User:Steveflan/Snooker World Cup 1980
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 18–26 October 1980 |
Venue | New London Theatre |
City | London |
Country | England |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £31,000 |
Winner's share | £9,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
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Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 8–5 |
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The 1980 World Challenge Cup sponsored by State Express was the second team snooker tournament, comprising of six competing nations with three players per team. The event was held between 18 and 26 October 1980 at the New London Theatre in London, England which had previously hosted the Masters championship between 1976 and 1978.
The defending champions, Wales, retained their title by defeating Canada 8-5 in the final.
Terry Griffiths made the highest break of the tournament, 109.[1]
Prize fund
[edit]A total of £31,000 was awarded at the event, with the winning team receiving £9,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:[2][3]
- Winner: £9,000
- Runner-Up: £7,000
- Semi final: £4,500
- Third in group: £3,000
- Total: £31,000
- Maximum break: £2,755 (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 two teams in each group qualified for the semi finals.
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.
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.
Semi Finals
[edit]Each match consisted of fifteen frames played over 2 sessions. 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.
Final
[edit]This match consisted of fifteen frames played over 2 sessions. 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.
Playing Order
[edit]All 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) |
Main draw
[edit]Teams and results are shown below.[1]
Teams
[edit]World ranking shown in brackets.
Country | Player 1 (Captain) | Player 2 | Player 3 |
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Ray Reardon (1) | Terry Griffiths (5) | Doug Mountjoy (14) |
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Fred Davis (8) | David Taylor (9) | John Virgo (12) |
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Alex Higgins (4) | Dennis Taylor (6) | Patsy Fagan (18) |
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Cliff Thorburn (2) | Bill Werbeniuk (10) | Kirk Stevens (11) |
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Eddie Charlton (3) | Paddy Morgan (27) | Ian Anderson (25) |
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Group A
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Group B
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Semi-finals
[edit]Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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24 Oct | ![]() ![]() |
7–8 | ![]() |
25 Oct | ![]() |
8–5 | ![]() |
Final
[edit]Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: New London Theatre, London, England. 26 October 1980. | ||
![]() Ray Reardon, Terry Griffiths, Doug Mountjoy |
8–5 | ![]() Cliff Thorburn, Bill Werbeniuk, Kirk Stevens |
Doug Mountjoy v Kirk Stevens: 1-2 (28–71, 60–43, 16-94) Ray Reardon v Bill Werbeniuk: 1-0 (73–45) Terry Griffiths v Cliff Thorburn: 0-1 (43–86) Ray Reardon v Kirk Stevens: 1-0 (54–53) Doug Mountjoy v Bill Werbeniuk: 1-0 (86–17) Terry Griffiths v Kirk Stevens: 0-1 (22–79) Doug Mountjoy v Cliff Thorburn: 0-1 (55–56) Terry Griffiths v Bill Werbeniuk: 3-0 (92-38, 87-20, 55–46) Ray Reardon v Cliff Thorburn: 1-0 (111–26) | ||
87 (Terry Griffiths) | Highest break | 67 (Kirk Stevens) |
- | Century breaks | - |
4 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Century breaks
[edit]There were 2 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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15 | 12 | 3 | 80.0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 88.9 |
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20 | 14 | 6 | 70.0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 |
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16 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 |
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18 | 12 | 6 | 66.7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 |
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20 | 13 | 7 | 65.0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 |
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15 | 9 | 6 | 60.0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 |
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15 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 |
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20 | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 |
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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 | 6 | 9 | 40.0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 |
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15 | 6 | 9 | 40.0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 |
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20 | 6 | 14 | 30.0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 |
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10 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 |
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13 | 3 | 10 | 23.1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11.1 |
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10 | 2 | 8 | 20.0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 |
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10 | 2 | 8 | 20.0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 |