1978 Pot Black

The 1978 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament returned to 8 players competing in 2 four player groups. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs but the final this year was played in the best of 3 frames on a one-hour programme.

1978 Pot Black

Tournament information
Dates	Recorded late December 1977 (broadcast 6 January – 14 April 1978 (1978-01-06 – 1978-04-14))
Venue	Pebble Mill Studios
City	Birmingham
Country	England
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£1000
Highest break	Doug Mountjoy (101)
Final
Champion	Doug Mountjoy
Runner-up	Graham Miles
Score	2–1
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Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 6 January 1978 ^[1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

The previous year's finalist Doug Mountjoy beat twice Pot Black Champion Graham Miles in the first final to have a best of 3 frames format 2–1.^[2][3]

Main draw

The draw for the group stages was made by comedian Eric Morecambe and shown before the first match.

Group 1

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
Doug Mountjoy	1–0	Alex Higgins	6 January 1978
Ray Reardon	1–0	Dennis Taylor	20 January 1978
Ray Reardon	1–0	Doug Mountjoy	3 February 1978
Alex Higgins	0–1	Dennis Taylor	17 February 1978
Ray Reardon	0–1	Alex Higgins	3 March 1978
Dennis Taylor	0–1	Doug Mountjoy	17 March 1978

Group 2

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
John Spencer	0–1	Eddie Charlton	13 January 1978
Cliff Thorburn	0–1	Graham Miles	27 January 1978
John Spencer	0–1	Graham Miles	10 February 1978
Eddie Charlton	1–0	Cliff Thorburn	24 February 1978
John Spencer	1–0	Cliff Thorburn	10 March 1978
Graham Miles	1–0	Eddie Charlton	24 March 1978

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals (31 March and 7 April 1978)					Final (14 April 1978)
	Doug Mountjoy		1
	Eddie Charlton		0
						Doug Mountjoy		2
						Graham Miles		1
	Ray Reardon		0
	Graham Miles		1