User:Steveflan/Snooker World Cup 1979
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 20–27 October 1979 |
Venue | Haden Hill Leisure Centre |
City | Birmingham |
Country | England |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £27,500 |
Winner's share | £7,500 |
Highest break | ![]() |
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Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 14–3 |
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The 1979 World Challenge Cup, sponsored by State Express, was the first team snooker tournament comprising of six nations with three players per team. The event was held between 20 and 27 October 1979 at the Haden Hill Leisure Centre in Birmingham, England.
Wales won their first title with the trio of Terry Griffiths, Doug Mountjoy and Ray Reardon defeating England 14–3 in the final.
Cliff Thorburn made the highest break of the tournament, 126.[1]
Prize fund
[edit]A total of £27,500 was awarded at the event, with the winning team receiving £7,500. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:[2][3][4]
- Winner: £7,500
- Runner-Up: £6,000
- Third place: £4,500
- Fourth place: £3,500
- Third in group: £3,000
- Total: £27,500
- Maximum break: £5,555 (not awarded)
- Highest break: £555
- Each century break: £555
- Each break between 55 and 99: £55
Format
[edit]Six teams, of three players each, participated in the tournament. The teams were drawn into two groups of three teams. The top team in each group qualified for the final, whilst the second placed team in each group qualified for the third place match.[5]
Round robin stage
[edit]Each match consisted of fifteen frames played over 2 sessions, and all frames were played. Each player played one match against each player of the opposing team. Matches were of 1 frame except for matches played between the corresponding numbered player on each side, which were 3 frames.
Matches were played in the following order:
First session (7 frames) | Second session (8 frames) |
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Player 3 v Player 3 (3 frames) | Player 3 v Player 2 (1 frame) |
Player 2 v Player 1 (1 frame) | Player 1 v Player 3 (1 frame) |
Player 1 v Player 2 (1 frame) | Player 2 v Player 2 (3 frames) |
Player 3 v Player 1 (1 frame) | Player 1 v Player 1 (3 frames) |
Player 2 v Player 3 (1 frame) |
Group positions were determined by the greater number of matches won. If two teams were tied on the same number of matches won then the team with the higher number of frames won was ranked higher in the group. If two teams were still tied, then a single-frame play-off would be played between the two respective captains.[3]
Third Place Match
[edit]This match consisted of 9 frames, played in one session. Each player was scheduled to play a single 3 frame match against their corresponding numbered opponent.
Matches were played in the following order:
Only session (9 frames) |
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Player 3 v Player 3 |
Player 2 v Player 2 |
Player 1 v Player 1 |
Final
[edit]This match was the best of 27 frames, played over three sessions of 9 frames each. Each player was scheduled to play a 3 frame match against every member of the opposing team, and could only play one match in each session.
Matches were played in the following order:
First session (9 frames) | Second session (9 frames) | Third session (9 frames) |
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Player 3 v Player 2 | Player 2 v Player 3 | Player 3 v Player 3 |
Player 1 v Player 3 | Player 3 v Player 1 | Player 2 v Player 2 |
Player 2 v Player 1 | Player 1 v Player 2 | Player 1 v Player 1 |
Main draw
[edit]Teams
[edit]World ranking shown in brackets.
Country | Player 1 (Captain) | Player 2 | Player 3 |
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John Spencer (4) | Fred Davis (6) | Graham Miles (9) |
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Terry Griffiths (8) | Doug Mountjoy (13) | Ray Reardon (1) |
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Dennis Taylor (2) | Alex Higgins (11) | Jackie Rea (-) |
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Cliff Thorburn (5) | Bill Werbeniuk (12) | Kirk Stevens (19) |
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Gary Owen (-) | Ian Anderson (25) | Paddy Morgan (28) |
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Group A
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Group B
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Third Place Match
[edit]Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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26 Oct | ![]() |
6–3 | ![]() |
Jackie Rea | 1–2 | Paddy Morgan |
Alex Higgins | 3–0 | Ian Anderson |
Dennis Taylor | 2–1[a] | Gary Owen |
Final
[edit]Final: Best of 27 frames. Referee: Haden Hill Leisure Centre, Birmingham, England. 26 and 27 October 1979. | ||
![]() Terry Griffiths, Doug Mountjoy, Ray Reardon |
14–3 | ![]() John Spencer, Fred Davis, Graham Miles |
Ray Reardon v Fred Davis: 3-0 (63-34, 88-34, 127-16) Terry Griffiths v Graham Miles: 2-1 (47-66, 83-45, 80-20) Doug Mountjoy v John Spencer: 2-1 (38-58, 73-38, 91-35) Doug Mountjoy v Graham Miles: 3-0 (66-43, 86-36, 109 [109]-9) Ray Reardon v John Spencer: 2-1 (36-67, 107-1, 118-22) Terry Griffiths v Fred Davis: 2-0 (78-31, 54-46) Ray Reardon v Graham Miles: - Doug Mountjoy v Fred Davis: - Terry Griffiths v John Spencer: - | ||
109 (Doug Mountjoy) | Highest break | 47 (John Spencer) |
1 | Century breaks | - |
6 | 50+ breaks | - |
Century breaks
[edit]There were 3 century breaks in the tournament.
Player Records
[edit]Players are ordered by the percentage of frames won followed by the percentage of matches won.
Player | FP | FW | FL | FW% | MP | MW | ML | MW% |
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13 | 11 | 2 | 84.6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71.4 |
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16 | 12 | 4 | 75.0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 |
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15 | 11 | 4 | 73.3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 87.5 |
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10 | 7 | 3 | 70.0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 |
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13 | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71.4 |
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13 | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71.4 |
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16 | 9 | 7 | 56.3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 |
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10 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 |
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10 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 |
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15 | 7 | 8 | 46.7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 |
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16 | 6 | 10 | 37.5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 |
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16 | 6 | 10 | 37.5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 |
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12 | 4 | 8 | 33.3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 |
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13 | 4 | 9 | 30.8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 |
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10 | 2 | 8 | 20.0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 |
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13 | 1 | 12 | 7.7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "A successful experiment". Snooker Scene. December 1980. pp. 3–9.
- ^ "Higgins gives Irish third sport". The Guardian. 27 October 1979. p. 32.
- ^ a b "England 3-1 up against World team". Sports Argus. 20 October 1979. p. 35.
- ^ "Dragons on cue". Sunday Mirror. 21 October 1979. p. 45.
- ^ a b "The full draw". Sandwell Evening Mail. 20 October 1979. p. 31.
- ^ "Scorelines - Snooker". Birmingham Evening Mail. 27 October 1979. p. 12.