Champion of Champions 1978
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Champion of Champions 1978 Daily Mail Champion of Champions 1978 
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Attendees: | 4th |
| Venue: | Wembley Conference Center , London , England |
| Opening: | November 2nd 1978 |
| Endgame: | 3rd November 1978
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| Winner: |
 Ray Reardon
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| Finalist: |
 Alex Higgins
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| Highest Break: | 94 ( Alex Higgins )
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1980 →
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The 1978 Daily Mail Champion of Champions was an invitation-only snooker tournament for the 1978/79 season . The tournament was held from November 2nd to 3rd, 1978 at the Wembley Conference Center in London , England . The winner was Ray Reardon from Welsh , who defeated Alex Higgins from Northern Ireland 11: 9 in the final. By contrast, Higgins played the tournament's highest break with a 94 break.
Prize money
The tournament was sponsored by the British tabloid Daily Mail . The prize pool was £ 4,000 , half of which went to the winner.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 2,000 |
| finalist | £ 1,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 500 |
| All in all | £ 4,000 |
Tournament course
The first edition of the Champion of Champions was hosted by boxing promoter Mike Barrett , who adopted the format of the Dry Blackthorn Cup that he also hosted from the previous year and also held it at the Wembley Conference Center . In contrast to the Dry Blackthorn Cup, however, the games were not played in the Best of 7 Frames mode, but in the Best of 11 Frames mode, the two semi-finals and the final in the Best of 21 Frames mode . Three of the four participants in the cup also took part in this tournament, only John Spencer was replaced by Doug Mountjoy .
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Semi-final best of 11 frames |
Final Best of 21 frames |
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| Ray Reardon
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6th | |||||
 Patsy Fagan
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1 | |||||
| Ray Reardon
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11 | |||||
| Alex Higgins
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9 | |||||
| Alex Higgins
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6th | |||||
| Doug Mountjoy
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3 | |||||
final
In the final, Ray Reardon and Alex Higgins, two world champions and leading players of the 1970s, met. While Reardon had defeated the winner of the Dry Blackthorn Cup - Patsy Fagan - 6: 1 , Higgins had it a little more difficult with a 6: 3 over Doug Mountjoy . Reardon dominated the beginning of the match and took the lead 3-0 and 4-1 before Higgins came up to 4-3. In the following, Reardon extended his lead to 5: 3, 8: 4 and 9: 5 before Higgins was able to equalize to 9: 9. With a break of 77, Reardon was able to take the lead again to win the decisive 20th frame with 95:12 and thus win the tournament.
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Final: Best of 21 Frames Wembley Conference Center , London , England , November 3, 1978 |
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Ray Reardon
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11 : 9 |
Alex Higgins
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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, 78 : 36, 101 : 18 (67), 12: 100 , 73 : 48 (61), 41: 90 , 51: 60 , 23: 83 (51), 30: 72 , 78 : 46 (77), 94 : 12 |
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| 90 | Highest break | 83 |
| - | Century breaks | - |
| 6th | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1978 Champion Of Champions. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 28, 2019 .
- ^ A b Chris Turner: Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events - First held before 1980 *. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on July 28, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Ron Florax: 1978 Champion Of Champions - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 28, 2019 .
