1986 Pot Black
The 1986 Pot Black was the eighteenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, and the last of its original run. It took place in December 1985, but was broadcast in 1986. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was won by aggregate score over two frames, and the final was decided by the best of three frames.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | December 1985 (broadcast weekly, 16 January–17 April 1986) |
| Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
| City | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Highest break |  Jimmy White (106) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Jimmy White |
| Runner-up | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Kirk Stevens |
| Score | 2–0 |
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Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 22:10 on Thursday 16 January 1986,[1] later than in previous series. David Icke presented, with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.
The only Pot Black debut in this series was that of Patsy Fagan. All the competitors in this series were 1985 World Championship last-16 players. Jimmy White won the event, beating Kirk Stevens 2–0 with a break of 106 in the last frame.[2][3]
Main draw
| Last 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final Best of 3 frames | ||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Doug Mountjoy
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
 Patsy Fagan
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Patsy Fagan
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| David Taylor
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Eddie Charlton
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Meo
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: John Williams. Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, December 1985 (Broadcast 17 April 1986). | ||
| Jimmy White England |
2–0 | Kirk Stevens Canada |
| 60–46, 106–21 (106) | ||
| 106 | Highest break | 45 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
References
- "BBC Television – 16 January 1986 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- "BBC Television – 17 April 1986 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Pot-Black/1986/657