Retrospective World Rankings - Early Years

[Cyril]

The World Ranking list was instigated in 1976/77 and took into account the previous 3 World Championships, so officially the first ever World Ranking event was the 1974 Park Drive World Championships.

The points awarded at that time were:

Winner = 5 points
R/Up

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[jon]

There was an official list produced a year earlier using the same points basis 1973-1975, although it was referred to as a seeding list rather than a

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[Cyril]

They did. I think I saw it in a 75 snooker scene. An order of merit I think.

Difficult call - it’d be unfair to award only 3 points for

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[AndrewB]

If you just stick to the 5-4-3-2-1 ranking method, the early ranking lists would be:

1969-70:
1 John Spencer 5
2 Gary Owe

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