The 1980 Coral UK Championship took place at the Guildhall, Preston from 16 November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 22 and 28 November 1980.[1]
BBC Television coverage had been extended to eight days after the success of other competitions such as the World Championship and the UK Championship, because these were the most successful at the time.
Steve Davis took his first major title after making his first major quarter-final the previous year whitewashing Terry Griffiths 9-0 in the semi-final and massively beating Alex Higgins 16-6 in the final to claim it starting the Davis era in snooker.
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Winner: £6,000
Runner-up: £3,000
Semi-finalists: £1,500
Quarter-finalists: £1,000
Second Round: £500
First Round: £250
Highest Break: £500
Total: £22,500
134 Alex Higgins
Preliminary Round Best of 17 frames
Sid Hood
9-3 Chris Ross 
Mike Hallett 9-8 Bernard Bennett
Qualifyling Round Best of 17 frames
Tony Meo 9-5 Sid Hood
Eddie
Sinclair 9-1 Kingsley Kennerley
Jim Meadowcroft
9-1 David Greaves
Roy
Andrewartha 9-8 Tony Knowles
Rex Williams 9-1 John
Barrie
1st Round Best of 17 frames
Tony Meo 9-1 Pat Houlihan
Eddie
Sinclair 9-5 Graham
Miles
Willie Thorne 9-1
Jim
Meadowcroft
Roy
Andrewartha 9-6 John
Pulman
Rex Williams 9-8 Doug Mountjoy 
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
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Tony
Meo |
9 | |||||||||||||
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John Virgo |
1 | |||||||||||||
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Tony Meo |
5 | |||||||||||||
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Steve
Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
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Steve
Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Bill
Werbeniuk |
3 | |||||||||||||
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Steve
Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
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Terry
Griffiths |
0 | |||||||||||||
Dennis
Taylor |
9 | |||||||||||||
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Eddie
Sinclair |
6 | |||||||||||||
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Dennis Taylor |
2 | |||||||||||||
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Terry
Griffiths |
9 | |||||||||||||
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Terry
Griffiths |
9 | |||||||||||||
| November 27/28 | ||||||||||||||
 Patsy Fagan |
8 | |||||||||||||
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Steve
Davis |
16 | |||||||||||||
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Alex Higgins |
6 | |||||||||||||
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Alex
Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
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Willie Thorne |
7 | |||||||||||||
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Alex
Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
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Fred Davis |
6 | |||||||||||||
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Fred Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
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Mark Wildman |
6 | |||||||||||||
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Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
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Ray
Reardon |
7 | |||||||||||||
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Ray
Reardon |
9 | |||||||||||||
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Roy
Andrewartha |
3 | |||||||||||||
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Ray
Reardon |
9 | |||||||||||||
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Rex Williams |
4 | |||||||||||||
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Rex
Williams |
9 | |||||||||||||
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David Taylor |
7 | |||||||||||||
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