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Championship of Champions IV

From Countdown

Championship of Champions IV ran from 2 to 10 January 1989, and was won by Nic Brown. With his victory here, Brown became the second grand slam winner in Countdown history. Brown would go on to retire from Countdown after this tournament, also making him one of only two grand slam winners to have never been defeated, along with Graham Nash.

Seed table

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Dick Green 11 688
2 Nic Brown 11 674
3 Allan Saldanha 10 582
4 Steve Williams 9 464
5 Hilary Hopper 9 460*
6 Nita Marr 8 448
7 Stephen Deakin 8 433
8 Tony Vick 6 376
Between Series 3 and Series 20, players were ranked by total number of points, including winning and drawing scores, but not losing ones.

*Hilary's total was apparently given as 450 on the show, but this is incorrect.

Progress

Dick Green (1) vs Tony Vick (8) Tony Vick (8) vs Steve Williams (4) Tony Vick (8)
vs
Nic Brown (2)
Hilary Hopper (5) vs Steve Williams (4)
Allan Saldanha (3) vs Nita Marr (6) Nita Marr (6) vs Nic Brown (2)
Stephen Deakin (7) vs Nic Brown (2)
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
813 2/01/1989 CQF Dick Green 43 – 51 Tony Vick Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucy Summers Tim Rice Catherine Clarke 71
814 3/01/1989 CQF Stephen Deakin 32 – 46 Nic Brown Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucy Summers Tim Rice Catherine Clarke 72
815 4/01/1989 CQF Allan Saldanha 45 – 53 Nita Marr Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucy Summers Tim Rice Catherine Clarke 84
816 5/01/1989 CQF Hilary Hopper 41 – 56 Steve Williams Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucy Summers Tim Rice Catherine Clarke 68
817 6/01/1989 CSF Tony Vick 80* – 70 Steve Williams Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucy Summers Tim Rice Catherine Clarke 81
818 9/01/1989 CSF Nita Marr 51 – 58 Nic Brown Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucy Summers Tim Rice Catherine Clarke 70
819 10/01/1989 CGF Tony Vick 68 – 78 Nic Brown Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucy Summers Tim Rice Catherine Clarke 113
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum

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