1986 Belgian Classic Explained

Tournament Name:Belgian Classic
Venue:Ostend Casino
Location:Ostend
Country:Belgium
Organisation:WPBSA
Format:Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£40,000[1]
Winners Share:£12,000[2]
Highest Break: (121)[3]
Winner: Terry Griffiths
Runner Up: Kirk Stevens
Score:9–7

The 1986 BCE Belgian Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament only held once between 14 and 17 January 1986 at the Ostend Casino in Ostend, Belgium.[4] [5]

Terry Griffiths won the tournament, defeating Kirk Stevens 9–7 in the final.[6]

Another championship was due to take place in 1987 played at the same venue between 7 and 15 March. With the withdrawal of all seven of Barry Hearn's Matchroom players including champion Griffiths (they were playing in the new Kent Cup in China around that time), the tournament was cancelled.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Snooker goes into Europe. subscription. 14 January 1986. Daily Record. 32.
  2. News: Griffiths wins in Belgium. subscription. 18 January 1986. Dundee Courier. 13.
  3. Terry Griffiths wins B.C.E. Belgian Classic . Snooker Scene . 20–21 . Everton's News Agency . March 1986.
  4. News: The snooker tour breaks into Europe. subscription. 30 November 1985. Daily Mirror. 27.
  5. Web site: Other Non-Ranking and Invitational Events. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160458/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc2.html#BelCl. 1 March 2018. 2012-02-16.
  6. Web site: 1986 Belgian Classic Results Grid. Snooker Database. 1 March 2018. 2 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180302044713/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=740. dead.
  7. News: Dodd beats Johnson to reach final. subscription. 11 February 1987. Aberdeen Press and Journal. 23.