The 1980 World Challenge Cup sponsored by State Express was the second team snooker tournament. The format mostly remained the same as the previous championship although the group 2nd place players would now reach a semi-final stage with the group winners. It took place between 18 and 26 October 1980 and the tournament had now moved to the New London Theatre which had hosted the Masters championship between 1976 and 1978.
Terry Griffiths made the highest break of the tournament, 109.
Main draw Teams and results are shown below.
Teams
Country Player 1 (Captain) Player 2 Player 3 Ray Reardon Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy Fred Davis David Taylor John Virgo Ireland Alex Higgins Dennis Taylor Patsy Fagan Cliff Thorburn Bill Werbeniuk Kirk Stevens Eddie Charlton Paddy Morgan Ian Anderson Rest of the World Perrie Mans Eddie Sinclair Jim Rempe
Group A
Team 1ScoreTeam 2Date Wales10–5 Canada Canada9–6 Rest of the World Wales13–2 Rest of the World
Group B
Team 1ScoreTeam 2Date England11–4 Ireland England7–8 Australia Ireland 10–5 Australia
Semi-finals
Team 1ScoreTeam 2Date Wales8–7 Ireland England5–8 Canada
Final
Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: New London Theatre, London, England. 26 October 1980. Ray Reardon, Terry Griffiths, Doug Mountjoy 8–5 Cliff Thorburn, Bill Werbeniuk, Kirk Stevens Mountjoy v Stevens: 28–71, 60–43, 16-94 Reardon v Werbeniuk: 73–45 Griffiths v Thorburn: 43–86 Reardon v Stevens: 54–53 Mountjoy v Werbeniuk: 86–17 Griffiths v Stevens: 22–79 Mountjoy v Thorburn: 55–56 Griffiths v Werbeniuk: 92-38, 87-20, 55–46 Reardon v Thorburn: 111–26 Highest break Century breaks 50+ breaks
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