World Cup
Tournament information
Dates3–9 July 2017 (2017-07-03 – 2017-07-09)
VenueWuxi City Sports Park Stadium
CityWuxi
CountryChina
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking team event
Total prize fund$800,000
Winner's share$200,000
Highest break140
Final
Champion China A
Ding Junhui
Liang Wenbo
Runner-up England
Judd Trump
Barry Hawkins
Score4–3
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The 2017 Little Swan World Cup was a professional non-ranking team snooker tournament that took place from 3 to 9 July 2017 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China.[1] It was the 15th edition of the event, and was televised live by Eurosport Player and repeated on Eurosport 1.

The China A pair of Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo won the event, beating the English pair of Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins 4–3 in the final, winning the last three frames. Ding Junhui made a break of 59 in the deciding frame against Judd Trump.[2]

Teams and players

SeedNationPlayer 1Player 2
1 China BZhou YuelongYan Bingtao
2 ScotlandJohn HigginsAnthony McGill
3 EnglandJudd TrumpBarry Hawkins
4 China ADing JunhuiLiang Wenbo
5 Hong KongMarco FuAu Chi-wai
6 AustraliaNeil RobertsonKurt Dunham
7 Northern IrelandMark AllenJoe Swail
8 WalesMark WilliamsRyan Day
 IrelandFergal O'BrienKen Doherty
 NorwayKurt MaflinChristopher Watts
 ThailandThepchaiya Un-NoohNoppon Saengkham
 BelgiumLuca BrecelJeff Jacobs
 IndiaAditya MehtaBrijesh Damani
 BrazilIgor FigueiredoItaro Santos
 MaltaAlex BorgDuncan Bezzina
 IranHossein VafaeiSoheil Vahedi
 MalaysiaThor Chuan LeongMoh Keen Hoo
 GermanyLukas KleckersSimon Lichtenberg
 PakistanHamza AkbarShahram Changezi
 CyprusMichael GeorgiouAntonis Poullos
  SwitzerlandAlexander UrsenbacherDarren Paris
 EgyptHatem YassenBasem Eltahhan
 IsraelEden SharavShachar Ruberg
 FinlandRobin HullHeikki Niva

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Prize fund

  • 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

Format

The 2017 World Cup used the same format as that used in 2015. There were 24 national teams, with two players competing for each side, and the initial round divided the entrants into four groups of six. During the Group Stage, every national team played a best-of-five frame match against each of the other sides in their pool. All matches consisted of five frames, two singles, a doubles frame, and two reverse singles. 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, 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 positions 3 to 6 would remain tied and share the prize money for those positions.

During the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and championship final, the eight qualifying team were paired off in a head-to-head knockout. The format for these matches was a best-of-seven frame competition with the contest coming to an end as soon as one team had won four frames. These encounters were scheduled as two singles, a doubles frame, two reverse singles, another doubles frame, and a winner-take-all singles if necessary.

Group stage

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Group A

Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
3 July 2017  China B 4–1  Finland  Wales 5–0  Norway  Malaysia 0–5  Brazil
4 July 2017  China B 3–2  Norway  Wales 3–2  Malaysia  Finland 2–3  Brazil
5 July 2017  China B 4–1  Brazil  Wales 5–0  Finland  Norway 2–3  Malaysia
6 July 2017  China B 1–4  Wales  Norway 2–3  Brazil  Finland 2–3  Malaysia
7 July 2017  China B 3–2  Malaysia  Wales 2–3  Brazil  Norway 2–3  Finland
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1 8 Wales5251961319
2 1 China B5251510515
3  Brazil5251510515
4  Malaysia5251015−510
5  Finland525817−98
6  Norway525817−98

China B finished above Brazil because they won the match between the two teams.

Group B

Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
3 July 2017  China A 5–0  Ireland  Hong Kong 4–1  Germany  Belgium 4–1  Egypt
4 July 2017  China A 3–2  Germany  Hong Kong 1–4  Belgium  Ireland 3–2  Egypt
5 July 2017  China A 4–1  Egypt  Hong Kong 4–1  Ireland  Germany 1–4  Belgium
6 July 2017  China A 2–3  Belgium  Hong Kong 4–1  Egypt  Germany 2–3  Ireland
7 July 2017  China A 3–2  Hong Kong  Germany 4–1  Egypt  Ireland 3–2  Belgium
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1  Belgium525178917
2 4 China A525178917
3 5 Hong Kong5251510515
4  Ireland5251015−510
5  Germany5251015−510
6  Egypt525619−136

Belgium finished above China A because they won the match between the two teams.

Group C

Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
3 July 2017  England 5–0   Switzerland  Australia 2–3  Malta  Pakistan 2–3  Iran
4 July 2017  England 4–1  Malta  Australia 4–1  Pakistan   Switzerland 2–3  Iran
5 July 2017  England 4–1  Iran  Australia 4–1   Switzerland  Malta 3–2  Pakistan
6 July 2017  England 5–0  Pakistan  Australia 1–4  Iran  Malta 1–4   Switzerland
7 July 2017  England 4–1  Australia  Malta 0–5  Iran   Switzerland 2–3  Pakistan
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1 3 England5252231922
2  Iran525169716
3 6 Australia5251213−112
4   Switzerland525916−79
5  Malta525817−98
6  Pakistan525817−98

Group D

Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 Team 1 Score Team 2
3 July 2017  Scotland 2–3  Thailand  Northern Ireland 4–1  Cyprus  India 2–3  Israel
4 July 2017  Scotland 3–2  Cyprus  Northern Ireland 3–2  India  Thailand 3–2  Israel
5 July 2017  Scotland 4–1  Israel  Northern Ireland 3–2  Thailand  Cyprus 1–4  India
6 July 2017  Scotland 2–3  Northern Ireland  Thailand 5–0  India  Cyprus 0–5  Israel
7 July 2017  Scotland 3–2  India  Northern Ireland 3–2  Israel  Cyprus 0–5  Thailand
Place Seed Team Games Frames Frames won Frames lost Difference Points
1  Thailand5251871118
2 7 Northern Ireland525169716
3 2 Scotland5251411314
4  Israel5251312113
5  India5251015−510
6  Cyprus525421−174

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
(8 July 2017) 		Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
(9 July 2017) 		Final
Best of 7 frames
(9 July 2017)
         
A1  Wales 1
B2  China A 4
B2  China A 4
D1  Thailand 2
D1  Thailand 4
C2  Iran 1
B2  China A 4
C1  England 3
B1  Belgium 3
A2  China B 4
A2  China B 3
C1  England 4
C1  England 4
D2  Northern Ireland 3

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler.
Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 9 July 2017.
Ding Junhui
Liang Wenbo
 China A		 4–3 Judd Trump
Barry Hawkins
 England
47–70, 76–21 (68), 22–67 (57), 0–72, 70–18 (69), 60–37, 88–4 (59)
69 Highest break 57
0 Century breaks 0
3 50+ breaks 1

Century breaks

There were 14 century breaks made in the tournament.

References

  1. ↑ World Cup draw and format
  2. ↑ "Plan Comes Together China's A-team". 9 July 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "2017 World Cup Teams". 12 June 2017.
  4. ↑ World Cup Group Tables
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