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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.
Brendan Moore (snooker referee) Patricia Murphy (referee) P. John Pellew (snooker referee) S. Leo Scullion; John Smyth (snooker referee) John Street (snooker referee) T.
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 ...
The UK Snooker Championship continues with the start of the semi-finals due to take place at the Barbican in York.. Ronnie O’Sullivan will be in action against Hossein Vafaei, although the ...
World Women's Snooker (WWS) had changed its name from World Ladies Billiards and Snooker and Association (WLBSA) to World Ladies Billiards and Snooker when it became a subsidiary company of the WPBSA in December 2015. It moved to becoming World Women's Snooker in 2018. [8] [9] WWS supervises the Women's ranking tournaments and ranking list. [10]
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 .
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