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Championship of Champions II

From Countdown

Championship of Champions II ran from 31 March to 8 April 1986, and was won by Clive Freedman. The championship grand final between Freedman and Peter Evans was the first grand final in history to have been decided by a tie-break conundrum, and even today it remains one of a very few games to have featured three conundrums.

Seed table

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Clive Spate 9 595
2 Clive Freedman 9 472
3 Julian Hough 8 451
4 John Wallace 8 404
5 Ian Bebbington 6 373
6 Laurie Silver 7 362
7 Olivia Lloyd-Potts 7 345
8 Peter Evans 6 336
Between Series 3 and Series 20, players were ranked by total number of points, including winning and drawing scores, but not losing ones.

Progress

Clive Spate (1) vs Peter Evans (8) Peter Evans (8) vs John Wallace (4) Peter Evans (8)
vs
Clive Freedman (2)
Ian Bebbington (5) vs John Wallace (4)
Julian Hough (3) vs Laurie Silver (6) Laurie Silver (6) vs Clive Freedman (2)
Olivia Lloyd-Potts (7) vs Clive Freedman (2)
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
398 31/03/1986 CQF Clive Spate 45 – 47 Peter Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke 81
399 01/04/1986 CQF Clive Freedman 58 – 25 Olivia Lloyd-Potts Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke 73
400 02/04/1986 CQF Julian Hough 54 – 57 Laurie Silver Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke 81
401 03/04/1986 CQF John Wallace 59 – 38 Ian Bebbington Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke 82
402 04/04/1986 CSF Peter Evans 55 – 48 John Wallace Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke 87
403 07/04/1986 CSF Clive Freedman 58 – 51 Laurie Silver Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke 70
404 08/04/1986 CGF Clive Freedman 91* – 81 Peter Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke 118
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum

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