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The 2024 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2024 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 20 to 27 October 2024 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 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
The Home Nations Series is a snooker tournament series in the four home nations of the United Kingdom. [1] It began in the 2016–17 snooker season, combining two existing tournaments, the Scottish Open and Welsh Open, with two newly created tournaments, the English Open and Northern Ireland Open.
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]