1989 World Cup (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21–24 March 1989 |
| Venue | Bournemouth International Centre |
| City | Bournemouth |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £135,000 |
| Winner's share | £43,200 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  England |
| Runner-up |  Rest of the World |
| Score | 9–8 |
← 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[edit]
Teams[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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) | ||
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