[1][2][3] For the 1979/1980 ranking list, players' performances in the previous three World Snooker Championships (1977, 1978 and 1979) contributed to their points total.
[3][4] Ray Reardon retained top place in the rankings from the 1978/1979 listing, with 12 points.
[8] The Professional Snooker Association (PSA), formed soon after the meeting, challenged the decision.
[9] The PSA included many leading players, and had Reardon, John Spencer and snooker agent Del Simmonds as directors.
[5] At the meeting which backed reverting to the previous system for the world championship, the WPBSA also determined that the world champion would be the top seed for the UK Championship, with the defending UK champion as second seed.