1986 World Snooker Championship

Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates 19 April–5 May 1986
Venue Crucible Theatre
City Sheffield
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £350,000
Winner's share £70,000
Highest break England Steve Davis (134)
Final
Champion England Joe Johnson
Runner-up England Steve Davis
Score 18–12
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The 1986 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1986 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 April – 5 May 1986 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

Joe Johnson won his only world title by defeating Steve Davis 18–12 in the final. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

Tournament summary

  • Like John Spencer in 1978, Terry Griffiths in 1980 and Steve Davis in 1982, defending champion Dennis Taylor fell to the Crucible curse,[1] and lost his opening match 6–10 against Mike Hallett.[2]
  • Johnson was a 150–1 outsider at the start of the championship, as he had never won a tournament in his seven-year career and never even won a match at the Crucible before.[2] He defeated Dave Martin in the first round and Mike Hallett in the second.[3] In the quarter-finals he overturned a 9–12 deficit to defeat Griffiths 13–12; before he beat Tony Knowles 16–8 in the semi-finals to set up a final against Steve Davis, the world number one. After the first days play ended at 8–8, Johnson took a 13–11 lead before the last session of the match. Johnson then won five of the last six frames to win the match 18–12 for his only world title.[2]
  • Future world champion and world No. 1 Stephen Hendry made his debut losing 8–10 to Willie Thorne.[2][4] It also made him the youngest player in the championship's history at the age of 17 years and 3 months.[5] Another debutant in 1986 was Danny Fowler, who lost 2–10 to Terry Griffiths.[6]
  • Three-time world champion John Spencer made his final appearance at the tournament, losing 7–10 to Alex Higgins.[7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3][8]

  • 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

Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[3][9][10][11]

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 31 frames
                           
19 April            
 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (1)  6
24 & 25 April
 England Mike Hallett  10  
 England Mike Hallett  6
19 & 20 April
   England Joe Johnson (16)  13  
 England Joe Johnson (16)  10
29 & 30 April
 England Dave Martin  3  
 England Joe Johnson (16)  13
20 & 21 April
   Wales Terry Griffiths (8)  12  
 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (9)  10
25 & 26 April
 England John Spencer  7  
 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (9)  12
20 & 21 April
   Wales Terry Griffiths (8)  13  
 Wales Terry Griffiths (8)  10
1, 2 & 3 May
 England Danny Fowler  2  
 England Joe Johnson (16)  16
21 & 22 April
   England Tony Knowles (4)  8
 Canada Kirk Stevens (5)  10
26, 27 & 28 April
 England Dean Reynolds  6  
 Canada Kirk Stevens (5)  13
22 & 23 April
   Australia Eddie Charlton (12)  12  
 Australia Eddie Charlton (12)  10
29 & 30 April
 Wales Cliff Wilson  6  
 Canada Kirk Stevens (5)  9
22 & 23 April
   England Tony Knowles (4)  13  
 South Africa Silvino Francisco (13)  10
27 & 28 April
 England Rex Williams  4  
 South Africa Silvino Francisco (13)  10
23 & 24 April
   England Tony Knowles (4)  13  
 England Tony Knowles (4)  10
 England Neal Foulds  9  
23 & 24 April            
 Canada Cliff Thorburn (3)  10
27 & 28 April
 Canada Bill Werbeniuk  5  
 Canada Cliff Thorburn (3)  13
23 April
   Republic of Ireland Eugene Hughes  6  
 England David Taylor (14)  7
29 & 30 April
 Republic of Ireland Eugene Hughes  10  
 Canada Cliff Thorburn (3)  13
22 April
   England Willie Thorne (11)  6  
 England Willie Thorne (11)  10
26, 27 & 28 April
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  8  
 England Willie Thorne (11)  13
21 & 22 April
   Australia John Campbell  9  
 Wales Ray Reardon (6)  8
1, 2 & 3 May
 Australia John Campbell  10  
 Canada Cliff Thorburn (3)  12
20 & 21 April
   England Steve Davis (2)  16
 England Jimmy White (7)  10
25 & 26 April
 England John Virgo  7  
 England Jimmy White (7)  13
20 & 21 April
   England John Parrott  8  
 England Tony Meo (10)  4
29 & 30 April
 England John Parrott  10  
 England Jimmy White (7)  5
19 & 20 April
   England Steve Davis (2)  13  
 Wales Doug Mountjoy (15)  10
24, 25 & 26 April
 South Africa Perrie Mans  3  
 Wales Doug Mountjoy (15)  5
19 April
   England Steve Davis (2)  13  
 England Steve Davis (2)  10
 England Ray Edmonds  4  
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 4 May & 5 May 1986). Referee: John Street[12]
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
Highest break by Davis: 108

 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
EnglandJoe Johnson wins the 1986 Embassy World Snooker Championship

Qualifying

Round 5 (Best of 19 frames)[3]
England Mike Hallett10–7Canada Jim Wych
England Dave Martin10–5England Nigel Gilbert
England John Spencer10–7Wales Steve Newbury
England Danny Fowler10–6Scotland Murdo MacLeod
England Dean Reynolds10–7Australia Warren King
Wales Cliff Wilson10–6England Paul Medati
England Rex Williams10–3Canada Marcel Gauvreau
England Neal Foulds10–9South Africa Peter Francisco
Canada Bill Werbeniuk10–8England Barry West
Republic of Ireland Eugene Hughes10–7Northern Ireland Tommy Murphy
Scotland Stephen Hendry10–9New Zealand Dene O'Kane
Australia John Campbell10–6South Africa Jimmy van Rensberg
England John Virgo10–8England Steve Longworth
England John Parrott10–6Australia Robby Foldvari
South Africa Perrie Mans10–7England Les Dodd
England Ray Edmonds10–9England Mark Wildman

Century breaks

There were 20 century breaks in the championship, a record which stood until 1991. The highest breaks were 134 made by Davis in the main events,[13][14][15] and 141 made by Hendry in the qualifying event.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Baxter, Trevor. "Dott falls to the 'Crucible curse'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "1986: Johnson stuns snooker world". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "World Championship 1986". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Stephen Hendry at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "World Snooker: Stephen Hendry wins Crucible qualifier". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Danny Fowler at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "John Spencer at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  8. ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 130.
  9. ↑ "1986 World Championships Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  10. ↑ "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  11. ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. pp. 22–23.
  12. ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 143.
  13. ↑ Kastner, Hugo. "Snooker – Spieler, Regeln & Rekorde (May 2011 update)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  14. ↑ "Crucible Centuries". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  15. ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 147.
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