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Rematch

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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 and the more recent decrease of special episodes, 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 also contained some rematches, including at least one from an earlier Championship of Champions event.

Heat games with a rematch in the final stages

Series 2:

Russell Byers vs. Ash Haji Heat game Finals game

Series 4:

Peter Skiba vs. Christine Hunt Heat game Finals game

Series 5:

Peter Evans vs. Jane Smith Heat game Finals game

Series 6:

Helen Grayson vs. Olivia Lloyd-Potts Heat game Finals game

Series 9

Mick Keeble vs. Geoff Taylor Heat game Finals game

Series 11

Ken Heaton vs. Marianne Croll Heat game Finals game

Series 12

Matthew Francis vs. Janet McRae Heat game Finals game

Series 13

Mike Whiteoak vs. Peter Tatlow Heat game Finals game

Series 14

Nic Brown vs. Alan Steel Heat game Finals game

Series 16

Roger Wales vs. Andrew Loheide Heat game Finals game

Series 18

Rajaretnam Yogasagarar vs. Shirley Scott Heat game Finals game

Series 21

Gillian Tickle vs. Barry Grossman Heat game Finals game

Series 30

Andrew Bull vs. Verity Joubert Heat game Finals game

Sue Renwick vs. Ben Cooke Heat game Finals game

Series 32

Craig Douglas vs. Alan Sinclair Heat game Finals game

Series 34

Steve Coberman vs. Huw Morgan Heat game Finals game

Series 35

Robert Jones vs. Amy Godel Heat game Finals game

Series 37

Kate Surtees vs. Janet Nelson Heat game Finals game

Ray McPhie vs. Ricky Zinger Heat game Finals game

Series 38

Keith Burton vs. Steve Fisher Heat game Finals game

Series 44

John Rainsden vs. Stuart Wood Heat game Finals game

Series 46

Phil Wass vs. Brian Capper Heat game Finals game

Series 50

Stuart Solomons vs. Eamonn Timmins Heat game Finals game

Series 62

Nicki Sellars vs. Lee Graham Heat game Finals game

Heat games with a rematch in the Champion of Champions

Series 28 and Championship of Champions VII

Suzanne Miles vs. Damian Eadie Heat CoC game

Finals games with a rematch in the Champion of Champions

Series 22 and Championship of Champions VI

Chris Waddington vs. Robert Teuton Finals game CoC game


Series 36 and Championship of Champions IX

Maria Boyes vs. Simon Pryde Finals game CoC game


Series 52 and Championship of Champions XII

Paul Gallen vs. Mark Tournoff Finals game CoC game

Rematches in the Supreme Championship

Harvey Freeman vs. John Clarke Original game (from CoC 3) Supreme Championship game

Threematches

Natascha Kearsey and Pete Cashmore are 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.

Junaid Mubeen and Charlie Reams have also played three times. Firstly in the Series 59 grand final, then in the quarter-finals of the Championship of Champions XIII. Then a 3rd match was played to determine the overall victor, but this was only a special episode, not a main competition match.