1980 World Snooker Championship
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| Dates | 22 April–5 May 1980 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £60,000 |
| Winner's share | £15,000 |
| Highest break |  Steve Davis (136) Kirk Stevens (136) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Cliff Thorburn |
| Runner-up |  Alex Higgins |
| Score | 18–16 |
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The 1980 Embassy World Snooker Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 April and 5 May 1980 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
Cliff Thorburn won in the final 18–16 against Alex Higgins.
Tournament summary
- Tony Meo, Cliff Wilson and Ray Edmonds made their Crucible debuts. However, they lost in the first round 9–10 against Alex Higgins, 6–10 against Doug Mountjoy and 5–10 David Taylor respectively.[1][2][3] John Pulman made his last appearance at the World Championship, but lost 5–10 against Canadian Jim Wych.[4]
- The championship extended the players who played the Crucible from 16 to 24 with the top eight players going automatically in to round 2.[5]
- To accommodate these eight extra matches, the frames in each match were also revamped. The first round went to 19 frames, the second and quarter-finals to 25, the semi-finals to 31 and the final to 35 frames. The format still continues today except for the semi-final, which became a 33-frame match in 1997.[5]
- The coverage of the final was interrupted by coverage of the Iranian Embassy Siege, as the BBC took the snooker off the air to bring live coverage about the SAS storming the Iranian Embassy in London.[6]
- John Street refereed the final.[7]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
- Winner: £15,000
- Runner-up: £8,000
- Semi-final: £4,000
- Quarter-final: £2,000
- Last 16: £1,500
- Last 32: £750
- Highest break: £1,000
- Maximum break: £10,000
- Total: £60,000
Main draw
| Round 1 Best of 19 frames |
Round 2 Best of 25 frames |
Quarter-finals Best of 25 frames |
Semi-finals Best of 31 frames |
Final Best of 35 frames |
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Steve Davis | 10 |  |
Terry Griffiths (1) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Patsy Fagan | 6 | |
Steve Davis | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Higgins | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Higgins | 10 |  |
Perrie Mans (8) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Tony Meo | 9 | |
Alex Higgins | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Higgins | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Kirk Stevens | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Kirk Stevens | 10 | |
John Spencer (5) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Graham Miles | 3 | |
Kirk Stevens | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kirk Stevens | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Eddie Charlton (4) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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John Virgo | 10 | |
Eddie Charlton (4) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Jim Meadowcroft | 2 | |
John Virgo | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Higgins | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cliff Thorburn (3) | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Doug Mountjoy | 10 | |
Cliff Thorburn (3) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Cliff Wilson | 6 | |
Doug Mountjoy | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Cliff Thorburn (3) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jim Wych | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jim Wych | 10 | |
Dennis Taylor (6) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
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John Pulman | 5 | |
Jim Wych | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Cliff Thorburn (3) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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David Taylor | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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David Taylor | 10 | |
Fred Davis (7) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ray Edmonds | 3 | |
David Taylor | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
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David Taylor | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ray Reardon (2) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Bill Werbeniuk | 10 | |
Ray Reardon (2) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Willie Thorne | 9 | |
Bill Werbeniuk | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Century breaks
There were 11 century breaks at the championship.[9] Kirk Stevens and Steve Davis shared the high break prize when they both made a 136 break. It was the first time the highest break would go to two players.[11][12][13] There was also a £5,000 bonus for compiling a higher break than the championship record of 142.[8]
- 136, 116 Steve Davis
- 136 Kirk Stevens
- 123, 104 Doug Mountjoy
- 122 Alex Higgins
- 119, 114 Cliff Thorburn
- 108 John Spencer
- 106 Fred Davis
- 101 Bill Werbeniuk
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