1980 UK Championship

1980 Coral UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates16–29 November 1980 (1980-11-16 – 1980-11-29)
VenuePreston Guild Hall
CityPreston
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£6,000
Highest break Alex Higgins (134)
Final
Champion Steve Davis
Runner-up Alex Higgins
Score16–6
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1981 →

The 1980 UK Championship (officially the 1980 Coral UK Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 16 and 29 November 1980. This was the fourth edition of the UK Championship and the third staging of the competition in Preston. The event was sponsored by Coral for the third consecutive year. The televised stages were shown on the BBC from 22 to 29 November – the BBC's television coverage had been extended to eight days after the success of other competitions such as the World Championship. They covered from the quarter-finals which matches were played on a one table stage of two sessions a day and would remain that way until it became a ranking event in 1984.

Steve Davis defeated Alex Higgins 16–6 in the final to win his first major title, after making his first major quarter-final in the previous year's championship. Davis whitewashed Terry Griffiths 9–0 in the semi-finals on his way to the final. The highest break of the tournament was a 134 made by Higgins.

Prize fund

[1]

  • Winner: £6,000
  • Runner-up: £3,000
  • Semi-final: £1,500
  • Quarter-final: £1,000
  • Last 16: £500
  • Last 24: £250

Main draw

[2]

Last 24
Best of 17 frames		Last 16
Best of 17 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 17 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames		Final
Best of 31 frames
John Virgo1
Tony Meo9 Tony Meo9
Tony Meo5
Pat Houlihan1
Steve Davis9
Bill Werbeniuk3
Steve Davis9 Steve Davis9
Steve Davis9
Mike Hallett1
Terry Griffiths0
Dennis Taylor9
Eddie Sinclair9 Eddie Sinclair6
Dennis Taylor2
Graham Miles5
Terry Griffiths9
Terry Griffiths9
Patsy Fagan9 Patsy Fagan8
Steve Davis16
Joe Johnson4
Alex Higgins6
Alex Higgins9
Willie Thorne9 Willie Thorne7
Alex Higgins9
Jim Meadowcroft1
Fred Davis6
Fred Davis9
Mark Wildman9 Mark Wildman6
Alex Higgins9
John Spencer7
Ray Reardon7
Ray Reardon9
Roy Andrewartha9 Roy Andrewartha3
Ray Reardon9
John Pulman6
Rex Williams4
David Taylor7
Rex Williams9 Rex Williams9
Doug Mountjoy8

Final

Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Jim Thorpe (first session), John Williams (other sessions)
The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 28 and 29 November 1980.
Steve Davis
 England 		16–6 Alex Higgins
 Northern Ireland
First session: 93–29 (69), 107–16, 27–79 (58), 79–16 (60), 26–69, 114–0 (114), 96–29 (95), 65–41, 68–29, 81–24, 28–74
Second session: 60–66, 47–55, 64–10 (64), 81–38
Third session: 74–21 (55), 105–12 (75), 65–32, 62–70 (Davis 61, Higgins 66), 86–34 (75), 97–20, 64–46
114 Highest break 66
1 Century breaks 0
9 50+ breaks 2

Qualifying

[3]

Preliminary round Best of 17 frames

Kingsley Kennerley W/O Jackie Rea

Sid Hood 9–3 Chris Ross

Mike Hallett 9–8 Bernard Bennett

Last 32 Best of 17 frames

Tony Meo 9–5 Sid Hood

Mike Hallett 9–8 Ray Edmonds

Eddie Sinclair 9–1 Kingsley Kennerley

Joe Johnson 9–6 John Dunning

Jim Meadowcroft 9–1 David Greaves

Mark Wildman 9–8 Cliff Wilson

Roy Andrewartha 9–8 Tony Knowles

Rex Williams 9–1 John Barrie

Century breaks

References

  1. ^ "1980 UK Championship Player Prize Money". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  2. ^ "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  3. ^ "1980 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
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