1979 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship 1979 Embassy World Snooker Championship
Attendees:	16
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 16, 1979
Endgame:	April 28, 1979
Winner:	Terry Griffiths
Finalist:	Dennis Taylor
Highest Break:	142 ( Bill Werbeniuk )
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The 1979 World Snooker Championship took place from April 16 to April 28.

The venue was the Crucible Theater in Sheffield . The prize pool for the winner of the tournament, Terry Griffiths, was £ 10,000. The highest break of the tournament was achieved by Bill Werbeniuk with 142 points. A total of £ 35,000 in prize money was distributed to the players.

Prize money

Prize money 1979	Profit in £
winner	10,000
defeated finalist	5,000
3rd place	3,000
4th Place	2,000
Quarter finalist	1,250
Round of 16	1,000
Highest break	500
Maximum break	10,000
All in all	£ 35,000

game schedule

First round best of 25 frames

Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames

Semi-final Best of 37 frames

Final Best of 47 frames

Ray Reardon

13

Graham Miles

8th

Ray Reardon

8th

Dennis Taylor

13

Dennis Taylor

13

Steve Davis

11

Dennis Taylor

19th

John Virgo

12

John Spencer

11

Bill Werbeniuk

13

Bill Werbeniuk

9

John Virgo

13

Cliff Thorburn

10

John Virgo

13

Dennis Taylor

16

Terry Griffiths

24

Eddie Charlton

13

Doug Mountjoy

6th

Eddie Charlton

13

Fred Davis

4th

Fred Davis

13

Kirk Stevens

8th

Eddie Charlton

17th

Terry Griffiths

19th

Alex Higgins

13

David Taylor

5

Alex Higgins

12

Terry Griffiths

13

Perrie Mans

8th

Terry Griffiths

13

In the game for third place, Eddie Charlton prevailed against John Virgo 7: 3.

qualification

1 round

First round (Best of 17 frames)
	Result
Doug Mountjoy	9 : 1	Derek Mienie
Terry Griffiths	9 : 2	Bernard Bennett
Pat Houlihan	9 : 5	John Barrie
Willie Thorne	9 : 3	Jim Charlton
John Virgo	9 : 0	Maurice Parkin
John Dunning	9 : 5	Jackie Rea
Rex Williams	9 : 2	David Greaves
Jim Meadowcroft	9 : 7	Jimmy van Rensberg
Roy Andrewartha	9 : 8	Ray Edmonds
Steve Davis	9 : 1	Ian Anderson
Kirk Stevens	9 : 1	Roy Amdor

2nd round

Second round (best of 17 frames)
	Result
John Virgo	9 : 8	Willie Thorne
Bill Werbeniuk	9 : 2	Roy Andrewartha
David Taylor	9 : 8	John Dunning
Doug Mountjoy	9 : 6	Pat Houlihan
Steve Davis	9 : 2	Patsy Fagan
Terry Griffiths	9 : 6	Jim Meadowcroft
Kirk Stevens	9 : 0	John Pulman
Graham Miles	9 : 5	Rex Williams

Century Breaks

13 Century Breaks were achieved by eight different players, which meant a new record of total Centuries played at a World Cup:

Bill Werbeniuk	142
Cliff Thorburn	125
Terry Griffiths	121, 120, 107, 101
Alex Higgins	112, 105
John Spencer	112
Fred Davis	110, 109
Eddie Charlton	106
Dennis Taylor	106

swell

• Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac (2011 edition). , Bournemouth 2011.
• Global Snooker ( Memento from March 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from June 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )