1978 World Amateur Championship - Men - Finishes
| Finish | Name | Matches won | Frames won | Centuries | Points | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner |  Cliff Wilson |
11 | 56 (72.73%) of 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | Joe Johnson |
7 | 41 (63.08%) of 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Semi-final | Kevin Burles |
7 | 35 (61.4%) of 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Semi-final | Kirk Stevens |
6 | 30 (55.56%) of 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quarter-final | Paul Mifsud |
6 | 26 (63.41%) of 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quarter-final | Alwyn Lloyd |
6 | 26 (60.47%) of 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quarter-final | Joe Grech |
5 | 30 (58.82%) of 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quarter-final | Robert Paquette |
5 | 28 (59.57%) of 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Play-off | Dale Kwok |
5 | 23 (48.94%) of 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 3 | Arvind Savur |
5 | 26 (54.17%) of 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 3 | Ian Williamson |
3 | 22 (47.83%) of 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 3 | Ron Atkins |
3 | 21 (46.67%) of 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 3 | Ronnie Miller |
3 | 18 (42.86%) of 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 3 | Alfred Borg |
2 | 15 (35.71%) of 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 3 | Chris Cooper |
2 | 13 (30.95%) of 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 2 | Eugene Hughes |
4 | 23 (52.27%) of 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 2 | Mohammed Lafir |
3 | 19 (48.72%) of 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 2 | Dale Meredith |
3 | 18 (47.37%) of 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 2 | Shyam Shroff |
2 | 14 (37.84%) of 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 2 | Liam McCann |
1 | 10 (27.03%) of 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 1 | Jim Donnelly |
5 | 20 (60.61%) of 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 1 | Donal McVeigh |
2 | 15 (42.86%) of 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 1 | Peter Reynolds |
2 | 10 (31.25%) of 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 1 | Vincent Cremona |
2 | 9 (26.47%) of 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group 1 | Mushu Mohideen |
0 | 8 (22.22%) of 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |