1980 UK Championship

The 1980 UK Championship (officially the 1980 Coral UK Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 16 and 29 November 1980. This was the fourth edition of the UK Championship and the third staging of the competition in Preston. The event was sponsored by Coral for the third consecutive year. The televised stages were shown on the BBC from 22 to 29 November – the BBC's television coverage had been extended to eight days after the success of other competitions such as the World Championship.

Steve Davis defeated Alex Higgins 16–6 in the final to win his first major title, after making his first major quarter-final in the previous year's championship. Davis whitewashed Terry Griffiths 9–0 in the semi-finals on his way to the final. The highest break of the tournament was a 134 made by Higgins.

Prize fund

 * Winner:  £6,000
 * Runner-up: £3,000
 * Semi-final: £1,500
 * Quarter-final: £1,000
 * Last 16: £500
 * Last 24: £250

Qualifying
Preliminary round  Best of 17 frames

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 '''Kingsley Kennerley W/O Jackie Rea

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sid Hood 9–3 Chris Ross 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Hallett 9–8 Bernard Bennett 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Last 32 Best of 17 frames

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Meo 9–5 Sid Hood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Hallett 9–8 Ray Edmonds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Eddie Sinclair 9–1 Kingsley Kennerley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Johnson 9–6 John Dunning 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Meadowcroft 9–1 David Greaves 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Wildman 9–8 Cliff Wilson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Roy Andrewartha 9–8 Tony Knowles 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rex Williams 9–1 John Barrie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Century breaks

 * 134, 109 – Alex Higgins
 * 118 – Tony Meo
 * 118 – Willie Thorne
 * 114 – Steve Davis
 * 102 – Doug Mountjoy
 * 102 – Ray Reardon