1982 Pot Black

The 1982 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 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.

Pot Black 82
Tournament information
Dateslate December 1981 (Broadcast 5 January-20 April 1982)
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-Ranking event
Winner's share£2500
Highest break Eddie Charlton (98)
Final
Champion Steve Davis
Runner-up Eddie Charlton
Score2–0
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Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 5 January 1982 [1] 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.[2][3]

Main draw

Group 1
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Cliff Thorburn1–0 Doug Mountjoy5 January 1982
Alex Higgins0–1 David Taylor19 January 1982
Cliff Thorburn1–0 David Taylor2 February 1982
Doug Mountjoy1–0 Alex Higgins16 February 1982
Doug Mountjoy0–1 David Taylor2 March 1982
Cliff Thorburn0–1 Alex Higgins16 March 1982

Group 2
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Eddie Charlton1–0 Ray Reardon12 January 1982
Steve Davis1–0 Dennis Taylor26 January 1982
Eddie Charlton1–0 Dennis Taylor9 February 1982
Ray Reardon1–0 Steve Davis23 February 1982
Ray Reardon1–0 Dennis Taylor9 March 1982
Steve Davis1–0 Eddie Charlton23 March 1982

Knockout stage
  Semi-finals (30 March and 6 April 1982)     Final (20 April 1982)
                 
  Doug Mountjoy 0  
  Eddie Charlton 1    
      Eddie Charlton 0
      Steve Davis 2
  Steve Davis 1    
  Cliff Thorburn 0   3rd place Play-off (13 April 1982)
 
Doug Mountjoy 1
  Cliff Thorburn 0

References
  1. "BBC Television – 5 January 1982 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 20 April 1982 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. "CueTracker - 1982 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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