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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Recorded late December 1977 (broadcast 6 January – 14 April 1978 (1978-01-06 –1978-04-14)) |
| Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
| City | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £1000 |
| Highest break |  Doug Mountjoy (101) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Doug Mountjoy |
| Runner-up |  Graham Miles |
| Score | 2–1 |
←1977 1979 → | |
The1978Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in thePebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament returned to 8 players competing in 2 four player groups. All matches were one-frameshoot-outs but the final this year was played in the best of 3 frames on a one-hour programme.
Broadcasts were onBBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 6 January 1978[1]Alan Weeks presented the programme withTed Lowe as commentator andSydney Lee as referee.
The previous year's finalistDoug Mountjoy beat twice Pot Black ChampionGraham Miles in the first final to have a best of 3 frames format 2–1.[2][3]
The draw for the group stages was made by comedianEric Morecambe and shown before the first match.
| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Mountjoy | 1–0 |  Alex Higgins | 6 January 1978 |
| Ray Reardon | 1–0 | Dennis Taylor | 20 January 1978 |
| Ray Reardon | 1–0 | Doug Mountjoy | 3 February 1978 |
| Alex Higgins | 0–1 | Dennis Taylor | 17 February 1978 |
| Ray Reardon | 0–1 | Alex Higgins | 3 March 1978 |
| Dennis Taylor | 0–1 | Doug Mountjoy | 17 March 1978 |
| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Spencer | 0–1 |  Eddie Charlton | 13 January 1978 |
 Cliff Thorburn | 0–1 | Graham Miles | 27 January 1978 |
| John Spencer | 0–1 | Graham Miles | 10 February 1978 |
| Eddie Charlton | 1–0 | Cliff Thorburn | 24 February 1978 |
| John Spencer | 1–0 | Cliff Thorburn | 10 March 1978 |
| Graham Miles | 1–0 | Eddie Charlton | 24 March 1978 |
| Semi-finals (31 March and 7 April 1978) | Final (14 April 1978) | ||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 1 | ||||||||
| Eddie Charlton | 0 | ||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 2 | ||||||||
| Graham Miles | 1 | ||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 0 | ||||||||
| Graham Miles | 1 | ||||||||