The 1984 Pot Black was the sixteenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 28 and 30 December 1983 but was broadcast in the summer of 1984. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham.[1] For the first time since the inaugural tournament in 1969, the championship was reverted to a knockout format and players risen from 8 to 16. This change was made at the request of the players, who asked for a competition, in which more of them could take part.[2] All matches until the final were one-frame shoot-outs, the final being contested over the best of three frames.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28–30 December 1983 (broadcast 4 January – 11 April 1984) |
| Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
| City | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £41,250[1] |
| Winner's share | £5,000[1] |
| Highest break |  Dennis Taylor (81) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Terry Griffiths |
| Runner-up |  John Spencer |
| Score | 2–1 |
← 1983 1985 → | |
Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Wednesday 4 January 1984 [3] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.
With the tournament now risen to 16 players, there were Pot Black debuts for Tony Meo, Silvino Francisco and Mark Wildman and original player John Spencer played for the first time since 1980. Terry Griffiths who also last played in 1980 won the event, his ninth professional title, beating Spencer 2–1 in the final.[4][5]
Main draw
edit| Last 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final Best of 3 frames | ||||||||||||
 John Spencer
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Alex Higgins
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Spencer
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Meo
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Spencer
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| David Taylor
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Wildman
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Spencer
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Terry Griffiths
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Kirk Stevens
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Silvino Francisco
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Silvino Francisco
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
Final
edit| Final: Best of 3 frames. Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, 30 December 1983 (Broadcast 11 April 1984). | ||
| Terry Griffiths Wales
|
2–1 | John Spencer England
|
References
edit- ^ a b c Everton, Clive (9 November 1983). "Davis aims for hat-trick". The Guardian. London. p. 25.
- ^ "Pot Black changes format on cue". Birmingham Mail. 18 November 1983. p. 53.
- ^ "BBC Television – 4 January 1984 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "BBC Television – 11 April 1984 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2023.