IBSF – ACBS World Team Championship 2018 a new US$ 60,000 annual event, which has been jointly announced by the IBSF and ACBS along with the Qatar Billiards & Snooker Federation (QBSF), as scheduled commenced with matches being played in four of the eight groups. 
 
The main upset at the inaugural edition of World Snooker Team Cup 2018 being held in Doha, Qatar was the Russian team – Ivan Kakovskii & Mikhail Terekhov defeating the reigning World Team champions Muhammad Asif & Babar Masih of Pakistan 3-1. 
 
The event will be organized every year by the QBSF in collaboration with the IBSF and ACBS. During 2018, it is being held in Doha, Qatar from 27th February to 2nd March.
On the first day, matches were played in four groups and the position stood as follows: 

 

Group-wise Table of World Team Cup Men 


 Group A

 
Country-team
Country
MP
MW
FW
FL
FD
1 Pakistan 1 2 1 4 3 1
2 Iraq 1 0 0 3 -3
3 Russia 1 1 3 1 2
 Group B

 
Country-team
Country
MP
MW
FW
FL
FD
1 India 1 2 2 6 2 4
2 Iceland 1 0 0 3 -3
3 Ireland 2 1 0 2 3 -1
 Group C

 
Country-team
Country
MP
MW
FW
FL
FD
1 Pakistan 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Poland 0 0 0 0 0
3 India 2 0 0 0 0 0
 Group D

 
Country-team
Country
MP
MW
FW
FL
FD
1 Wales 1 2 0 2 6 -4
2 Isle of Man 1 1 3 1 2
3 Iran 1 1 3 1 2
 Group E

 
Country-team
Country
MP
MW
FW
FL
FD
1 Wales 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ireland 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Qatar 3 0 0 0 0 0
 Group F

 
Country-team
Country
MP
MW
FW
FL
FD
1 Australia 0 0 0 0 0
2 Hong Kong 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 China 0 0 0 0 0
 Group G

 
Country-team
Country
MP
MW
FW
FL
FD
1 Egypt 2 1 4 5 -1
2 Qatar 2 1 0 2 3 -1
3 Hong Kong 1 1 1 3 1 2
 Group H

 
Country-team
Country
MP
MW
FW
FL
FD
1 South Africa 0 0 0 0 0
2 Qatar 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0
 
Legend
MP
 – Matches Played
MW
 – Matches Won
FW
 – Frames Won
FL
 – Frames Lost
FD
 – Frames Difference

 

 

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