World Snooker Championship 1986

World Snooker Championship 1986

= The event =

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

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.

Highest Breaks

134 Steve Davis

Prize Money

Winner: £70,000

Runner-up: £42,000

Highest Break: £7,000

Total: £350,000

The results

World Snooker Championship Rounds
|flagicon|England Mike Hallett|10|flagicon|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|6
|flagicon|England Joe Johnson|10|flagicon|England Dave Martin|3
|flagicon|Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|10|flagicon|England John Spencer|7
|flagicon|Wales Terry Griffiths|10|flagicon|England Danny Fowler|2
|flagicon|Canada Kirk Stevens|10|flagicon|England Dean Reynolds|6
|flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|10|flagicon|Wales Cliff Wilson|6
|flagicon|South Africa|1928 Silvino Francisco|10|flagicon|England Rex Williams|4
|flagicon|England Tony Knowles|10|flagicon|England Neal Foulds|9
|flagicon|Canada Cliff Thorburn|10|flagicon|Canada Bill Werbeniuk|5
|flagicon|Ireland Eugene Hughes|10|flagicon|England David Taylor|7
|flagicon|England Willie Thorne|10|flagicon|Scotland Stephen Hendry|8
|flagicon|Australia John Campbell|10|flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|8
|flagicon|England Jimmy White|10|flagicon|England John Virgo|7
|flagicon|England John Parrott|10|flagicon|England Tony Meo|4
|flagicon|Wales Doug Mountjoy|10|flagicon|South Africa|1928 Perrie Mans|3
|flagicon|England Steve Davis|10|flagicon|England Ray Edmonds|4
|flagicon|England Joe Johnson|13|flagicon|England Mike Hallett|6
|flagicon|Wales Terry Griffiths|13|flagicon|Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|12
|flagicon|Canada Kirk Stevens|13|flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|12
|flagicon|England Tony Knowles|13|flagicon|South Africa|1928 Silvino Francisco|10
|flagicon|Canada Cliff Thorburn|13|flagicon|Ireland Eugene Hughes|6
|flagicon|England Willie Thorne|13|flagicon|Australia John Campbell|9
|flagicon|England Jimmy White|13|flagicon|England John Parrott|8
|flagicon|England Steve Davis|13|flagicon|Wales Doug Mountjoy|5
|flagicon|England Joe Johnson|13|flagicon|Wales Terry Griffiths|12
|flagicon|England Tony Knowles|13|flagicon|Canada Kirk Stevens|9
|flagicon|Canada Cliff Thorburn|13|flagicon|England Willie Thorne|6
|flagicon|England Steve Davis|13|flagicon|England Jimmy White|5
|flagicon|England Joe Johnson|16|flagicon|England Tony Knowles|8
|flagicon|England Steve Davis|16|flagicon|Canada Cliff Thorburn|12
("Best of 35 frames") Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 4 May & 5 May 1986). Referee: John Street
flagicon|England Joe Johnson
18-12
Steve Davis flagicon|England
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flagicon|England Joe Johnson wins the 1986 Embassy World Snooker Championship
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