1977 World Snooker Championship

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The **1977 World Snooker Championship** (also known as the **1977 Embassy World Snooker Championship** for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 30 April 1977 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

John Spencer won in the final 25–21 against Cliff Thorburn. The event was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

## Tournament summary

* This was the first time that the World Championship was held at the Crucible Theatre. It was staged there by promoter Mike Watterson, who chose the venue after his wife saw a play there.
* This was also the first world championship to be played since the world rankings were introduced.
* Spencer won his third World title by defeating Thorburn 25–21 in the final. He was the first player to win the title with a two-piece cue, after his previous cue was smashed in a car accident.
* Patsy Fagan, John Virgo, Doug Mountjoy and Willie Thorne made their World Championship debut.
* The final was refereed by John Smyth.

## Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

* Winner: £6,000
* Runner-up: £2,000
* Semi-final: £1,200
* Quarter-final: £750
* Last 16: £350
* Highest break: £500
* Total: £17,000

## Main draw

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seedings.

Sources:
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## Century breaks

There were six century breaks at the championship. The highest break of the tournament was 135 made by John Spencer.

* **135**, 105  John Spencer
* 111, 100  Cliff Thorburn
* 105  Eddie Charlton
* 102  Doug Mountjoy

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". *cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk*. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
2. ↑ "World Snooker Championship Trivia". Embassy Snooker. Archived from the original on 4 December 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
3. ↑ "Then and Now: John Spencer". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012. Unknown parameter `|deadurl=` ignored (`|url-status=` suggested) (help)
4. ↑ Kastner, Hugo. "Snooker – Spieler, Regeln & Rekorde (May 2011 update): Sammelsurium von World Championship Highlights" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012. Unknown parameter `|deadurl=` ignored (`|url-status=` suggested) (help)
5. ↑ "Patsy Fagan at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
6. ↑ "John Virgo at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
7. ↑ "Doug Mountjoy at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
8. ↑ "Willie Thorne at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
9. ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). *Crucible Almanac*. p. 143.
10. ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). *Crucible Almanac*. p. 130.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "World Championship 1977". Global Snooker. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
12. ↑ "1977 World Championships Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
13. ↑ "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
14. ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). *Crucible Almanac*. pp. 4–5.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Eric, Hayton (2004). *The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History*. London: Rose Villa Publications. p. 146. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
16. ↑ Kastner, Hugo. "Snooker – Spieler, Regeln & Rekorde (May 2011 update): Crucible Records – bis 2011" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012. Unknown parameter `|deadurl=` ignored (`|url-status=` suggested) (help)
17. ↑ "2004 Embassy World Championship Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 8 December 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
18. ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). *Crucible Almanac*. p. 146.

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