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All of the World Snooker Championship finals from the start of what is known as the "modern era" [2] in 1969 are included in the list, with the exception of 1970 and 1971. The referees for these two years are currently not known. Some earlier years have also been included where the information about referees is available.
Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not either hit a cushion or enter a pocket on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss , a lag was used to choose which player breaks . In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the blue ball .
Professional player and commentator Willie Thorne considered match-fixing endemic to snooker, noting that he himself was offered a bribe to throw a match. [1] The earliest known case of corruption in the game involved Joe Davis , pioneer of the professional sport and winner of the first 15 world championships, who is believed to have "carried ...
Organised by the World Snooker Tour, it was the 14th and penultimate ranking event of the 2022–23 snooker season, following the WST Classic and preceding the World Championship. [3] The Tour Championship featured the top eight players from the one-year ranking list taking part in a single-elimination tournament following the WST Classic. [3]
The 2024 World Seniors Championship was a snooker tournament that took place from 8 to 12 May 2024 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. [1] The 15th edition of the World Seniors Championship, [2] first played in 1991, [3] it was held at the Crucible for the sixth consecutive year and sponsored for the first time by online casino Mr Vegas. [4]
Ronnie O’Sullivan 1-2 Anthony McGill. Tuesday 28 November 2023 14:38, Harry Latham-Coyle. Up into the 40s O’Sullivan accelerates, that potting action in good working order.
Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport owns 51 per cent of World Snooker, whilst the WPBSA owns 26 per cent. [3] [4] In January 2020, World Snooker was rebranded as World Snooker Tour. [5] World Billiards supervises the English billiards ranking tournaments and ranking list. [6] It was established as a limited company in 2011, with all shares owned by ...
The Masters is an invitational snooker tournament first held in 1975. [1] Organised by World Snooker, the 2015 Masters was the 41st staging of the tournament. It was the second Triple Crown event of the 2014–15 snooker season, following the 2014 UK Championship and preceding the 2015 World Snooker Championship.