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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. 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.

John Higgins compiled the 35th official maximum break in his round-robin match against Dennis Taylor.

Participants

Below is a list of participating teams and players.

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

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 O'Sullivan beat Stevens O'Sullivan beat Williams Lee beat Morgan Lee lost to Stevens Lee lost to Williams White beat Williams White lost to Dale Parrott lost to Stevens Parrott beat Morgan

References

1. "Snooker. The Opening Match". The Observer Newspaper. 16 January 2000.
2. "Snooker". The Guardian Newspaper. 25 January 2000.

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