| Tournament Name: | 1978 Daily Mirror Champion of Champions |
| Venue: | Wembley Conference Centre |
| Location: | London |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Non-ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £4,000 |
| Winners Share: | £2,000 |
| Highest Break: | 94 |
| Score: | 11–9 |
| Next: | 1980 |
The 1978 Champion of Champions (officially the 1978 Daily Mirror Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 November 1978 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.
Four players contested the tournament which was held over two days.[1] The event was promoted by Michael Barrett, a boxing promoter.[2]
Ray Reardon easily won the first semi-final 6–1 after taking a 5–0 lead. In the evening match Doug Mountjoy led 3–2 but Alex Higgins won the next four frames to win 6–3. The 8th frame was won on a respotted black.[3] In the final Reardon led Higgins 6–4 after the afternoon session. In the evening Reardon extended his lead to 9–5 before Higgins won the next four frames to level the match. In the 19th frame Reardon had a 77 clearance to win the frame and then won the 20th frame easily to win the match.[4]
Brief highlights were shown on ITV's World of Sport on the following afternoon (Saturday 4 November, 3:10pm).[5]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
There was a £100 prize for every century break.[2]
The following 4 players qualified for the tournament:[2]
| Player | Qualified as | |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 World Snooker Championship winner | ||
| 1977 UK Championship winner | ||
| 1978 Masters winner | ||
| 1978 Pot Black winner |
| Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: John Smyth. Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 3 November 1978. | |||
| Ray Reardon | 11–9 | Alex Higgins | |
| Afternoon: 125 (52)–8; 90 (90)–43; 75–46; 28–108; 60–43; 20–114 (83); 13–101 (76); 104 (70)–19; 1–140 (61,62); 84–22 Evening: 78–36; 101 (67)–18; 12–100; 73 (61)–48; 41–90; 51–60; 23–83 (51); 30–72; 78 (77)–46; 94–12 | |||
| 90 | Highest break | 83 | |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 | |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 5 | |
None. The highest break: 94 Alex Higgins