Snooker season 1978/1979

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Snooker season 1978/1979
Details
Duration August 1978–June 1979
Tournaments 16
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Wales Doug Mountjoy
Masters South Africa Perrie Mans
World Championship Wales Terry Griffiths

The snooker season 1978/1979 was a series of snooker tournaments played from August 1978 to June 1979. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

Calendar

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
08–?? 08–??  RSA South African Professional Championship South Africa Perrie Mans South Africa Silvino Francisco 9–5 [1]
08–?? 08–??  AUS Australian Professional Championship Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Ian Anderson [n 2] [1]
08–16 09–04  CAN Canadian Open Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Toronto Canada Cliff Thorburn England Tony Meo 17–15 [2]
11–02 11–03  ENG Champion of Champions Wembley Conference Centre London Wales Ray Reardon Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 11–9 [3]
11–22 12–01  ENG UK Championship Guild Hall Preston Wales Doug Mountjoy England David Taylor 15–9 [4][5]
01–?? 01–??  ENG Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham Wales Ray Reardon Wales Doug Mountjoy 2–1 [6][7]
01–14 01–17  ENG Holsten Lager International Fulcrum Centre Slough England John Spencer England Graham Miles 11–7 [3][8][9]
01–22 01–26  ENG The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London South Africa Perrie Mans Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 8–4 [10][11][12]
10–23 01–28  ENG Forward Chemicals Tournament Royal Exchange Theatre[n 3] Manchester Wales Ray Reardon England John Spencer 9–6 [3][11][13]
02–01 02–03  IRL Irish Masters Goff's Kill Wales Doug Mountjoy Wales Ray Reardon 6–5 [14]
02–10 02–14  IND Bombay International Bombay Gymkhana Bombay England John Spencer Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor [n 4] [3]
02–?? 02–??  ENG Tolly Cobbold Classic Corn Exchange Ipswich Northern Ireland Alex Higgins Wales Ray Reardon 5–4 [15]
03–?? 03–??  NIR Irish Professional Championship Ulster Hall Belfast Northern Ireland Alex Higgins Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan 21–12 [16][17]
04–16 04–28  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Wales Terry Griffiths Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 24–16 [18][19]
05–05 05–12  WAL Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Wales Doug Mountjoy England Graham Miles 8–4 [20][21][22]
06–?? 06–??  NIR Golden Masters Newtownards Wales Ray Reardon England Graham Miles 4–2 [3]
WR = World ranking event
Non-ranking event

Official rankings

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Main article: Snooker world rankings 1978/1979

The top 16 of the world rankings.[23][24][25]

No. Ch. Name
1 Steady Wales Ray Reardon
2 Rise South Africa Perrie Mans
3 Steady Australia Eddie Charlton
4 Fall England John Spencer
5 Rise Canada Cliff Thorburn
6 Rise England Fred Davis
7 Fall Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
8 Fall Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor
9 Fall England Graham Miles
10 Fall England John Pulman
11 Rise Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan
12 Rise Canada Bill Werbeniuk
13 Fall England David Taylor
14 Steady Wales Doug Mountjoy
15 Rise England Willie Thorne
16 Fall England Jim Meadowcroft

Notes

  1. ↑ Dates use the month day format
  2. ↑ The result of the final is unknown.
  3. ↑ Played at various venues throughout the country under a round robin system, with the top two players meeting at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
  4. ↑ No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only.

References

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  5. ↑ Snooker Scene, November 1978, page 6
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  9. ↑ Snooker Scene, January 1979, page 7
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Snooker Scene, December 1978, page 13
  13. ↑ Snooker Scene, October 1978, page 27
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  17. ↑ Snooker Scene, May 1979, page 28
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Snooker Scene, March 1979, page 18
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Snooker Scene, April 1979, page 24
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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