1985 World Cup (snooker)

Guinness World CupTournament information

Dates| 20–23 March 1985 (1985-03-20 – 1985-03-23)
Venue| Bournemouth International Centre
City| Bournemouth
Country| England
Format| Non-ranking event
Total prize fund| £125,000
Winner's share| £40,000
Highest break| 97 Tony Knowles
Final
Champion|  All Ireland
Runner-up|  England "A"
Score| 9–7

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Snooker tournament

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 March as the new Grand Prix tournament now took its old slot in the snooker calendar which was also played at the previous venue, the Hexagon Theatre in Reading. Guinness became the first of many 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.

England now played in two teams, with the defending champions competing as "England A" with the same players (Steve Davis, Tony Knowles and Tony Meo) while Jimmy White, Willie Thorne and John Spencer competed as "England B". The two Irish jurisdictions competed 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). Eventually, All-Ireland won the title, beating "England A" in a 17-frame final.

## Main draw

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### Teams

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Country | Player 1 (Captain) | Player 2 | Player 3

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England "A" | Steve Davis | Tony Knowles | Tony Meo
Wales | Ray Reardon | Terry Griffiths | Doug Mountjoy
England "B" | Jimmy White | Willie Thorne | John Spencer
All-Ireland | Alex Higgins | Dennis Taylor | Eugene Hughes
Canada | Cliff Thorburn | Kirk Stevens | Bill Werbeniuk
Australia | Eddie Charlton | John Campbell | Warren King
Scotland | Eddie Sinclair | Murdo MacLeod | Jim Donnelly
Rest of the World |  Silvino Francisco |  Dene O'Kane |  Jim Rempe
| Quarter-finals
Best of 9 Frames | | | Semi-finals
Best of 9 Frames | | | Final
Best of 17 Frames |

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|  England "A" | 5 | | |
|  Scotland | 4 | | |  England "A" | 5 |
|  England "B" | 5 | | |  England "B" | 2 |
|  Rest of the World | 2 | | | | | |  England "A" | 7 |
|  Canada | 2 | | | | |  All-Ireland | 9 |
|  All-Ireland | 5 | | |  All-Ireland | 5 | | | |
|  Australia | 4 | | |  Wales | 3 |
|  Wales | 5 | |

## Final

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Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street
Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England. 23 March 1985.

All-Ireland
Dennis Taylor, Alex Higgins, Eugene Hughes | 9–7  |  England "A"
Steve Davis, Tony Knowles, Tony Meo
Afternoon: Dennis Taylor v Tony Knowles: 1–1 (37-75, 65-64) – Match Score: 1–1
Eugene Hughes v Steve Davis: 0–2 (27-96, 26-68) – Match Score: 1–3
Alex Higgins v Tony Meo: 1–1 (48-60, 78-26) – Match Score: 2–4
Dennis Taylor v Tony Knowles: 1–1 (81-18, 1-74) – Match Score: 3–5

Evening: Dennis Taylor v Steve Davis: 1–1 (66–52, 1–82) – Match Score: 4–6
Eugene Hughes v Tony Knowles: 1–1 (102-29, 18-99) – Match Score: 5–7
Alex Higgins v Tony Meo: 2–0 (104-54, 82-23) – Match Score: 7–7
Alex Higgins v Steve Davis: 2–0 (109-1, 73-31) – Match Score: 9–7

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