Back Чэмпіянат свету па снукеры 1986 Byelorussian Snookerweltmeisterschaft 1986 German 1986 World Snooker Championship English Championnat du monde de snooker 1986 French Campionato mondiale di snooker 1986 Italian მსოფლიო ჩემპიონატი სნუკერში 1986 Georgian Wereldkampioenschap snooker 1986 Dutch Mistrzostwa Świata w Snookerze 1986 Polish Чемпионат мира по снукеру 1986 Russian 1986 World Snooker Championship SIMPLE
| Matchday programme for the event | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 April – 5 May 1986 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Kintra | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | rankin event |
| Total prize fund | £350,000 |
| Winner's share | £70,000 |
| Highest break |  Steve Davis (ENG) (134) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Joe Johnson (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Steve Davis (ENG) |
| Score | 18–12 |
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The 1986 Warld Snooker Championship (an aw referred tae as the 1986 Embassy Warld Snooker Championship for the purposes o sponsorship) wis a professional snooker toornament that teuk place atween 19 Apryle and 5 May 1986 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It wis the saxt and final rankin event o the 1985–86 snooker season an the 1986 edition o the Warld Snooker Championship first held in 1927. The tot prize fund wis £350,000 wi £70,000 awairdit tae the winner. The toornament wis sponsored bi cigarette manufacturer Embassy.
The defendin champion wis Northren Ireland's Dennis Taylor, who haed defeatit Steve Davis 18–17 in the 1985 Warld Snooker Championship final tae win his first title. Taylor lost in the first roond o the event 4–10 tae Mike Hallett. The warld nummer 16 Joe Johnson defeatit Davis 18–12 in the final tae win his sole rankin event. Prior tae the event, bookmakers' odds for a Johnson veectory war 150–1. A tot o 20 century breaks war made during the event, the heichest o which wis a 134 made bi Davis.