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
2012 Masters (snooker) 10–6 in the final. This was Robertson's 10th professional title and his second Triple Crown title after winning the 2010 World Snooker Championship. Defending champion Ding Junhui was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latest world rankings (revision 2). Martin Gould was making his debut in the Masters. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Total: 21 2012 Masters (snooker) The 2012 BGC Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 15–22 January 2012 at the Alexandra Palace in London,