1983_Pot_Black

1983 Pot Black

1983 Pot Black

Snooker tournament

The 1983 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.

Quick Facts Tournament information, Dates ...

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Monday 10 January 1983 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.

First time in Pot Black this year are Tony Knowles who failed to make the semi-finals and Jimmy White who managed it before losing to Steve Davis. Davis went on to win the title beating twice champion Ray Reardon 2–0 to win his second title and the fourth man to retain it.[2][3]

Main draw

Group 1

More information Player 1, Score ...

Group 2

More information Player 1, Score ...

Knockout stage

Semi-finals 28 March and 4 April 1983) Final (11 April 1983)
      
England Steve Davis 1
England Jimmy White 0
England Steve Davis 2
Wales Ray Reardon 0
Wales Ray Reardon 1
Australia Eddie Charlton 0

References

  1. [1]
    "BBC Television – 10 January 1983 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. [2]
    "BBC Television – 11 April 1983 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. [3]
    "CueTracker - 1983 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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