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Tournament information
Dates21–24 March 1989 (1989-03-21 – 1989-03-24)
VenueBournemouth International Centre
CityBournemouth
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£43,200
Final
ChampionEngland England
Runner-up Rest of the World
Score9–8
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The 1989 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament played at the Bournemouth International Centre.

England went on to win their record fourth title with the same players from last year Steve Davis, Jimmy White and Neal Foulds beat a Rest of the World team with South Africa's Silvino Francisco, New Zealand's Dene O'Kane and Malta's Tony Drago who were 5-8 behind to finish in a final frame encounter between Davis and O'Kane which ended in a re-spotted black.

Main draw

Teams

CountryPlayer 1 (Captain)Player 2Player 3
 EnglandSteve DavisJimmy WhiteNeal Foulds
 WalesTerry GriffithsDoug MountjoyCliff Wilson
Rest of the WorldSouth Africa Silvino FranciscoMalta Tony DragoNew Zealand Dene O'Kane
 Northern IrelandDennis TaylorAlex HigginsTommy Murphy
 CanadaCliff ThorburnKirk StevensBob Chaperon
 AustraliaEddie CharltonJohn CampbellWarren King
 ScotlandStephen HendryMurdo MacLeodJim Donnelly
 IrelandEugene HughesPaddy BrowneAnthony Kearney
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 Frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 9 Frames 		Final
Best of 17 Frames
England England 5
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 1 England England 5
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1 Canada Canada 2
Canada Canada 5 England England 9
Australia Australia 2 Rest of the World 8
Rest of the World 5 Rest of the World 5
Wales Wales 5 Wales Wales 3
Scotland Scotland 3

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referees:
Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England. 24 March 1989.
 England
Steve Davis, Jimmy White, Neal Foulds		 9–8 Rest of the World
Dene O'Kane, Silvino Francisco, Tony Drago
Davis v Drago: 1–1 (25–67, 68–26)
Foulds v O'Kane: 2–0 (70–41, 71–45)
White v Francisco: 1–1 (52-84, 69-37)
White v Francisco: 0–2 (22-75, 24-75)
White v Drago: 1–1 (0-75, 68-67)
Davis v O'Kane: 2–0 (96-16, 92-27)
Foulds v Francisco: 1–1 (65-56, 7-136)
Foulds v Drago: 0–2 (0-84, 29-65)
Davis v O'Kane: 1–0 (72–55)
Highest break
Century breaks
50+ breaks

References

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