1978–79 snooker season

The 1978–79 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1978 and June 1979. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

1978–79 snooker season
Details
DurationAugust 1978 – June 1979
Tournaments16
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Doug Mountjoy
Masters Perrie Mans
World Championship Terry Griffiths

Calendar
Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
08–?? 08–??  RSA NR South African Professional Championship Perrie Mans Silvino Francisco 9–5 [1]
08–?? 08–??  AUS NR Australian Professional Championship Eddie Charlton Ian Anderson [n 2] [1]
08–16 09–04  CAN NR Canadian Open Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Toronto Cliff Thorburn Tony Meo 17–15 [2]
11–02 11–03  ENG NR Champion of Champions Wembley Conference Centre London Ray Reardon Alex Higgins 11–9 [3]
11–22 12–01  ENG NR UK Championship Guild Hall Preston Doug Mountjoy David Taylor 15–9 [4][5]
01–?? 01–??  ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham Ray Reardon Doug Mountjoy 2–1 [6][7]
01–14 01–17  ENG NR Holsten Lager International Fulcrum Centre Slough John Spencer Graham Miles 11–7 [3][8][9]
01–22 01–26  ENG NR The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Perrie Mans Alex Higgins 8–4 [10][11][12]
10–23 01–28  ENG NR Forward Chemicals Tournament Royal Exchange Theatre[n 3] Manchester Ray Reardon John Spencer 9–6 [3][11][13]
02–01 02–03  IRL NR Irish Masters Goff's Kill Doug Mountjoy Ray Reardon 6–5 [14]
02–10 02–14  IND NR Bombay International Bombay Gymkhana Bombay John Spencer Dennis Taylor [n 4] [3]
02–?? 02–??  ENG NR Tolly Cobbold Classic Corn Exchange Ipswich Alex Higgins Ray Reardon 5–4 [15]
03–20 03–22  NIR NR Irish Professional Championship Ulster Hall Belfast Alex Higgins Patsy Fagan 21–12 [16][17]
04–16 04–28  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Terry Griffiths Dennis Taylor 24–16 [18][19]
05–05 05–12  WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Doug Mountjoy Graham Miles 8–4 [20][21][22]
05–12 05–13  NIR NR Golden Masters Queen's Hall Newtownards Ray Reardon Graham Miles 4–2 [3]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings
Main article: Snooker world rankings 1978/1979

The top 16 of the world rankings.[23][24][25]

No. Ch. Name
1 Ray Reardon
2 Perrie Mans
3 Eddie Charlton
4 John Spencer
5 Cliff Thorburn
6 Fred Davis
7 Alex Higgins
8 Dennis Taylor
9 Graham Miles
10 John Pulman
11 Patsy Fagan
12 Bill Werbeniuk
13 David Taylor
14 Doug Mountjoy
15 Willie Thorne
16 Jim Meadowcroft

Notes
  1. Dates use the month day format
  2. The result of the final is unknown.
  3. Played at various venues throughout the country under a round robin system, with the top two players meeting at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
  4. No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only.

References
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  13. Snooker Scene, October 1978, page 27
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  19. Snooker Scene, March 1979, page 18
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  22. Snooker Scene, April 1979, page 24
  23. Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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