World Cup 2017

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The Little Swan World Cup 2017 was a snooker team competition as part of the Main Tour of the 2017/18 season. The invitation tournament was held from 3 to 9 July and took place for the second time in Wuxi in China after one year without a tournament in 2015.

Defending champion was China, which won in the last tournament with the second team with Zhou Yuelong and Yan Bingtao. They competed again in this line-up and reached the semi-finals. The winner was again China, but this time with the first team with Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo, who defeated the top-seeded Englishmen Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins in the final with 4:3.

Prize money

Teams and betting list
Procedure and rules corresponded to those of two years ago, again 24 teams were at the start. Cyprus, Switzerland, Egypt, Israel and Finland were new teams this year, but the countries participating in 2015 Austria, Poland, Singapore, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were not represented this time.

Group phase
The games of the group stage were played from the 3rd to the 7th. July 2017. The number of frames won in all encounters decided on the placement. For point equality, the direct comparison was the decisive factor.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round
The finals were played on 8 July (quarter final) and 9 July (semi-finals and final).

Final

Century breaks

Sources

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Snooker Event 2017
Billiard tournament in Wuxi