borg)
Austria (Andreas Ploner and Paul Schopf)
Group B
Hong Kong (Marco Fu and Au Chi Wai)
Scotland (John Higgins and Stephen Maguire)
Iran (Hossein Vafaei Ayouri and Ehsan Heydari Nezhad)
Malaysia (Thor Chuan Leong and Mohd Reza Hassan)
Brazil (Igor Figueiredo and Itaro Santos)
Belgium (Luca Brecel and Thomas Skalski)
Group C
Australia (Neil Robertson and Vinnie Calabrese)
Wales (Mark Williams and Michael White)
Pakistan (Hamza Akbar and Muhammad Sajjad)
Qatar (Ahmed Saif and Ali Alobaidaly)
Poland (Mateusz Baranowski and Adam Stefanow)
Northern Ireland (Gerard Greene and Joe Swail)
Group D
England (Mark Selby and Stuart Bingham)
Republic of Ireland (Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien)
China B (Zhou Yuelong and Yan Bingtao)
Thailand (Dechawat Poomjaeng and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh)
UAE (Khalid Alkamali and Mohamed Shehab)
Germany (Lukas Kleckers and Felix Frede)
Prize money (prize per team in US dollars)
Winner: $200,000
Runner-up: $100,000
Semi-finals: $60,000
Quarter-finals: $40,000
3rd in group: $22,500
4th in group: $15,000
5th in group: $10,000
6th in group: $7,500
Total: $800,000
to see the level of play from these many countries and
there are some strong teams from the UK, China and
Australia.
The World Cup returns to the calendar for the first time since 2011,
when it won by Chinese duo Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo. This time
it takes place in Wuxi, in China’s Jiangsu Province. There will be
24 two-man teams, all dreaming of the trophy and a top prize of
US$200,000. The teams will be split into four groups of six for the
initial round robin phase, with the top two in each group qualifying f
or the quarter-finals.
Draw:
Group A
China A (Ding Junhui and Xiao Guodong)
Norway (Kurt Maflin and Anita Maflin)
Singapore (Marvin Lim Chun Kiat and KK Chan)
India (Aditya Mehta and Pankaj Advani)
Malta (Tony Drago and Alex Borg)
Austria (Andreas Ploner and Paul Schopf)
Group B
Hong Kong (Marco Fu and Au Chi Wai)
Scotland (John Higgins and Stephen Maguire)
Iran (Hossein Vafaei Ayouri and Ehsan Heydari Nezhad)
Malaysia (Thor Chuan Leong and Mohd Reza Hassan)
Brazil (Igor Figueiredo and Itaro Santos)
Belgium (Luca Brecel and Thomas Skalski)
Group C
Australia (Neil Robertson and Vinnie Calabrese)
Wales (Mark Williams and Michael White)
Pakistan (Hamza Akbar and Muhammad Sajjad)
Qatar (Ahmed Saif and Ali Alobaidaly)
Poland (Mateusz Baranowski and Adam Stefanow)
Northern Ireland (Gerard Greene and Joe Swail)
Group D
England (Mark Selby and Stuart Bingham)
Republic of Ireland (Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien)
China B (Zhou Yuelong and Yan Bingtao)
Thailand (Dechawat Poomjaeng and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh)
UAE (Khalid Alkamali and Mohamed Shehab)
Germany (Lukas Kleckers and Felix Frede)
Prize money (prize per team in US dollars)
Winner: $200,000
Runner-up: $100,000
Semi-finals: $60,000
Quarter-finals: $40,000
3rd in group: $22,500
4th in group: $15,000
5th in group: $10,000
6th in group: $7,500
Total: $800,000
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