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 & Draws
The 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 2021
- Final Date: 3rd May 2021
The 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.
Round | Standard Price | Premium | VIP |
1st Round | £36-£40 | £90 | Not Available |
2nd Round | £40-45 | £95 | Not Available |
Quarterfinals | £55 | £105 | Not Available |
Semi-final | £75-80 | £130 | £325 |
Final | £110-120 | £170 | £425 |
The VIP ticket starts only for the semi-finals and the final. The package includes dinner, drinks, and meeting a legend.
Player’s Ranking
The 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.
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Therefore, the list of the top 16 pool players in the world is as follows.
£Ranking | Player | Prize Money |
1 | Judd Trump | £ 1,658,000 |
2 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £ 1,104,000 |
3 | Neil Robertson | £ 918,000 |
4 | Mark Selby | £ 789,000 |
5 | Mark Allen | £ 653,500 |
6 | Kyren Wilson | £ 593,500 |
7 | John Higgins | £ 534,500 |
8 | Shaun Murphy | £ 495,500 |
9 | Stephen Maguire | £ 459,500 |
10 | Ding Junhui | £ 402,750 |
11 | Stuart Bingham | £ 391,500 |
12 | Yan Bingtao | £ 330,000 |
13 | David Gilbert | £ 328,500 |
14 | Mark Williams | £ 297,750 |
15 | Jack Lisowski | £ 288,250 |
16 | Joe Perry | £ 259,500 |
World Championship Format 2021
Here's the match format scheduled for this World Snooker Championship 2021 season.
- Round one: Best of 19 frames
- Round two: Best of 25 frames
- Quarter-finals: Best of 25 frames
- Semi-finals: Best of 33 frames
- Final: Best of 35 frames
The full matches of the World Snooker Championship 2021 will be broadcast on BBC and Eurosport in the UK.
Also Read: World Snooker Championship 2020
