1982_Pot_Black

1982 Pot Black

1982 Pot Black

Snooker tournament

The 1982 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held between 28 and 31 December 1981 in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham.[1] 8 players were competing in 2 four player groups. The matches are one-frame shoot-outs in the group stages, 2 frame aggregate scores in the semi-finals and the best of 3 frames in the final.

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Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 5 January 1982 [2] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.

World snooker champion Steve Davis won his first Pot Black title beating show veteran Eddie Charlton 2–0.[3][4]

Main draw

Group 1

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Group 2

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals (30 March and 6 April 1982) Final (20 April 1982)
      
Wales Doug Mountjoy 0
Australia Eddie Charlton 1
Australia Eddie Charlton 0
England Steve Davis 2
England Steve Davis 1
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0 3rd place Play-off (13 April 1982)
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0

References

  1. [1]
    "Too late for Jimmy". Belfast Telegraph. 12 December 1981. p. 17.
  2. [2]
    "BBC Television – 5 January 1982 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. [3]
    "BBC Television – 20 April 1982 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. [4]
    "CueTracker - 1982 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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