1986 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship 1986 Embassy World Snooker Championship
Attendees:	32
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 19, 1986
Endgame:	May 5, 1986
Winner:	Joe Johnson
Finalist:	Steve Davis
Highest Break:	134 ( Steve Davis)
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The 1986 World Snooker Championship took place from April 19 to May 5, 1986 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield .

World champion was surprisingly Joe Johnson , who came out of round one for the first time in his career in a world championship finals. In the final he defeated Steve Davis , the world champion of 1983 and 1984 , who was also in the final the previous year . The defending champion Dennis Taylor , however, was eliminated in the first round.

The later seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry made his debut in 1986 and also held the record as the youngest player in a World Cup finals until 2012.

Prize money

1986 prize money	Profit in £
winner	70,000
defeated finalist	42,000
Semi-finalist	21,000
Quarter finalist	10,500
Round of 16	5,250
First round off	2,953.12
Highest break	7,000
Maximum break	80,000
All in all	£ 350,000

Final round

	Round 1 Best of 19 frames					Round of 16 best of 25 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames					Semi-final best of 31 frames					Final Best of 35 frames
	1	Dennis Taylor	6th
		Mike Hallett	10
							Mike Hallett	6th
						16	Joe Johnson	13
	16	Joe Johnson	10
		Dave Martin	3
											16	Joe Johnson	13
											8th	Terry Griffiths	12
	9	Alex Higgins	10
		John Spencer	7th
						9	Alex Higgins	12
						8th	Terry Griffiths	13
	8th	Terry Griffiths	10
		Danny Fowler	2
																16	Joe Johnson	16
																4th	Tony Knowles	8th
	5	Kirk Stevens	10
		Dean Reynolds	6th
						5	Kirk Stevens	13
						12	Eddie Charlton	12
	12	Eddie Charlton	10
		Cliff Wilson	6th
											5	Kirk Stevens	9
											4th	Tony Knowles	13
	13	Silvino Francisco	10
		Rex Williams	4th
						13	Silvino Francisco	10
						4th	Tony Knowles	13
	4th	Tony Knowles	10
		Neal Foulds	9
																					16	Joe Johnson	18th
																					2	Steve Davis	12
	3	Cliff Thorburn	10
		Bill Werbeniuk	5
						3	Cliff Thorburn	13
							Eugene Hughes	6th
	14th	David Taylor	7th
		Eugene Hughes	10
											3	Cliff Thorburn	13
											11	Willie Thorne	6th
	11	Willie Thorne	10
		Stephen Hendry	8th
						11	Willie Thorne	13
							John Campbell	9
	6th	Ray Reardon	8th
		John Campbell	10
																3	Cliff Thorburn	12
																2	Steve Davis	16
	7th	Jimmy White	10
		John Virgo	7th
						7th	Jimmy White	13
							John Parrott	8th
	10	Tony Meo	4th
		John Parrott	10
											7th	Jimmy White	5
											2	Steve Davis	13
	15th	Doug Mountjoy	10
		Perrie Mans	3
						15th	Doug Mountjoy	5
						2	Steve Davis	13
	2	Steve Davis	10
		Ray Edmonds	4th

final

In the final, both players were able to keep the game open for a long time. At the end of the first day it was 8: 8, with Davis in the meantime already leading 7: 4. On the second day, Johnson got off to a better start, winning the first four frames. Davis came back to 13:11 by the end of the session, but in the fourth and final session Johnson was able to win the match at 14:12 with four frames won.

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: John Street Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 6./7. May 1986
Joe Johnson	18 : 12	Steve Davis
75	Highest break	108
-	Century breaks	3
7th	50+ breaks	7th

qualification

The results of the last qualifying round for the unset players are shown in the following overview:

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Mike Hallett	7th10 : 710	Jim Wych
2	Dave Martin	510 : 510	Nigel Gilbert
3	John Spencer	7th10 : 710	Steve Newbury
4th	Danny Fowler	6th10 : 610	Murdo MacLeod
5	Dean Reynolds	7th10 : 710	Warren King
6th	Cliff Wilson	6th10 : 610	Paul Medati
7th	Rex Williams	310 : 310	Marcel Gauvreau
8th	Neal Foulds	910 : 910	Peter Francisco
9	Bill Werbeniuk	8th10 : 810	Barry West
10	Eugene Hughes	7th10 : 710	Tommy Murphy
11	Stephen Hendry	910 : 910	Dene O'Kane
12	John Campbell	6th10 : 610	Jimmy Van Rensberg
13	John Virgo	8th10 : 810	Steve Longworth
14th	John Parrott	6th10 : 610	Robby Foldvari
15th	Perrie Mans	7th10 : 710	Les Dodd
16	Ray Edmonds	910 : 910	Mark Wildman

Century breaks

There were 20 century breaks by ten different players. This beat the previous record of 18 Century Breaks from 1986.

The highest break in qualifying was a 141 break from Stephen Hendry .

Steve Davis	134 , 112, 108 (2 ×), 107, 102, 101, 100
Jimmy White	121
Dean Reynolds	115
John Virgo	112
Terry Griffiths	111, 110
Joe Johnson	110 (2 ×), 102
Tony Knowles	105
Cliff Thorburn	104
Silvino Francisco	101
Willie Thorne	100

swell

• Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac (2011 edition). , Bournemouth 2011.
• Global Snooker ( Memento from March 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from June 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )