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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.
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 ...
[a] In 2021, the trophy was named after former World Snooker Tour director Brandon Parker who passed away in 2020. [ 9 ] The defending champion was Judd Trump , who won his record third German Masters title in 2024 , winning the final 10–5 against China's Si Jiahui who was contesting his first ranking final.
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 Riyadh Season Snooker Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 18 to 20 December 2024 at the Global Theatre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Organised by the World Snooker Tour , the tournament was part of the Riyadh Season festival in the city's entertainment district, Boulevard City .
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]
The event took place from 23 November to 1 December at the York Barbican in York, England. [6] [7] The ninth ranking event of the 2024–25 season, following the 2024 International Championship and preceding the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out, the tournament was the 48th edition of the UK Championship, which was first held in 1977 as the United Kingdom Professional Snooker Championship.
Jan Verhaas (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɑɱ vɛrˈɦaːs]; born 5 October 1966) is a Dutch snooker and pool referee. He was born in Maassluis , South Holland, and now lives in Brielle . [ 1 ] He is 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) tall.