1996 World Cup (snooker)
The 1996 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament which returned after a six-year absence. With the increasing rise of snooker in some countries, This new version has 20 teams in the championship and it was played in Bangkok in Thailand. Scotland's 'Dream Team' with Stephen Hendry, Alan McManus and John Higgins were strong favourites to win from the start and they did so by beating Republic of Ireland with Ken Doherty, Fergal O'Brien and Stephen Murphy to win their only World Cup. Higgins got the highest break of the tournament with a 139 in his semi-final match against Thailand's Tai Pichit. The tournament was a success but hosting the event had become too costly that the event was withdrawn afterward.
Main draw
Teams
| Country | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | Alan McManus | John Higgins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Nigel Bond | ||||||||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan | Mark Williams | Anthony Davies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor | Joe Swail | Terry Murphy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty | Fergal O'Brien | Stephen Murphy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | Alain Robidoux | Jim Wych | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Drago | Alex Borg | Joe Grech | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Wattana | Noppadon Noppachorn | Tai Pichit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robby Foldvari | Quinten Hann | Stan Gorski | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shokat Ali | Farhan Mirza | Saleh Mohammad | ||||||||||||||||||
| Silvino Francisco | Hitesh Naran | Munier Cassim | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dene O'Kane | Mark Canovan | Daniel Haenga | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bjorn Haneveer | Mario Geudens | Patrick Delsemme | ||||||||||||||||||
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