General Cup

{{Short description|Defunct snooker tournament, held sporadically from 2004–2015}}

{{Infobox Snooker tournament

|tournament_name = General Cup

|image = File:2014 General Cup logo.png

|venue = General Snooker Club

|country = Hong Kong

|establishment = 2004

|organisation = General Snooker Club

|format = Non-ranking event

|prizefund =

|final year = 2015

|Current Champion =

|Final Champion = {{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu

}}

The General Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which was held sporadically from 2004 until 2015 at the General Snooker Club in Hong Kong.

History

Established in 2004 under the "General Cup International" name, the tournament was contested only intermittently, with the last event held in 2015. The field comprised mostly professional players and several top Far Eastern amateurs, except in 2013 only professionals were invited.

In 2014, there were eight professionals and a wildcard player. In the early rounds, the field of competition is divided into groups with the players in each group playing each other in a round-robin format, followed by knock-out stages. The final champion is Marco Fu.

Winners

class="wikitable" style="margin: auto"
style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" \| Year ! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" \| Winner ! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" \| Runner-up ! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" \| Final score ! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" \| Season
colspan=5 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" \| General Cup
2004{{cite web\|url=http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res04_5/04GeneralCup.htm \|title=2004 General Cup International\|publisher=Global Snooker\|accessdate=15 November 2012\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070819115116/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res04_5/04GeneralCup.htm\| archivedate= 19 August 2007}} \| {{flagicon\|THA}} Issara Kachaiwong \| {{flagicon\|WAL}} Dominic Dale \| style="text-align: center" \| 6–3 \| 2004/05
2009{{cite web\|last=Turner\|first=Chris\|title=General Cup International\|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#General_Cup\|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive\|accessdate=15 November 2012\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110724175359/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html\| archivedate= 24 July 2011 \| url-status= live}} \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} Ricky Walden \| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Liang Wenbo \| style="text-align: center" \| 6–2 \| 2009/10
2011 \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} Stephen Lee \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} Ricky Walden \| style="text-align: center" \| 7–6 \| 2011/12
2012{{cite web\|title=General Cup (2012)\|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=319\|publisher=Snooker.org\|accessdate=18 September 2013}} \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Neil Robertson \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} Ricky Walden \| style="text-align: center" \| 7–6 \| 2012/13
2013{{cite web\|title=General Cup (2013)\|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=313\|publisher=Snooker.org\|accessdate=3 September 2013}} \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} Mark Davis \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Neil Robertson \| style="text-align: center" \| 7–2 \| 2013/14
2014{{cite web\|title=General Cup (2014)\|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=383\|publisher=Snooker.org\|accessdate=29 September 2014}} \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} Ali Carter \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} Shaun Murphy \| style="text-align: center" \| 7–6 \| 2014/15
2015{{cite web\|title=General Cup (2015)\|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=504\|publisher=Snooker.org\|accessdate=22 November 2015}} \| {{flagicon\|HKG}} Marco Fu \| {{flagicon\|WAL}} Mark Williams \| style="text-align: center" \| 7–3 \| 2015/16

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style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Year

! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Winner

! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Runner-up

! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Final score

! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Season

colspan=5 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | General Cup

2004{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res04_5/04GeneralCup.htm |title=2004 General Cup International|publisher=Global Snooker|accessdate=15 November 2012| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070819115116/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res04_5/04GeneralCup.htm| archivedate= 19 August 2007}}

| {{flagicon|THA}} Issara Kachaiwong

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale

| style="text-align: center" | 6–3

| 2004/05

2009{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=General Cup International|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#General_Cup|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=15 November 2012| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110724175359/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html| archivedate= 24 July 2011 | url-status= live}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo

| style="text-align: center" | 6–2

| 2009/10

2011

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stephen Lee

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden

| style="text-align: center" | 7–6

| 2011/12

2012{{cite web|title=General Cup (2012)|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=319|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=18 September 2013}}

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden