1986 Belgian Classic
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=Belgian Classic
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|1986|01|14|1986|01|17|df=y}}
|venue=Ostend Casino
|location=Ostend
|country=Belgium
|organisation=WPBSA
|format=Non-ranking event
|Total prize fund=£40,000{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19851130/151/0027|url-access=subscription|title=Snooker goes into Europe|date=14 January 1986|work=Daily Record|page=32}}
|highest_break={{flagathlete|Terry Griffiths|WAL}} (121){{cite magazine |title=Terry Griffiths wins B.C.E. Belgian Classic |magazine=Snooker Scene |pages=20–21 |publisher=Everton's News Agency |date=March 1986}}
|winner={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths
|runner_up={{flagicon|CAN}} Kirk Stevens
|score=9–7
|previous=
|next=
}}
The 1986 BCE Belgian Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament only held once between 14 and 17 January 1986 at the Ostend Casino in Ostend, Belgium.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19851130/151/0027|url-access=subscription|title=The snooker tour breaks into Europe|date=30 November 1985|work=Daily Mirror|page=27}}{{cite web|title=Other Non-Ranking and Invitational Events|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc2.html#BelCl|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160458/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc2.html#BelCl|accessdate=1 March 2018|archive-date=2012-02-16}}
Terry Griffiths won the tournament, defeating Kirk Stevens 9–7 in the final.{{cite web|title=1986 Belgian Classic Results Grid|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=740|publisher=Snooker Database|accessdate=1 March 2018|archive-date=2 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302044713/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=740|url-status=dead}}
Another championship was due to take place in 1987 played at the same venue between 7 and 15 March. With the withdrawal of all seven of Barry Hearn's Matchroom players including champion Griffiths (they were playing in the new Kent Cup in China around that time), the tournament was cancelled.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19870211/402/0023|url-access=subscription|title=Dodd beats Johnson to reach final|date=11 February 1987|work=Aberdeen Press and Journal|page=23}}
Main draw
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
| RD2 = Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
| RD3 = Final
Best of 17 frames
| RD1-seed1 =
| RD1-team1 = {{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths
| RD1-score1 = 5
| RD1-seed2 =
| RD1-team2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD1-score2 = 2
| RD1-seed3 =
| RD1-team3 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Knowles
| RD1-score3 = 5
| RD1-seed4 =
| RD1-team4 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White
| RD1-score4 = 3
| RD1-seed5 =
| RD1-team5 = {{flagicon|CAN}} Kirk Stevens
| RD1-score5 = 5
| RD1-seed6 =
| RD1-team6 = {{flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon
| RD1-score6 = 1
| RD1-seed7 =
| RD1-team7 = {{flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins
| RD1-score7 = 5
| RD1-seed8 =
| RD1-team8 = {{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor
| RD1-score8 = 1
| RD2-seed1 =
| RD2-team1 = {{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths
| RD2-score1 = 5
| RD2-seed2 =
| RD2-team2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Knowles
| RD2-score2 = 2
| RD2-seed3 =
| RD2-team3 = {{flagicon|CAN}} Kirk Stevens
| RD2-score3 = 5
| RD2-seed4 =
| RD2-team4 = {{flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins
| RD2-score4 = 4
| RD3-seed1 =
| RD3-team1 = {{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths
| RD3-score1 = 9
| RD3-seed2 =
| RD3-team2 = {{flagicon|CAN}} Kirk Stevens
| RD3-score2 = 7
}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Snooker season 1985/1986}}