The 1982 Embassy World Snooker Championship turned into a professional snooker tournament

that took place between 30 April and 16 May 1982 at the Crucible Theatre, in Sheffield,
England. It became the simplest occasion of the 1981–eighty two snooker season that carried
global ranking points. Embassy, a British cigarette company, subsidized the event, and the World
Professional Billiards and Snooker Association ruled the corporation of the event. It had a prize
fund of £one hundred ten,000, with the winner receiving £25,000. The defending champion,
Steve Davis (pictured), had defeated Doug Mountjoy with a score of 18–12 within the preceding
12 months's final. In 1982, Davis became the bookmaker's favorite to win the match, however he
misplaced 1–10 to Tony Knowles inside the first round. Alex Higgins received his 2nd
international name by way of defeating Ray Reardon 18–15 in the very last. Ten century breaks
have been made at some point of the event, the very best of which turned into a 143 scored via
Willie Thorne.