World Doubles Championship (snooker)

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The World Doubles Championship, also known as the Hofmeister World Doubles (1982-6) or the Fosters World Doubles (1987), was a non-ranking snooker tournament held from 1982 to 1987. Created to capitalise on the growing popularity of televised snooker, and to offer a slightly different version of the game, it was initially staged at the Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre before being moved to the Derngate Centre in Northampton after one year. By the end of the 1980s, other, more significant, events were making up the snooker calendar and the tournament was finally abandoned in 1987. Four of the six tournaments were won by the pairing of Steve Davis and Tony Meo.

[edit] Winners

Year	Winner	Opponent	Final score	Season
Hofmeister World Doubles
1982	Steve Davis-  England & Tony Meo-  England	Terry Griffiths-  Wales & Doug Mountjoy-  Wales	13 - 2	1982/83
1983	Steve Davis-  England & Tony Meo-  England	Tony Knowles-  England & Jimmy White-  England	10 - 2	1983/84
1984	Alex Higgins-  Northern Ireland & Jimmy White-  England	Cliff Thorburn-  Canada & Willie Thorne-  England	10 - 2	1984/85
1985	Steve Davis-  England & Tony Meo-  England	Tony Jones-  England & Ray Reardon-  Wales	12 - 5	1985/86
1986	Steve Davis-  England & Tony Meo-  England	Mike Hallett-  England & Stephen Hendry-  Scotland	12 - 3	1986/87
Fosters World Doubles
1987	Mike Hallett-  England & Stephen Hendry-  Scotland	Cliff Thorburn-  Canada & Dennis Taylor-  Northern Ireland	12 - 8	1987/88