1977 World Snooker Championship

The 1977 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1977 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 30 April 1977 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates18–30 April 1977
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£17,000[1]
Winner's share£6,000[1]
Highest break John Spencer (135)
Final
Champion John Spencer
Runner-up Cliff Thorburn
Score25–21
1976
1978

John Spencer won in the final 25–21 against Cliff Thorburn.[2] The event was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. Spencer at the age of 41 was the first man to win the title at the Crucible.

Tournament summary

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[11]

  • Winner: £6,000
  • Runner-up: £2,000
  • Semi-final: £1,200
  • Quarter-final: £750
  • Last 16: £350
  • Highest break: £500
  • Total: £17,000

Main draw

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seedings.

Sources:[1][12][13][14][15]

 
Last 16
Best of 25 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 25 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 35 frames
Final
Best of 49 frames
 
              
 
18 & 19 April
 
 
Ray Reardon (1)13
 
22 & 23 April
 
Patsy Fagan7
 
Ray Reardon (1)6
 
18 & 19 April
 
John Spencer (8)13
 
John Spencer (8)13
 
24, 25, 26 & 27 April
 
John Virgo9
 
John Spencer (8)18
 
18 & 19 April
 
John Pulman16
 
Graham Miles (5)13
 
22 & 23 April
 
Willie Thorne4
 
Graham Miles (5)10
 
18 & 19 April
 
John Pulman13
 
Fred Davis (4)12
 
28, 29, & 30 April
 
John Pulman13
 
John Spencer (8)25
 
20 & 21 April
 
Cliff Thorburn 21
 
Eddie Charlton (3)13
 
22 & 23 April
 
David Taylor5
 
Eddie Charlton (3)12
 
20 & 21 April
 
Cliff Thorburn13
 
Rex Williams (6)6
 
24, 25, 26 & 27 April
 
Cliff Thorburn13
 
Cliff Thorburn18
 
20 & 21 April
 
Dennis Taylor16
 
Perrie Mans (7)11
 
22 & 23 April
 
Dennis Taylor13
 
Dennis Taylor13
 
20 & 21 April
 
Doug Mountjoy11
 
Alex Higgins (2)12
 
 
Doug Mountjoy13
 

Qualifying

Source:[1][15]

Round 1 (Best of 21 frames)
John Virgo11–1 Roy Andrewartha
Round 2 (Best of 21 frames)
Patsy Fagan11–9 Jim Meadowcroft
John Virgo11–6 John Dunning
Willie Thorne11–4 Bernard Bennett
John Pulmanw/o–w/d Maurice Parkin
David Taylor11–0 David Greaves
Cliff Thorburn11–0 Chris Ross
Dennis Taylor11–0 Jack Karnehm
Doug Mountjoy11–9 Jackie Rea

Century breaks

There were six century breaks at the championship. The highest break of the tournament was 135 made by John Spencer.[16][17][18]

References

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  10. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 143.
  11. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 130.
  12. "1977 World Championships Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  13. "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  14. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. pp. 4–5.
  15. Eric, Hayton (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. London: Rose Villa Publications. p. 146. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  16. Kastner, Hugo. "Snooker – Spieler, Regeln & Rekorde (May 2011 update): Crucible Records – bis 2011" (PDF) (in German). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
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  18. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 146.
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