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Professional snooker tournaments can take the form of ranking tournaments—which are open to players on the main tour and award ranking points based on a player's performance—and non-ranking tournaments. A non-ranking tournament may take the form of an invitational event where player participation is conditional on criteria set by the ...
The snooker major tournaments, often referred to simply as "the majors", are the most prestigious tournaments in snooker.. Traditionally, the majors consisted of the three Triple Crown tournaments: the World Snooker Championship (first held in 1927 and staged as a knockout tournament continuously since 1969), the invitational Masters (held annually since 1975), and the UK Championship (held ...
The tournament will take place from 24 February to 2 March 2025 in Yushan, China. [1] The fourteenth ranking event of the 2024–25 season (following the 2025 Welsh Open and preceding the 2025 World Grand Prix), and the fifth and last major tournament of the season to be held in mainland China, the tournament is the sixth edition of the World Open since 2016.
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]
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 event took place from 18 to 20 December in the entertainment district Boulevard City within Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [5] The event was first held as the 2024 World Masters of Snooker in March 2024 (as part of the preceding 2023–24 season) as the first professional snooker event ever held in Saudi Arabia.
The tournament's title sponsor was car retailer Cazoo, so the event was promoted as the 2024 Cazoo World Snooker Championship. The tournament was played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield , England; it was the 48th consecutive World Snooker Championship to be staged at the venue, where it has been held annually since 1977.
Professional snooker players compete on the World Snooker Tour, which is a circuit of world ranking tournaments and invitational events held throughout the snooker season. All competitions are open to professional players who have qualified for the tour, and selected amateur players, but most events include a separate qualification stage.