Marco Fu held his nerve to beat Mark Selby and earn Hong Kong a 4-3 victory over England in the World Cup quarter-finals.
Northern Ireland, Wales and China also claim quarter-final wins
Marco Fu held his nerve in a deciding frame to beat Mark Selby and earn Hong Kong a 4-3 victory over England in the World Cup quarter-finals.
England, who had Ali Carter lining up alongside Selby, were not the only star team to crash out in Bangkok, with pre-tournament favourites Scotland, Australia and the Republic of Ireland also beaten.
Northern Ireland's Mark Allen and Gerard Greene saw off Scotland 4-3, Australia were beaten 4-2 by Wales, and the Republic of Ireland were crushed 4-1 by China.
England's defeat came in a gruelling tussle which saw frames last an average of 41 minutes.
The decider was marginally longer and Fu took it to set up a last-four showdown against Northern Ireland on Sunday.
Contenders
With world champion John Higgins partnering Stephen Maguire, Scotland were expected to be serious contenders for the event.
However Northern Ireland's former Crucible semi-finalist Allen proved the key man in their match, winning all three of his singles matches, including the seventh frame when he was pitted against Higgins.
He fired in a break of 128 to beat Maguire in the fifth frame of the match, and then 63 to help see off Higgins in the decider.
A delighted Allen said: "Scotland were the tournament favourites and we put pressure on them as a team and we deserved to win."
Higgins added: "I'm absolutely gutted. If you win you feel great after a match like that and Northern Ireland are probably shooting for the stars now."
Violation
Former world champion Ken Doherty complained about China's Liang Wenbo failing to wear a bow-tie when he played Fergal O'Brien, but the Republic of Ireland had few other grumbles about their heavy loss.
Liang and Ding Junhui both took two singles frames to tie up their win.
Doherty said: "The referee didn't realise it at first and Liang just gets a letter and fine for a dress code violation but he should have been docked a frame.
"I'm not saying it would have had a big bearing on the match and it's not sour grapes but if they got docked a frame you never know what would've happened."
World Snooker stated the rules did not provide for docking a player a frame for failing to wear a bow-tie.
Wales will face China after Mark Williams and Matthew Stevens proved too strong for the Australian pair of Neil Robertson and Steve Mifsud.
