1986 World Cup (snooker)
The 1986 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament played at the Bournemouth International Centre. Car Care Plane became the sponsors for this year's tournament.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20–23 March 1986 |
| Venue | Bournemouth International Centre |
| City | Bournemouth |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £125,000 |
| Winner's share | £40,000 |
| Highest break | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cliff Thorburn 118 |
| Final | |
| Champion |   Ireland "A" |
| Runner-up | Canada |
| Score | 9–7 |
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As champions it was Ireland's turn to be played in 2 separate teams with the team which won the previous year played as Ireland "A" with Dennis Taylor, Alex Higgins and Eugene Hughes and Ireland "B" with Patsy Fagan, Tommy Murphy and Paddy Browne. Ireland "A" went on to beat Canada to retain the title, only the second nation to do so.
Main draw
Teams
| Semi-finals Best of 9 Frames | Final Best of 17 Frames | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Ireland "A" | 5 | ||||||||||||
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| Ireland "B" | 0 |
| Ireland "A" | 5 | |||||||||
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| Wales | 5 |
| Wales | 2 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 1 |
| Ireland "A" | 9 | |||||||||
| England | 5 |
| Canada | 7 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 2 |
| England | 3 | |||||||||
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| Canada | 5 |
| Canada | 5 | |||||||||
| Rest of the World | 0 | ||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England. 23 March 1986. | ||
| Ireland "A" Dennis Taylor, Alex Higgins, Eugene Hughes |
9–7 | Canada Cliff Thorburn, Kirk Stevens, Bill Werbeniuk |
| Taylor v Thorburn: 1–1 (87–39, 8–118) Hughes v Stevens: 0–2 (40–75, 58–68) Higgins v Werbeniuk: 2–0, (77-38, 76–20 ) Higgins v Stevens: 1-1 (68–67, 30–64) Higgins v Thorburn: 1-1 (21–61, 70–69) Hughes v Stevens: 1–1 (48–62, 74–18) Taylor v Werbeniuk: 2–0 (81–0, 93–0) Taylor v Thorburn: 1-1 (53–63, 68–12) | ||
| Highest break | ||
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References
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