1980 UK Championship
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The 1980 UK Championship (officially the 1980 Coral UK Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 16 and 29 November 1980. This was the fourth edition of the UK Championship and the third staging of the competition in Preston. The event was sponsored by Coral for the third consecutive year. The televised stages were shown on the BBC 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.
Steve Davis defeated Alex Higgins 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 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
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Final
| Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Jim Thorpe (first session), John Williams (other sessions) The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 28 and 29 November 1980. | ||
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16–6 | Alex Higgins Script error: No such module "flag". |
| First session: 93–29 (69), 107–16, 27–79 (58), 79–16 (60), 26–69, 114–0 (114), 96–29 (95), 65–41, 68–29, 81–24, 28–74 Second session: 60–66, 47–55, 64–10 (64), 81–38 Third session: 74–21 (55), 105–12 (75), 65–32, 62–70 (Davis 61, Higgins 66), 86–34 (75), 97–20, 64–46 | ||
| 114 | Highest break | 66 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 9 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Qualifying
Preliminary round Best of 17 frames
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Template:Flagicon Sid Hood 9–3 Chris Ross Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Mike Hallett 9–8 Bernard Bennett Template:Flagicon
Last 32 Best of 17 frames
Template:Flagicon Tony Meo 9–5 Sid Hood Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Mike Hallett 9–8 Ray Edmonds Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Eddie Sinclair 9–1 Kingsley Kennerley Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Joe Johnson 9–6 John Dunning Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Jim Meadowcroft 9–1 David Greaves Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Mark Wildman 9–8 Cliff Wilson Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Roy Andrewartha 9–8 Tony Knowles Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Rex Williams 9–1 John Barrie Template:Flagicon
Century breaks
- 134, 109 Template:Ndash Alex Higgins
- 118 Template:Ndash Tony Meo
- 118 Template:Ndash Willie Thorne
- 114 Template:Ndash Steve Davis
- 102 Template:Ndash Doug Mountjoy
- 102 Template:Ndash Ray Reardon
References
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