1976–77 snooker season
Appearance
Details | |
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Duration | September 1976 – 7 May 1977 |
Tournaments | 8 (1 ranking event) |
Triple Crown winners | |
Masters | ![]() |
World Championship | ![]() |
← 1975–76 1977–78 → |
The 1976–77 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between September 1976 and May 1977. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.
New professionals
[edit]John Virgo was accepted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association as a professional player at the Association's July 1976 meeting.[1] Doug Mountjoy, Roy Andrewartha and Chris Ross all became professionals after competing in the 1976 World Amateur Snooker Championship in October, which Mountjoy won.[2][3] Patsy Fagan joined the professional ranks in October.[4]
Calendar
[edit]Date[n 1] | Rank | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Reference | ||
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09-?? | 09-?? | ![]() |
NR | Australian Professional Championship | Dandenong Football Club | Melbourne | ![]() |
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w/o–w/d | [5] |
09-?? | 09-?? | ![]() |
NR | Canadian Open | Canadian National Exhibition Stadium | Toronto | ![]() |
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17–9 | [6] |
11-28 | 12-11 | ![]() |
NR | World Professional Match-play Championship | Nunawading Basketball Centre | Melbourne | ![]() |
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31–24 | [7] |
01-?? | 01-?? | ![]() |
NR | Pot Black | BBC Studios | Birmingham | ![]() |
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1–0 | [8][9] |
02-07 | 02-11 | ![]() |
NR | The Masters | New London Theatre | London | ![]() |
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7–6 | [10][11][12] |
02-17 | 02-18 | ![]() |
NR | Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament | Leopardstown Racecourse | Dublin | ![]() |
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5–3 | [13] |
04-18 | 04-30 | ![]() |
WR | World Snooker Championship | Crucible Theatre | Sheffield | ![]() |
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25–21 | [14] |
04-30 | 05-07 | ![]() |
NR | Pontins Professional | Pontins | Prestatyn | ![]() |
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7–5 | [15][16][17] |
WR = World ranking event |
NR = Non-ranking event |
Official rankings
[edit]The top 16 of the world rankings.[18][19][20]
No. | Ch.[n 2] | Name | Points[21] |
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1 | ![]() |
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15 |
2 | ![]() |
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9 |
3 | ![]() |
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8 |
4 | ![]() |
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6 |
5 | ![]() |
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6 |
6 | ![]() |
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6 |
7 | ![]() |
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5 |
8 | ![]() |
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5 |
9 | ![]() |
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5 |
10 | ![]() |
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4 |
11 | ![]() |
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4 |
12 | ![]() |
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3 |
13 | ![]() |
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3 |
14 | ![]() |
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3 |
15 | ![]() |
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3 |
16 | ![]() |
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2 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.
- ^ Indicates a relation to the Order of Merit used during the 1975/1976 season.
References
[edit]- ^ "New pro". Snooker Scene. August 1976. p. 7.
- ^ Everton, Clive (26 November 1976). "Hat trick hopes". The Guardian. London. p. 24.
- ^ Everton, Clive (1981). The Guinness Book of Snooker. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 150–153. ISBN 0851122302.
- ^ "How they line up – snooker special 3". Sports Argus. 20 October 1979. p. 45.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Other National Professional Championships". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Canadian Open, Canadian Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "World Matchplay". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
- ^ "Pot Black History". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
- ^ "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ Snooker Scene, February 1977, page 9
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ "Pontin's Roll of Honour". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Snooker Scene, May 1977, page 27
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
- ^ "World Rankings – History and Development". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2013.