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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 21–24 March 1990 |
| Venue | Bournemouth International Centre |
| City | Bournemouth |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £135,000 |
| Winner's share | £48,000 |
| Highest break |  Alain Robidoux (124) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Canada |
| Runner-up |  Northern Ireland |
| Score | 9–5 |
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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.
Semi-finals
Canada eliminated Australia 5-1 in the first semi-final, with only King, against Thorburn, winning a frame for Australia. Taylor gave Northern Ireland a 2-0 lead by defeating Browne, making the highest break of the tournament so far, 71, in the second frame. After Hughes had equalised, Higgins defeated Kearney 2-0 and then won the deciding frame against Hughes, to complete a 5-4 victory.[1]
Final
Canada defeated Northern Ireland 9-5 to win the title. Robidoux won five frames of the six he played, and concluded the match with a total clearance of 124, the highest break of the tournament, in the 14th frame.[2] At previous tournaments, Higgins had insisted that any of the team members winning the highest break prize should keep it for themselves rather than divide it between the team members. Taylor had recorded the highest break in the 1990 tournament to that point, a 71. Higgins was angered by Taylor's insistence that he would keep the £6,000 highest break prize for himself if he won it. At the press conference Higgins said "In my estimation, Dennis Taylor is not a snooker person. He is a money person . . . He put money before country. He belongs back in Coalisland. He's not fit to wear this badge, the red hand of Ulster."[3] Backstage during the match, Higgins threatened Taylor that he would arrange for him to be shot the next time that Taylor was back in Northern Ireland.[3][4] The presentation of the prizes to the Canadian team was interrupted by a streaker protesting against the poll tax whilst wearrting only two blue balloons.[4]
Main draw
The teams and results for the tournament are shown below.[5]
Teams
| Country | Player 1 (Captain) | Player 2 | Player 3 |
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 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 |  Silvino Francisco |
 Tony Drago |
 Dene O'Kane
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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| England | 4 | ||||||||||||
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| Republic of Ireland | 5 |
| Republic of Ireland | 2 | |||||||||
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| Northern Ireland | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | |||||||||
| Rest of the World | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | |||||||||
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| Wales | 3 |
| Canada | 9 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 5 |
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
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| Canada | 5 |
| Canada | 5 | |||||||||
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| 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
- ^ Acteson, Steve (24 March 1990). "Higgins and Taylor fall out after win". The Times. p. 42.
- ^ "Canada tops in snooker". Globe & Mail. Toronto. 26 March 1990. p. C1.
- ^ a b Everton, Clive (26 March 1990). "Snooker: I'll have you shot, Higgins tells teammate Taylor". The Guardian. p. 17.
- ^ a b Acteson, Steve (26 March 1990). "Threat by Higgins may lead to life ban". The Times. p. 42.
- ^ "Canada regain world cup". Snooker Scene. April 1990. pp. 5–9.