1980 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship 1980 Embassy World Snooker Championship
Attendees:	24
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 22, 1980
Endgame:	May 5th 1980
Winner:	Cliff Thorburn
Finalist:	Alex Higgins
Highest Break:	136 ( Steve Davis , Kirk Stevens )
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The 1980 World Snooker Championship was held from April 22 to May 5, 1980 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield .

In the final, Cliff Thorburn beat Alex Higgins with 18:16 . The final frames of the final were overshadowed by the hostage-taking at the Iranian embassy in London in 1980 . The Welsh title holder Terry Griffiths was eliminated in the round of 16 against Steve Davis .

The total prize money was almost doubled compared to the previous year from 35,000 to 60,000 pounds. The field of participants in the final round would be expanded from 16 to 24.

Prize money

Prize money 1979	Profit in £
winner	15,000
defeated finalist	8,000
Semi-finalist	4,000
Quarter finalist	2,000
Round of 16	1,500
First round off	750
Highest break	1,000
Maximum break	10,000
All in all	£ 60,000

Final round

Round 1 Best of 19 frames

Round of 16 Best of 25 frames

Quarterfinals Best of 25 frames

Semi-finals Best of 31 frames

Final Best of 35 frames

Steve Davis

10

1

Terry Griffiths

10

Patsy Fagan

6th

Steve Davis

13

Steve Davis

9

Alex Higgins

13

Alex Higgins

10

8th

Perrie Mans

6th

Tony Meo

9

Alex Higgins

13

Alex Higgins

16

Kirk Stevens

13

Kirk Stevens

10

5

John Spencer

8th

Graham Miles

3

Kirk Stevens

13

Kirk Stevens

13

4th

Eddie Charlton

7th

John Virgo

10

4th

Eddie Charlton

13

Jim Meadowcroft

2

John Virgo

12

Alex Higgins

16

6th

Cliff Thorburn

18th

Doug Mountjoy

10

6th

Cliff Thorburn

13

Cliff Wilson

6th

Doug Mountjoy

10

6th

Cliff Thorburn

13

Jim Wych

6th

Jim Wych

10

3

Dennis Taylor

10

John Pulman

5

Jim Wych

13

6th

Cliff Thorburn

16

David Taylor

7th

Bill Werbeniuk

10

2

Ray Reardon

13

Willie Thorne

9

Bill Werbeniuk

6th

2

Ray Reardon

11

David Taylor

13

David Taylor

10

7th

Fred Davis

5

Ray Edmonds

3

David Taylor

13

Century breaks

Eleven century breaks were achieved by seven different players:

Steve Davis	136 , 116
Kirk Stevens	136
Doug Mountjoy	123, 104
Alex Higgins	122
Cliff Thorburn	119, 114
John Spencer	108
Fred Davis	106
Bill Werbeniuk	101

swell

• Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac (2011 edition). , Bournemouth 2011.
• Global Snooker ( Memento from April 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• * Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from June 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )