1982 World Team Classic

The 1982 World Team Classic sponsored by State Express was a team snooker tournament played at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading and the same seven teams as the previous year competed. Canada won their first title with the trio of Cliff Thorburn, Kirk Stevens, Bill Werbeniuk defeating defending champions England 4–2 in the final.

State Express World Team Classic
Tournament information
Dates23–31 October 1982 (1982-10-23 – 1982-10-31)
VenueHexagon Theatre
CityReading
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£55,000
Winner's share£16,500
Highest break Terry Griffiths (WAL), 123
Final
ChampionCanada Canada
Runner-upEngland England
Score4–2 (matches)
1981
1983

All matches including the final were played as the best of six matches with a tie break frame between the captains if it stayed 3-3. Canada won their first title with the trio of Cliff Thorburn, Kirk Stevens, Bill Werbeniuk beating defending champions England 4–2.

Terry Griffiths made the highest break of the tournament, 123.[1]

Main draw

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Teams and known results are listed below.[1]

Teams

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Country Player 1 (Captain) Player 2 Player 3
  England Steve Davis Jimmy White Tony Knowles
  Wales Doug Mountjoy Ray Reardon Terry Griffiths
  Northern Ireland Alex Higgins Dennis Taylor Tommy Murphy
  Canada Cliff Thorburn Bill Werbeniuk Kirk Stevens
  Australia Eddie Charlton Paddy Morgan Ian Anderson
  Scotland Eddie Sinclair Ian Black Jim Donnelly
  Ireland Patsy Fagan Dessie Sheehan Eugene Hughes

Qualifying round

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Team 1 Score Team 2 Date
  Republic of Ireland ?–4   Scotland

Group A

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Team 1 Score Team 2 Date
  England 4–3   Northern Ireland
  Northern Ireland 1–4   Scotland
  England 4–1   Scotland

Group B

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Team 1 Score Team 2 Date
  Wales 3–4   Canada
  Canada 4–0   Australia
  Wales 4–1   Australia

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Score Team 2 Date
  England 4–2   Wales
  Canada 4–0   Scotland

Final

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Final: Best of 7 matches.
Hexagon Theatre, Reading, England. 31 October 1982.
  Canada
Cliff Thorburn, Kirk Stevens, Bill Werbeniuk
4–2   England
Steve Davis, Jimmy White, Tony Knowles
Thorburn v Knowles: 9–120, 43–83
Werbeniuk v Davis: 76–8, 43–67, 66–54
Stevens v White: 31–73, 69–51, 70–67
Stevens v Knowles: 35–63, 4–89
Werbeniuk v White: 65–15, 80–42
Thorburn v Davis: 86–34, 81–15
55 (Werbeniuk) Highest break 76 (Knowles)
0 Century breaks 0
2 50+ breaks 2

References

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  1. ^ a b "State Express World Team Classic". Snooker Scene. December 1982. pp. 7–15.