Tournament Name: | King's Cup |
Dates: | December 1992 |
Location: | Bangkok |
Country: | Thailand |
Format: | Non-ranking event |
Winners Share: | £2,500 |
Score: | 8–7 |
Previous: | 1990 |
Next: | 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.[1] [2] [3]
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.[2] Wattana was a from victory at 7–6, but Bond took the 14th frame and then recorded a of 106 in the to secure the title.[2] [4]
Going into the tournament, Bond had been on a poor run of form.[5] 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.[2]
Players in bold denote match winners.[6]