World Snooker Championship 1986

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Contents 1 The event 2 Notable Moments 3 Highest Breaks 4 Prize Money 5 The results

[edit] The event

The 1986 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 19th April to the 5th May 1986.

[edit] Notable Moments

• Joe Johnson was a 150-1 outsider at the start of the championship. He beat Dave Martin in the first round, Mike Hallett, who had beaten defending champion Dennis Taylor in the first round in the second, Terry Griffiths in a classic 13-12 victory during the quarter-finals, Tony Knowles who made his third semi-final in four years in the semis and the world No 1 Steve Davis in the final to win the world title.

• Future world champion and world no 1 Stephen Hendry made his debut losing 8-10 to Willie Thorne. It also made him the youngest player in the championship's history at the age of 17 years and 3 months. After the match, Hendry said in a press conference that he would wait five years to win the title. He won his first within 4 years. Another debutant in 1986 was Danny Fowler who lost 2-10 to Terry Griffiths.

• John Spencer made his last appearance at the Crucible losing 7-10 to Alex Higgins. The first Crucible champion then went on to lose in qualifying stages until his retirement in 1991.

• There were 20 centuries in the 1986 World Snooker Championship, A new record until 1991.

[edit] Highest Breaks

134 Steve Davis

[edit] Prize Money

Winner: £70,000

Runner-up: £42,000

Highest Break: £7,000

Total: £350,000

[edit] The results

	First Round				Second Round				Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals
	Best of 19 frames				Best of 25 frames				Best of 25 frames				Best of 31 frames
	Mike Hallett	10
	Dennis Taylor	6
					Joe Johnson	13
					Mike Hallett	6
	Joe Johnson	10
	Dave Martin	3
									Joe Johnson	13
									Terry Griffiths	12
	Alex Higgins	10
	John Spencer	7
					Terry Griffiths	13
					Alex Higgins	12
	Terry Griffiths	10
	Danny Fowler	2
													Joe Johnson	16
													Tony Knowles	8
	Kirk Stevens	10
	Dean Reynolds	6
					Kirk Stevens	13
					Eddie Charlton	12
	Eddie Charlton	10
	Cliff Wilson	6
									Tony Knowles	13
									Kirk Stevens	9
	Silvino Francisco	10
	Rex Williams	4
					Tony Knowles	13
					Silvino Francisco	10
	Tony Knowles	10
	Neal Foulds	9
	Cliff Thorburn	10
	Bill Werbeniuk	5
					Cliff Thorburn	13
					Eugene Hughes	6
	Eugene Hughes	10
	David Taylor	7
									Cliff Thorburn	13
									Willie Thorne	6
	Willie Thorne	10
	Stephen Hendry	8
					Willie Thorne	13
					John Campbell	9
	John Campbell	10
	Ray Reardon	8
													Steve Davis	16
													Cliff Thorburn	12
	Jimmy White	10
	John Virgo	7
					Jimmy White	13
					John Parrott	8
	John Parrott	10
	Tony Meo	4
									Steve Davis	13
									Jimmy White	5
	Doug Mountjoy	10
	Perrie Mans	3
					Steve Davis	13
					Doug Mountjoy	5
	Steve Davis	10
	Ray Edmonds	4

Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 4 May & 5 May 1986). Referee: John Street
Joe Johnson	18-12	Steve Davis
Scores to fill		Scores to fill
Joe Johnson wins the 1986 Embassy World Snooker Championship

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