Embassy World Championship
Tour: Main Tour;
Date: 22-5 May 1980;
Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England;
Type: Ranking;
Defending champion: Terry Griffiths (a);
Notes: See also results (23)
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Cliff Thorburn (a) | 18 | - | 16 |  |
Alex Higgins (a) |
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Session 1: Referee: John Street |
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| Semifinals | ||||||||||
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Alex Higgins (a) | 16 | - | 13 | |
Kirk Stevens (a) |
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 Stevens was the youngest-ever world championship semi-finalist, aged 21. | ||
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Cliff Thorburn (a) | 16 | - | 7 |  |
David Taylor (a) |
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| Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
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Alex Higgins (a) | 13 | - | 9 | |
Steve Davis (a) |
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In the eighth frame, Higgins was on course to achieve a maximum break, when he became the first player in the history of the world championship to pot black balls after each of the fifteen red balls during a break. After running out of position on the fifteenth black, he managed to pot the yellow ball, but failed in an attempt to then double the green ball. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNst9pPfMWY | ||
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Kirk Stevens (a) | 13 | - | 7 |  |
Eddie Charlton (a) |
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Cliff Thorburn (a) | 13 | - | 6 | |
Jim Wych (a) | ||||
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David Taylor (a) | 13 | - | 11 |  |
Ray Reardon (a) |
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Round 2 (Last 16) |
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| 1 | |
Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 10 | |
Terry Griffiths (a) |
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| 2 | |
Alex Higgins (a) | 13 | - | 6 |  |
Perrie Mans (a) |
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| 3 | |
Kirk Stevens (a) | 13 | - | 8 | |
John Spencer (a) | |||
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Eddie Charlton (a) | 13 | - | 12 | |
John Virgo (a) |
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| 5 | |
Cliff Thorburn (a) | 13 | - | 10 | |
Doug Mountjoy (a) |
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| 6 | |
Jim Wych (a) | 13 | - | 10 | |
Dennis Taylor (a) | |||
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David Taylor (a) | 13 | - | 5 | |
Fred Davis (a) |
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re-spotted black in frame 7 | |
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Ray Reardon (a) | 13 | - | 6 | |
Bill Werbeniuk (a) |
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Round 1 (Last 24) |
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| 1 | |
Steve Davis (a) | 10 | - | 6 |  |
Patsy Fagan (a) | |||
| 2 | |
Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 9 | |
Tony Meo (a) |
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| 3 | |
Kirk Stevens (a) | 10 | - | 3 | |
Graham Miles (a) | |||
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John Virgo (a) | 10 | - | 2 | |
Jim Meadowcroft (a) | |||
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Doug Mountjoy (a) | 10 | - | 6 | |
Cliff Wilson (a) |
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| 6 | |
Jim Wych (a) | 10 | - | 5 | |
John Pulman (a) | |||
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David Taylor (a) | 10 | - | 3 | |
Ray Edmonds (a) | |||
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Bill Werbeniuk (a) | 10 | - | 9 | |
Willie Thorne (a) | |||
