1977 Pot Black

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1977 Pot Black

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|dates= Recorded late December 1976 (broadcast {{Start and end dates|1977|01|7|1977|04|22|df=y}})

|venue= Pebble Mill Studios

|location=Birmingham

|country=England

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|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share= £1000

|highest_break={{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} Perrie Mans (59)

|winner={{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} Perrie Mans

|runner_up={{flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy

|score=90–21

|previous=1976

|next=1978}}

The 1977 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament expanded from 8 to 12 players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 7 January 1977 {{cite web|title=BBC Television – 7 January 1977 – Pot Black |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1977-01-07 |website=BBC Genome Project| publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 February 2017}} Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

With 12 players now competing in this series, The round robin format has now become 4 groups of 3 players. The two debutants Perrie Mans and Doug Mountjoy faced each other in the final which Mans won 90-21.{{cite web|title=BBC Television – 29 April 1977 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1977-04-29 |website=BBC Genome Project| publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 February 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1977/880|title = CueTracker - 1977 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database}}