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Revision as of 15:55, 22 March 2022

British Car Rental World Cup
Tournament information
Dates21–24 March 1990 (1990-03-21 – 1990-03-24)
VenueBournemouth International Centre
CityBournemouth
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£48,000
Highest breakCanada Alain Robidoux (124)
Final
ChampionCanada Canada
Runner-upNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Score9–5
1989
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The 1990 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament played at the Bournemouth International Centre. British Car Rental sponsored this last one in its original form.

England with Steve Davis, Jimmy White and John Parrott lost their first round match to the Republic of Ireland, who then lost to Northern Ireland in the semi-finals. The Northern Ireland team of captain Dennis Taylor, Alex Higgins and Tommy Murphy became more remembered behind the scenes, with infighting between Higgins and Taylor fighting over the captaincy that erupted into a number of arguments, culminating in Higgins infamously threatening to have Taylor shot; this incident, along with a number of offences at the World Championship a month later, resulted in Higgins being banned from the game for the rest of 1990 and all of 1991. They went on to lose to Canada in the final 5–9 in which Cliff Thorburn lead a new look team with Bob Chaperon and Alain Robidoux in which the latter player won the match with a 124 break, the highest of the championship.

Main draw

Teams

Country Player 1 (Captain) Player 2 Player 3
 England Steve Davis Jimmy White John Parrott
 Wales Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy Cliff Wilson
 Canada Cliff Thorburn Bob Chaperon Alain Robidoux
Rest of the World South Africa Silvino Francisco Malta Tony Drago New Zealand Dene O'Kane
 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor Alex Higgins Tommy Murphy
 Scotland Stephen Hendry Murdo MacLeod John Rea
 Australia Eddie Charlton John Campbell Warren King
 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 England 4
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 5 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 2
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 5 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 5
Rest of the World 2 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 5
Wales Wales 3 Canada Canada 9
Australia Australia 5 Australia Australia 1
Canada Canada 5 Canada Canada 5
Scotland Scotland 3

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referees:
Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England. 24 March 1990.
 Canada
Cliff Thorburn, Bob Chaperon, Alain Robidoux
9–5  Northern Ireland
Dennis Taylor, Alex Higgins, Tommy Murphy
Chaperon v Taylor: 1–1
Thorburn v Murphy: 2–0
Robidoux v Higgins: 1–1
Robidoux v Higgins: 2–0
Chaperon v Taylor: 1–1
Thorburn v Higgins: 0–2
Robidoux v Murphy: 2–0 ( last frame 124–8 (124))
Highest break
Century breaks
50+ breaks

References