1985 World Cup (snooker)
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 20–23 March 1985 |
Venue | Bournemouth International Centre |
City | Bournemouth |
Country | England |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £125,000 |
Winner's share | £40,000 |
Final | |
Champion |
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Runner-up |
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The 1985 Snooker World Cup sponsored by Guinness was a team snooker tournament with a revamped format. Gone was the round-robin system which had been in place since the first one in 1979 and the tournament was now a knock-out format with eight teams. It moved from October to now March as the new Grand Prix tournament now took its old slot in the snooker calander which was also played at the previous venue, the Hexagon Theatre in Reading. Irish brewers Guinness became the first of many different sponsors for the next few years after British American Tobacco under its trade name State Express pulled out of all sport sponsorship in Great Britain. This new competition was now played at the new Bournemouth International Centre.
Meanwhile, England now played in two teams with the defending champions now compete as "England A" with the same players of Steve Davis, Tony Knowles and Tony Meo while Jimmy White, Willie Thorne and John Spencer compete in "England B" while the two Irish nations compete as "All-Ireland" and for the first time since 1980, a Rest of the World team played with Silvino Francisco, Dene O'Kane and American pool player Jim Rempe (who also competed in 1980). Eventuly, All-Ireland won the title beating England "A" in a 17 frame final.
Main draw
Teams
Quarter-finals Best of 9 Frames |
Semi-finals Best of 9 Frames |
Final Best of 17 Frames | |||||||||||
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England "A" | 5 | |||||||||||
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Scotland | 4 | ![]() |
England "A" | 5 | ||||||||
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England "B" | 5 | ![]() |
England "B" | 2 | ||||||||
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Rest of the World | 2 | ![]() |
England "B" | 7 | ||||||||
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Canada | ? | ![]() ![]() |
All-Ireland | 9 | ||||||||
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All-Ireland | 5 | ![]() ![]() |
All-Ireland | 5 | ||||||||
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Australia | 4 | ![]() |
Wales | 3 | ||||||||
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Wales | 5 | |||||||||||
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England. 23 March 1985. | ||
![]() ![]() Dennis Taylor, Alex Higgins, Eugene Hughes |
9–7 | ![]() Steve Davis, Tony Knowles, Tony Meo |
Afternoon: Evening: | ||
Highest break | ||
Century breaks | ||
50+ breaks |