The 1992 Embassy

Embassy (cigarette)

Embassy is a brand of cigarettes from Imperial Tobacco. First sold in 1914 and relaunched as a coupon brand in 1962, in 1976 they were invited to sponsor the World Snooker Championships, which they did from then until 2005 at which time they had to pull out due to the UK government's ban on tobacco...

 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship

The World Snooker Championship is the leading professional snooker tournament in terms of both prize money and ranking points. The first championship was held in 1927; since 1977, it has been played at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England...

took place at the Crucible Theatre

Crucible Theatre

The Crucible Theatre is a theatre built in 1971 and located in the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. As well as theatrical performances, it is home to the most important event in professional snooker, the World Snooker Championship....

, Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

 between the 18 April and 4 May 1992.

Stephen Hendry was the eventual winner after an 18-14 win over Jimmy White in the final. At one point, White led 14-8 and was a red and colour away from winning the frame. He missed, only for Hendry to win the frame—and the next nine. It is regarded as one of Jimmy White's best chances of winning the World Championship.

Notable moments

• Jimmy White
  Jimmy White
  James Warren "Jimmy" White MBE is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind" and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist renowned for losing each of the six finals he contested.White's extensive list of achievements,...
  
   became only the second player ever to compile a 147 break at the Crucible (during his 10-4 first round win over Tony Drago), nine years after the classic Cliff Thorburn maximum in 1983. The highest break of the qualifying stage was 141 made by Joe Johnson
  Joe Johnson (snooker player)
  Joe Johnson is an English former professional snooker player. He is best known as the surprise winner of the 1986 World Championship.- Career :...
  
  .

• The 10 frames Stephen Hendry won in the World Final to go from 8-14 behind to win 18-14 is still the most frames any player has ever won in a row in a Crucible World Final.

• Winning the last ten frames of his final against Jimmy White, and the first 9 frames of his first round encounter with Danny Fowler in 1993, Hendry won 19 frames in a row, which is the most frames anyone has ever won in a row over two Crucibles combined.

• Hendry made another record in the semi-final when he beat Terry Griffiths
  Terry Griffiths
  Terrence "Terry" Griffiths OBE is a retired Welsh snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. He won the World Championship in 1979 at the first attempt, and reached the 1988 final. He also won the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982, making him one of seven players to have...
  
   16-4. The biggest margin during a 31 frame match and the biggest in a semi-final until 2004, ironically it was Stephen Hendry who was defeated by Ronnie O'Sullivan 17-4.

• Steve Davis
  Steve Davis
  Steve Davis, OBE is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s, when he was the world number one for seven years and became the sport's first millionaire...
  
  ' 4-10 defeat in the first round to Peter Ebdon
  Peter Ebdon
  Peter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Early years:...
  
  , meant that for the first time since 1982 Davis was not present in the last 16 of the championship.

• Ebdon meanwhile was among eight players who made their debuts. The other included Mark Johnston-Allen
  Mark Johnston-Allen
  Mark Johnston-Allen is a former professional snooker player. He reached the final of the 1991 European Open while ranked #59 in the world, a run which included a 5–0 win over Stephen Hendry, though he was beaten 9–7 by Tony Jones for the title. He reached the final of the same event again a year...
  
  , Mick Price
  Mick Price (snooker player)
  Michael "Mick" Price is a retired English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 1988 and is best known for being Ronnie O'Sullivan's opponent when O'Sullivan scored the fastest 147 break in the game's history, at the 1997 World Championship. O'Sullivan eventually won the match by...
  
  , Chris Small
  Chris Small
  Christopher "Chris" Small is a retired Scottish professional snooker player. His career was ended by the spinal condition ankylosing spondylitis.-Career:...
  
  , Stephen Murphy, 1990 Grand Prix finalist Nigel Bond
  Nigel Bond
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   and Thailand
  Thailand
  Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
  
  's James Wattana
  James Wattana
  James Wattana is a Thai professional snooker player.-Career:...
  
   who was the first player from the far east to play at the Crucible.

• The 10-0 win of defending champion John Parrott
  John Parrott
  John Parrott MBE is an English professional snooker player and TV personality.He won the World Snooker Championship in 1991, defeating Jimmy White in the final. Two years earlier he had lost 3–18 to Steve Davis, the heaviest final defeat in modern times...
  
   over Eddie Charlton
  Eddie Charlton
  Edward Francis Charlton AM was an Australian professional snooker and English billiards player. He remains the only player to have been world championship runner-up in both snooker and billiards without winning either title...
  
   is the only whitewash in the history of the Crucible.

• There were 25 century breaks in the 1992 World Snooker Championship.

Prize fund

• Winner: £150,000
• Runner-up: £90,000
• Semi-finalists: £45,000
• Quarter-finalists: £22,500
• Last 16: £12,000
• Last 32: £6,500
• Last 48: £5,000
• Last 64: £3,000
• Last 96: £1,375

• Last 128: £750
• Last 155: £500

• Qualifying stage highest break): £4,000
• Televised stage highest break: £14,000

• Televised stage maximum break: £100,000

Main draw