Champion of Champions 1980

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Champion of Champions 1980
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Attendees: 10
Venue: New London Theater , London , England
Opening: 2nd October 1980
Endgame: October 12, 1980

Defending champion: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
Winner: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy
Finalist: EnglandEngland John Virgo
Highest Break: 128 ( Steve Davis ) EnglandEngland
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The 1980 Champion of Champions was a professional snooker invitation tournament of the 1980/81 season . The tournament was played from October 2 to 12, 1980 at the New London Theater in London , England . The winner was the Welshman Doug Mountjoy , who defeated the Englishman John Virgo in the final. Virgo's compatriot Steve Davis played the highest break of the tournament with a 128 break.

Prize money

Although the tournament had no sponsor, the prize money doubled year-on-year to £ 8,000 , about two-thirds of which went to the winner.

Prize money
winner £ 5,000
finalist £ 3,000
All in all £ 8,000

Tournament course

The ten participating players were divided into two groups at the beginning of the tournament, in which everyone played against each other once. The two group winners finally met in a final. The games in the group stage lasted nine frames each , while the final was played in the best of 19 frames mode.

After the tournament was not held last year due to a local collision with the Masters , it took place in 1980 in the former Masters venue New London Theater . However, the tournament turned into a disaster: the players didn't like the format of the tournament, which made them play useless frames. In addition, there were hardly any spectators and no sponsor, so that the tournament, which was held again only over thirty years later, turned into a financial disaster.

Group stage

Group A

Welshman Doug Mountjoy won Group A with three wins and one loss and, thanks to a better frame ratio, was able to relegate his compatriot Terry Griffiths to second place with the same number of wins and losses. Third was the Northern Irishman Alex Higgins followed by the Englishman Graham Miles in fourth, who also relegated the Canadian Cliff Thorburn to fifth and last place thanks to a better frame ratio .

space player Lots S. N Frames
1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 4th 3 1 25:11
2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 4th 3 1 23:13
3 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 4th 2 2 16:20
4th EnglandEngland Graham Miles 4th 1 3 15:21
5 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 4th 1 3 11:25
game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Cliff Thorburn CanadaCanada 4th5 : 45 EnglandEngland Graham Miles
2 Doug Mountjoy WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 18 : 18th CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
3 Doug Mountjoy WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 27 : 27th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
4th Doug Mountjoy WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 36 : 36th EnglandEngland Graham Miles
5 Graham Miles EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
6th Alex Higgins Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 4th5 : 45 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
7th Alex Higgins Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 4th5 : 45 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
8th Terry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 18 : 18th CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
9 Terry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 36 : 36th EnglandEngland Graham Miles
10 Terry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 4th5 : 45 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy

Group B

With four wins in the Decider , John Virgo was able to win Group B, although Steve Davis had a better frame ratio in second place. Third place went to Welshman Ray Reardon , followed by Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor , who thanks to Kirk Stevens ' surrender without a fight, the game between the two in this table was rated as 9-0. The Canadian himself finished last without a win.

space player Lots S. N Frames
1 EnglandEngland John Virgo 4th 4th 0 20:16
2 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 4th 3 1 21:15
3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 4th 2 2 20:16
4th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 4th 1 3 21:15
5 CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 4th 0 4th 8:28
game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 John Virgo EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor
2 John Virgo EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 EnglandEngland Steve Davis
3 John Virgo EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
4th John Virgo EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens
5 Dennis Taylor Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland kl. CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens
6th Ray Reardon WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 27 : 27th CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens
7th Ray Reardon WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 4th5 : 45 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor
8th Steve Davis EnglandEngland 27 : 27th CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens
9 Steve Davis EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
10 Steve Davis EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor

final

In the final, Doug Mountjoy and John Virgo met the two group winners. In contrast to Mountjoy, Virgo had won all of his group games, but had a worse ratio between won and lost frames.

Initially Virgo took the lead with 0: 3 and a 54 and a 56 break, but Mountjoy was able to equalize directly. Virgo then took the lead again, but Mountjoy turned the match around with the help of a 101 break to make it 6: 5. The match then developed into an open exchange of blows until Mountjoy was able to win the following two frames and thus the match and the tournament at 8: 8.

Finale: Best of 19 Frames
New London TheaterLondon , England , October 12, 1980
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 10 : 8 EnglandEngland John Virgo
51: 76 , 49: 81 (56), 26: 108 (54), 77 : 15, 57 : 53, 60 : 9, 15: 83 (51), 57: 61 (v. 50), 101 : 1 ( 101),
69 : 47 (53), 98 : 16 (53), 31: 89 , 22: 60 (60), 74 : 18 (53), 40 : 35, 55: 61 , 65 : 5, 64 : 60
101 Highest break 60
1 Century breaks -
4th 50+ breaks 5

Century Breaks

During the tournament, five players played a total of seven century breaks .

EnglandEngland Steve Davis 128 , 100
EnglandEngland John Virgo 119, 100
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 114
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 101
CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 100

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e Ron Florax: 1980 Champion Of Champions. CueTracker.net, accessed July 31, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b c 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 31, 2019 (English).
  3. a b Ron Florax: 1980 Champion Of Champions - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed July 31, 2019 .