1980 UK Snooker Championship
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The 1980 Coral UK Championship took place at the Guildhall, Preston from 16 November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 22 and 28 November 1980.
BBC Television coverage had been extended to eight days after the success of other competitions such as the World Championship and the UK Championship was the most successful at the time. Steve Davis took his first major title after making his first major quarter-final the previous year whitewashing Terry Griffiths 9-0 in the semi-final and massively beating Alex Higgins 16-6 in the final to claim it starting the Davis era in snooker.
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[edit] Prize Money
Winner: £6,000
Runner-up: £3,000
Semi-finalists: £1,500
Quarter-finalists: £1,000
Second Round: £500
First Round: £250
Highest Break: £500
Total: £22,500
[edit] Highest Break
134 Alex Higgins
[edit] Early Rounds
Preliminary Round Best of 17 frames
Sid Hood 9-3 Chris Ross 
Mike Hallett 9-8 Bernard Bennett
Qualifyling Round Best of 17 frames
Tony Meo 9-5 Sid Hood
Eddie Sinclair 9-1 Kingsley Kennerley
Jim Meadowcroft 9-1 David Greaves
Roy Andrewartha 9-8 Tony Knowles
Rex Williams 9-1 John Barrie
[edit] Competition proper
1st Round Best of 17 frames
Tony Meo 9-1 Pat Houlihan
Eddie Sinclair 9-5 Graham Miles
Willie Thorne 9-1 Jim Meadowcroft
Roy Andrewartha 9-6 John Pulman
Rex Williams 9-8 Doug Mountjoy 
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Tony Meo |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Bill Werbeniuk |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths |
0 | |||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Sinclair |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths |
9 | |||||||||||||
| November 27/28 | ||||||||||||||
 Patsy Fagan |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
16 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Fred Davis |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Fred Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Wildman |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Roy Andrewartha |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams |
9 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor |
7 | |||||||||||||
| UK Snooker Championship |
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| Full results by year |
| 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Winners and statistics |
| List of winners from 1977 to present |
