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Line 20: The '''1970 World Snooker Championship''' was a professional [[snooker]] tournament that took place from 15 October 1969 to 11 April 1970, as an edition of the [[World Snooker Championship]]. The final was held at [[Victoria Hall, London\|Victoria Hall]] in London from 6 to 11 April 1970. For the second and last time the event was sponsored by [[Player's No.6]]. There were nine participants in the tournament. [[John Spencer (snooker player)\|John Spencer]] was the defending champion, having defeated [[Gary Owen (snooker player)\|Gary Owen]] 37–24 in the [[1969 World Snooker Championship]] final ~~37–24~~. Spencer was eliminated in the 1970 semi-final after a 33–37 loss to [[Ray Reardon]]. Reardon won in the final 37–33 against [[John Pulman]], to achieve the first of his six world championships. Reardon also made the highest break of the tournament, 118. He received £1,225 in prize money as champion. Reardon held the title for only seven months, until the [[1971 World Snooker Championship\|next championship]] in Australia which concluded in November 1970. ==Background==

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