The 1983 World Team Classic sponsored by State Express was a team snooker tournament played at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading. All matches including the final were played in the best of six matches with a tie break frame between the captains if it stayed 3-3. England regained the title beating Wales 4–2.

The highest break of the tournament was 108, by Cliff Thorburn.^[1]

Country	Player 1 (Captain)	Player 2	Player 3
Canada	Cliff Thorburn	Kirk Stevens	Bill Werbeniuk
England	Steve Davis	Tony Knowles	Tony Meo
Wales	Ray Reardon	Terry Griffiths	Doug Mountjoy
Northern Ireland	Alex Higgins	Dennis Taylor	Tommy Murphy
Australia	Eddie Charlton	John Campbell	Warren King
Scotland	Eddie Sinclair	Ian Black	Murdo MacLeod

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Team 1	Score	Team 2	Date
Canada	3–4	Wales
Canada	4–2	Australia
Wales	4–0	Australia

^[3]

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Date
England	4–1	Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland	4–3	Scotland
England	4–0	Scotland

^[4]

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Date
Wales	4–1	Northern Ireland
Canada	2–4	England

^[1]

Final: Best of 7 matches. Referee: Hexagon Theatre, Reading, England. 30 October 1983.
England Steve Davis, Tony Knowles, Tony Meo	4–2	Wales Ray Reardon, Terry Griffiths, Doug Mountjoy
Davis v Mountjoy: 16–103 (67), 19–94, 0–1 Meo v Reardon: 68–38, 59–54, 1–1 Knowles v Griffiths: 115–0, 14–93, 115 (58, 49)–8, 2–1 Knowles v Mountjoy: 48–80, 59–26, 94–48, 3–1 Meo v Griffiths: 31–77, 40–64, 3–2 Davis v Reardon: 86–34, 81–15, 4–2
	Highest break
	Century breaks
	50+ breaks