The 2015 Nongfu Spring World Cup was a professional non-

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tournament that took place from 15 to 21 June 2015 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in

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. It was the 14th edition of the event, and it was televised live by

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Teams and players

Prize fund

*Winner: $200,000 *Runner-Up: $100,000 *Semi-final: $60,000 *Quarter-final: $40,000 *Third in group: $22,500 *Fourth in group: $15,000 *Fifth in group: $10,000 *Sixth in group: $7,500 *Total: $800,000

Format

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and Fed Cup formats in professional tennis. All matches were scheduled to include two singles contests, a doubles encounter, and two reverse singles showdowns. The top two teams from each bracket advanced to the Knockout Stages. During the Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Championship Final, the remaining national sides were paired off a head-to-head knockout bracket. The format for these head-to-head matches was a sudden death best-of-seven competition, similar to professional sporting events like baseball's

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, with the contest coming to an end as soon as one team accumulated four individual victories. These encounters were scheduled as two singles showdowns, a doubles match, two reverse singles contests, another doubles encounter, and a winner-take-all singles showdown if necessary. The side that won the Final were named champions.

Group round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

Final

Century breaks

There were 10 century breaks in the tournament. * – 137 Pankaj Advani * B – 134, 100 Yan Bingtao * – 130, 108 Mark Williams * – 122 John Higgins * – 111 Neil Robertson * – 108 Dechawat Poomjaeng * – 105 Itaro Santos * – 105 Tony Drago

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2015 World Cup (Snooker) World Cup (snooker) World Cup World Cup Snooker competitions in China Sport in Wuxi June 2015 sports events in China