2015_General_Cup

2015 General Cup

2015 General Cup

Snooker tournament

The 2015 General Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 21 November 2015 at the General Snooker Club in Hong Kong.[1][2]

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Ali Carter was the defending champion but he withdrew from the tournament. Kyren Wilson withdrew as well and they were replaced by Michael Holt and Mark Davis.

Zhang Anda won the General Cup Qualifying Event. Anda beat Cao Yupeng 5–4 in the final. This was an invitational event with the winner receiving the final place in the General Cup.

Marco Fu beat Mark Williams 7–3 in the final, making 3 centuries while doing so.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Winner: $120,000
  • Runner-up: $60,000
  • Semi-final: $40,000
  • Third in group: $25,000
  • Fourth in group: $20,000
  • Per century break: $2,000
  • Highest break: $20,000

Round robin stage

The top two players from both groups will qualify for the knock-out stage. All group matches being held between 16 and 19 November 2015 and is the best of 7 frames.

Group A

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Group B

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Knock-out stage

Semi-finals (Best of 11 frames)
20 November 		Final (Best of 13 frames)
21 November
      
Wales Michael White 1
Wales Mark Williams 6
Wales Mark Williams 3
Hong Kong Marco Fu 7
Hong Kong Marco Fu 6
China Zhang Anda 3
Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: Stanley Cheung.
General Snooker Club, Hong Kong, 21 November 2015.
Mark Williams
 Wales		 3–7 Marco Fu
 Hong Kong
3–60, 55–74, 102–17 (72), 0–140 (136), 8–119 (119), 23–77, 86–0 (62), 62–63, 88–25 (82), 0–124 (124)
82 Highest break 136
0 Century breaks 3
3 50+ breaks 3

Century breaks

Notes

    References

    1. [1]
      "Calendar 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
    2. [2]
      "General Cup". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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