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The tournament was held in the Waterfront Hall, Belfast. The event took place from 20 to 27 October 2024 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [5] Qualifying took place on 28 and 29 September 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.
The event took place at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.. The 2023 event was the eighth consecutive edition of the Northern Ireland Open since it was first played in 2016.The second event in the season's Home Nations Series, the fourth event in the European Series, and the sixth ranking tournament of the 2023–24 season, it was staged from 22 to 29 October 2023 at the Waterfront Hall in ...
The Northern Ireland Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament held in Belfast as part of the four-event Home Nations Series. The players compete for the Alex Higgins Trophy, named for the late two-time world champion who was born and raised in Belfast. The inaugural edition of the tournament was held in 2016 and was won by Mark King.
The Home Nations Series includes the tournaments of the four individual countries of the home of snooker: the English Open, the Northern Ireland Open, the Scottish Open and the Welsh Open. There was a special bonus of £1 million on offer to the player who would win all four tournaments in the same season, but in 2020 it has been dropped in ...
The 2022 event was the seventh consecutive edition of the tournament. It was the first event in the season's Home Nations Series, the third event in the BetVictor Series, and the fourth world ranking tournament of the 2022–23 snooker season. [1] It was staged from 16 to 23 October 2022 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern
Tournament Event Format Location World Snooker Championship: 1927–1940 1946–1952 (BACC) 1952–1957 (World Professional Match-play Championship) 1964–1968 (BACC) (challenge basis) 1969–present : Non-ranking 1927–1973: England 1927–1928 (Camkin's Hall, Birmingham) 1929, 1931 (Lounge Hall, Nottingham)
Many players who have appeared in the final of the tournament have gone on to be professional, most notably including two-time World Snooker Champion Alex Higgins, former world number one Mark Allen, 25-time Irish Professional Champion Jackie Rea, World Championship semi-finalist Joe Swail, World Championship quarter-finalist Patrick Wallace ...
The event took place at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.. The Northern Ireland Open was first played in 2016, and was won by Mark King. [9] [10] The 2021 event was the first of four Home Nations Series events, and the third world ranking tournament of the 2019–20 snooker season. [11]