China have won the 2011 PTT-EGAT Snooker World Cup after they defeated Northern Ireland in a thrilling final. The Chinese duo of Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo completed a 4-2 victory over the Irish pair of Mark Allen and Gerard Greene at the Bangkok Convention Centre. This is the first time China have ever won the title and Ding was delighted with his side’s achievement. “When the last World Cup was held (in 1996) I was nine and had only just picked up my first cue a few months before,...

China turned in their most impressive performance of the PTT-EGAT Snooker World Cup 2011 at the Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld and stunned hot favourites Wales 4-1 to enter the final of the 700,000 US dollar tournament on Sunday afternoon. China were to clash with Northern Ireland in the title showdown later Sunday night. Northern Ireland succeeded in taming a spirited Hong Kong 4-3 who, considering the fact that they had an amateur in their line-up, should be pleased with th...

England crashed out of the PTT-EGAT Snooker World Cup as they slumped to a surprise quarter-final defeat against Hong Kong. The English side of Mark Selby and Ali Carter, ranked third and sixth in the world, were favourites to beat a Hong Kong pairing that included amateur Fung Kwok Wai and world number 23 Marco Fu. But the Asian team recorded a 4-3 victory on day six at the Bangkok Convention Centre in Thailand. "They were just lucky at the end of the day," said a furious Carter. ...

Northern Ireland had declared themselves to be the "dark horses" of the PTT-EGAT Snooker World Cup 2011 and they lived up to their words by delivering the biggest knockout blow of the event by eliminating hot favourites Scotland 4-3 in the quarter-finals on Saturday. There weren't many at the venue - the impressive Bangkok Convention Centre at the CentralWorld - who had fancied a Northern Irish victory over the highly-fancied Scottish duo of former world champion John Higgins and Stephen M...

England maintained their undefeated record at the PTT-EGAT Snooker World Cup to march into the quarter-finals – and avoid a Saturday showdown with Scotland. The English team of Mark Selby and Ali Carter remain on course for the $200,000 top prize after beating Northern Ireland 3-2 in the group decider. A defeat would have left them facing the feared Scottish duo of reigning World Champion John Higgins and world number eight Stephen Maguire. “We didn’t want to play Scotland in the qua...