 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chimiro cheWorld Championship hachina kuchinja zvikuru kubvira muna 1982. Iyo ine chimiro chekurova-kunze nevatambi makumi matatu nevaviri, vanokwikwidzwa pamusoro pemazuva gumi nemanomwe anopera neMuvhuro wekutanga muna Chivabvu, inova zororo rehurumende muUnited Kingdom. Pamberi pa1982 pakanga pane nhamba yemhando dzakasiyana dzakashandiswa paMakwikwi. Muna 1980 na1981, vatambi 24 vakatamba mumatanho ekupedzisira paCrucible. Mbeu sere dzakakwirira dzaiva ne bye mumutambo wokutanga apo mbeu 9 kusvika ku16 dzakatamba mumutambo wokutanga nevatambi vasere vakakodzera. Kubva muna 1977 kusvika muna 1979, makore matatu okutanga paCrucible, vatambi gumi nevatanhatu chete ndivo vakasvika pamatanho ekupedzisira, mbeu sere dzakatamba mitambo misere yekukwanisa mumutambo wekutanga. Pamberi pa1980, mutambo wokupedzisira wakanga usingaitwi nguva dzose pamusoro pechiverengero chakagadzwa chefomu - somuenzaniso, muna 1978Ray Reardon akakunda Perrie Mans mumutambo wakanakisa-we-49 mafuremu 25 18 uye, gore rakatevera, Terry Griffiths akakunda Dennis Taylor 24 16 mune yakanakisa-ye-47. 