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The 1986 Embassy World Snooker Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 April – 5 May 1986 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Joe Johnson won his only world title by defeating Steve Davis 18–12 in the final. == Tournament summary == *Like John Spencer in 1978, Terry Griffiths in 1980 and Steve Davis in 1982, defending champion Dennis Taylor fell to the Crucible curse, and lost his opening match 6–10 against Mike Hallett.〔 * Johnson was a 150–1 outsider at the start of the championship, as he never won a tournament in his seven year career.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2953941.stm )〕 He defeated Dave Martin in the first round and Hallett in the second.〔 In the quarter-finals he overturned a 9–12 deficit to defeat Griffiths 13–12; before he beat Tony Knowles 16–8 in the semi-finals to set up a final against Steve Davis, the world number one. After the first days play ended at 8–8, Johnson took a 13–11 lead before the last session of the match. Johnson then won five of the last six frames to win the match 18–12 for his first world title.〔 * Future world champion and world No. 1 Stephen Hendry made his debut losing 8–10 to Willie Thorne.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?PlayerKey=2&tourns=WC&plStat=2#PlayerResults )〕 It also made him the youngest player in the championship's history at the age of 17 years and 3 months.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/17714402 )〕 Another debutant in 1986 was Danny Fowler, who lost 2–10 to Terry Griffiths.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?PlayerKey=126&tourns=WC&plStat=2#PlayerReults )〕 * Three-time world champion John Spencer made his final appearance at the tournament, losing 7–10 to Alex Higgins.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?PlayerKey=56&tourns=WC&plStat=2#PlayerReults )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「1986 World Snooker Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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