1992 King's Cup

King's Cup
Tournament information
Dates	December 1992
City	Bangkok
Country	Thailand
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£2,500
Final
Champion	Nigel Bond (ENG)
Runner-up	James Wattana (THA)
Score	8–7
	← 1990 1993 →

The 1992 King's Cup was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament held in Bangkok in December 1992. Nigel Bond won the tournament by defeating James Wattana 8–7 in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Sixteen players, a mixture of amateurs and professionals, were invited to compete. Four players were exempted to the quarter-final stage, where they each faced the winner of a qualifying group.^[2] In the final, Wattana took a 2–0 lead; Bond moved ahead for the first time at 5–4.^[2] Wattana was a frame from victory at 7–6, but Bond took the 14th frame and then recorded a break of 106 in the deciding frame to secure the title.^[2]^[4]

Going into the tournament, Bond had been on a poor run of form.^[5] After winning the championship, Bond commented that the tournament was "a nice break from the main [snooker] circuit and the pressure ...It was just the tonic I needed".^[2] He received £2,500 prize money.^[2]

Main draw

Players in bold denote match winners.^[2]^[6]

Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals Best of 11 frames		Finals Best of 15 frames

Nigel Bond (ENG)	5

Rom Surin (THA)	1
		Nigel Bond (ENG)	6

		Sammy Chong (MAS)	2
Sammy Chong (MAS)	5

Chris Carter (AUS)	4
				Nigel Bond (ENG)	8

				James Wattana (THA)	7
Yasin Merchant (IND)	5

Tai Pichit (THA)	1
		Yasin Merchant (IND)	2

		James Wattana (THA)	6
James Wattana (THA)	5

Anurat Vongchan (THA)	4

References

^ "Snooker - Kings Cup Tournament". Irish Independent. 21 December 1992. p. 22.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Bond finishes with century". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. February 1993. p. 4.
^ "King Nigel of Thailand". Derby Daily Telegraph. 21 December 1992. p. 32.
^ Smith, Terry (21 December 1992). "O'Sullivan beaten as Swail reaches final". The Daily Telegraph. p. 32.
^ "Bond seeks form boost". Derby Daily Telegraph. 8 December 1992. p. 36.
^ Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.