- Nations Cup (snooker)
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Nations Cup Tournament information Venue The Hexagon Location Reading Country England Established 1999 Organisation(s) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Format Non-Ranking event Final Year 2001 Final champion(s) 
Scotland
Stephen Hendry
John Higgins
Alan McManusThe Nations Cup was an invitational snooker tournament created in 1999, and the second team tournament after the World Cup. The annual contests featured team of four players representing their country against other such teams.
History
The event began in the 1998/1999 season. It was held at the Telewest Arena, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The five home countries participated, who where represented by four player teams and were identified by coloured waistcoats. It was played on a round robin basis with the top two meeting in the final. For the final two years the event moved to the Hexagon Theatre in Reading. In 2001 there were eight teams, as Thailand, Malta and China joined the competition. Teams consisted of three players and were split into two round robin groups, from where the top two teams advanced to the semi-finals. It was planned to rename the event to World Cup in 2002, but it was abandoned because ITV discontinued their snooker coverage.[1]
Winners
Year Winners Opponents Final Score Season Team Player Team Player 1999[2] 
Wales Darren Morgan
Mark Williams
Matthew Stevens
Dominic Dale Scotland Stephen Hendry
John Higgins
Alan McManus
Chris Small6–4 1998/99 2000 
England John Parrott
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Stephen Lee
Jimmy White Wales Darren Morgan
Mark Williams
Matthew Stevens
Dominic Dale6–4 1999/00 2001[3] Scotland Stephen Hendry
John Higgins
Alan McManus
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty
Fergal O'Brien
Michael Judge6–2 2000/01 References
- ^ a b Turner, Chris. "World Cup, World Team Classic, Nations Cup". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/team.html. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ "Nations Cup 1999". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/latest_res.shtml#Nations. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ "2001 Nations Cup results". Sporting Life. http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/general/results/nations/index.insdat. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
Snooker tournaments Ranking World Championship · UK Championship · World Open · Welsh Open · German Masters · China Open · Shanghai Masters · Australian Goldfields Open · Players Tour Championship (Paul Hunter Classic)
Non-ranking The Masters · World Cup · Championship League · Wuxi Classic · Beijing International Challenge · World Seniors Championship · Scottish Professional Championship · Hainan Classic · Brazil Masters · General Cup InternationalWithdrawn tournaments Categories:- Snooker non-ranking competitions
- Snooker competitions in the United Kingdom
- Recurring events established in 1999
- Recurring events disestablished in 2001
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