Snooker - World Cup

A three-man team competition was first held in 1979, and ran through to 1990. It was revived six years later as a one-off and then, under the guise of the Nations Cup, for three seasons from 1999. In 2011 the concept was revived as a two-man contest. with a record 20 nations competing. It left the scene again for four years, was held in 2015 and has been staged biennially in Wuxi, China, since.
Venues: 1979: Haden Hill Leisure Centre, Birmingham, Eng; 1980: New London Theatre, London, Eng; 1981-83: Hexagon Theatre, Reading, Eng; 1985-90: International Centre, Bournemouth, Eng; 1996: Waterghate Hotel, Bangkok, Tha; 2015: Convention Centre, Bangkok, Tha; 2015 - Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, Chn


YEAR
WINNER
RUNNER-UP
1979
WAL (Reardon, Griffiths, Mountjoy)
Eng (F Davis, Spencer, Miles)
1980
WAL (Reardon, Griffiths, Mountjoy)
Can (Thorburn, Stevens, Werbeniuk)
1981
ENG (S Davis, Spencer, Taylor)
Wal (Reardon, Griffiths, Mountjoy)
1982
CAN (Thorburn, Stevens, Werbeniuk)
Eng (S Davis, Knowles, White)
1983
ENG (S Davis, Knowles, Meo)
Wal (Reardon, Griffiths, Mountjoy)
1985
IRE (Higgins, Taylor, Hughes)
Eng (S Davis, Knowles, Meo)
1986
IRE (Higgins, Taylor, Hughes)
Can (Thorburn, Stevens, Werbeniuk)
1987
IRE (Higgins, Taylor, Hughes)
Can (Thorburn, Stevens, Werbeniuk)
1988
ENG (S Davis, White, Foulds)
Aus (Charlton, Campbell, King)
1989
ENG (S Davis, White, Foulds)
RoW (S Francisco, O'Kane, Drago)
1990
CAN (Thorburn, Robidoux, Chaperon)
Nir (Higgins, Taylor, Murphy)
1991
Not held
-
1992 Not held -
1993 Not held -
1994 Not held -
1995 Not held -
1996
SCO (Henry, Higgins, McManus)
Rir (Doherty, O'Brien, Murphy)
1997
Not held
-
1998 Not held -
1999
WAL (Morgan, Williams, Stevens, Dale)
Sco (Hendry, Higgins, McManus, Small)
2000
ENG (Parrott, O'Sullivan, Lee, White)
Wal (Morgan, Williams, Stevens, Dale)
2001
SCO (Hendry, Higgins, McManus)
Rir (Doherty, O'Brien, Judge)
2002 Not held -
2003 Not held -
2004 Not held -
2005 Not held -
2006 Not held -
2007 Not held -
2008 Not held -
2009 Not held -
2010 Not held -
2011 CHN (Ding, Liang) Nir (Allen, Greene)
2012 Not held -
2013 Not held -
2014 Not held -
2015 CHN 2 (Yan, Zhou) Sco (Higgins, Maguire)
2016 Not held -
2017 CHN (Ding, Liang) Eng (Trump, Hawkins)
2018 Not held -
2019 SCO (Higgins, Maguire) Chn 2 (Liang, Zhou)

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