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The Crucible Theatre, or simply The Crucible, is a theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which opened in 1971. It hosts regular theatrical performances and the annual World Snooker Championship , which has been held at the venue since 1977.
Mark Selby and Marco Fu set a new record for the longest frame of snooker ever played at the Crucible, seventy six minutes eleven seconds. Prize money for the 2017 Championship was a record £1,750,000 with the winner receiving £375,000. Prize money for first-round losers was a record £16,000, exceeding the £15,000 players received in 2003.
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.
Kyren Wilson won the World Snooker Championship in 2024, beating Jak Jones 18-14 at the Crucible [PA Media] ... "Snooker has been a cornerstone of BBC Sport programming since 1969, and extending ...
The 2025 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2025 Cazoo World Snooker Championship) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament to be held from 19 April to 5 May 2025. [1] It will be the 49th consecutive edition of the World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield , England.
The title sponsor was car retailer Cazoo, so the tournament was promoted as the 2024 Cazoo World Snooker Championship. Staged at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield , England, the tournament was the 48th consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the venue, where it has taken place annually since 1977.
The 1978 World Snooker Championship (officially known as the 1978 Embassy World Snooker Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 and 29 April 1978 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, the second consecutive year the tournament had been held at the venue.
The World Snooker Championship moved in 1977 to the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, where it has been staged ever since, [43] and the 1978 World Snooker Championship was the first to receive daily television coverage. [44]