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2012 General Cup

snooker tournament

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ14924968 ↗
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The 2012 General Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 14 September 2012 at the General Snooker Club in Hong Kong.

Stephen Lee was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.

Neil Robertson won the title by defeating Ricky Walden 7–6 in the final.

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