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.

[1][2][3] Darren Morgan was later replaced by Mark Bennett after the death of his mother.

The two best teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.