1976–77 snooker season

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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.

DurationSeptember 1976 – 7 May 1977
Tournaments8 (1 ranking event)
MastersWales Doug Mountjoy
World ChampionshipEngland John Spencer
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1976–77 snooker season
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DurationSeptember 1976 – 7 May 1977
Tournaments8 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
MastersWales Doug Mountjoy
World ChampionshipEngland John Spencer
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New professionals

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

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Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
09-?? 09-?? AUS NR Australian Professional Championship Dandenong Football Club Melbourne Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Paddy Morgan w/o–w/d [5]
09-?? 09-?? CAN NR Canadian Open Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Toronto England John Spencer Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 17–9 [6]
11–28 12–11 AUS NR World Professional Match-play Championship Nunawading Basketball Centre Melbourne Australia Eddie Charlton Wales Ray Reardon 31–24 [7]
01-?? 01-?? ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham South Africa Perrie Mans Wales Doug Mountjoy 1–0 [8][9]
02–07 02–11 ENG NR The Masters New London Theatre London Wales Doug Mountjoy Wales Ray Reardon 7–6 [10][11][12]
02–17 02–18 IRL NR Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament Leopardstown Racecourse Dublin Northern Ireland Alex Higgins Wales Ray Reardon 5–3 [13]
04–18 04–30 ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield England John Spencer Canada Cliff Thorburn 25–21 [14]
04–30 05–07 WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn England John Spencer England John Pulman 7–5 [15][16][17]
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WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1976/1977

The top 16 of the world rankings.[18][19][20]

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No. Ch.[n 2] Name Points[21]
1 Steady Wales Ray Reardon 15
2 Rise Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 9
3 Fall Australia Eddie Charlton 8
4 Rise England Fred Davis 6
5 Steady England Graham Miles 6
6 Fall England Rex Williams 6
7 Rise South Africa Perrie Mans 5
8 Fall England John Spencer 5
9 Steady Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 5
10 Fall Wales Gary Owen 4
11 Rise England John Dunning 4
12 Rise England Jim Meadowcroft 3
13 Fall Canada Cliff Thorburn 3
14 Steady Canada Bill Werbeniuk 3
15 Fall England John Pulman 3
16 Steady England David Taylor 2
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Dates use the mm-dd date format.
  2. [2]
    Indicates a relation to the Order of Merit used during the 1975/1976 season.

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