1986 Pot Black

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Pot Black 86

Tournament information
Dates	December 1985 (broadcast weekly, 16 January – 17 April 1986 (1986-01-16 – 1986-04-17))
Venue	Pebble Mill Studios
City	Birmingham
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Highest break	Jimmy White (106)
Final
Champion	Jimmy White
Runner-up	Kirk Stevens
Score	2–0
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The 1986 Pot Black was the eighteenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, and the last of its original run. It took place in December 1985, but was broadcast in 1986. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was won by aggregate score over two frames, and the final was decided by the best of three frames.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 22:10 on Thursday 16 January 1986,^[1] later than in previous series. David Icke presented, with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.

The only Pot Black debut in this series was that of Patsy Fagan. All the competitors in this series were 1985 World Championship last-16 players. Jimmy White won the event, beating Kirk Stevens 2–0 with a break of 106 in the last frame.^[2][3]

Main draw[]

	Last 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final Best of 3 frames
	Doug Mountjoy	0
	Patsy Fagan	1
					Patsy Fagan	0
					Jimmy White	1
	Jimmy White	1
	Terry Griffiths	0
									Jimmy White	1
									Cliff Thorburn	0
	Cliff Thorburn	1
	David Taylor	0
					Cliff Thorburn	1
					Tony Knowles	0
	Tony Knowles	1
	Eddie Charlton	0
													Jimmy White	2
													Kirk Stevens	0
	Steve Davis	0
	Bill Werbeniuk	1
					Bill Werbeniuk	0
					Kirk Stevens	1
	Kirk Stevens	1
	Tony Meo	0
									Kirk Stevens	1
									Dennis Taylor	0
	Ray Reardon	1
	Alex Higgins	0
					Ray Reardon	0
					Dennis Taylor	1
	Dennis Taylor	1
	John Parrott	0

Final[]

Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: John Williams. Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, December 1985 (Broadcast 17 April 1986).
Jimmy White  England	2–0	Kirk Stevens  Canada
60–46, 106–21 (106)
106	Highest break	45
1	Century breaks	0
1	50+ breaks	1

References[]