1982 Irish Masters
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{{Use Irish English|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=Irish Masters
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|1982|03|23|1982|03|28|df=y}}
|venue=Goffs
|location=Kill
|country=Ireland
|organisation=WPBSA
|format=Non-Ranking event
|Total prize fund=£25,000{{cite news |last1=Gilleece |first1=Dermot |title=Higgins very close to being disqualified |newspaper=The Irish Times |location=Dublin |date=29 March 1982 |page=16}}
|winners_share=£8,000{{cite news |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |title=Griffiths again takes Irish title |date=29 March 1982 |page=26}}
|highest_break={{flagathlete|Steve Davis|ENG}} (128){{cite book |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=1981 |title=The Guinness Book of Snooker |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd |location=Enfield |isbn=0851122302 |page=166}}
|winner={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths
|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
|score=9–5
|previous=1981
|next=1983
}}
The 1982 Irish Masters was the eighth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 23 to 28 March 1982.{{cite news |last=Everton |first=Clive |title=Shorter matches put Davis at risk |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=3 February 1982 |page=21}} The tournament was played at Goffs in Kill, County Kildare, and featured twelve professional players.
Terry Griffiths won the title for the third year in a row, beating Steve Davis 9–5 in the final.
Main draw
{{cite web|title=Irish Masters|url=http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=25|publisher=Snooker Scene|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071613/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=25|access-date=20 November 2017|archive-date = 2013-01-24}}{{cite web|title=1982 Irish Masters Results|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=527|publisher=Snooker Database|access-date=20 November 2017|archive-date=6 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106201858/https://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=527|url-status=dead}}
{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
| RD1=Round 1
Best of 9 frames
| RD2=Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
| RD3=Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
| RD4=Final
Best of 17 frames
| RD1-team03={{Flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy
| RD1-score03=5
| RD1-team04={{Flagicon|IRL}} Eugene Hughes
| RD1-score04=4
| RD1-team07={{Flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins
| RD1-score07=5
| RD1-team08={{Flagicon|CAN}} Jim Wych
| RD1-score08=3
| RD1-team11={{Flagicon|ENG}} Tony Meo
| RD1-score11=5
| RD1-team12={{Flagicon|ENG}} John Spencer
| RD1-score12=3
| RD1-team15={{Flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor
| RD1-score15=5
| RD1-team16={{Flagicon|IRL}} Dessie Sheehan
| RD1-score16=3
| RD2-team01={{Flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD2-score01=5
| RD2-team02={{Flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy
| RD2-score02=3
| RD2-team03={{Flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins
| RD2-score03=5
| RD2-team04={{Flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn
| RD2-score04=4
| RD2-team05={{Flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths
| RD2-score05=5
| RD2-team06={{Flagicon|ENG}} Tony Meo
| RD2-score06=3
| RD2-team07={{Flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon
| RD2-score07=5
| RD2-team08={{Flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor
| RD2-score08=4
| RD3-team01={{Flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD3-score01=6
| RD3-team02={{Flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins
| RD3-score02=2
| RD3-team03={{Flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths
| RD3-score03=6
| RD3-team04={{Flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon
| RD3-score04=3
| RD4-team01={{Flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD4-score01=5
| RD4-team02={{Flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths
| RD4-score02=9
}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Irish Masters}}
{{Snooker season 1981/1982}}