2000 Nations Cup (snooker)

The 2000 Nations Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker team tournament that took place at Telewest Arena in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from 15 to 23 January 2000.^[1] It was the second edition of the Nations Cup. The competition was contested by five nations of four players each. The England team of Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Parrott, Stephen Lee and Jimmy White won the title with a 6–4 victory in the final over the Wales Team of Darren Morgan, Mark Williams, Matthew Stevens and Dominic Dale.

2000 Nations Cup

Tournament information
Dates	15–23 January 2000 (2000-01-15 – 2000-01-23)
Venue	Telewest Arena
City	Newcastle upon Tyne
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Highest break	John Higgins (147)
Final
Champion	England Ronnie O'Sullivan John Parrott Stephen Lee Jimmy White
Runner-up	Wales Darren Morgan Mark Williams Matthew Stevens Dominic Dale
Score	6–4
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John Higgins compiled the 35th official maximum break in his round-robin match against Dennis Taylor.^[2]

Participants

Below is a list of participating teams and players.

Country	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
England	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Parrott	Stephen Lee	Jimmy White
Northern Ireland	Joe Swail	Terry Murphy	Gerard Greene	Dennis Taylor
Republic of Ireland	Ken Doherty	Fergal O'Brien	Michael Judge	Stephen O'Connor
Scotland	Stephen Hendry	John Higgins	Alan McManus	Chris Small
Wales	Darren Morgan	Dominic Dale	Mark Williams	Matthew Stevens

Round robin

Teams in bold indicate match winners.

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team
Scotland	5–5	Wales
England	7–3	Northern Ireland
Ireland	8–2	Northern Ireland
England	6–4	Scotland
Wales	8–2	Northern Ireland
England	8–2	Ireland
Scotland	6–4	Northern Ireland
Wales	6–4	Ireland
Ireland	9–1	Scotland
Wales	7–3	England

Final

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Final: Best of 11 frames. Telewest Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 23 January 2000.
Ronnie O'Sullivan John Parrott Stephen Lee Jimmy White  England	6–4	Mark Williams Darren Morgan Dominic Dale Matthew Stevens  Wales
O'Sullivan beat Dale (1–0) O'Sullivan beat Stevens (2–0) O'Sullivan beat Williams (3–0) Lee beat Morgan (4–0) Lee lost to Stevens (4–1) Lee lost to Williams (4–2) White beat Williams (5–2) White lost to Dale (5–3) Parrott lost to Stevens (5–4) Parrott beat Morgan (6–4)