1980 Pot Black

The 1980 Pot Black event was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held at the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. The tournament began with eight players competing in two groups of four using a round-robin format. The matches were one-frame shoot-outs in the group stages, two-frame aggregate scores in the semi-finals, and best-of-three-frames in the final.

1980 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded late December 1979 (broadcast 4 January – 18 April 1980 (1980-01-04 – 1980-04-18))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£2000
Highest breakNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor (87)
Final
ChampionAustralia Eddie Charlton
Runner-upWales Ray Reardon
Score2–1
← 1979
1981 →

Broadcast on BBC2, the programmes started at 21:00 on Friday 4 January 1980.[1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

The first programme of the series featured reigning Pot Black champion Ray Reardon playing against the then world champion Terry Griffiths making his Pot Black debut. Reardon reached the final where he lost 1–2 to Eddie Charlton who himself won his third title equalling the record set by John Spencer.[2][3]

Main draw

Group 1
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Wales Ray Reardon1–0Wales Terry Griffiths4 January 1980
England John Spencer0–1Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor18 January 1980
Wales Ray Reardon1–0England John Spencer1 February 1980
Wales Terry Griffiths0–1Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor22 February 1980
Wales Terry Griffiths0–1England John Spencer29 February 1980
Wales Ray Reardon0–1Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor14 March 1980

Group 2
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Wales Doug Mountjoy0–1England Graham Miles11 January 1980
South Africa Perrie Mans0–1Australia Eddie Charlton25 January 1980
Wales Doug Mountjoy1–0South Africa Perrie Mans15 February 1980
England Graham Miles0–1Australia Eddie Charlton29 February 1980
Wales Doug Mountjoy1–0Australia Eddie Charlton7 March 1980
England Graham Miles1–0South Africa Perrie Mans21 March 1980

Knockout stage
Semi-finals (28 March and 4 April 1980) Final (18 April 1980)
      
Wales Ray Reardon 1
Wales Doug Mountjoy 0
Wales Ray Reardon 1
Australia Eddie Charlton 2
Australia Eddie Charlton 1
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0 3rd place Play-off (11 April 1980)
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0

References
  1. "BBC Television – 4 January 1980 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 18 April 1980 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. "CueTracker - 1980 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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