1980/81 snooker season

1980/81 snooker season
Season dates
Beginning of the season	August 1980
End of season	May 16, 1981
Ranked tournaments	1
Non-ranking	10
Invitation tournaments	6th
number of players	70
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship	Steve Davis
Masters	Alex Higgins
World Champion	Steve Davis
World ranking
Ranking first	Ray Reardon
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The 1980/81 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Main Tour . The tournaments were played between August 1980 and the World Cup final on April 20, 1981.

Season results

The following table shows the seasonal results.

date	competition	venue	Art	winner	Final opponent	Result
August 1980	Australian Masters	Sydney	Non-ranking	John Spencer	Dennis Taylor	-
August 13 to 31, 1980	Canadian Open	Toronto	Non-ranking	Cliff Thorburn	Terry Griffiths	17:10
October 2 to 12, 1980	Champion of Champions	London	Invitation tournament	Doug Mountjoy	John Virgo	10: 8
October 18-26, 1980	World Challenge Cup	London	Team competition	Wales	Canada	8: 5
November 16-29, 1980	UK Championship	Preston	Non-ranking	Steve Davis	Alex Higgins	16: 6
December 1st and 2nd, 1980	Classic	Farnworth	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	4: 1
December 28 to 31, 1980	Pot Black	Birmingham	Invitation tournament	Cliff Thorburn	Jim Wych	2-0
January 27 to February 1, 1981	Masters	London	Invitation tournament	Alex Higgins	Terry Griffiths	9: 6
February 24 and 25, 1981	Tolly Cobbold Classic	Ipswich	Invitation tournament	Graham Miles	Cliff Thorburn	5: 1
February 25-28, 1981	Irish Masters	Kill	Invitation tournament	Terry Griffiths	Ray Reardon	9: 7
March 2-8, 1981	Yamaha Organs Trophy	Derby	Non-ranking	Steve Davis	David Taylor	9: 6
April 7-21, 1981	World Snooker Championship	Sheffield	World ranking tournament	Steve Davis	Doug Mountjoy	18:12
May 9-16, 1981	Pontins Professional	Prestatyn	Non-ranking	Terry Griffiths	Willie Thorne	9: 8

National professional championships

date	competition	venue	winner	Final opponent	Result
February 5-8, 1981	Welsh Professional Championship	Ebbw Vale	Ray Reardon	Cliff Wilson	9: 6
March 8-15, 1981	English Professional Championship	Birmingham	Steve Davis	Tony Meo	9: 6
March 11-14, 1981	Irish Professional Championship	Coleraine	Dennis Taylor	Patsy Fagan	22:21

Qualification events

date	competition	venue	winner	finalist	Result
December 7th to 13th	Professional Ticket Event 1980	Snooker Club , Sheffield	Dave Martin	Eugene Hughes	9: 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 1980/81 season.

space	player
1	Ray Reardon
2	Cliff Thorburn
3	Eddie Charlton
4th	Alex Higgins
5	Terry Griffiths
6th	Dennis Taylor
7th	Perrie Mans
8th	Fred Davis
9	David Taylor
10	Bill Werbeniuk
11	Kirk Stevens
12	John Virgo
13	Steve Davis
14th	Doug Mountjoy
15th	John Spencer
16	Graham Miles

Web links

• Season overview on Cuetracker