1982 Pot Black

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Pot Black 82

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|dates={{Start and end dates|1981|12|28|1981|12|31|df=y}}
(Broadcast {{Start and end dates|1982|01|05|1982|04|20|df=y}})

|venue= Pebble Mill Studios

|location=Birmingham

|country=England

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|format=Non-Ranking event

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share=£2,500

|highest_break={{flagicon|AUS}} Eddie Charlton (98)

|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

|runner_up={{flagicon|AUS}} Eddie Charlton

|score=2–0

|previous=1981

|next=1983}}

The 1982 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held between 28 and 31 December 1981 in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19811212/467/0017|url-access=subscription|title=Too late for Jimmy|date=12 December 1981|work=Belfast Telegraph|page=17}} 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.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 5 January 1982 {{cite web|title=BBC Television – 5 January 1982 – Pot Black |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1982-01-05 |website=BBC Genome Project| publisher=BBC |accessdate=26 February 2017}} Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.

World snooker champion Steve Davis won his first Pot Black title beating show veteran Eddie Charlton 2–0.{{cite web|title=BBC Television – 20 April 1982 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1982-04-20 |website=BBC Genome Project| publisher=BBC |accessdate=26 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1982/789|publisher=cuetracker.net|title=CueTracker - 1982 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics|accessdate=26 February 2017}}