King's Cup (snooker) explained

Tournament Name:King's Cup
Location:Bangkok
Country:Thailand
Establishment:1990
Organisation:WPBSA
Format:Invitational event
Final Year:1994

The King's Cup was a series of invitational snooker tournaments staged in Bangkok, Thailand between 1990 and 1994, and was an event made for television in Thailand and held in the studios of their Channel 9 station just before Christmas. The tournament invited sixteen players, with a majority being Asian, and divided them into four groups of three. Four players were exempted until the quarter-finals, at which point they joined the group winners.[1]

Winners

YearWinnerRunner-upFinal scoreSeason
1990 Joe Swail James Wattana8–4 [2] 1990/91
1992 Nigel Bond James Wattana8–7 [3] 1992/93
1993 James Wattana Darren Morgan8–3 [4] 1993/94
1994 Billy Snaddon Noppadon Noppachorn8–4 [5] 1994/95

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160441/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc3.html#KingsCup. dead. 16 February 2012. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 21 December 2019.
  2. News: The Daily Telegraph. London . Round-up: Snooker . 15 December 1990 . 31.
  3. News: Snooker - Kings Cup Tournament. 21 December 1992. Irish Independent. 22.
  4. News: Wattana gunning for White. 3 February 1994. Evening Herald (Dublin). 62.
  5. News: King's reward for Super Snaddon. 23 December 1994. Aberdeen Evening Express. 22.