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1999 Champions Cup
Tournament information
Dates	28 August – 5 September 1999
Venue	Fairfield Halls
City	Croydon
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£175,000
Final
Champion	Stephen Hendry
Runner-up	Mark Williams
Score	7–5
	← 1999 2000 →

The 1999 Liverpool Victoria Champions Cup was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place from August to September 1999 in Croydon, England. It featured players who had won tournaments the previous season.^[1]

Stephen Hendry won the event, beating Mark Williams 7–5 in the final,^[2] netting the £175,000 prize fund. Only the champion won any prize money, as part of a "winner takes all" format.^[3]

Group stage edit

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Group A edit

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4	3	13	7	+6	3
2	John Higgins	4	3	12	12	0	3
3	Fergal O'Brien	4	2	12	12	0	2
4	Jimmy White	4	1	11	12	−1	1
5	John Parrott	4	1	8	13	−5	1

Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–0 John Higgins
Jimmy White 4–0 John Parrott
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–1 Fergal O'Brien
John Higgins 4–2 Jimmy White
John Parrott 4–1 Ronnie O'Sullivan
John Higgins 4–3 Fergal O'Brien
John Higgins 4–3 John Parrott
Fergal O'Brien 4–3 Jimmy White
Fergal O'Brien 4–1 John Parrott
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Jimmy White

Group B edit

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Stephen Hendry	4	3	14	9	+5	3
2	Mark Williams	4	2	12	9	+3	2
3	Steve Davis	4	2	11	12	−1	2
4	Ken Doherty	4	2	10	12	−2	2
5	Stephen Lee	4	1	9	13	−4	1

Knockout stage edit

Semi-finals Best of 9 frames		Final Best of 13 frames

Stephen Hendry	5

John Higgins	2
		Stephen Hendry	7

		Mark Williams	5
Ronnie O'Sullivan	4

Mark Williams	5

References edit

^ "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 176.
^ ^a ^b "Liverpool Victoria Champions Cup 1999". snooker.org. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[1] "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[Cuesport-2] Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 176.

[snooker.org-3] "Liverpool Victoria Champions Cup 1999". snooker.org. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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Tournament information
Dates	28 August – 5 September 1999 (1999-08-28 – 1999-09-05)
Venue	Fairfield Halls
City	Croydon
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£175,000
Final
Champion	Stephen Hendry
Runner-up	Mark Williams
Score	7–5
← 1999 2000 →

Summary

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Group B edit

Knockout stage edit

References edit