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Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates22 April–5 May 1980
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£60,000
Winner's share£15,000
Highest breakEngland Steve Davis (136)
Canada Kirk Stevens (136)
Final
ChampionCanada Cliff Thorburn
Runner-upNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
Score18–16
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The 1980 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1980 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 April and 5 May 1980 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

Cliff Thorburn won in the final 18–16 against Alex Higgins. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

Tournament summary

  • Tony Meo, Cliff Wilson and Ray Edmonds made their Crucible debuts. However, they lost in the first round 9–10 against Alex Higgins, 6–10 against Doug Mountjoy and 5–10 David Taylor respectively.[1][2][3] John Pulman made his last appearance at the World Championship, losing 5–10 against Canadian Jim Wych.[4]
  • The championship extended the players who played the Crucible from 16 to 24 with the top eight players going automatically in to round 2.[5]
  • To accommodate these eight extra matches, the frames in each match were also revamped. The first round went to 19 frames, the second and quarter-finals to 25, the semi-finals to 31 and the final to 35 frames. The format still continues today except for the semi-final, which became a 33-frame match in 1997.[5]
  • The coverage of the final was interrupted by coverage of the Iranian Embassy siege, as the BBC took the snooker off the air to bring live coverage of the SAS storming the Iranian Embassy in London.[6]
  • John Street refereed the final.[7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]

  • Winner: £15,000
  • Runner-up: £8,000
  • Semi-final: £4,000
  • Quarter-final: £2,000
  • Last 16: £1,500
  • Last 32: £750
  • Highest break: £1,000
  • Maximum break: £10,000
  • Total: £60,000

Main draw

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seedings.

Source:[5][9][10]

Round 1
Best of 19 frames		Round 2
Best of 25 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 25 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 31 frames		Final
Best of 35 frames
WalesTerry Griffiths (1)10
Republic of IrelandPatsy Fagan (16)6EnglandSteve Davis13
EnglandSteve Davis9
EnglandSteve Davis10
Northern IrelandAlex Higgins (11)13
South AfricaPerrie Mans (8)6
Northern IrelandAlex Higgins (11)10Northern IrelandAlex Higgins (11)13
Northern IrelandAlex Higgins (11)16
EnglandTony Meo9
CanadaKirk Stevens13
EnglandJohn Spencer (5)8
EnglandGraham Miles (9)3CanadaKirk Stevens13
CanadaKirk Stevens13
CanadaKirk Stevens10
AustraliaEddie Charlton (4)7
AustraliaEddie Charlton (4)13
EnglandJohn Virgo (10)10EnglandJohn Virgo (10)12
Northern IrelandAlex Higgins (11)16
EnglandJim Meadowcroft2
CanadaCliff Thorburn (3)18
CanadaCliff Thorburn (3)13
WalesDoug Mountjoy (13)10WalesDoug Mountjoy (13)10
CanadaCliff Thorburn (3)13
WalesCliff Wilson6
CanadaJim Wych6
Northern IrelandDennis Taylor (6)10
EnglandJohn Pulman (14)5CanadaJim Wych13
CanadaCliff Thorburn (3)16
CanadaJim Wych10
EnglandDavid Taylor (15)7
EnglandFred Davis (7)5
EnglandDavid Taylor (15)10EnglandDavid Taylor (15)13
EnglandDavid Taylor (15)13
EnglandRay Edmonds3
WalesRay Reardon (2)11
WalesRay Reardon (2)13
CanadaBill Werbeniuk (12)10CanadaBill Werbeniuk (12)6
EnglandWillie Thorne9

Century breaks

There were 11 century breaks at the championship.[9] Kirk Stevens and Steve Davis shared the high break prize when they both made a 136 break. It was the first time the highest break went to two players.[11][12][13] There was also a £5,000 bonus for compiling a higher break than the championship record of 142.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Tony Meo at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Cliff Wilson at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Ray Edmonds at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  4. ^ "John Pulman at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  6. ^ Weir, Stuart. "World Snooker: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about the Crucible.(Sport)". Sunday Mail on HighBeam Research. Retrieved 10 June 2012. (subscription required)
  7. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 143.
  8. ^ a b Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 130.
  9. ^ a b "World Championship 1980". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2011-03-09. Retrieved 27 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. pp. 10–11.
  11. ^ Kastner, Hugo. "Snooker – Spieler, Regeln & Rekorde (May 2011 update)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Crucible Centuries". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 146.
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