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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.
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"
This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. 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.
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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 ...
For winners of the WPBSA World Snooker Championship, see the sub-category Winners of the professional snooker world championship. This category holds winners of other world championships in snooker, such as Six-red World Championship and World Seniors Championship.
List of snooker players, a list of professional players from all eras; List of world snooker champions; List of snooker players by number of ranking titles; List of snooker world number ones; List of snooker players with over 100 century breaks
The World Snooker Championship trophy in front of the Crucible Theatre. Defending champion John Spencer lost to Perrie Mans in the first round of the 1978 championship. The 1977 runner-up Cliff Thorburn was defeated 12–13 in his quarter-final match against Eddie Charlton, who won the last five frames. [96]