General Cup

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General Cup
2014 General Cup logo.png
Tournament information
Venue General Snooker Club
Country Hong Kong
Established 2004
Format Non-ranking event
Current champion(s) Hong Kong Marco Fu

The General Cup is a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held at the General Snooker Club in Hong Kong. Established in 2004 under the "General Cup International" name, the tournament was contested only intermittently, with the most recent event held in 2014. 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 reigning champion is Marco Fu.

Winners

Year Winner Runner-up Final score Season
General Cup International
2004[1] Thailand Issara Kachaiwong Wales Dominic Dale 6–3 2004/05
2009[2] England Ricky Walden China Liang Wenbo 6–2 2009/10
2011[2] England Stephen Lee England Ricky Walden 7–6 2011/12
General Cup
2012[3] Australia Neil Robertson England Ricky Walden 7–6 2012/13
2013[4] England Mark Davis Australia Neil Robertson 7–2 2013/14
2014[5] England Ali Carter England Shaun Murphy 7–6 2014/15
2015 Hong Kong Marco Fu Wales Mark Williams 7–3 2015/16

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