1979/80 snooker season
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 | John Virgo |
Masters | Terry Griffiths |
World Champion | Cliff Thorburn |
World ranking | |
Ranking first | 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.
National professional championships
date | competition | venue | winner | Final opponent | Result |
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August 1979 | South African Professional Championship | Derek Mienie | Jimmy van Rensberg | 9: 6 | |
January 1980 | Canadian Professional Championship | Cliff Thorburn | Jim Wych | 9: 6 | |
January 27 to January 29, 1980 | Welsh Professional Championship | Ebbw Vale | Doug Mountjoy | Ray Reardon | 9: 6 |
March 1980 | Irish Professional Championship | Belfast | Dennis Taylor | Alex Higgins | 21:15 |
April 2 to April 3, 1980 | Scottish Professional Championship | Kildrum | Eddie Sinclair | 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.
space | player |
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1 | Ray Reardon |
2 | Dennis Taylor |
3 | Eddie Charlton |
4th | John Spencer |
5 | Cliff Thorburn |
6th | Fred Davis |
7th | Perrie Mans |
8th | Terry Griffiths |
9 | Graham Miles |
10 | John Virgo |
11 | Alex Higgins |
12 | Bill Werbeniuk |
13 | Doug Mountjoy |
14th | John Pulman |
15th | David Taylor |
16 | Patsy Fagan |