1989 World Cup (snooker)

The 1989 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament played at the Bournemouth International Centre.

Fersina Windows World Cup
Tournament information
Dates21–24 March 1989 (1989-03-21 – 1989-03-24)
VenueBournemouth International Centre
CityBournemouth
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£43,200
Final
ChampionEngland England
Runner-up Rest of the World
Score9–8
1988
1990

England went on to win their record fourth title with the same players from last year Steve Davis, Jimmy White and Neal Foulds beat a Rest of the World team with South Africa's Silvino Francisco, New Zealand's Dene O'Kane and Malta's Tony Drago who were 5-8 behind to finish in a final frame encounter between Davis and O'Kane which ended in a re-spotted black.

Main draw

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Teams

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Country Player 1 (Captain) Player 2 Player 3
  England Steve Davis Jimmy White Neal Foulds
  Wales Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy Cliff Wilson
Rest of the World   Silvino Francisco   Tony Drago   Dene O'Kane
  Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor Alex Higgins Tommy Murphy
  Canada Cliff Thorburn Kirk Stevens Bob Chaperon
  Australia Eddie Charlton John Campbell Warren King
  Scotland Stephen Hendry Murdo MacLeod Jim Donnelly
  Ireland Eugene Hughes Paddy Browne Anthony Kearney
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 Frames
Semi-finals
Best of 9 Frames
Final
Best of 17 Frames
  England 5
  Republic of Ireland 1   England 5
  Northern Ireland 1   Canada 2
  Canada 5   England 9
  Australia 2   Rest of the World 8
  Rest of the World 5   Rest of the World 5
  Wales 5   Wales 3
  Scotland 3

Final

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Final: Best of 17 frames. Referees:
Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England. 24 March 1989.
  England
Steve Davis, Jimmy White, Neal Foulds
9–8 Rest of the World
Dene O'Kane, Silvino Francisco, Tony Drago
Davis v Drago: 1–1 (25–67, 68–26)
Foulds v O'Kane: 2–0 (70–41, 71–45)
White v Francisco: 1–1 (52-84, 69-37)
White v Francisco: 0–2 (22-75, 24-75)
White v Drago: 1–1 (0-75, 68-67)
Davis v O'Kane: 2–0 (96-16, 92-27)
Foulds v Francisco: 1–1 (65-56, 7-136)
Foulds v Drago: 0–2 (0-84, 29-65)
Davis v O'Kane: 1–0 (72–55)
Highest break
Century breaks
50+ breaks

References

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