1978 Pot Black

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1978 Pot Black

|logo=

|dates= Recorded late December 1977 (broadcast {{Start and end dates|1978|01|6|1978|04|14|df=y}})

|venue= Pebble Mill Studios

|location=Birmingham

|country=England

|organisation=

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share= £1000

|highest_break={{flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy (101)

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

|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Miles

|score=2–1

|previous=1977

|next=1979}}

The 1978 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament returned to 8 players competing in 2 four player groups. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs but the final this year was played in the best of 3 frames on a one-hour programme.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 6 January 1978 {{cite web|title=BBC Television – 6 January 1978 – Pot Black |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1978-01-06 |website=BBC Genome Project| publisher=BBC |accessdate=25 February 2017}} Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

The previous year's finalist Doug Mountjoy beat twice Pot Black Champion Graham Miles in the first final to have a best of 3 frames format 2–1.{{cite web|title=BBC Television – 14 April 1978 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1978-04-14 |website=BBC Genome Project| publisher=BBC |accessdate=25 February 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1978/872|title = CueTracker - 1978 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database}}

Main draw

The draw for the group stages was made by comedian Eric Morecambe and shown before the first match.

=Group 1=

Player 1 !Score !Player 2 !Broadcast Date
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
{{flagicon\|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy	1–0	{{flagicon\|NIR}} Alex Higgins	6 January 1978
{{flagicon\|WAL}} Ray Reardon	1–0	{{flagicon\|NIR}} Dennis Taylor	20 January 1978
{{flagicon\|WAL}} Ray Reardon	1–0	{{flagicon\|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy	3 February 1978
{{flagicon\|NIR}} Alex Higgins	0–1	{{flagicon\|NIR}} Dennis Taylor	17 February 1978
{{flagicon\|WAL}} Ray Reardon	0–1	{{flagicon\|NIR}} Alex Higgins	3 March 1978
{{flagicon\|NIR}} Dennis Taylor	0–1	{{flagicon\|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy	17 March 1978

=Group 2=

Player 1 !Score !Player 2 !Broadcast Date
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
{{flagicon\|ENG}} John Spencer	0–1	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Eddie Charlton	13 January 1978
{{flagicon\|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn	0–1	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Graham Miles	27 January 1978
{{flagicon\|ENG}} John Spencer	0–1	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Graham Miles	10 February 1978
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Eddie Charlton	1–0	{{flagicon\|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn	24 February 1978
{{flagicon\|ENG}} John Spencer	1–0	{{flagicon\|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn	10 March 1978
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Graham Miles	1–0	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Eddie Charlton	24 March 1978

=Knockout stage=

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1=Semi-finals (31 March and 7 April 1978)

| RD2=Final (14 April 1978)

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1= {{flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy

| RD1-score1= 1

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2= {{flagicon|AUS}} Eddie Charlton

| RD1-score2= 0

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3= {{flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon

| RD1-score3= 0

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4= {{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Miles

| RD1-score4= 1

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1= {{flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy

| RD2-score1= 2

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2= {{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Miles

| RD2-score2= 1

}}

References

Category:Pot Black

Category:1978 in snooker

Category:1978 in English sport