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The World Seniors Tour is the snooker tour for senior players. Founded in 2017 by Snooker Legends, the tour has been run since 2018 by World Seniors Snooker, a subsidiary company of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. World Seniors Tour events are open to all snooker players aged 40 or older, including current ...
The World Seniors Championship is a snooker tournament that first took place in 1991. [1] The event is open to players over 40 who are not in the top 64 of the world rankings. [2] The 2020 event took place from 19 to 22 August 2020 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England – the location of the World Snooker Championship. [3]
He received a standing ovation in the Crucible as he displayed the World Snooker Championship trophy, which he won in 1991. [ 10 ] David Lilley was the defending champion, having defeated Jimmy White 5–3 in the 2021 final , [ 11 ] but he lost 3–4 to Walker in the semi-finals, despite winning the first three frames. [ 12 ]
The minimum age for the event returned to 40 years. All former World Seniors Champions and World Snooker Champions, who registered for the event, were seeded through to Blackpool, and the remaining places were filled through a qualifying event. [13] In 2017 and 2018 it was held for non-tour players aged 40 or over at the beginning of the year ...
The World Snooker Tour in the 2024–25 season initially consisted of 127 professional players, but dropped to 126 after Michael White had his WPBSA membership revoked. The tour includes the top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2024 World Championship and 31 players who earned a two-year card the previous year.
World number seven Wilson, runner-up at the Crucible in 2020, responded with fine clearances of 133 and 83 to head into the mid-session interval with the match all square at 2-2.
The 2021 World Seniors Championship was a snooker tournament that took place from 6 to 9 May 2021 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The 12th edition of the World Seniors Championship , first contested in 1991 , [ 1 ] it was held at the Crucible for the third consecutive year and sponsored for the third time by ROKiT. [ 2 ]
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.