The World Cup is an invitational team snooker tournament created by Mike Watterson.

It was held at the Haden Hill Leisure Centre, Birmingham, with six teams participating: England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, Australia and Rest of the World.

[1] The event was renamed to the World Team Classic in 1981 and moved to the Hexagon Theatre in Reading.

[1] The event was briefly revived for 1996 and it was held at the Amari Watergate Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

[1] On 22 March 2011 it was revealed that the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association planned to revive the event with the sponsorship of PTT and EGAT.