1977_Pot_Black

1977 Pot Black

1977 Pot Black

Snooker tournament

The 1977 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament expanded from 8 to 12 players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

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Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 7 January 1977 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

With 12 players now competing in this series, The round robin format has now become 4 groups of 3 players. The two debutants Perrie Mans and Doug Mountjoy faced each other in the final which Mans won 90-21.[2][3]

Main draw

The draw for the group stages was done by Denis Howell, the Minister of Sport and shown before the first match.

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals (1 and 8 April 1977) Final (22 April 1977)
      
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Wales Doug Mountjoy 0
South Africa Perrie Mans 1
South Africa Perrie Mans 1
England Willie Thorne 0 3rd place Play-off (15 April 1977)
Canada Cliff Thorburn 1
England Willie Thorne 0

References

  1. [1]
    "BBC Television – 7 January 1977 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. [2]
    "BBC Television – 29 April 1977 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. [3]
    "CueTracker - 1977 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
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