1982 World Team Classic

State Express World Team Classic

Tournament information
Dates	23–31 October 1982 (1982-10-23 – 1982-10-31)
Venue	Hexagon Theatre
City	Reading
Country	England
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£55,000
Winner's share	£16,500
Highest break	Terry Griffiths  (WAL), 123
Final
Champion	Canada
Runner-up	England
Score	4–2 (matches)
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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.

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

Teams and known results are listed below. ^[1]

Teams

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

Match played in September 12 at Sheffield Snooker Hall.

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

Group A

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

Group B

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

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

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