1978 Champion of Champions
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–3 November 1978 |
| Venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £4,000 |
| Winner's share | £2,000 |
| Highest break | 94 |
| Final | |
| Champion | Template:Flagathlete |
| Runner-up | Template:Flagathlete |
| Score | 11–9 |
1980 → | |
The 1978 Champion of Champions (officially the 1978 Daily Mirror Champion of Champions) was a professional non‑ranking snooker tournament held on 2 and 3 November 1978 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.
Summary
Four players contested the tournament which was held over two days.[1] The event was promoted by Michael Barrett, a boxing promoter.[2]
Ray Reardon easily won the first semi‑final 6Template:Nbnd1 after taking a 5Template:Nbnd0 lead. In the evening match Doug Mountjoy led 3Template:Nbnd2 but Alex Higgins won the next four [[Glossary of cue sports terms#template:plain text|frames]] to win 6Template:Nbnd3. The 8th frame was won on a [[Glossary of cue sports terms#template:plain text|respotted black]].[3] In the final Reardon led Higgins 6Template:Nbnd4 after the afternoon [[Glossary of cue sports terms#template:plain text|session]]. In the evening Reardon extended his lead to 9Template:Nbnd5 before Higgins won the next four frames to level the match. In the 19th frame Reardon had a 77 [[Glossary of cue sports terms#template:plain text|clearance]] to win the frame and then won the 20th frame easily to win the match.[4]
Brief highlights were shown on ITV's World of Sport on the following afternoon (Saturday 4 November, 3:10 pm).[5][6]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
There was a £100 prize for every century break.[2]
Players
The following 4 players qualified for the tournament:[2]
| Player | Qualified as |
|---|---|
| Template:Flagathlete | 1978 World Snooker Championship winner |
| Template:Flagathlete | 1977 UK Championship winner |
| Template:Flagathlete | 1978 Masters winner |
| Template:Flagathlete | 1978 Pot Black winner |
Main draw
| Semi-finals Best of 11 frames (2 November) | Final Best of 21 frames (3 November) | |||||
| Template:Flagathlete | 6 | |||||
| Template:Flagathlete | 1 | |||||
| Template:Flagathlete | 11 | |||||
| Template:Flagathlete | 9 | |||||
| Template:Flagathlete | 6 | |||||
| Template:Flagathlete | 3 | |||||
Final
| Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: John Smyth. Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 3 November 1978.[1] | ||
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11–9 | Alex Higgins Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Afternoon: 125–8 (52), 90–43 (90), 75–46, 28–108, 60–43, 20–114 (83), 13–101 (76), 104–19 (70), 1–140 (61, 62), 84–22 Evening: 78–36, 101–18 (67), 12–100, 73–48 (61), 41–90, 51–60, 23–83 (51), 30–72, 78–46 (77), 94–12 | ||
| (frame 2) 90 | Highest break | 83 (frame 6) |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Century breaks
None. The highest break: 94 – Alex Higgins in the semi‑final.
References
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- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Daily Mirror Champion of Champions (1978)". snooker.org. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Snooker – World champion in semi-final faces Fagan". The Times. 2 November 1978. p. 13.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Snooker – Higgins lives up to his 'Hurricane' tag". The Times. 3 November 1978. p. 22.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Snooker – Reardon repels determined rally by Higgins". The Times. 4 November 1978. p. 6.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Weekend broadcasting – Personal choice". The Times. 5 November 1978. p. 11.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Everton, Clive (4 November 1978). "Reardon the champion". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2024 – via newspapers.com.
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