Snooker World Cup

The Snooker World Cup was a snooker tournament (created by Mike Watterson, who also organised the UK Championship and who brought the World Snooker Championship to the Crucible). The annual contests featured team of three players representing their country against other such teams, but with individual 1st, 2nd, etc., places (not unlike the Davis Cup in tennis). Steve Davis has won the World Cup times than any other player, with 4 titles for England.

The Snooker World Cup began in 1979 as the State Express World Team Cup before becoming the State Express World Team Classic from 1981–83. In 1985, the event moved from an early to late season and the tournament became a knockout contest rather than a round robin as it had been previously. It was renamed the World Cup in the late 1980s.nonspecific|date=September 2008

After State Express's parent company British American Tobacco pulled out of all sport sponsorships in the UK in 1984, the event had various different sponsors, including Guinness, Car Care Plan, Tuborg and Fersina Windows, before the event was terminated after the 1990 event.

The World Cup made a brief return in 1996 when it was held in Bangkok, Thailand and sponsored by Castrol (BP) and Honda.

Venues

1979 Haden Hill LC,Clarifyme|date=September 2008|reason=What does "LC" mean? Birmingham, West Midlands

1980 New London Theatre, London

1981–83 Hexagon Theatre, Reading, Berkshire

1985–90 Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, Dorset

1996 Bangkok, Thailand

Winners