1986 World Cup (snooker)

Car Care Plan World Cup

Tournament information
Dates	20–23 March 1986 (1986-03-20 – 1986-03-23)
Venue	Bournemouth International Centre
City	Bournemouth
Country	England
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£100,000[1]
Winner's share	£33,000[2]
Highest break	Cliff Thorburn (CAN) (118)[3]
Final
Champion	Ireland "A"
Runner-up	Canada
Score	9–7
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The 1986 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament played that took place between 20 and 23 March 1986 at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England.^[4] Fersina Windows were the sponsors for the next two years. Car Care Plan became the sponsors for this year's tournament.

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

Country	Player 1 (Captain)	Player 2	Player 3
Ireland "A"	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	Eugene Hughes
England	Steve Davis	Tony Knowles	Jimmy White
Canada	Cliff Thorburn	Kirk Stevens	Bill Werbeniuk
Wales	Ray Reardon	Terry Griffiths	Doug Mountjoy
Australia	Eddie Charlton	John Campbell	Warren King
Scotland	Murdo MacLeod	Eddie Sinclair	Jim Donnelly
Ireland "B"	Patsy Fagan	Tommy Murphy	Paddy Browne
Rest of the World	Tony Drago	Sakchai Sim Ngam	Omprakesh Agrawal

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-finals Best of 9 Frames					Final Best of 17 Frames
	Ireland "A"		5
	Ireland "B"		0			Ireland "A"		5
	Wales		5			Wales		2
	Scotland		1								Ireland "A"		9
	England		5								Canada		7
	Australia		2			England		3
	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
Dennis Taylor v Cliff Thorburn: 1–1 (87–39, 8–118) – Match Score: 1–1 Eugene Hughes v Kirk Stevens: 0–2 (40–75, 58–68) – Match Score: 1–3 Alex Higgins v Bill Werbeniuk: 2–0 (77-38, 76–20 ) – Match Score: 3–3 Alex Higgins v Kirk Stevens: 1-1 (68–67, 30–64) – Match Score: 4–4 Alex Higgins v Cliff Thorburn: 1-1 (21–61, 70–69) – Match Score: 5–5 Eugene Hughes v Kirk Stevens: 1–1 (48–62, 74–18) – Match Score: 6–6 Dennis Taylor v Bill Werbeniuk: 2–0 (81–0, 93–0) – Match Score: 8–6 Dennis Taylor v Cliff Thorburn: 1-1 (53–63, 68–12) – Match Score: 9–7
	Highest break
	Century breaks
	50+ breaks

References

1. "In Brief". The Guardian. London. 12 March 1986. p. 29.
2. "Inside track - Pocket money". The Sunday Times. London. 23 March 1986. p. 20.
3. "Ireland retain title". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. May 1986. pp. 18–19.
4. Everton, Clive (3 March 1986). "Davis makes it three from five". The Guardian. London. p. 27.