World Doubles Championship

The World Doubles Championship, also known as the Hofmeister World Doubles (1982–1986) or the Fosters World Doubles (1987) for sponsorship purposes, was a non-ranking team snooker tournament held from 1982 to 1987 as the major Template:Glossary link event.

History

Created to capitalise on the growing popularity of televised snooker, as well as to offer a slightly different version of the game, the event was initially staged at the Crystal Palace in London, sponsored by Courage Brewery through their Hofmeister brand. 29 pairs entered the event, which was played from the last 16 in London.

Due to poor attendance of the inaugural event it was moved to the Derngate in Northampton. In 1987 the sponsorship of the event was moved to the Fosters brand, but the sponsorship contract expired the same year. By the end of the 1980s, other more significant events were making up the snooker calendar and the tournament was eventually abandoned. Four of the six tournaments were won by the pairing of Steve Davis and Tony Meo.

Winners

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Final score	Season
1982	Template:Flagicon Steve Davis & Template:Flagicon Tony Meo	Template:Flagicon Terry Griffiths & Template:Flagicon Doug Mountjoy	13–2	1982/83
1983	Template:Flagicon Steve Davis & Template:Flagicon Tony Meo	Template:Flagicon Tony Knowles & Template:Flagicon Jimmy White	10–2	1983/84
1984	Template:Flagicon Alex Higgins & Template:Flagicon Jimmy White	Template:Flagicon Cliff Thorburn & Template:Flagicon Willie Thorne	10–2	1984/85
1985	Template:Flagicon Steve Davis & Template:Flagicon Tony Meo	Template:Flagicon Tony Jones & Template:Flagicon Ray Reardon	12–5	1985/86
1986	Template:Flagicon Steve Davis & Template:Flagicon Tony Meo	Template:Flagicon Mike Hallett & Template:Flagicon Stephen Hendry	12–3	1986/87
1987	Template:Flagicon Mike Hallett & Template:Flagicon Stephen Hendry	Template:Flagicon Cliff Thorburn & Template:Flagicon Dennis Taylor	12–8	1987/88

External links

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