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From today's featured article  Steve Davis in 2007 The 1982 Embassy World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 30 April and 16 May 1982 at the Crucible Theatre, in Sheffield, England. It was the only event of the 1981–82 snooker season that carried world ranking points. Embassy, a British cigarette company, sponsored the tournament, and the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association governed the organisation of the event. It had a prize fund of £110,000, with the winner receiving £25,000. The defending champion, Steve Davis (pictured), had defeated Doug Mountjoy with a score of 18–12 in the previous year's final. In 1982, Davis was the bookmaker's favourite to win the tournament, but he lost 1–10 to Tony Knowles in the first round. Alex Higgins won his second world title by defeating Ray Reardon 18–15 in the final. Ten century breaks were made during the tournament, the highest of which was a 143 scored by Willie Thorne. (Full article...)

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