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was a professional non-

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tournament that took place from 11 to 17 July 2011 at the Bangkok Convention Centre in

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. It was the 13th edition of the event, and it was televised live by

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. The tournament was last held

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in Thailand, where

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consisting of

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and

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defeated

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, represented by

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and

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, 10–7 in the final.

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and

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won the first title for

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by defeating

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, represented by

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and

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, 4–2 in the final.

Prize fund

*Winner: $200,000 *Runner-Up: $100,000 *Semi-final: $60,000 *Quarter-final: $30,000 *Third in group: $15,000 *Fourth in group: $12,500 *Fifth in group: $7,500 *Highest break, round robin stage: $5,000 *Highest break, knock-out stage: $15,000 *Total: $700,000

Format

Twenty teams of two players each participated in the tournament. The top eight nations were seeded. As the host nation, Thailand was represented by two teams. The teams were drawn into four groups of five. The top two teams in each group have gone through to the quarter-finals. Each match included singles and doubles frames.

Round robin stage

Each match consisted of five frames and all frames were played. Each player played one frame against each player in the other team plus one doubles frame. Frames were played in following order: #Singles (Player 1 vs. Player 1) #Singles (Player 2 vs. Player 2) #Doubles (alternate visits) #Reverse singles (Player 1 vs. Player 2) #Reverse singles (Player 2 vs. Player 1) One point was awarded in the group for every frame won. If two teams were tied on the same number of points following the group stage then the winner of the match between those two teams was ranked higher in the group. Players were not permitted to play consecutive frames in singles matches.

Knock-out stage

Matches were played over the best of 7 frames with a singles frame to determine winner if match was tied at 3 frames each. Players were not permitted to play consecutive frames in singles matches. Frames were played in following order: #Singles (Player 1 vs. Player 1) #Singles (Player 2 vs. Player 2) #Doubles (alternate visits) #Reverse singles (Player 1 vs. Player 2) #Reverse singles (Player 2 vs. Player 1) #Doubles (alternate visits) #Singles (players nominated by captain).

Teams and seeding

Round robin stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

Final

Century breaks

There were 12

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s in the tournament. * B – 139

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* – 128, 108

, 109

, – 110 (

) Doubles Frame alternate shots * – 125

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* – 120

* – 111

, 101

* – 102

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* – 100

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* – 100

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 World Cup (Snooker) World Cup (snooker)

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