1988 World Cup (snooker)

The 1988 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament played at the Bournemouth International Centre. Fersina Windows were the sponsors for the next two years.

Fersina Windows World Cup

Tournament information
Dates	16–19 March 1988
Venue	Bournemouth International Centre
City	Bournemouth
Country	England
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£125,000
Winner's share	£40,000
Final
Champion	England
Runner-up	Australia
← 1987 1989 →

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.

Main draw

Teams

Country	Player 1	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

?

Rest of the World

5

Rest of the World

?

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

References