1976/77 snooker season
1976/77 snooker season![]() |
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Season dates | |
Beginning of the season | September 1976 |
End of season | May 7, 1977 |
Ranked tournaments | 1 |
Non-ranking | 4th |
Invitation tournaments | 2 |
number of players | 40 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
Masters |
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World Champion |
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The 1976/77 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Snooker Main Tour . The season began in early September 1976 and ended on May 7, 1977. There were 40 active players during the season.
Tournaments
7 tournaments were played during the season.
date | competition | venue | winner | Final opponent | Result |
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September 1976 |
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Melbourne |
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kl. |
September |
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Toronto |
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17: 9 |
December 1st to December 12th |
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Melbourne |
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31:24 |
January 1, 1977 |
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Birmingham |
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1-0 |
February 7th to 12th |
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London |
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7: 6 |
April 18-30 |
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Sheffield |
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25:21 |
April 30th to May 7th |
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Prestatyn |
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7: 5 |
World ranking
For the first time, a snooker world ranking was drawn up. It was - like the Order of Merit in the previous year - calculated from the results of the snooker world championships in 1975 , 1976 and 1977 and used as the seeding list for the snooker world championship in 1978 .
position | Surname | change |
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1 |
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2 |
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1 |
3 |
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1 |
4th |
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3 |
5 |
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6th |
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2 |
7th |
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6 |
8th |
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2 |
9 |
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10 |
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2 |
11 |
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1 |
12 |
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5 |
13 |
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3 |
14th |
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15th |
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4 |
16 |
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17th |
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1 |
18th |
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3 |
19th |
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20th |
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5 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: Season 1976-1977 - Professional. Cuetracker.net, accessed on May 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Chris Turner : Historical World Rankings. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, September 11, 2011, archived from the original on June 8, 2012 ; accessed on May 21, 2018 (English).