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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 list of draws).
Contents
Games in a different series
Heat games with a rematch in the finals
- Series 2: Ash Haji vs. Russell Byers
- Series 4: Christine Hunt vs. Peter Skiba
- Series 5: Peter Evans vs. Jane Smith
- Series 6: Olivia Lloyd vs. Helen Grayson
- Series 9: Geoff Taylor vs. Mick Keeble
- Series 11: Ken Heaton vs. Marianne Croll
- Series 12: Janet McRae vs. Matthew Francis
- Series 13: Peter Tatlow vs. Mike Whiteoak
- Series 14: Alan Steel vs. Nic Brown
- 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: Janet Nelson vs. Kate Surtees
- Series 37: Ricky Zinger vs. Ray McPhie
- Series 38: Steve Fisher vs. Keith Burton
- Series 44: Stuart Wood vs. John Rainsden
- Series 46: Brian Capper vs. Phil Wass
- Series 50: Eamonn Timmins vs. Stuart Solomons
- Series 62: Nicki Sellars vs. Lee Graham
- Series 68: Jill Hayward vs. Eileen Taylor
- Series 70: Neil Green vs. Sean Fletcher
- Series 87: Adam Dexter vs. Graham Moonie-Dalton
- Series 87: Peter Burke vs. Cillian McMulkin
Heat games with a rematch in the Championship of Champions
Finals games with a rematch in the Championship of Champions
- Series 22 and Championship of Champions VI: Robert Teuton vs. Chris Waddington
- Series 36 and Championship of Champions IX: Maria Boyes vs. Simon Pryde
- Series 52 and Championship of Champions XII: Mark Tournoff vs. Paul Gallen
- 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
- Series 80 and Championship of Champions XVI: Elliott Mellor vs. Dinos Sfyris
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
It should also be noted that Allan Saldanha played Tim Morrissey in the second semi-final of the Supreme Championship after having played him in the 1000th show special.
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 semi-finals of Series 35 and in the grand final of Championship of Champions IX. There would not be another "threematch" until Philip Aston and Zarte Siempre faced each other in the first semi-final of Championship of Champions XV, after previously having played in the heats and grand final of Series 78.
- Series 35 and Championship of Champions IX: Natascha Kearsey vs. Pete Cashmore
- Series 78 and Championship of Champions XV: Philip Aston vs. Zarte Siempre
