2017 Snooker World Cup has started today. The competition is hosted by World Snooker Association, China Billiards Association, Small Ball Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China, Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau , Wuxi Municipal People's Government, hosted by Jiangsu Provincial Social Sports Management Center and Wuxi Municipal Sports Bureau, and co-organized by Wuxi Sports Industry Development Group Co., Ltd. At present, the twenty-four princes have gathered in Wuxi. Although the Chinese team can send two teams to fight, it is hard to say whether they can continue to keep the championship trophy in China.
This event will continue the 2015 World Cup system. As the host, China will have two representative teams participating. Each team consists of two players. The participating players are selected based on the world rankings after the end of the World Snooker World Championships in the previous season. The total prize money of the event is 800,000 US dollars. The champion team will receive a prize of 200,000 US dollars. There will be 48 highest-level snooker players who represent various countries to gather in Tin City to compete for the world championship. At that time, snooker fans across the country and even the world will have the opportunity to enjoy the feast of many top snooker players competing on the same stage.
The World Cup is divided into two stages: group round-robin and knockout stage. 24 teams are divided into 4 groups to play round-robin first. The two teams with the highest points in each group are qualified. There are 5 games in the group stage; 6 games are required in the knockout stage. If both sides draw, they will decide who will eventually advance in one extra game.
group matches are specifically allocated to: each player plays one game with each opponent, and is played in the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th innings respectively. The third game is in doubles form, and each player of each team takes turns to hit the ball, that is, 1 player of this team - 1 player of this team - 2 players of this team - 2 players of this team - 2 players of this team, and 2 players of this team, and they take turns to hit.
The points rule for the group round-robin round-robin round is to score 1 point per game, and the number of winners and loses is not counted. After the round-robin round-robin round, the two teams with the most winning games will advance to the knockout round. If the two teams have the same points, the team will compare the team's winning or losing relationship in the game; if more than two teams have the same points, the sudden death method for the blue ball will be directly used to compete for the blue ball by throwing a coin to decide which team will start hitting the blue ball first.
This means that playing against a weak team is 5-0, which may be much more affordable than winning a strong team is 3-2. In the knockout stage, there are two doubles matches, which tests the sense of cooperation between the two.
This game system that is different from the normal snooker tour makes it difficult for a strong team to be upset.
At the 2015 World Cup, the Chinese B team formed by 17-year-old Zhou Yuelong and 15-year-old Yan Bingtao defeated all the strong enemies in one fell swoop and won the championship in an upset. However, the powerful England team composed of world number one Selby and new World Championship champion Bingham failed in the group stage. The Scottish team composed of Higgins and Maguire only qualified as the second in the group, but in the quarterfinals, they defeated the Chinese A team composed of Ding Junhui and Xiao Guodong with a score of 4-1. It can be said that hard strength alone is not enough to win the World Cup, and it also depends on on-site tactics and single-game performance.
In a just-concluded game, the Mainland Chinese B team composed of Zhou Yuelong and Yan Bingtao swept the Finnish team 4:1, winning the first round-robin match, with 4 points. At 19:30 tonight, the Mainland Chinese team composed of Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo will play against the Irish team, and the Hong Kong team composed of Fu Jiajun and Qu Zhiwei will play against the German team.
