IBSF World Snooker Championship 1980
The 1980 IBSF World Snooker Championship was the ninth edition of the World Amateur Snooker Championship . It took place in the Albert Hall in Launceston on the Australian island of Tasmania . The Englishman Jimmy White became world champion with an 11-2 victory in the final against the Australian Ron Atkins .
mode
The 28 participating players were divided into four groups in which they competed against each other in round robin mode . The top two in each group qualified for the final round, which was played out in the knockout system .
Preliminary round
Group 1
| space | player | G | V | Frames |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Jimmy White
|
6th | 0 | 24: 9 |
| 2 |
 Arvind Savur
|
4th | 2 | 20:11 |
| 3 |
 Eugene Hughes
|
4th | 2 | 21:13 |
| 4th |
 Joe Grech
|
3 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 5 |
 Len Adams
|
3 | 3 | 15:18 |
| 6th |
 Loo Yap Long
|
1 | 5 | 6:23 |
| 7th |
 Raymond Burke
|
0 | 6th | 11:24 |
Group 2
| space | player | G | V | Frames |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 James Giannaros
|
6th | 0 | 24:11 |
| 2 |
 Steve Newbury
|
4th | 2 | 21:14 |
| 3 |
 Robert Paquette
|
4th | 2 | 20:15 |
| 4th |
Dale Meredith
|
4th | 2 | 20:16 |
| 5 |
Girish Parikh
|
2 | 4th | 17:18 |
| 6th |
Sam Clarke
|
1 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 7th |
Lau Weng Yew
|
0 | 6th | 8:24 |
Group 3
| space | player | G | V | Frames |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Paul Mifsud
|
6th | 0 | 24: 3 |
| 2 |
Ron Atkins
|
4th | 2 | 19:15 |
| 3 |
Jim Bonner
|
4th | 2 | 17:17 |
| 4th |
Warren King
|
3 | 3 | 19:15 |
| 5 |
 Eddie McLaughlin
|
3 | 3 | 16:16 |
| 6th |
Joe O'Boye
|
1 | 5 | 14:21 |
| 7th |
 Som Padyachi
|
0 | 6th | 2:24 |
Group 4
| space | player | G | V | Frames |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alwyn Lloyd
|
6th | 0 | 24: 4 |
| 2 |
John Campbell
|
5 | 1 | 22: 8 |
| 3 |
Dessie Sheehan
|
4th | 2 | 17:14 |
| 4th |
Matt Gibson
|
3 | 3 | 16:20 |
| 5 |
 Henry Boteju
|
2 | 4th | 16:20 |
| 6th |
 Peter Reynolds
|
1 | 5 | 11:23 |
| 7th |
Bill Barrie
|
0 | 6th | 7:24 |
Final round
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| Jimmy White
|
5 | ||||||||||||
| Steve Newbury
|
4th | ||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
|
8th | ||||||||||||
| Paul Mifsud
|
6th | ||||||||||||
| Paul Mifsud
|
5 | ||||||||||||
| John Campbell
|
3 | ||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
|
11 | ||||||||||||
| Ron Atkins
|
2 | ||||||||||||
| Ron Atkins
|
5 | ||||||||||||
| James Giannaros
|
3 | ||||||||||||
| Ron Atkins
|
8th | ||||||||||||
| Arvind Savur
|
6th | ||||||||||||
| Arvind Savur
|
5 | ||||||||||||
| Alwyn Lloyd
|
3 | ||||||||||||
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1980 World Amateur Championship - Men. Cuetracker.net, accessed August 31, 2015 .