1980 World Snooker Championship 1980 World Snooker Championship The 1980 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1980 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 April and 5 May 1980 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Cliff Thorburn won in the final 18–16 against Alex Higgins. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seedings. Source: There were 11 century breaks at the championship. Kirk Stevens and Steve Davis shared the high break prize when
World Snooker Championship video games Snooker Championship". The game was developed by Sega instead of Codemasters. The game was also the first released on a handheld console, as the "World Snooker Challenge 2005" on the PlayStation Portable. The game featured a playable "League of Champions" mode, where infamous past snooker matches can be replayed. The game included additional modes such as bar billiards. In "free play" mode, variables such as table size can be altered. World Snooker Championship 2007 was released on 12 January 2007. The box art features John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Shaun Murphy. This was the first game in the series to