Professional snooker tournament, held April to May 1983
1983 Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates
16 April – 2 May 1983 (1983-04-16 – 1983-05-02)
Venue
Crucible Theatre
City
Sheffield
Country
England
Organisation
WPBSA
Format
Ranking event
Winner's share
£30,000
Highest break
Cliff Thorburn (CAN) (147)
Final
Champion
Steve Davis (ENG)
Runner-up
Cliff Thorburn (CAN)
Score
18–6
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Snooker tournament
The 1983 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1983 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 2 May 1983 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. This was the third and final world ranking event of the 1982–83 snooker season following the 1982 Professional Players Tournament. Sixteen seeded players qualified directly for the event, with an additional sixteen players progressing through a two-round qualification round held at the Romiley Forum in Stockport, and Redwood Lodge in Bristol. The winner of the event received £30,000, and the tournament was sponsored by cigarette company Embassy.
Alex Higgins was the defending champion, having won the 1982 championship, but he lost 5–16 to Steve Davis in the semi-finals. Davis, the 1981 champion, won the event for the second time, defeating Cliff Thorburn 18–6 in the final. A total of 18 century breaks were made during the tournament. The highest was made by Thorburn in the fourth frame of his second round match against Terry Griffiths, where he compiled a maximum break of 147 points, becoming the first player to make such a break in a World Championship match.
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Global Information
Cliff Thorburn (CAN) (147)
Steve Davis (ENG)