1986 World Snooker Championship
The 1986 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament that took place between 19 April and 5 May 1986. It was held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the sixth and final ranking event of the 1985–86 snooker season. It was the 1986 edition of the World Snooker Championship first held in 1927. The total prize fund was £350,000 with £70,000 given to the winner. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.
| Matchday programme for the event | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 April – 5 May 1986 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £350,000 |
| Winner's share | £70,000 |
| Highest break |  Steve Davis (ENG) (134) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Joe Johnson (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Steve Davis (ENG) |
| Score | 18–12 |
← 1985 1987 → | |
The defending champion was Northern Ireland's Dennis Taylor, who had defeated Steve Davis 18–17 in the 1985 final to win his first title. Taylor lost in the first round of the event 4–10 to Mike Hallett. The world number 16 Joe Johnson beat Davis 18–12 in the final to win his only ranking event.
Prize fund
The tournament featured a prize fund of £350,000 with a bonus of £80,000 if a player made a maximum break.[1] The winner of the event won a total of £70,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[2]
- Winner: £70,000
- Runner-up: £42,000
- Semi-finals: £21,000
- Quarter-finals: £10,500
- Last 16: £5,250
- Last 32: £2,953
- Last 48: £1,203
- Highest break: £7,000
- Maximum break: £80,000
- Total: £350,000
Main draw
The numbers in brackets next to some of the players are their seeding.[1][3] Players in bold denote match winners.[4][5] Shown below are the results for the event:
| First round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | |||||||||||
| 19 April | ||||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor (NIR) (1)
|
6 | |||||||||||||
| 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett (ENG)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
 Mike Hallett
|
6 | |||||||||||||
| 19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson (16)
|
13 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson (ENG) (16)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| 29 & 30 April | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Martin (ENG)
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson (16)
|
13 | |||||||||||||
| 20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
 Terry Griffiths (8)
|
12 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins (NIR) (9)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| 25 & 26 April | ||||||||||||||
| John Spencer (ENG)
|
7 | |||||||||||||
 Alex Higgins (9)
|
12 | |||||||||||||
| 20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths (8)
|
13 | |||||||||||||
 Terry Griffiths (WAL) (8)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| 1, 2 & 3 May | ||||||||||||||
| Danny Fowler (ENG)
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson (16)
|
16 | |||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles (4)
|
8 | |||||||||||||
 Kirk Stevens (CAN) (5)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| 26, 27 & 28 April | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds (ENG)
|
6 | |||||||||||||
 Kirk Stevens (5)
|
13 | |||||||||||||
| 22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton (12)
|
12 | |||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton (AUS) (12)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| 29 & 30 April | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson (WAL)
|
6 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens (5)
|
9 | |||||||||||||
| 22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles (4)
|
13 | |||||||||||||
 Silvino Francisco (SAF) (13)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| 27 & 28 April | ||||||||||||||
| Rex Williams (ENG)
|
4 | |||||||||||||
 Silvino Francisco (13)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| 23 & 24 April | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles (4)
|
13 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles (ENG) (4)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds (ENG)
|
9 | |||||||||||||
| 23 & 24 April | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn (CAN) (3)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| 27 & 28 April | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk (CAN)
|
5 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn (3)
|
13 | |||||||||||||
| 23 April | ||||||||||||||
 Eugene Hughes
|
6 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor (ENG) (14)
|
7 | |||||||||||||
| 29 & 30 April | ||||||||||||||
 Eugene Hughes (IRE)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn (3)
|
13 | |||||||||||||
| 22 April | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne (11)
|
6 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne (ENG) (11)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| 26, 27 & 28 April | ||||||||||||||
 Stephen Hendry (SCO)
|
8 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne (11)
|
13 | |||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | ||||||||||||||
| John Campbell
|
9 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon (WAL) (6)
|
8 | |||||||||||||
| 1, 2 & 3 May | ||||||||||||||
| John Campbell (AUS)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn (3)
|
12 | |||||||||||||
| 20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (2)
|
16 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White (ENG) (7)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| 25 & 26 April | ||||||||||||||
| John Virgo (ENG)
|
7 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White (7)
|
13 | |||||||||||||
| 20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
|
8 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo (ENG) (10)
|
4 | |||||||||||||
| 29 & 30 April | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott (ENG)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White (7)
|
5 | |||||||||||||
| 19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (2)
|
13 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy (WAL) (15)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| 24, 25 & 26 April | ||||||||||||||
| Perrie Mans (SAF)
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy (15)
|
5 | |||||||||||||
| 19 April | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (2)
|
13 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (ENG) (2)
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Edmonds (ENG)
|
4 | |||||||||||||
| Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 4 May & 5 May 1986. Referee: John Street[6] | ||
| Joe Johnson (16) England
|
18–12 | Steve Davis (2) England
|
| 24–85, 60–49, 0–108, 14–111, 70–0, 68–36, 74–14, 13–66, 4–108, 1–76, 27–64, 72–20, 95–22, 63–37, 76–8, 0–137, 85–26, 57–44, 66–11, 86–36, 35–84, 31–73, 70–40, 7–100, 69–9, 52–63, 49–32, 64–38, 83–40, 86–27 | Century breaks: 3 (Davis 3) Highest break by Johnson: 75 |
24–85, 60–49, 0–108, 14–111, 70–0, 68–36, 74–14, 13–66, 4–108, 1–76, 27–64, 72–20, 95–22, 63–37, 76–8, 0–137, 85–26, 57–44, 66–11, 86–36, 35–84, 31–73, 70–40, 7–100, 69–9, 52–63, 49–32, 64–38, 83–40, 86–27 |
| Joe Johnson wins the 1986 Embassy World Snooker Championship
|
Best of 19 frames | Best of 25 frames |
| Best of 25 frames | Best of 31 frames | |
Century breaks
There were 20 century breaks in the championship, the highest until 1991. The highest break was a 134 made by Steve Davis.[7][8][9]
- 134, 112, 108, 108, 107, 102, 101, 100 Steve Davis
- 121 Jimmy White
- 115 Dean Reynolds
- 112 John Virgo
- 111, 110 Terry Griffiths
- 110, 110, 102 Joe Johnson
- 105 Tony Knowles
- 104 Cliff Thorburn
- 101 Silvino Francisco
- 100 Willie Thorne
Qualifying stages
There were 12 century breaks made in qualifying. The highest was a 141 made by Stephen Hendry.[1][10]
- 141, 117 Stephen Hendry
- 126 Paul Thornley
- 120 Tony Drago
- 118 Joe O'Boye
- 118 Steve Longworth
- 114 Ian Williamson
- 112, 102 Barry West
- 111 Vic Harris
- 108 Martin Smith
- 105 Robby Foldvari
1986 World Snooker Championship Media
Defending champion Dennis Taylor was knocked out in the first round.
Steve Davis (pictured in 2012) defeated Cliff Thorburn 16–12 to reach his fifth World Championship final.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "World Championship 1986". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 130.
- ↑ "1986 World Championships Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ↑ "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. pp. 22–23.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 143.
- ↑ Kastner, Hugo. "Snooker – Spieler, Regeln & Rekorde (May 2011 update)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ↑ "Crucible Centuries". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 147.
- ↑ "Crucible Bound". Cueworld (Snooker Publications): 5–7. May 1986.