World Snooker Championship 1977

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World Snooker Championship 1977
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Attendees: 16
Venue: Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening: April 18, 1977
Endgame: April 30, 1977

Winner: EnglandEngland John Spencer
Finalist: CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
Highest Break: 135 ( John Spencer ) EnglandEngland
← 1976
 
1978 →

The 1977 World Snooker Championship took place from April 18th to April 30th.

The 1977 World Cup was the first to be held at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield . Since then, the World Cup has always been held there. The prize pool for the winner of the tournament, John Spencer, was £ 6,000. The highest break of the tournament was also achieved by John Spencer with 135 points.

Prize money

Prize money 1977 Profit in £
winner 6,000
defeated finalist 2,000
Semi-finalist 1,200
Quarter finalist 700
Round of 16 350
Highest break 500
All in all £ 17,000

game schedule

  First round
best of 25 frames 		  Quarterfinals
Best of 25 Frames 		  Semi-final
best of 35 frames 		  Final
Best of 49 frames
                                     
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 13                  
IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 7th  
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 6th
  EnglandEngland John Spencer 13  
EnglandEngland John Spencer 13
 
EnglandEngland John Virgo 9  
EnglandEngland John Spencer 18th
  EnglandEngland John Pulman 16  
EnglandEngland Graham Miles 13      
 
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 4th  
EnglandEngland Graham Miles 10
  EnglandEngland John Pulman 13  
EnglandEngland Fred Davis 12
 
EnglandEngland John Pulman 13  
EnglandEngland John Spencer 25th
  CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 21st
AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 13            
 
EnglandEngland David Taylor 5  
AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 12
  CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 13  
EnglandEngland Rex Williams 6th
 
CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 13  
CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 18th
  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 3  
South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 11      
 
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 13  
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 13
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 11  
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 12
 
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 13  

qualification

1 round

First round (best of 21 frames)
Result
EnglandEngland John Virgo 11 : 1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Roy Andrewartha

2nd round

Second round (best of 21 frames)
Result
IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 11 : 9 EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft
EnglandEngland John Virgo 11 : 6 EnglandEngland John Dunning
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 11 : 4 EnglandEngland Bernard Bennett
EnglandEngland John Pulman 11 : 0 EnglandEngland David Taylor
CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 11 : 0 ScotlandScotland Chris Ross
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 11 : 0 EnglandEngland Jack Karnehm
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 11 : 9 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jackie Rea

Century Breaks

Six century breaks were scored by four different players:

EnglandEngland John Spencer 135 , 105
CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 111, 100
AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 105
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 102

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