1978/79 snooker season
1978/79 snooker season![]() |
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Season dates | |
Beginning of the season | August 1978 |
End of season | June 1979 |
Ranked tournaments | 1 |
Non-ranking | 6th |
Invitation tournaments | 8th |
number of players | 52 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
UK Championship |
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Masters |
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World Champion |
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The 1978/79 snooker season is a series of snooker tournaments that are part of the Main Tour . The tournaments were held between September 1978 and the World Cup final on April 28, 1979.
Season results
The following table shows the seasonal results.
date | competition | venue | Art | winner | Final opponent | Result |
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August 16 to September 4, 1978 |
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Toronto | Non-ranking |
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17:15 |
October 23 to January 28, 1979 |
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Manchester | league |
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9: 6 |
November 1978 |
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London | Invitation tournament |
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11: 9 |
November 22nd to December 1st, 1978 |
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Preston | Non-ranking |
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15: 9 |
December 27 and 28, 1978 |
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Birmingham | Invitation tournament |
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2: 1 |
January 14-17, 1979 |
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Slough | Non-ranking |
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11: 7 |
January 22-26, 1979 |
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London | Invitation tournament |
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8: 4 |
February 1st to 3rd |
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Kill | Invitation tournament |
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6: 5 |
February 10th to 24th |
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Bombay | Invitation tournament / league |
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February 20 and 21, 1979 |
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Ipswich | Invitation tournament |
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5: 4 |
April 16-28, 1979 |
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Sheffield | World ranking tournament |
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24:16 |
May 5th to 12th |
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Prestatyn | Non-ranking |
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8: 4 |
June 1, 1979 |
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Newtownards | Invitation tournament |
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4: 2 |
National professional championships
date | competition | venue | winner | Final opponent | Result |
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August 1978 |
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9: 5 | |
August 1978 |
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Grafton |
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29:13 |
March 1979 |
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Belfast |
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21:12 |
World ranking
The snooker world rankings were only updated after each full season and take into account the performance of the last three world championships . The following table shows the 16 best players in the world rankings for the 1978/79 season.
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1 |
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2 |
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3 |
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4th |
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5 |
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6th |
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7th |
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8th |
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9 |
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10 |
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11 |
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12 |
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13 |
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14th |
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15th |
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16 |
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