1980 World Snooker Championship


The 1980 World Snooker Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 April and 5 May 1980 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
Cliff Thorburn won in the final 18–16 against Alex Higgins. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

Tournament summary

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Numbers in indicate seedings.
Source:

Qualifying

The results from the qualifying competition are shown below.
indicates a player that was in the original draw but did not compete.
First Round
PlayerScorePlayer
'9–7
'9–5
'9–5
'w/o-
9–7

Century breaks

There were 11 century breaks at the championship. Kirk Stevens and Steve Davis shared the high break prize when they both made a 136 break. It was the first time the highest break went to two players. There was also a £5,000 bonus on offer for compiling a higher break than the championship record of 142.