1985/86 snooker season
1985/86 snooker season![]() |
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Season dates | |
Beginning of the season | May 1985 |
End of season | June 1986 |
Ranked tournaments | 6th |
Non-ranking | 12 |
Invitation tournaments | 11 |
number of players | 212 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
UK Championship |
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Masters |
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World Champion |
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Ranking first |
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The 1985/86 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Snooker Main Tour . It began in July 1985 and ended in June 1986. During the season there were 212 active players on the tour.
Tournaments
During the season, 4 qualifying tournaments, 6 national championships and 19 main tournaments were played.
Main tournaments
date | competition | venue | Art | winner | finalist | Result |
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July 1985 |
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Dublin | Invitation tournament |
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8: 3 |
August 1985 |
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Sydney | Invitation tournament |
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7: 2 |
September 1985 |
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Bangkok | Non-ranking tournament |
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4-0 |
September 1985 |
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Singapore | Invitation tournament |
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4: 2 |
September 5th to 8th |
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Hong Kong | Invitation tournament |
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4: 2 |
September 19-22 |
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Glasgow | Invitation tournament |
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9: 7 |
September 22nd to October 6th |
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Stoke | World ranking tournament |
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12:10 |
October 19-27 |
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Reading | World ranking tournament |
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10: 9 |
October 29th to November 2nd |
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Toronto | Invitation tournament |
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9: 5 |
November 15th to December 1st |
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Preston | World ranking tournament |
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16:14 |
December 4th to 15th |
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Northampton | Invitation tournament |
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12: 5 |
December 17th to 20th |
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Nottingham | Invitation tournament |
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9: 5 |
December 19th and 20th |
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Birmingham | Invitation tournament |
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2-0 |
January 3 to 12, 1986 |
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Warrington | World ranking tournament |
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13:12 |
January 14th to 17th |
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East End | Invitation tournament |
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9: 7 |
January 26th to February 2nd |
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London | Invitation tournament |
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9: 5 |
February 16 to March 2 |
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Derby | World ranking tournament |
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12: 7 |
March 19-23 |
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Bournemouth | Invitation tournament |
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9: 7 |
April 8-13 |
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Kill | Invitation tournament |
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9: 5 |
April 19th to May 5th |
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Sheffield | World ranking tournament |
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18:12 |
June |
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Prestatyn | Non-ranking tournament |
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9: 6 |
National championships
date | competition | venue | winner | finalist | Result |
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August 1985 |
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Toronto |
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6: 4 |
September 1985 |
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Sydney |
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10: 7 |
February 4-9, 1986 |
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Ipswich |
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9: 7 |
February 11th to 15th |
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Abertillery |
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9: 3 |
April 1986 |
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Edinburgh |
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10: 5 |
May 9-13 |
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Belfast |
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10: 7 |
Ranking list
The world ranking list for snooker 1985/86 was calculated from the results of world ranking tournaments. The best 16 players are shown.
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1 |
3 |
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1 |
4th |
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7 |
5 |
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1 |
6th |
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1 |
7th |
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8th |
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9 |
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10 |
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11 |
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1 |
12 |
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6 |
13 |
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4 |
14th |
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2 |
15th |
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16 |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: Season 1985-1986 - Professional. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on May 30, 2018 ; accessed on May 30, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Chris Turner: Historical World Rankings. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on June 8, 2012 ; accessed on May 30, 2018 (English).