{{Infobox individual snooker tournament |tournament_name=Canadian Professional Championship |logo= |dates={{Start and end dates|1987|08|2|1987|08|8|df=y}} |venue=Scarborough Village Theatre |location=Toronto |country=Canada |organisation= |format=Non-ranking event |Total prize fund=$30,000<ref>{{cite news |last=Hawthorn |first=Tom |title=The Dean Truly a man of the cloth, he was master of his game |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=30 July 1987 |page=D9}}</ref> |winners_share=$6,000<ref>{{cite news |last=Morrison |first=Rick |title=Cliff Thorburn crowned Canadian snooker king |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=9 August 1987 |page=G4}}</ref> |highest_break={{flagathlete|Cliff Thorburn|CAN}} (84)<ref>{{cite book |editor=Smith, Terry |date=1988 |title=Benson and Hedges Snooker Year |location=Aylesbury |publisher=Pelham Books |isbn=0720718309 |chapter=Canadian Championship Results |page=119 |edition=Fifth }}</ref> |winner={{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn |runner_up={{flagicon|CAN}} Jim Bear |score=8–4 |previous=1986 |next=1988 }}
The '''1987 BCE Canadian Professional Championship''' was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 2 and 8 August 1987 at the Scarborough Village Theatre in Toronto, Canada.<ref>{{cite news |last=Morrison |first=Rick |title=Slumping Thorburn back to defend title |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=2 August 1987 |page=G3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Other National Professional Championship|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/natpro.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107161810/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/natpro.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 January 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=20 February 2018}}</ref>
Cliff Thorburn won the title for the fourth year in a row, and fifth overall, by beating Jim Bear 8–4 in the final.<ref name="Cuesport">{{cite book|last=Hayton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=155}}</ref>
==Main draw== <ref>{{cite web|title=1987 Canadian Professional Championship Results Grid|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=623|publisher=Snooker Database|accessdate=20 February 2018|archive-date=20 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212451/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=623|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes | RD1=First round<br/>Best of 11 frames | RD2=Quarter-finals<br/>Best of 11 frames | RD3=Semi-finals<br/>Best of 13 frames | RD4=Final<br/>Best of 15 frames
| RD1-team03={{Flagicon|CAN}} '''Gerry Watson''' | RD1-score03='''6''' | RD1-team04={{Flagicon|CAN}} Paul Thornley | RD1-score04=4 | RD1-team05={{Flagicon|CAN}} '''Mario Morra''' | RD1-score05='''6''' | RD1-team06={{Flagicon|CAN}} Bob Chaperon | RD1-score06=5 | RD1-team07={{Flagicon|CAN}} '''Frank Jonik''' | RD1-score07='''6''' | RD1-team08={{Flagicon|CAN}} Wayne Sanderson | RD1-score08=3 | RD1-team09={{Flagicon|CAN}} '''Jim Bear''' | RD1-score09='''6''' | RD1-team10={{Flagicon|CAN}} Bernie Mikkelsen | RD1-score10=0 | RD1-team11={{Flagicon|CAN}} '''Jim Wych''' | RD1-score11='''6''' | RD1-team12={{Flagicon|CAN}} Gino Rigitano | RD1-score12=4
| RD2-team01={{Flagicon|CAN}} '''Cliff Thorburn''' | RD2-score01='''6''' | RD2-team02={{Flagicon|CAN}} Gerry Watson | RD2-score02=3 | RD2-team03={{Flagicon|CAN}} '''Mario Morra''' | RD2-score03='''6''' | RD2-team04={{Flagicon|CAN}} Frank Jonik | RD2-score04=2 | RD2-team05={{Flagicon|CAN}} '''Jim Bear''' | RD2-score05='''6''' | RD2-team06={{Flagicon|CAN}} Jim Wych | RD2-score06=4 | RD2-team07={{Flagicon|CAN}} '''Kirk Stevens''' | RD2-score07='''6''' | RD2-team08={{Flagicon|CAN}} Joe Cagianello | RD2-score08=0
| RD3-team01={{Flagicon|CAN}} '''Cliff Thorburn''' | RD3-score01='''7''' | RD3-team02={{Flagicon|CAN}} Mario Morra | RD3-score02=4 | RD3-team03={{Flagicon|CAN}} '''Jim Bear''' | RD3-score03='''7''' | RD3-team04={{Flagicon|CAN}} Kirk Stevens | RD3-score04=2
| RD4-team01={{Flagicon|CAN}} '''Cliff Thorburn''' | RD4-score01='''8''' | RD4-team02={{Flagicon|CAN}} Jim Bear | RD4-score02=4 }}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Snooker season 1987/1988}}
Category:Canadian Professional Championship Canadian Professional Championship Canadian Professional Championship Canadian Professional Championship