Tournament information | |
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Country | South Africa |
Established | 1948 |
Format | Non- ranking event |
Final year | 1989 |
Final champion |
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The South African Professional Championship was a professional snooker tournament which was open only for South African players.
South Africa held a professional championship beginning in 1948. As with Australia it was originally held as a challenge match until 1984 (the only exception to this was 1979, when five players competed), [1] when the WPBSA offered a subsidy of £1,000 per man to any country holding a national professional championship. This subsidy ended in 1988/1989 after which date most national championships were discontinued, with Perrie Mans winning the final edition of the tournament.[ citation needed]
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Final score | Venue | Season |
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Challenge matches | |||||
1948–1950 |
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various challenges | n/a | ||
1950–1965 |
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various challenges | |||
1965–1977 |
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various challenges | |||
1978 |
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9–5 | 1978/79 | |
Knockout tournament | |||||
1979 |
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9–6 | 1979/80 | |
Challenge matches | |||||
1980–1984 |
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various challenges | n/a | ||
Knockout tournaments | |||||
1984 |
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10–7 | MOTHS Club, Johannesburg | 1984/85 |
1986 |
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9–1 | Johannesburg | 1986/87 |
1988 |
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9–4 | Germiston | 1987/88 |
1989 |
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8–5 | Johannesburg | 1988/89 |