1980 Pot Black
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | late December 1979 (Broadcast 4 January – 18 April 1980) |
| Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
| City | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £2000 |
| Highest break |
 Dennis Taylor (87) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Eddie Charlton
|
| Runner-up |
 Ray Reardon
|
| Score | 2–1 |
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The 1980 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 8 players were competing in 2 four player groups. The matches were now only 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 Friday 4 January 1980 Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.
The first programme of the series featured reigning Pot Black champion Ray Reardon playing again the current world champion Terry Griffiths making his Pot Black debut and Reardon went on to reach the final losing to Eddie Charlton 1-2 who himself won his third title equalling the record with John Spencer.
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