1979/80 snooker season

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1979/80 snooker season
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Season dates
Beginning of the season July 9, 1979
End of season May 17, 1980
Ranked tournaments 1
Non-ranking 14th
Invitation tournaments 7th
number of players 77
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship EnglandEngland John Virgo
Masters WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
World Champion CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
World ranking
Ranking first WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
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The 1979/80 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Main Tour . The tournaments were held between September 1979 and the World Cup final on May 17, 1980.

Season results

The following table shows the seasonal results.

date competition venue Art Winner' Final opponent Result
July 9 to July 20, 1979 South Africa 1961South Africa Limosin International Cape Town Non-ranking AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton EnglandEngland John Spencer 23:19
July 1979 South Africa 1961South Africa Kronenbrau 1308 Classic Johannesburg Invitation tournament AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 7: 4
August 1979 AustraliaAustralia Australian Masters Sydney Non-ranking AustraliaAustralia Ian Anderson South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans ?
September 1979 CanadaCanada Canadian Open Toronto Non-ranking CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 17:16
October 20-27, 1979 EnglandEngland World Challenge Cup Birmingham Non-ranking WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales EnglandEngland England 14: 3
November 19 to December 1, 1979 EnglandEngland UK Championship Preston Non-ranking EnglandEngland John Virgo WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 14:13
December 7th to 19th, 1979 IndiaIndia Bombay International Bombay Invitation tournament EnglandEngland John Virgo CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 13: 7
December 27-30, 1979 EnglandEngland Pot Black Birmingham Invitation tournament AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 2: 1
January 1980 EnglandEngland Padmore / Super Crystalate International West Bromwich Non-ranking Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 4: 2
January 7th to 8th, 1980 EnglandEngland Classic Manchester Invitation tournament EnglandEngland John Spencer Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 4: 3
February 1980 EnglandEngland Tolly Cobbold Classic Ipswich Invitation tournament Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 5: 4
February 5-9, 1980 EnglandEngland Masters London Invitation tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 9: 5
February 13-16, 1980 IrelandIreland Irish Masters Kill Invitation tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 9: 8
February 24-28, 1980 EnglandEngland British Gold Cup Derby Non-ranking Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 5: 1
April 22 to May 5, 1980 EnglandEngland World Snooker Championship Sheffield World ranking tournament CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 18:16
May 3rd to 10th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Pontins Professional Prestatyn Non-ranking EnglandEngland John Virgo WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 9: 6
May 10th to 17th EnglandEngland Pontins Camber Sands Camber Sands Non-ranking Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9: 7

National professional championships

date competition venue winner Final opponent Result
August 1979 South Africa 1961South Africa South African Professional Championship South Africa 1961South Africa Derek Mienie South Africa 1961South Africa Jimmy van Rensberg 9: 6
January 1980 CanadaCanada Canadian Professional Championship CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn CanadaCanada Jim Wych 9: 6
January 27 to January 29, 1980 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Welsh Professional Championship Ebbw Vale WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 9: 6
March 1980 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Irish Professional Championship Belfast Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 21:15
April 2 to April 3, 1980 ScotlandScotland Scottish Professional Championship Kildrum ScotlandScotland Eddie Sinclair ScotlandScotland Chris Ross 11: 6

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 1979/80 season.

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1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
2 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor
3 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton
4th EnglandEngland John Spencer
5 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
6th EnglandEngland Fred Davis
7th South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans
8th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
9 EnglandEngland Graham Miles
10 EnglandEngland John Virgo
11 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
12 CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk
13 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy
14th EnglandEngland John Pulman
15th EnglandEngland David Taylor
16 IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan

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