1987 Kent Cup Explained

Tournament Name:	Kent Cup
Location:	Beijing
Country:	China
Organisation:	Matchroom Sport and WPBSA
Format:	Non-ranking event
Score:	5–2
Next:	1988

The 1987 Kent Cup was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament held in Beijing from 5 to 8 March 1987. The invited competitors were seven players managed by Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport, and also Rex Williams and eight Chinese amateur players. Willie Thorne won the tournament, defeating Jimmy White 5–2 in the final, which was watched by over 100 million television viewers in China.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Morrison, Ian . 1989 . The Official 1990 Matchroom Special . London . Hamyln . 57 . 0600566005.
2. Web site: 1987 Kent Cup Results . . snookerdatabase.co.uk . Snooker Database . 12 April 2020 . 20 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210720205450/https://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=746 . dead .
3. Web site: 1987 Kent Cup Results . . snookerdatabase.co.uk . Snooker Event Calendar (1987) . 12 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190915173816/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventList.aspx . 15 September 2019 . live .