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Rematch
Rematches are rare in Countdown but do occur from time to time. Following the introduction of sudden death conundrums to prevent games ending in draws, the only way for two players to meet twice is to play first in the heats or the finals, and then play again in either the finals stage or a Championship of Champions tourmament. The Supreme Championship contained a rematch (from an earlier Championship of Champions event), as did the 30th Birthday Championship.
This list does not include rematches in the Countdown Masters or special episodes, which are often planned in advance, nor rematches that are produced as the result of draws (see the episode list in the Draw article for these).
Contents
Heat games in a different series
Heat games with a rematch in the final stages
- Series 2: Russell Byers vs. Ash Haji
- Series 4: Peter Skiba vs. Christine Hunt
- Series 5: Peter Evans vs. Jane Smith
- Series 6: Helen Grayson vs. Olivia Lloyd
- Series 9: Mick Keeble vs. Geoff Taylor
- Series 11: Ken Heaton vs. Marianne Croll
- Series 12: Matthew Francis vs. Janet McRae
- Series 13: Mike Whiteoak vs. Peter Tatlow
- Series 14: Nic Brown vs. Alan Steel
- Series 16: Roger Wales vs. Andrew Loheide
- Series 18: Rajaretnam Yogasagarar vs. Shirley Scott
- Series 21: Gillian Tickle vs. Barry Grossman
- Series 30: Andrew Bull vs. Verity Joubert
- Series 30: Sue Renwick vs. Ben Cooke
- Series 32: Craig Douglas vs. Alan Sinclair
- Series 34: Steve Coberman vs. Huw Morgan
- Series 35: Robert Jones vs. Amy Godel
- Series 37: Kate Surtees vs. Janet Nelson
- Series 37: Ray McPhie vs. Ricky Zinger
- Series 38: Keith Burton vs. Steve Fisher
- Series 44: John Rainsden vs. Stuart Wood
- Series 46: Phil Wass vs. Brian Capper
- Series 50: Stuart Solomons vs. Eamonn Timmins
- Series 62: Nicki Sellars vs. Lee Graham
- Series 68: Jill Hayward vs. Eileen Taylor
- Series 70: Neil Green vs. Sean Fletcher
Heat games with a rematch in the Champion of Champions
Finals games with a rematch in the Champion of Champions
- Series 22 and Championship of Champions VI: Chris Waddington vs. Robert Teuton
- Series 36 and Championship of Champions IX: Maria Boyes vs. Simon Pryde
- Series 52 and Championship of Champions XII: Paul Gallen vs. Mark Tournoff
- Series 59 and Championship of Champions XIII: Junaid Mubeen vs. Charlie Reams
- Series 69 and Championship of Champions XIV: Jen Steadman vs. Callum Todd
- Series 77 and Championship of Champions XV: Bradley Horrocks vs. John Cowen
- Series 77 and Championship of Champions XV: Tom Chafer-Cook vs. Bradley Horrocks
Rematches in the Supreme Championship or the 30th Birthday Championship
- Championship of Champions III and the Supreme Championship: Harvey Freeman vs. John Clarke
- Series 21 and the 30th Birthday Championship: Jackie McLeod vs. Barry Grossman
Threematches
For more than twenty years, Natascha Kearsey and Pete Cashmore were the only players to have played each other in three competitive games, in the heats and finals of Series 35 and in the final of Championship of Champions IX. There would not be another "threematch" until Philip Aston and Zarte Siempre faced each other in a semi-final of Championship of Champions XV, after previously having played in the heats and grand final of Series 78.