1985 Carlsberg Challenge

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Carlsberg Challenge

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|dates={{Start and end dates|1985|09|6|1985|09|8|df=y}}

|venue=RTÉ Studios

|location=Dublin

|country=Ireland

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£40,000{{cite news |last1=Gilleece |first1=Dermot |title=Higgins puts out Thorburn |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=7 September 1985 |page=3}}

|winners_share=£11,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}} (122){{cite news |last1=Gilleece |first1=Dermot |title=Purposeful White adds to Irish laurels |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=9 September 1985 |page=4}}

|winner={{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Alex Higgins|NIR}}

|score=8–3

|previous=1984

|next=1986}}

The 1985 Carlsberg Challenge was a non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 6 and 8 September 1985.{{cite news |title=Croke Park tops list of weekend sporting venues |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=7 September 1985 |page=1}} The tournament featured four professional players and was filmed in RTÉ Studios, Dublin, for broadcast on RTÉ.{{cite web|title=Carlsberg Challenge, Carling Challenge, Fosters Professional|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carlsberg.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107151601/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carlsberg.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 January 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=6 February 2018}}{{cite book |last=Hale |first=Janice |date=1987 |title=Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88 |location=Aylesbury |publisher=Queen Anne Press |isbn=0356146901 |page=202 }}{{cite book |last=Morrison|first=Ian |date=1989 |title=Snooker: records, facts and champions |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd |location=Enfield |isbn=9780851123646 |page=107}}

Jimmy White won the tournament for the second year in a row defeating Alex Higgins 8–3.

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