1978 World Snooker Championship

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World Snooker Championship 1978
Embassy World Snooker Championship

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Attendees: 16
Venue: Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening: April 17, 1978
Endgame: April 29, 1978

Winner: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
Finalist: South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans
Highest Break: 138 ( John Spencer ) EnglandEngland
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The 1978 World Snooker Championship took place from April 17, 1978 to April 29, 1978. The venue was the Crucible Theater in Sheffield. The 1978 World Cup was the first to be televised daily by the BBC .

Ray Reardon prevailed against Perrie Mans in the final and received a prize of £ 7,500. The total prize money distributed increased by £ 7,000 to £ 24,000 compared to the previous year. Ray Reardon became the oldest world champion at the age of 45 years and 6 months, and Fred Davis was the oldest semi-finalist at 64 years and 8 months.

The highest break of the tournament was achieved by John Spencer with 138 points, who, as the reigning world champion, was eliminated in the first round against Perrie Mans.

Prize money

Prize money 1978 Profit in £
winner 7,500
defeated finalist 3,500
Semifinals 2,500
Quarter finals 1,000
Round of 16 500
Highest break 500
Maximum break 10,000
All in all £ 24,000

game schedule

  First round
best of 25 frames 		  Quarterfinals
Best of 25 Frames 		  Semi-final
best of 35 frames 		  Final
Best of 49 frames
                                     
EnglandEngland John Spencer 8th                  
South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 13  
South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 13
  EnglandEngland Graham Miles 7th  
EnglandEngland Graham Miles 13
 
EnglandEngland David Taylor 10  
South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 18th
  EnglandEngland Fred Davis 16  
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 12      
 
IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 13  
IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 10
  EnglandEngland Fred Davis 13  
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9
 
EnglandEngland Fred Davis 13  
South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 18th
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 25th
AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 13            
 
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 12  
AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 13
  CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 12  
CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 13
 
EnglandEngland Pat Houlihan 8th  
AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 14th
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 18th  
EnglandEngland John Pulman 4th      
 
CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 13  
CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 6th
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 13  
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 13
 
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 9  

qualification

1 round

First round (Best of 17 frames)
Result
EnglandEngland Maurice Parkin 9 : 4 EnglandEngland Bernard Bennett
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Roy Andrewartha 9 : 0 EnglandEngland Jack Karnehm
EnglandEngland John Barrie 9 : 3 EnglandEngland David Greaves
EnglandEngland Pat Houlihan 9 : 1 ScotlandScotland Chris Ross

2nd round

Second round (best of 17 frames)
Result
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 9 : 3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Roy Andrewartha
IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 9 : 5 EnglandEngland John Dunning
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 9 : 3 EnglandEngland Rex Williams
CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 9 : 2 EnglandEngland Maurice Parkin
South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 9 : 6 EnglandEngland John Barrie
EnglandEngland David Taylor 9 : 7 AustraliaAustralia Paddy Morgan
EnglandEngland Pat Houlihan 9 : 6 EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft
EnglandEngland Fred Davis 9 : 8 EnglandEngland John Virgo

Century Breaks

Seven century breaks were achieved by five different players:

EnglandEngland John Spencer 138 , 118
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 119, 100
AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 108
EnglandEngland Fred Davis 105
IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 105

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