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World Doubles Championship

Field	Value
tournament_name	World Doubles Championship
venue	Derngate Centre
location	London (1982) / Northampton (1983–1987)
country	England
establishment	1982
organisation	World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
format	Non-ranking team event
final year	1987
Final Champion	ENG Mike Hallett
SCO Stephen Hendry

SCO Stephen Hendry

The World Doubles Championship, also known as the Hofmeister World Doubles (1982–1986) or the Fosters World Doubles (1987) for sponsorship purposes, was a non-ranking team snooker tournament held from 1982 to 1987 as the major event.

History

Created to capitalise on the growing popularity of televised snooker, as well as to offer a slightly different version of the game, the event was initially staged at the Crystal Palace in London, sponsored by Courage Brewery through their Hofmeister brand. 29 pairs entered the event, which was played from the last 16 in London.

Due to poor attendance of the inaugural event it was moved to the Derngate in Northampton. In 1987 the sponsorship of the event was moved to the Fosters brand, but the sponsorship contract expired the same year. By the end of the 1980s, other more significant events were making up the snooker calendar and the tournament was eventually abandoned. Four of the six tournaments were won by the pairing of Steve Davis and Tony Meo.

Winners

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Final score	Season
1982	ENG Steve Davis & ENG Tony Meo	WAL Terry Griffiths & WAL Doug Mountjoy	13–2	1982/83
1983	ENG Steve Davis & ENG Tony Meo	ENG Tony Knowles & ENG Jimmy White	10–2	1983/84
1984	NIR Alex Higgins & ENG Jimmy White	CAN Cliff Thorburn & ENG Willie Thorne	10–2	1984/85
1985	ENG Steve Davis & ENG Tony Meo	ENG Tony Jones & WAL Ray Reardon	12–5	1985/86
1986	ENG Steve Davis & ENG Tony Meo	ENG Mike Hallett & SCO Stephen Hendry	12–3	1986/87
1987	ENG Mike Hallett & SCO Stephen Hendry	CAN Cliff Thorburn & NIR Dennis Taylor	12–8	1987/88

References

Turner, Chris. "World Doubles Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
(20 December 1982). "Meo makes his mark – and collects £13,000". [[The Glasgow Herald]].
(19 December 1983). "Easy for Davis & Meo". The Glasgow Herald.
(16 December 1985). "Davis, Meo lift doubles crown". The Glasgow Herald.
(15 December 1986). "Davis and Meo wrap up title". The Glasgow Herald.

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