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The Snooker World Cup was a invitational snooker tournament (created by Mike Watterson, who also organised the UK Championship
UK Championship (snooker)

The UK Championship is a professional snooker tournament, the second biggest tournament after the World Snooker Championship. The 2007 UK Championship was held at the Telford International Centre, having previously been held at the York Barbican Centre....
 and who brought the World Snooker Championship
World Snooker Championship

The World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and Snooker world rankings....
 to the Crucible
Crucible Theatre

The Crucible Theatre is a theatre built in 1971 and located in the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. As well as theatre performances, it is home to the most important event in professional snooker, the World Snooker Championship....
). 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
Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. The largest annual international team competition in sports, the Davis Cup is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format....
 in tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
). Steve Davis
Steve Davis

Steve Davis, Order of the British Empire, is an England professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Snooker Championship during the 1980s....
 has won the World Cup more times than any other player, with 4 titles for England
England

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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.






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The Snooker World Cup was a invitational snooker tournament (created by Mike Watterson, who also organised the UK Championship
UK Championship (snooker)

The UK Championship is a professional snooker tournament, the second biggest tournament after the World Snooker Championship. The 2007 UK Championship was held at the Telford International Centre, having previously been held at the York Barbican Centre....
 and who brought the World Snooker Championship
World Snooker Championship

The World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and Snooker world rankings....
 to the Crucible
Crucible Theatre

The Crucible Theatre is a theatre built in 1971 and located in the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. As well as theatre performances, it is home to the most important event in professional snooker, the World Snooker Championship....
). 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
Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. The largest annual international team competition in sports, the Davis Cup is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format....
 in tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
). Steve Davis
Steve Davis

Steve Davis, Order of the British Empire, is an England professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Snooker Championship during the 1980s....
 has won the World Cup more times than any other player, with 4 titles for England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
.

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
Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event....
 rather than a round robin
Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of tournament#Group tournaments in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times....
 as it had been previously. It was renamed the World Cup in the late 1980s.

After State Express's parent company British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco Plc is a leading global tobacco company. It is based in London, United Kingdom and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index....
 pulled out of all sport sponsorships in the UK in 1984, the event had various different sponsors, including Guinness
Guinness

Guinness is a popular dry stout that originated in Arthur Guinness' first brewery in Leixlip, County Kildare but it then moved to its present home at St....
, 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
Castrol

Castrol is a brand of Industry and automotive lubricants which is applied to a large range of oils, Grease s and similar products for most lubrication applications....
 (BP
BP

BP plc , is the third largest global energy corporation, a multinational corporation oil company with headquarters in London. The company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" ....
) and Honda
Honda

is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan.The company manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, scooter , robots, jet aircrafts and jet engines, all-terrain vehicle, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies....
.

Venues


1979 Haden Hill
Haden hill

The grounds of Haden Hill House, known as Haden Hill Park are situated at Haden Hill, near Halesowen in the heart of the West Midlands , England....
 LC, Birmingham, West Midlands

1980 New London Theatre
New London Theatre

The New London Theatre is a West End theatre located on the corners of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....


1981–83 Hexagon Theatre
The Hexagon

The Hexagon is a multi-purpose arts venue and theatre in central Reading, Berkshire, England. It is so named because it is in the shape of a hexagon....
, Reading, Berkshire
Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between London and Swindon off the M4 motorway....


1985–90 Bournemouth International Centre
Bournemouth International Centre

The Bournemouth International Centre is one of the leading venues for conferences, exhibitions, entertainment and events in Southern England. Owned and managed by Bournemouth Borough Council, the BIC operates alongside its sister venue, The Pavilion Theatre to provide the event organiser and leisure visitor with some of the best facilities...
, Bournemouth, Dorset

1996 Bangkok
Bangkok

The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
, Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....


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