2000 Nations Cup (snooker)

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2000 Nations Cup
Tournament information
Dates15–23 January 2000 (2000-01-15 – 2000-01-23)
VenueTelewest Arena
CityNewcastle upon Tyne
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest breakJohn Higgins (147)
Final
ChampionEngland
Runner-upWales
Score6–4
1999
2001

The 2000 Nations Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker team tournament that took place at Telewest Arena in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from 15 to 23 January 2000.[1] It was the second edition of the Nations Cup. The competition was contested by five nations of four players each. The England team of Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Parrott, Stephen Lee and Jimmy White won the title with a 6–4 victory in the final over the Wales Team of Darren Morgan, Mark Williams, Matthew Stevens and Dominic Dale.

John Higgins compiled the 35th official maximum break in his round-robin match against Dennis Taylor.

Participants[edit]

Below is a list of participating teams and players.

Country Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
England Ronnie O'Sullivan John Parrott Stephen Lee Jimmy White
Northern Ireland Joe Swail Terry Murphy Gerard Greene Dennis Taylor
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty Fergal O'Brien Michael Judge Stephen O'Connor
Scotland Stephen Hendry John Higgins Alan McManus Chris Small
Wales Darren Morgan Dominic Dale Mark Williams Matthew Stevens

Round robin[edit]

Teams in bold indicate match winners.

Winning Team Score Losing Team
 Scotland 5–5  Wales
 England 7–3  Northern Ireland
 Ireland 8–2  Northern Ireland
 England 6–4  Scotland
 Wales 8–2  Northern Ireland
 England 8–2  Ireland
 Scotland 6–4  Northern Ireland
 Wales 6–4  Ireland
 Ireland 9–1  Scotland
 Wales 7–3  England

Final[edit]

[2]

Final: Best of 11 frames.
Telewest Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 23 January 2000.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
John Parrott
Stephen Lee
Jimmy White
 England
6–4 Mark Williams
Darren Morgan
Dominic Dale
Matthew Stevens
 Wales
O'Sullivan beat Dale
O'Sullivan beat Stevens
O'Sullivan beat Williams
Lee beat Morgan
Lee lost to Stevens
Lee lost to Williams
White beat Williams
White lost to Dale
Parrott lost to Stevens
Parrott beat Morgan

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Snooker. The Opening Match". The Observer Newspaper. 16 January 2000.
  2. ^ "Snooker". The Guardian Newspaper. 25 January 2000.