1992 King's Cup (snooker)

King's Cup December 1992 Bangkok Thailand Non-ranking event £2,500 Nigel Bond ENG James Wattana THA 8–7 1990 1993 The 1992 King's Cup was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament held in Bangkok in December 1992. Nigel Bond won the tournament by defeating James Wattana 8–7 in the final.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19921221/318/0022 Snooker - Kings Cup Tournament 21 December 1992 Irish Independent 22Bond finishes with century Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency February 1993 4King Nigel of Thailand Derby Daily Telegraph 21 December 1992 32 Sixteen players, a mixture of amateurs and professionals, were invited to compete. Four players were exempted to the quarter-final stage, where they each faced the winner of a qualifying group. In the final, Wattana took a 2–0 lead; Bond moved ahead for the first time at 5–4. Wattana was a frame from victory at 7–6, but Bond took the 14th frame and then recorded a break of 106 in the deciding frame to secure the title.Smith Terry O'Sullivan beaten as Swail reaches final The Daily Telegraph 21 December 1992 32 Going into the tournament, Bond had been on a poor run of form.Bond seeks form boost Derby Daily Telegraph 8 December 1992 36 After winning the championship, Bond commented that the tournament was "a nice break from the main [snooker] circuit and the pressure...It was just the tonic I needed". He received £2,500 prize money. Main draw Players in bold denote match winners.Hayton Eric Dee John 2004 The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History Rose Villa Publications Lowestoft 978-0-9548549-0-4 163 Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalsBest of 15 frames 190 Nigel Bond ENG 5 Rom Surin THA 1 Sammy Chong MAS 5 Chris Carter AUS 4 Yasin Merchant IND 5 Tai Pichit THA 1 James Wattana THA 5 Anurat Vongchan THA 4 Nigel Bond ENG 6 Sammy Chong MAS 2 Yasin Merchant IND 2 James Wattana THA 6 Nigel Bond ENG 8 James Wattana THA 7 References Category:King's Cup (snooker) Category:1992 in snooker King's Cup Category:1990s in sport in Bangkok King's Cup