1977 World Snooker Championship



The 1977 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1977 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 30 April 1977 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

John Spencer won in the final 25–21 against Cliff Thorburn. The event was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

Tournament summary

 * This was the first time that the World Championship was held at the Crucible Theatre. It was staged there by promoter Mike Watterson, who chose the venue after his wife saw a play there.
 * This was also the first world championship to be played since the world rankings were introduced.
 * Spencer won his third World title by defeating Thorburn 25–21 in the final. He was the first player to win the title with a two-piece cue, after his previous cue was smashed in a car accident.
 * Patsy Fagan, John Virgo, Doug Mountjoy and Willie Thorne made their World Championship debut.
 * The final was refereed by John Smyth.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
 * Winner: £6,000
 * Runner-up: £2,000
 * Semi-final: £1,200
 * Quarter-final: £750
 * Last 16: £350
 * Highest break: £500
 * Total: £17,000

Main draw
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seedings.

Sources:

Qualifying
Source:

Century breaks
There were six century breaks at the championship. The highest break of the tournament was 135 made by John Spencer.
 * 135, 105 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Spencer
 * 111, 100 🇨🇦 Cliff Thorburn
 * 105 🇦🇺 Eddie Charlton
 * 102 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Doug Mountjoy