The 1978 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the

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in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament returned to 8 players competing in 2 four player groups. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs but the final this year was played in the best of 3 frames on a one-hour programme. Broadcasts were on

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and started at 21:00 on Friday 6 January 1978 Alan Weeks presented the programme with

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as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee. The previous year's finalist Doug Mountjoy beat twice Pot Black Champion Graham Miles in the first final to have a best of 3 frames format 2–1.

Main draw

The draw for the group stages was made by comedian Eric Morecambe and shown before the first match.

Main draw

Group 1

Group 2

Knockout stage

References