1981 Pot Black

The 1981 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 8 players were competing in 2 four player groups. The matches are one-frame shoot-outs in the group stages, 2 frame aggregate scores in the semi-finals and the best of 3 frames in the final.

Pot Black 81
Tournament information
Dateslate December 1980 (Broadcast 30 December 1980-31 March 1981)
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-Ranking event
Winner's share£2500
Highest break Kirk Stevens (79)
Final
Champion Cliff Thorburn
Runner-up Jim Wych
Score2–0
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Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 30 December 1980 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and top referee John Williams replaced Sydney Lee after 13 years after Lee retired to ill health.

First time players this year are Canadians Kirk Stevens and Jim Wych. The latter made the final against fellow Canadian Cliff Thorburn before losing 0–2.[2][3]

Main draw

Group 1
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Ray Reardon1–0 Cliff Thorburn30 December 1980
Kirk Stevens1–0 Steve Davis13 January 1981
Cliff Thorburn1–0 Kirk Stevens27 January 1981
Ray Reardon1–0 Steve Davis10 February 1981
Cliff Thorburn1–0 Steve Davis24 February 1981
Ray Reardon1–0 Kirk Stevens3 March 1981

Group 2
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Eddie Charlton1–0 Alex Higgins6 January 1981
Jim Wych0–1 David Taylor20 January 1981
Eddie Charlton0–1 Jim Wych3 February 1981
Alex Higgins1–0 David Taylor17 February 1981
Eddie Charlton1–0 David Taylor24 February 1981
Alex Higgins0–1 Jim Wych3 March 1981

Knockout stage
  Semi-finals (10 and 17 March 1981)     Final (31 March 1981)
                 
  Ray Reardon 0  
  Jim Wych 1    
      Jim Wych 0
      Cliff Thorburn 2
  Eddie Charlton 0    
  Cliff Thorburn 1   3rd place Play-off (24 March 1981)
 
Ray Reardon 1
  Eddie Charlton 0

References
  1. "BBC Television – 30 December 1980 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 31 March 1981 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. "CueTracker - 1981 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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