deciding frame. As champions in the previous year, Ireland were entitled to enter two teams, denoted "A" and "B". The first round matches were played on 18 and 19 March, whilst the semi-finals were played on 20 March and the final was held on 21 March. Prize fund Prize money was awarded as follows: Quarter-finals: £6,000 per team Semi-finals: £10,000 per team Runners-up: £20,000 per team Winners: £32,000 per team Highest break: £4,000 Teams Teams comprised three players representing national teams. As defending champions, Ireland were seeded first, and were allowed to enter a second team. All other nations were seeded depending on combined world ranking. Below is a list of teams that competed: Summary First round The first round was held as the best-of-9-frame matches on 18 and 19 March. In the first match, Australia against Wales, Eddie Charlton won the first frame against Ray Reardon, but Reardon won the second, and then Doug Mountjoy beat Warren King 2–0, and Terry Griffiths beat John Campbell 2–0 to give Wales a 5–1 win. As champions in the previous year, Ireland were entitled to enter two teams. The two teams played each other in the first round, with Ireland A taking a 4–0 lead as Eugene Hughes beat Paddy Browne and Alex Higgins beat Patsy Fagan, both 2–0. Tommy Murphy of Ireland B then won a frame against Dennis Taylor before Taylor won the last to seal a 5–1 victory for Ireland A. In Canada's match against the "Rest of World Team", Kirk Stevens beat Silvino Francisco 2–0, Cliff Thorburn drew 1–1 with Tony Drago, and then Bill Werbeniuk lost 0–2 to Dene O'Kane to tie the scores at 3–3. Stevens then drew 1–1 with Drago to make it 4–4, and Thorburn beat Francisco in the tie-break frame so that Canada won 5–4. Steve Davis and Tony Meo arrived at the venue only about 15 minutes before the start of England's match against Scotland, having travelled from Cheltenham Racecourse that day, with part of the journey by helicopter. Joe Johnson and Stephen Hendry shared the first two frames 1–1, then Davis and Meo recorded 2–0 victories over Matt Gibson and Murdo MacLeod respectively to finish the match at 5–1 to England. Semi-finals The semi-finals were both played on 20 March as best-of-9-frames. Griffiths scored breaks of 113 and 92 in beating Taylor and giving Wales a 2–0 lead over Ireland A.