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The 1986 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament which took place between 19 April and 5 May 1986 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the sixth and final ranking event of the 1985–86 snooker season and the 1986 edition of the World Snooker Championship, which was first held in 1927. The total prize fund was £350,000 with £70,000 awarded to the winner. The defending champion was Dennis Taylor, who had defeated Steve Davis 18–17 in the 1985 World Snooker Championship final to win his first world title. Taylor lost in the first round of the 1986 event 6–10 to Mike Hallett. The world number 16 Joe Johnson defeated Davis 18–12 in the final to win his sole ranking event. Prior to the competition, the bookmakers' odds for a Johnson victory were 150/1. There were 20 century breaks compiled in total during the tournament, the highest of which was a 134 made by Davis. (Full article...)
This is just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. It hasn't been scheduled at TFA yet; we're just finishing up the blurbs for FACs promoted in September. - Dank (push to talk) 23:24, 30 December 2020 (UTC)