1987 Carling Challenge

Carling Challenge
Tournament information
Dates	14–16 September 1987
Venue	RTÉ Studios
City	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£35,000
Winner's share	£12,500
Highest break	Dennis Taylor (NIR) (140)
Final
Champion	Dennis Taylor (NIR)
Runner-up	Joe Johnson (ENG)
Score	8–5
	← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Carling Challenge was a non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 14 and 16 September 1987.^[1]^[4] The tournament featured four professional players and was filmed in RTÉ Studios, Dublin, for broadcast on RTÉ.^[2]^[5]^[6]

Dennis Taylor won the tournament for the second consecutive season defeating Joe Johnson 8–5.^[2]

Main draw

Results are shown below.^[5]

Semi-finals Best of 9 frames		Final Best of 15 frames

Dennis Taylor (NIR)	5

Stephen Hendry (SCO)	3
		Dennis Taylor (NIR)	8

		Joe Johnson (ENG)	5
Joe Johnson (ENG)	5

Neal Foulds (ENG)	4

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1987 Carling Challenge

Contents

Main draw

References

Tournament information
Dates	14–16 September 1987 (1987-09-14 – 1987-09-16)
Venue	RTÉ Studios
City	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£35,000^[1]
Winner's share	£12,500^[2]
Highest break	Dennis Taylor (NIR) (140)^[3]
Final
Champion	Dennis Taylor (NIR)
Runner-up	Joe Johnson (ENG)
Score	8–5
← 1986 1988 →