1976 champion ray reardon
From 65438 to 0976, the final of the first Embassy World Championships was held in Wythenshaw Arena, Manchester, England.
Ray reardon was challenged by alex higgins, who claimed to be the "people's champion" in the final. After barely entering the penultimate stage, Higgins finally collapsed. After missing a simple 6-pointer, he shook hands with Rilton and gave up. Rilton enjoyed success and easily won the world championship trophy.
Because Higgins voluntarily gave up the game, the final stage of the final didn't actually happen.
Champion john spencer runner-up Cliff Soben
1977 champion john spencer
This year's World Championships moved to Sheffield, and the Crucible Grand Theatre rang with applause from Taiwan Province fans for the first time.
The final was played between john spencer and Canadian Cliff Thorburn. In the end, Spencer defeated his opponent with 25-2 1 and won the championship trophy.
Champion Ray-Rilton runner-up Perry Mance
1978 champion ray reardon
Ray reardon almost dominated the snooker arena in 1970s. In 1978, he won the sixth and last world championship in his career. In the final, he defeated "left-handed" player Perry Manns.
Rilton's first five world champions were won in 1970, 73, 74, 75 and 1976 respectively.
Champion terry griffiths, runner-up dennis taylor
1979 champion terry griffiths
After a hard battle, Griffith defeated Eddie Charlton in the semi-final of the World Championships, and at the same time his famous saying "I entered the finals!" " This is also well known.
In the final, Griffith met Irish star dennis taylor, and a hard and protracted war was inevitable. Griffith finally won and won the only world championship trophy in his career.
Champion Cliff Soben, runner-up Higgins
1980 champion Cliff Soben
Cliff Soben and Hurricane alex higgins fought fiercely in the final. Soben's super tactical awareness and excellent safe ball, coupled with Higgins' natural strong attack and performance talent, constitute the biggest attraction of the final.
Soben won with 18- 16, and his mentality was stable. Many people want to know whether Higgins can become a world champion again.
Champion Steve Davis OBE runner-up Doug Moncho
198 1 champion Steve Davis OBE
In 1980s, snooker was dominated by Steve Davis OBE. 10, he reached the World Championships finals eight times and engraved his name on the world champion's trophy six times.
In the final of 8 1, Davis undoubtedly defeated Doug Montjoy with 18- 12, thus opening the curtain of the Davis dynasty.
Champion alex higgins runner-up Rilton
1982 champion alex higgins
This year's World Championship Finals gathered two celebrities in the history of snooker, alex higgins and six-time world champion ray reardon. This is the last time they advanced to the finals.
Higgins' comprehensive strength far exceeds that of Rilton, who has entered the twilight of his career. His shot in the last game of the last set 135 surprised everyone and proved to the world that he was the only candidate for the world championship. It has been 10 years since he won the championship for the first time in 72 years. After winning the championship, the touching scene of Higgins reaching out to summon his wife and children became an eternal memory of the World Championships.
Champion Steve Davis OBE runner-up Cliff Soben
1983 champion Steve Davis OBE
After losing to Tony Knowles in 1982, Davis made a comeback in the following year and regained the dominance of other platforms.
In that year's final, Davis met Cliff Soben, the 80-year world champion. He scored a perfect score of 147 against Griffith in the previous competition, which was the first time in the history of the World Championships that he scored a perfect score on the television stage.
The final was a bit anticlimactic. Davis easily defeated Thoburn in the final stage and won his second world championship.
Champion Steve Davis OBE, runner-up jimmy white
1984 champion Steve Davis OBE
This year, Steve Davis OBE won the third world championship in his career and the third in four years. He beat jimmy white in the final.
Davis always controlled the game in the first stage of the final, and it seems that the game will end in Davis' one-sided situation. On the contrary, backward White let go of his hands and feet, gradually narrowed the score gap and became the winner of the next day's game.
However, because Davis has established a big lead before, there is little hope for White to make a comeback. In the end, Steve Davis OBE narrowly defeated White with 18- 16, and lifted the world championship trophy for the third time.
Champion dennis taylor, runner-up Steve Davis OBE
1985 champion dennis taylor
This year's World Championship finals were held between three-time world champion Steve Davis OBE and Irish star dennis taylor.
The scores of the two players were tied at 17. In the last game, the score was very close, and both of them were caught in tension and pressure. The game lasted until 7 points. In front of the TV,18.5 million viewers witnessed Taylor scoring a black ball and winning 66-62.
Taylor is very popular among fans. He broke the snooker world monopolized by Davis for a long time.
Champion joe johnson, runner-up Steve Davis OBE
1986 champion joe johnson
This year belongs to joe johnson.
Johnson was still an unknown player at that time, and his winning odds were 150- 1. But when Johnson beat Davis by 18- 12, the whole snooker arena was shocked.
Even Davis, the king of billiards, has to admit that joe johnson has raised the skill of snooker to a new height, and the title of world champion is deserved by him.
Champion Steve Davis OBE, runner-up joe johnson
1987 champion Steve Davis OBE
This year's World Championship finals were staged again between Steve Davis OBE and joe johnson, but the result was just the opposite of last year. Steve Davis OBE defeated Johnson with 18- 14 and won the world championship for the fourth time.
Champion Steve Davis OBE runner-up Griffith
1988 champion Steve Davis OBE
Griffith, the world champion of 1979, reached the final of the World Championships again in this year, and he met Steve Davis OBE, whose state and skills were in full swing. This appearance is Griffith's first appearance in the final of Crucible after 9 years, and it is also the last time of his career.
Steve Davis OBE, a four-time world champion, always suppressed Griffith in the competition, and finally easily won his fifth world championship trophy.
Champion Steve Davis OBE, runner-up john parrott
1989 champion Steve Davis OBE
This is Davis' sixth world title and the last one he won.
Davis beat John parrot with a score of 18-3, pushing his career glory to the highest peak. Palot was obviously in awe of Davis and the Crucible Theatre. He can't always play football with peace of mind, and he missed the championship trophy in his struggle.
After winning the championship, Davis, like ray reardon, was crowned with the glory of six world champions.
Champion Stephen Hendry, runner-up jimmy white
1990 champion Stephen Hendry
This is the end of one era and the beginning of another. A more talented young man, Stephen Hendry, has stepped onto the stage of snooker history. At the same time, one of the most tragic figures, jimmy white, was born. He was recognized as the best snooker player, but he didn't have the title of world champion.
As early as the season of 1986-87, people thought that Stephen Hendry would win the world championship in five years. Sure enough, he beat White by 18- 12 in the final of the World Championships in 1990, becoming the youngest world champion in the history of the World Championships.
This is just the beginning of White's nightmare. Since then, he has reached the World Championships finals for four consecutive years, but missed the championship.
Champion John Parrot runner-up jimmy white
Champion john parrott
This year's finals were held between 1989 world runner-up parrot and 1990 world runner-up White.
Parrot established a 7-0 lead in the first stage of the competition, which made his victory look unbreakable. In the end, parrot defeated White with 18- 1 1 and won the only world champion in his career.
Champion Stephen Hendry, runner-up jimmy white
1992 champion Stephen Hendry
Stephen Hendry and White met again in the final of the World Championships, and the result was exactly the same as 1990. Haendly won, but the process was full of twists and turns.
In the first half of the game, White always took the initiative, leading with 14-8. At this time, the emergence of Haendly showed his potential as a world champion. He won 65,438+00 innings in a row, grabbing the victory from scratch with 65,438+08-65,438+04.
Champion Stephen Hendry, runner-up jimmy white
1993 champion Stephen Hendry
This is Haendly's third world champion in four years.
At first, Haendly scored a single shot 136, which set the tone for later victory. Finally, 18-5 defeated white chess.
Champion Stephen Hendry, runner-up jimmy white
1994 champion Stephen Hendry
Perhaps this is a golden opportunity for White to win the world championship trophy. When victory and honor slowly tilted towards him, he made an unforgivable mistake and missed a very simple 7-pointer. Facts have proved that it was this mistake that made him miss the world champion.
When Haendly got the chance to play again, he showed his master's grace, ending White's trip to Crucible with 58 points, and finally winning with 18- 17, lifting his fourth world championship trophy.
Champion Stephen Hendry, runner-up nigel bond
1995 champion Stephen Hendry
For three years in a row, Haendly defeated White in the final of the World Championships, and this year they met in the semi-finals.
Haendly scored a perfect score of 147 in the semi-final and successfully advanced to the final. In the final, Haendly played against nigel bond. Haendly finished the game with 100 points. Although Bond lost the game, he was not ashamed because he enjoyed a wonderful final.
After defeating Bond, Haendly won the fifth world championship in six years, which is also his fourth consecutive world championship.
Champion Stephen Hendry, runner-up Peter Ebdon
1996 champion Stephen Hendry
"come on Come on! " When Peter Abton defeated his opponent and advanced to the final of the World Championships that year, his passionate cry echoed between the beams of the Krusburg Grand Theatre. Bad luck, Abton met Haendly, the "billiards emperor". Although still full of passion, the gap in strength finally made him the world runner-up.
With rich experience and superb skills and tactics, Haendly defeated tenacious Abton with 18- 12 and lifted his sixth World Cup. This is Haendly's sixth world champion in seven years, and he has won an amazing five consecutive world championships. Thus, Haendly's billiards career reached its peak.
Champion ken doherty
1997 champion ken doherty
When Haendly hit his sixth consecutive world championship title, an Irish billiards genius stood before him. This is ken doherty.
After 30 rounds of fighting, the "Billiards Emperor" finally lowered his expensive head, which was the first time that Haendly lost in the final of the World Championships. Dahdi defeated the mighty Haendly with a record of 18- 12, and won the championship trophy symbolizing the highest honor of snooker.
Champion John Higgins runner-up ken doherty
1998 champion John Higgins
This year, a young man came into people's sight. This is John Higgins. When Higgins was a teenager, experts began to talk that he would hold high the trophy of the world champion. From 65438 to 0998, Higgins finally showed his extraordinary talent to the world.
In the final, Higgins played against world defending champion Dahdi. Under Higgins' impeccable attack and defense system, Dahdi failed to continue last year's glory and was defeated by 12- 18. A new world champion was born.
Champion Stephen Hendry
1999 champion Stephen Hendry
Haendly has created another history of snooker world. This year, he achieved the feat of winning seven world championships. He broke the record of modern snooker. He is a master of this sport.
Facing Welshman mark williams, who reached the final of the World Championships for the first time, Haendly basically met no resistance, and18-1achieved a historic breakthrough.
Champion mark williams
Mark williams, champion in 2000.
This year's World Championships finals were led by two Welsh and world runners-up mark williams and matthew stevens for the first time.
Williams finally defeated his compatriots and became the new world champion.
Champion Ronnie O 'Sullivan, runner-up John Higgins.
Ronnie O 'Sullivan, 200 1 champion.
On Tuesday, May 8, 2006, at 5438+0, O 'Sullivan held the trophy high to celebrate his first world championship title. He defeated former world champion John Higgins with 18- 14 in the final.
Champion Peter Abbott, runner-up Stephen Hendry
2002 champion Peter Abton
When Abton won the world championship this year, he said with emotion: "I feel like I am on another planet!" " "
In the final, Haendly, the seven-time champion, played against Abton, and the intensity was no less than 1985, the championship battle between Taylor and Davis. Especially in the crucial deciding game, both players made many low-level mistakes under tremendous suffocating pressure. Abton first woke up from fear, and he swallowed Haendly's hope of winning the championship with a calm score, and finally ascended the throne of the world champion with the advantage of 18- 17.
Champion mark williams
Mark williams, the champion in 2003.
Mark williams defeated 18- 16, the world champion of 1997, and won the world champion trophy for the second time.
Champion Ronnie O 'Sullivan, runner-up graeme dott
2004 champion Ronnie O 'Sullivan
The talented player O 'Sullivan finally entered the mature stage of his career, which was followed by numerous honors. In this year's World Championship finals, O 'Sullivan 18-8 defeated Scot graeme dott.
What is even more memorable is that the last scene of O 'Sullivan hitting the ball with his left hand really surprised the fans.
Champion shaun murphy
2005 champion shaun murphy.
In this year's World Championships finals, a new face appeared, a baby-faced, chubby young man. He is the new world champion shaun murphy.
In the first half of the game, Murphy also fell behind Welsh star matthew stevens by a big score. But in the final sprint stage, Murphy gradually narrowed the gap and overtook him with the help of God, and finally defeated his opponent with 18- 16, becoming the second youngest champion in the history of the World Championships.
After the game, Murphy swung his right fist at the high roof of the crucible, which represented the coming of another Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.