1988 World Cup (snooker)

Fersina Windows World Cup

Tournament information
Dates	16–19 March 1988 (1988-03-16 – 1988-03-19)
Venue	Bournemouth International Centre
City	Bournemouth
Country	England
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£125,000[1]
Winner's share	£40,000[2]
Highest break	Stephen Hendry (SCO) (106)[3]
Final
Champion	England
Runner-up	Australia
Score	9–7
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The 1988 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 19 March 1988 at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England.[4] Fersina Windows were the sponsors for the next two years.

Ireland returned to competing as Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland this year and both went out in the first round to Rest of the World and England respectively. England went on to win their third title with the top 3 world ranked players Steve Davis, Jimmy White and Neal Foulds beating unfancied Australia with Eddie Charlton, John Campbell and Warren King 9 frames to 7.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]

• Winner: £40,000
• Runner-up: £25,000
• Semi-final: £12,500
• Quarter-final: £7,500
• Highest break: £5,000
• Total: £125,000[1]

Main draw

Teams

Country	Player 1 (Captain)	Player 2	Player 3
Northern Ireland	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	Tommy Murphy
England	Steve Davis	Jimmy White	Neal Foulds
Canada	Cliff Thorburn	Kirk Stevens	Bill Werbeniuk
Wales	Terry Griffiths	Doug Mountjoy	Cliff Wilson
Ireland	Eugene Hughes	Paddy Browne	Joe O'Boye
Australia	John Campbell	Eddie Charlton	Warren King
Rest of the World	Tony Drago	Dene O'Kane	Silvino Francisco
Scotland	Murdo MacLeod	Stephen Hendry	John Rea

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-finals Best of 9 Frames					Final Best of 17 Frames
	Northern Ireland		3
	Rest of the World		5			Rest of the World		3
	England		5			England		5
	Republic of Ireland		1								England		9
	Canada		0								Australia		7
	Australia		5			Australia		5
	Wales		4			Scotland		1
	Scotland		5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referees: Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England. 19 March 1988.
England Steve Davis, Jimmy White, Neal Foulds	9–7	Australia John Campbell, Eddie Charlton, Warren King
	Highest break
	Century breaks
	50+ breaks
Davis v Campbell: 1–1 (67-30, 12-66) Foulds v King: 1–1 (82-12, 29-69) White v Charlton: 0–2 (56-73, 50-75) White v Charlton: 1–1 (63-56, 26-82) White v King: 1–1 (40-57, 51-32) Foulds v Campbell: 1–1 (41-66, 68-26) Davis v Charlton: 2–0 (65-42, 84-0) Davis v King: 2–0 (106-25, 92-30)

References

1. Everton, Clive (6 November 1987). "Window on the World". The Guardian. London. p. 34.
2. Everton, Clive (21 March 1988). "Davis halts Australia's march". The Guardian. London. p. 11.
3. Smith, Terry, ed. (1988). "Fersina Windows World Cup Results". Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Fifth Edition). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. p. 100. ISBN 0720718309.
4. Smith, Terry (21 October 1987). "Thorburn's misery is complete". The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 46.