The 1977 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament expanded from 8 to 12 players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.
Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 7 January 1977 [1]Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.
With 12 players now competing in this series, The round robin format has now become 4 groups of 3 players. The two debutants Perrie Mans and Doug Mountjoy faced each other in the final which Mans won 90-21.[2][3]
Main draw
The draw for the group stages was done by Denis Howell, the Minister of Sport and shown before the first match.