1986 Pot Black

The 1986 Pot Black was the eighteenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, and the last of its original run. It took place in December 1985, but was broadcast in 1986. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was won by aggregate score over two frames, and the final was decided by the best of three frames.

Pot Black 86
Tournament information
DatesDecember 1985 (broadcast weekly, 16 January – 17 April 1986 (1986-01-16 – 1986-04-17))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-Ranking event
Highest breakEngland Jimmy White (106)
Final
ChampionEngland Jimmy White
Runner-upCanada Kirk Stevens
Score2–0
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Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 22:10 on Thursday 16 January 1986,[1] later than in previous series. David Icke presented, with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.

The only Pot Black debut in this series was that of Patsy Fagan. All the competitors in this series were 1985 World Championship last-16 players. Jimmy White won the event, beating Kirk Stevens 2–0 with a break of 106 in the last frame.[2][3]

Main draw
Last 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Best of 3 frames
        
Wales Doug Mountjoy 0
Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan 1
Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan 0
England Jimmy White 1
England Jimmy White 1
Wales Terry Griffiths 0
England Jimmy White 1
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0
Canada Cliff Thorburn 1
England David Taylor 0
Canada Cliff Thorburn 1
England Tony Knowles 0
England Tony Knowles 1
Australia Eddie Charlton 0
England Jimmy White 2
Canada Kirk Stevens 0
England Steve Davis 0
Canada Bill Werbeniuk 1
Canada Bill Werbeniuk 0
Canada Kirk Stevens 1
Canada Kirk Stevens 1
England Tony Meo 0
Canada Kirk Stevens 1
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0
Wales Ray Reardon 1
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 0
Wales Ray Reardon 0
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1
England John Parrott 0

Final
Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: John Williams.
Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, December 1985 (Broadcast 17 April 1986).
Jimmy White
 England		 2–0 Kirk Stevens
 Canada
60–46, 106–21 (106)
106 Highest break 45
1 Century breaks 0
1 50+ breaks 1

References
  1. "BBC Television – 16 January 1986 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 17 April 1986 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. "CueTracker - 1989 Norwich Union Grand Prix - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
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