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1989 World Cup (snooker)

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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

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

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 South Africa Silvino Francisco Malta Tony Drago New Zealand 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 England 5
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 1 England England 5
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1 Canada Canada 2
Canada Canada 5 England England 9
Australia Australia 2 Rest of the World 8
Rest of the World 5 Rest of the World 5
Wales Wales 5 Wales Wales 3
Scotland 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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