1982 Pot Black

The 1982 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held between 28 and 31 December 1981 in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham.^[1] 8 players were competing in 2 four player groups. The matches are one-frame shoot-outs in the group stages, 2 frame aggregate scores in the semi-finals and the best of 3 frames in the final.

Pot Black 82

Tournament information
Dates	28–31 December 1981 (1981-12-28 – 1981-12-31) (Broadcast 5 January – 20 April 1982 (1982-01-05 – 1982-04-20))
Venue	Pebble Mill Studios
City	Birmingham
Country	England
Format	Non-Ranking event
Winner's share	£2,500
Highest break	Eddie Charlton (98)
Final
Champion	Steve Davis
Runner-up	Eddie Charlton
Score	2–0
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Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 5 January 1982 ^[2] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.

World snooker champion Steve Davis won his first Pot Black title beating show veteran Eddie Charlton 2–0.^[3][4]

Main draw

Group 1

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
Cliff Thorburn	1–0	Doug Mountjoy	5 January 1982
Alex Higgins	0–1	David Taylor	19 January 1982
Cliff Thorburn	1–0	David Taylor	2 February 1982
Doug Mountjoy	1–0	Alex Higgins	16 February 1982
Doug Mountjoy	1–0	David Taylor	2 March 1982
Cliff Thorburn	0–1	Alex Higgins	16 March 1982

Group 2

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
Eddie Charlton	1–0	Ray Reardon	12 January 1982
Steve Davis	1–0	Dennis Taylor	26 January 1982
Eddie Charlton	1–0	Dennis Taylor	9 February 1982
Ray Reardon	1–0	Steve Davis	23 February 1982
Ray Reardon	1–0	Dennis Taylor	9 March 1982
Steve Davis	1–0	Eddie Charlton	23 March 1982

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals (30 March and 6 April 1982)					Final (20 April 1982)
	Doug Mountjoy		0
	Eddie Charlton		1
						Eddie Charlton		0
						Steve Davis		2
	Steve Davis		1
	Cliff Thorburn		0			3rd place Play-off (13 April 1982)
						Doug Mountjoy		1
						Cliff Thorburn		0