1976_World_Amateur_Snooker_Championship

1976 World Amateur Snooker Championship

1976 World Amateur Snooker Championship

Snooker tournament

The 1976 World Amateur Snooker Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament also known as the IBSF World Snooker Championship. The 1976 tournament was played in Johannesburg from 12 to 30 October 1976. Doug Mountjoy defeated Paul Mifsud 11–1 in the final to win the title.

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Tournament summary

The first World Amateur Snooker Championship was held in 1963.[1] The defending champion for 1976 was Ray Edmonds, who had won the tournament in 1972 and 1974.[2] The 1976 tournament was held at the President Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, from 12 to 30 October 1976, with 24 participants playing in three eight-player round-robin groups followed by a knockout to determine the champion.[2] Apartheid was in force in South Africa, and following the advice of their respective governments, players from India and Sri Lanka did not take part in the competition.[3]

Doug Mountjoy was the only player to win all of his group matches.[4] Edmonds lost the title when he was defeated 1–5 by Paul Mifsud in the quarter-finals. In another of the quarter-finals, Silvino Francisco eliminated his brother Manuel Francisco 5–1.[5] The final was contested by Mountjoy and Mifsud, with Mountjoy taking a 6–0 lead by the end of the first session and completing an 11–1 victory in the second session on 29 October, meaning that the scheduled session for 30 October was not required.[6]

Mountjoy compiled the highest break of the tournament, 107, during the group stage.[7][1]

Qualifying groups

The final tables are shown below. Players in bold qualified for the next round.[1]

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Knockout

Players in bold denote match winners.[1]

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Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 15 frames 		Final
Best of 21 frames
         
 Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 5
 Ron Atkins (AUS) 1
 Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 8
 Silvino Francisco (RSA) 2
 Silvino Francisco (RSA) 5
 Manuel Francisco (RSA) 1
 Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 11
 Paul Mifsud (MLT) 1
 Jimmy van Rensberg (RSA) 5
 Terry Griffiths (WAL) 3
 Jimmy van Rensberg (RSA) 4
 Paul Mifsud (MLT) 8
 Paul Mifsud (MLT) 5
 Ray Edmonds (ENG) 1

Final

Scores in bold indicate winning frame scores.[6]

Final: Best of 21 frames.
Johannesburg, 29 October 1976
Doug Mountjoy
Wales		 11–1 Paul Mifsud
Malta
First session: 76–18; 80–21; 79–21; 86–36; 109(62)-20; 80–18
Second session: 25–71; 82–24; 85–29; 73–29; 67–48; 84–28

References

  1. [1]
    Everton, Clive (1981). The Guinness Book of Snooker. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 150–153. ISBN 0851122302.
  2. [2]
    Everton, Clive (7 October 1976). "Record for amateur". The Guardian. London. p. 16.
  3. [3]
    Everton, Clive (5 November 1976). "Joy is blackballed by South Africans". The Guardian. London. p. 18.
  4. [4]
    Everton, Clive (26 October 1976). "Mountjoy is favourite". The Guardian. London. p. 22.
  5. [5]
    "Snooker champ loses". Calgary Herald. 27 October 1976. p. 86.
  6. [6]
    Everton, Clive (30 October 1976). "Mountjoy's world title". The Guardian. London. p. 16.
  7. [7]
    Morrison, Ian (1989). Snooker: records, facts and champions. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 131. ISBN 0851123643.
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