The 2005 Pot Black was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place on 29 October 2005 at the Royal Automobile Club in London, England. All matches were played over one frame.[2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 October 2005 |
| Venue | Royal Automobile Club |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Highest break |  Shaun Murphy (ENG) (111)[1] |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Matthew Stevens |
| Runner-up | Shaun Murphy |
| Score | 1–0 |
← 1997 2006 → | |
Pot Black returned after a 12-year absence (or 8 including Senior Pot Black) and unlike the original TV series of matches being recorded in 2 days and transmitted months later, this new format was shown on BBC1's Grandstand showing highlights of the matches during the programme before showing the final live. Presented by the usual BBC snooker team of Hazel Irvine, Steve Davis and John Parrott and commentary by Clive Everton. Referees include Jan Verhass and Michaela Tabb who refereed the final.
Out of this year's players, only Jimmy White, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan had previously played in Pot Black in its old form while the latter two and Matthew Stevens played in Junior Pot Black and White being the only former champion competing. Although there was no prize money for the winners, every participating player was guaranteed an appearance fee of £3,500.[3]
Matthew Stevens won the final 1–0 against Shaun Murphy.[4]
Main draw
editPlayers in bold indicate match winners.[5][6]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| John Higgins | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Hunter | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Hunter | 1 | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "2006 Pot Black Cup". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007.
- ^ "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ Everton, Clive (December 2005). "Pot Black: present and past". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. pp. 18–19.
- ^ "Stevens wins Pot Black comeback". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ "2005 Pot Black Cup". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007.
- ^ "2005 Pot Black Cup results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 31 December 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.