1999 Nations Cup (snooker)

April 2022 1999 Nations Cup 1999 01 16 1999 01 24 y Telewest Arena Newcastle upon Tyne England WPBSA Non-ranking event £175,000 £17,500 (×3) Wales Darren Morgan Mark Williams Dominic Dale Matthew Stevens Scotland John Higgins Stephen Hendry Alan McManus Chris Small 6–4 First 2000 The 1999 Nations Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker team tournament that took place at Telewest Arena in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from 16 to 24 January 1999.Snooker: Finn fights back to win on black https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/snooker-finn-fights-back-to-win-on-black-1045560.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/snooker-finn-fights-back-to-win-on-black-1045560.html 1 May 2022 subscription The Independent 7 January 1999 8 November 2020 It was the first edition of the Nations Cup. The competition was contested by five nations of four players each.Everton Clive ITV return narrowly avoids fiasco Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 5–6 The Wales team of Darren Morgan, Mark Williams, Dominic Dale and Matthew Stevens won the title with a 6–4 victory in the final over the Scotland Team of John Higgins, Stephen Hendry, Alan McManus and Chris Small. Background The Nations Cup was created as a five-squad snooker tournament involving the Home Nations.Turner Chris World Cup, World Team Classic, Nations Cup http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/team.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120216154912/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/team.html 16 February 2012 3 April 2011 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive Each nation had a team of four players, consisting of the top three players from the country in the snooker world rankings, and a fourth wild card player selected by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association; for four of the teams, this was the fourth-highest ranked player, but for England, Jimmy White, who was the tenth-highest ranked English player in the Snooker world rankings 1998/1999 was selected. Tournament summary All teams played each other in a round-robin, with the top two teams qualifying for the finals. England were the pre-tournament bookmakers' favourites to win, but were defeated 3–8 by Scotland in the opening match, and also lost to Northern Ireland and Wales. Scotland won all four of their group matches, and qualified for the final. Wales, with three wins, were the other finalists. Stephen O'Connor of Northern Ireland was the only player not to win a frame during the group phase. Small and McManus, with ten wins from 13 matches each, had the best records from the round-robin. In the final, Scotland took a 2–0 lead after Higgins won an untidy opening frame against Stevens, and Hendry made a 90 break against Williams. Stevens then won Wales' first frame with a break of 78 against McManus, before Hendry and Small took a lengthy doubles frame against Morgan and Dale. Morgan defeated Small, making a break of 30, and then Stevens compiled a 101 break against Higgins to level the scores at 3–3. Small followed this with a 79 break to defeat, and then Williams put together a break of 74 as he and Stevens beat Higgins and McManus in a doubles frame, bringing the score to 4–4. McManus lost to Williams as Wales took the lead in the match for the first time at 5–4. Stevens had breaks of 41 and 46 in defeating Hendry, meaning Wales won the match 6–4. Small, with twelve wins from sixteen frames played, had the best record in the tournament.Haynes Frank Nightmare for our dream team The Daily Record Glasgow 25 January 1999 38 Television coverage of the final was interrupted with the score at 4–4 as ITV switched to coverage of the 1998–99 FA Cup match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Arsenal.Henderson Jon Sport: Beeb know the Final Score: Off Screen The Observer London 31 January 1999 The broadcast of the concluding two frames was limited to one shot from the ninth frame and the 46 break from the last frame, televised after the FA Cup match. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for the 1999 tournament is listed below. Each player received an equal share of prize money for how well their team fared. Winners: £17,500 each Runners-up: £10,000 each Others: £5,000 each Total: £175,000 Participants Below is a list of participating teams and players. Country Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (wild card) England John Parrott (Captain) Ronnie O'Sullivan Peter EbdonJimmy White Northern Ireland Joe SwailTerry Murphy snooker playerJason PrinceDennis Taylor Republic of Ireland Ken DohertyFergal O'BrienMichael JudgeStephen O'Connor snooker player Scotland John Higgins (Captain) Stephen HendryAlan McManusChris Small Wales Darren Morgan (Captain) Dominic DaleMark Williams snooker playerMatthew Stevens Round robin Teams in bold indicate match winners.Nations Cup 1999 http://www.snooker.org/Trn/latest_res.shtml#Nations snooker.org 8 November 2020 Winning team Score Losing team 8–3 8–3 6–5 8–3 6–5 6–5 9–2 7–4 7–4 9–2 Final Match winning players and scores are shown in bold. Breaks over 50 are shown in parentheses.Yates Phil Nations Cup Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency March 1999 Birmingham 6–9 Final: Best of 11 frames.Telewest Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 24 January 1999. Mark WilliamsDarren MorganDominic DaleMatthew Stevens 6–4 Stephen HendryAlan McManusJohn HigginsChris SmallStevens 6–66 HigginsWilliams 0–93 (90) HendryStevens (78) 78–6 McManusMorgan/Dale 20–62 Hendry/SmallMorgan 91–34 SmallWilliams (101) 101–22 HigginsDale 0–79 (79) SmallStevens/Williams (Williams 74) 75–20 Higgins/McManusWilliams 82–20 McManusStevens 88–1 Hendry References 30em 1999 Category:1999 in snooker Category:1999 in English sport Category:January 1999 sports events in the United Kingdom