Dates –23 April 1976 Organisation(s) WPBSA | Country England Format Ranking event | |
Venue Middlesbrough Town Hall
Wythenshawe Forum City Middlesbrough
Manchester | ||
The 1976 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1976 Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship purposes) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at two venues. This was the first world championship to be sponsored by Embassy; their sponsorship lasted for the next 30 years. Ray Reardon won in the final 27–16 against Alex Higgins.
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Tournament detail
The leading 14 players in the Order of Merit received automatic entry to the final stages and were joined by two winners from the qualifying competition. The leading 8 in the Order of Merit were seeded.
The Middlesbrough Town Hall in Middlesbrough staged the top half of the draw and the Wythenshawe Forum, Manchester staged the bottom half and the final. The final was held over 4 days from 20 to 23 April. Ray Reardon led Alex Higgins 8–5 after the first day and extended his lead to 15–11 after the second day. He won 9 frames on the third day to lead 24–15 and won 3 of the first 4 frames on the final day to win the championship 27–16.
The highest break of the tournament was 138 made by John Spencer in his match against David Taylor. Earlier in the week Eddie Charlton had compiled a break of 137; however, it did not count as a record because the table was not up to standard.
Main draw
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seeding.
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