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.
Main draw Teams and known results are listed below.
Teams
Country Player 1 (Captain) Player 2 Player 3 Steve Davis Jimmy White Tony Knowles Doug Mountjoy Ray Reardon Terry Griffiths Alex Higgins Dennis Taylor Tommy Murphy Cliff Thorburn Bill Werbeniuk Kirk Stevens Eddie Charlton Paddy Morgan Ian Anderson Eddie Sinclair Ian Black Jim Donnelly Patsy Fagan Dessie Sheehan Eugene Hughes
Qualifying round
Match played in September 12 at Sheffield Snooker Hall.
Team 1ScoreTeam 2Date Republic of Ireland2–4 Scotland
Group A
Team 1ScoreTeam 2Date England4–3 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland1–4 Scotland England4–1 Scotland
Group B
Team 1ScoreTeam 2Date Wales3–4 Canada Canada4–0 Australia Wales4–1 Australia
Semi-finals
Team 1ScoreTeam 2Date England4–2 Wales Canada4–0 Scotland
Final
Final: Best of 7 matches. Hexagon Theatre, Reading, England. 31 October 1982. Cliff Thorburn, Kirk Stevens, Bill Werbeniuk 4–2 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
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