The 1980 UK Championship (also known as the 1980 Coral UK Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional non-
ranking
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snooker
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tournament that took place at the
Guild Hall
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in
Preston, England, between 16 and 29 November 1980. This was the fourth edition of the
UK Championship
The UK Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It is one of snooker's prestigious Triple Crown events, along with the World Championship and the Masters. It is usually held at the Barbican Centre, York. Ronnie O'Sullivan h ...
and the third staging of the competition in Preston. The event was sponsored by
Coral
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for the third consecutive year. The televised stages were shown on the
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from 22 to 29 November – the BBC's television coverage had been extended to eight days after the success of other competitions such as the
World Championship
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.
Steve Davis
Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a Sports commentator, commentator, musician, DJ, and author. He is best known for dominating professional snooker during the 1980s, when he rea ...
defeated
Alex Higgins
Alexander Gordon Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) was a Northern Irish professional snooker player who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the game. Nicknamed "Hurricane Higgins" because of his fast play, he was Wor ...
16–6 in the final to win his first major title, after making his first major quarter-final in
the previous year's championship. Davis whitewashed
Terry Griffiths
Terence Martin Griffiths (born 16 October 1947) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. In his second professional tournament, he became world champion when he won the 1979 World Snooker Champion ...
9–0 in the semi-finals on his way to the final. The highest break of the tournament was a 134 made by Higgins.
Prize fund
*Winner: £6,000
*Runner-up: £3,000
*Semi-final: £1,500
*Quarter-final: £1,000
*Last 16: £500
*Last 24: £250
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
Preliminary round Best of 17 frames
Kingsley Kennerley
Kingsley Kennerley (27 December 1913 – 26 June 1982) was an English billiards and snooker player.
Career
In the period from 1937 to 1940 Kennerley enjoyed considerable success as an amateur in both billiards and snooker. He won the English Am ...
W/O
Jackie Rea
John Joseph "Jackie" Rea (6 April 1921 – 20 October 2013) was a Northern Irish snooker player. He was the leading Irish snooker player until the emergence of Alex Higgins.
Rea reached the semi-final of the 1952 World Championship losing to ...
Sid Hood
Sid Hood (1933–2006) was an English former professional snooker player. He was the runner-up at the 1970 World Amateur Snooker Championship.
Career
Hood began playing cue sports at the age of 14. He worked as a docker and, in 1970, said t ...
9–3
Chris Ross
Mike Hallett
Mike Hallett (born 6 July 1959) is an English former professional snooker player and commentator.
Career
Hallett was born in Grimsby on 6 July 1959. Having won the national under-16 title in 1975, he turned professional in 1979. His world ran ...
9–8
Bernard Bennett
Bernard Bennett (31 August 1931 – 12 January 2002) was an English former professional player of snooker and English billiards, whose career spanned twenty-six years between 1969 and 1995.
Bennett was a stalwart of professional snooker and ...
Last 32 Best of 17 frames
Tony Meo
Anthony Christian Meo (born 4 October 1959) is a retired English snooker player. He won the 1989 British Open by defeating Dean Reynolds 13–6 in the final, and was runner-up to Steve Davis at the 1984 Classic. He won four World Doubles Cham ...
9–5
Sid Hood
Sid Hood (1933–2006) was an English former professional snooker player. He was the runner-up at the 1970 World Amateur Snooker Championship.
Career
Hood began playing cue sports at the age of 14. He worked as a docker and, in 1970, said t ...
Mike Hallett
Mike Hallett (born 6 July 1959) is an English former professional snooker player and commentator.
Career
Hallett was born in Grimsby on 6 July 1959. Having won the national under-16 title in 1975, he turned professional in 1979. His world ran ...
9–8
Ray Edmonds
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Pla ...
Eddie Sinclair
Eddie Sinclair (5 May 1937 – January 2005) was a Scottish professional snooker player.
Career
Sinclair turned professional in 1979 at the relatively advanced age of 42, reaching a high ranking of 26th in 1982 and holding that position for tw ...
9–1
Kingsley Kennerley
Kingsley Kennerley (27 December 1913 – 26 June 1982) was an English billiards and snooker player.
Career
In the period from 1937 to 1940 Kennerley enjoyed considerable success as an amateur in both billiards and snooker. He won the English Am ...
Joe Johnson 9–6
John Dunning
Jim Meadowcroft
Jim Meadowcroft (15 December 1946 – 25 September 2015) was an English professional snooker player who latterly was a coach and a commentator on the game.
His most successful years were during the 1970s; he was ranked number 12 in the world in ...
9–1
David Greaves
David Greaves (1 September 1946 – 5 October 2019) was an English former professional snooker player.
Life
David Greaves was born 1 September 1946 in St-Annes-on-Sea (Lancashire). In his early life he went to Stanley Junior School in Clev ...
Mark Wildman
Markham Wildman (born 25 January 1936) is an English retired professional snooker and English billiards player and cue sports commentator. He won the World Professional Billiards Championship in 1984, and was runner up in 1980 and 1982. He made ...
9–8
Cliff Wilson
Clifford Wilson (10 May 193421 May 1994) was a Welsh professional snooker player who reached the highest ranking of 16, in 1988-89. He was the 1978 World Amateur Champion and won the 1991 World Seniors Championship. He was a successful juni ...
Roy Andrewartha
Roy Andrewartha (23 April 1938 – 15 October 2020) was a Welsh professional snooker player.
Career
Born in 1938, Andrewartha lost in the 1976 final of the English Amateur Championship to Chris Ross. He played in the World Amateur Snooker ...
9–8
Tony Knowles
Rex Williams
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9–1
John Barrie
Century breaks
* 134, 109
Alex Higgins
Alexander Gordon Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) was a Northern Irish professional snooker player who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the game. Nicknamed "Hurricane Higgins" because of his fast play, he was Wor ...
* 118
Tony Meo
Anthony Christian Meo (born 4 October 1959) is a retired English snooker player. He won the 1989 British Open by defeating Dean Reynolds 13–6 in the final, and was runner-up to Steve Davis at the 1984 Classic. He won four World Doubles Cham ...
* 118
Willie Thorne
William Joseph Thorne (4 March 195417 June 2020) was an English professional snooker player. He won one ranking title, the 1985 Classic. He also reached the final of the 1985 UK Championship, losing 16–14 to Steve Davis after leading 13–8 ...
* 114
Steve Davis
Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a Sports commentator, commentator, musician, DJ, and author. He is best known for dominating professional snooker during the 1980s, when he rea ...
* 102
Doug Mountjoy
Doug Mountjoy (8 June 1942 – 14 February 2021) was a Welsh snooker player from Tir-y-Berth, Gelligaer, Glamorgan, Wales. He was a member of the professional snooker circuit from the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, and remained within the ...
* 102
Ray Reardon
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Fish
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References
{{Snooker season 1980/1981
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
UK Championship
The UK Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It is one of snooker's prestigious Triple Crown events, along with the World Championship and the Masters. It is usually held at the Barbican Centre, York. Ronnie O'Sullivan h ...
UK Championship
The UK Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It is one of snooker's prestigious Triple Crown events, along with the World Championship and the Masters. It is usually held at the Barbican Centre, York. Ronnie O'Sullivan h ...
UK Championship
The UK Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It is one of snooker's prestigious Triple Crown events, along with the World Championship and the Masters. It is usually held at the Barbican Centre, York. Ronnie O'Sullivan h ...