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The World Snooker Championship is an annual cue sport tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker. [1] Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India, [2] the sport was popular in the British Isles. [3]
The World Snooker Championship trophy. The World Snooker Championship is an annual snooker tournament founded in 1927, and played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England since 1977. The tournament is now played over seventeen days in late April and early May, and is chronologically the third of the three Triple Crown events of the season.
A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships. This meant that the 1974 World Championship retrospectively became the first ranking event, won by Ray Reardon.
The World Snooker Tour in the 2019–20 season consisted of a field of 128 professional players. [1] The highest 64 players on the 2018–19 snooker world rankings after the 2019 World Championship qualified for a place in the field, whilst an additional 29 players who had previously won a two-year tour card also qualified. [2]
This category shows people who have won the BA&CC/WPBSA World Snooker Championship (1927–present), and/or its World Professional Match-play Championship competing title (1952–57). Pages in category "Winners of the professional snooker world championship"
World Snooker Championship LIVE: Results and updates as Mark Selby and Luca Brecel edge thrilling semi-finals. Luke Baker,Michael Jones and Jamie Braidwood. April 29, 2023 at 8:05 PM.
What is the World Snooker Championship prize money? Winner: £500,000. Runner-up: £200,000 ... List of winners in the Crucible era. 1977 – John Spencer. ... 2019 – Judd Trump. 2020 – Ronnie ...
The World Snooker Championship is the longest-running and most prestigious tournament in professional snooker.It is also the richest, with total prize money of £2,395,000 in 2023, including £500,000 for the winner. [1]