World Snooker ChampionshipThe World Snooker Championship is a snooker tournament that has always been leading both in prestige and the prize money. The first championship took place in the year 1927 and the winner was Joe Davis. He had won the first 15 championships after which he retired from the event. Currently, the tournament is being played over a period of 17 days and it ends on the first Monday that comes in the month of May. The best record is held by Stephen Hendry who has won the title seven times. Steve Davis and Ray Reardon both have won the title six times while Ronnie O'Sullivan has won the title five times. The current champion of the World Snooker Championship is Judd Trump, who won in 2019. It is the first time he had won the championship.The 2020 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 2020 Betfred World Snooker Championship for sponsorship purpose) is a professional snooker tournament. It will be held from 18th April 2020 till 4th May 2020 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.This is going to be the 44th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship will take place at the Crucible and it will also be the 17th as well as the final ranking event of the 2019/2020 season. The Qualifying for the Snooker tournament will be beginning from 8th April 2020 to 15th April 2020 at the English Institute of Sport located in Sheffield, England.The Englishman Judd Trump is going to be the defending champion, as he has won last year's event after he defeated Scot John Higgins by a score of 18–9 in the finals. This was his first world championship. Before this, he had reached the finals just once in the year 2011. This year, he will make an attempt to avoid the "Crucible curse".The world Snooker championship will have 32 professional players who will be competing in one-on-one snooker matches in the format of a single-elimination, with each being played over several frames. The 32 players for this event have been selected by the mix of the world snooker rankings and a pre-tournament qualification round. The first world Snooker championship was held in the year 1927 in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England. Joe Davis had won it. Since the year 1977, the championship has been held in Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.The most successful player of the Tournament during the modern era is Stephen Hendry. He had earned a total of seven titles. The champion of the 2020 championship will be winning prize money of £500,000, from the total prize money of £2,395,000.In the month of May 2019, World Snooker chairman, Mr Barry Hearn had made an announcement about the qualifying format of the event that will be changed from the last year. The seeding will be given to the players who get a higher ranking, and this will be played over four rounds instead of three. The main draw of the Snooker Championship will be played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.The top 16 players that will get the latest world rankings perhaps will be automatically qualified for the main draw as the seeded players. Hence, The Defending champion, Judd Trump will be automatically seeded as the first. The remaining of the fifteen seeds will be allocated based on the latest world rankings, that are released after the 2020 Tour Championship, which is also the penultimate event of the season. The Matches that are held in the first round of the main draw will be played as the best of the 19 frames.The prize fund for the 2020 World Snooker ChampionshipThe breakdown of the prize money for this year's Snooker Championship is given below:The Winner of the Championship: £500,000Runner-up prize money: £200,000Semi-finalists prize money: £100,000Quarter-finalists prize money: £50,000Prize money for the Last 16: £30,500Prize money for the Last 32: £20,000Prize money for the Last 48: £15,000Prize money for the Last 80: £10,000Prize money for the Last 144: £5,000Prize money for the Televised highest break: £15,000Prize money for the Non-televised highest break: £1,000Total prize money: £2,395,00Also read:- T20 Women’s World Cup 2020
The last World Snooker Championship was held between July 31 and August 16, 2020, and Ronnie O'Sullivan won the sixth World Snooker Championship. All the information you need to know about the World Snooker Championships 2021, which starts on April 17th, and how to purchase tickets to the tournament.Why don't you like billiards? When billiard giants compete with each other to come out as pool champions at the end of the year. Snooker is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. Whether in terms of adopting sport as a profession or in terms of the audience.Billiards is on the rise, every year the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) organizes the World Series of Billiards.World Snooker Championship 2021 Schedule, Fixtures & DrawsThe World Snooker Championship 2021 will take place from April 17 to May 3, 2021, at Crucible Theater in Sheffield, England. The tournament was postponed this year due to Covid 19, which resulted in the tournament ending later than usual. However, next year the tournament will have its traditional schedule.Start Date: 17th April 2021Final Date: 3rd May 2021The tournament will be held at the Crucible Stadium in Sheffield, UK. This will be the 45th year in a row that the World Snooker Championship 2021 will be held at Crucible Stadium. The full schedule of the World Snooker Championship 2021 and matches will be updated here once officials are confirmed.The event is sponsored by the popular bookmaker Betfred. Hence, it is generally referred to as Betfred World Snooker Championship 2021 for sponsorship reasons.The World Snooker Championship 2021 Qualifiers will take place in the last week of April 2020 in four separate rounds and 16 players will participate in the main draw.How to Buy World Snooker Championship 2021 Tickets?It might be six months until the World Series begins, but here's some good news for pool fans. WPBSA recently opened a portal for fans to purchase tickets for the World Snooker Championship 2021.Yes, tickets are live, tickets go on sale on September 28 at 12 noon. It can only be purchased online through the Crucible Theater website and official ticket partner of World Snooker Championship SEE Tickets.Next year tickets will be divided into 3 classes, which are Standard, Premium, and VIP. Although ticket prices differ in terms of tournament progress.RoundStandard PricePremiumVIP1st Round£36-£40£90Not Available2nd Round£40-45£95Not AvailableQuarterfinals £55 £105Not AvailableSemi-final£75-80£130£325Final£110-120 £170£425The VIP ticket starts only for the semi-finals and the final. The package includes dinner, drinks, and meeting a legend.Player’s RankingThe tournament opened in 1927 and next year will celebrate its 94th edition. Ronnie O'Sullivan is the titleholder after defeating Keren Wilson (18-8).The format for the snooker tournament is that 128 players will participate in the tournament as of April 17th. 16 players will qualify to compete against the best 16 in the world in the main draw for the first round.Therefore, the list of the top 16 pool players in the world is as follows.£RankingPlayerPrize Money1Judd Trump£ 1,658,0002Ronnie O’Sullivan£ 1,104,0003Neil Robertson£ 918,0004Mark Selby£ 789,0005Mark Allen£ 653,5006Kyren Wilson£ 593,5007John Higgins£ 534,5008Shaun Murphy£ 495,5009Stephen Maguire£ 459,50010Ding Junhui£ 402,75011Stuart Bingham£ 391,50012Yan Bingtao£ 330,00013David Gilbert£ 328,50014Mark Williams£ 297,75015Jack Lisowski£ 288,25016Joe Perry£ 259,500World Championship Format 2021Here's the match format scheduled for this World Snooker Championship 2021 season.Round one: Best of 19 framesRound two: Best of 25 framesQuarter-finals: Best of 25 framesSemi-finals: Best of 33 framesFinal: Best of 35 framesThe full matches of the World Snooker Championship 2021 will be broadcast on BBC and Eurosport in the UK.Also Read: World Snooker Championship 2020
