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The World Snooker Championship trophy The World Snooker Championship is an annual snooker tournament founded in 1927 , and played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield , England since 1977 . The tournament is now played over seventeen days in late April and early May, and is chronologically the third of the three Triple Crown events of the season.
The World Snooker Championship trophy in front of the Crucible Theatre. Defending champion John Spencer lost to Perrie Mans in the first round of the 1978 championship. The 1977 runner-up Cliff Thorburn was defeated 12–13 in his quarter-final match against Eddie Charlton, who won the last five frames. [96]
At the 2023 World Snooker Championship, Selby defeated Mark Allen 17–15 in a semi-final that lasted for over 13 and a half hours in total, [239] with the final session ending at 12:48 a.m. [240] In frame 16 of the final against Luca Brecel, Selby scored a maximum break, his first maximum at the Crucible, and the first ever compiled in a World ...
As of 2024, he has made a record 32 appearances in the final stages of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible, surpassing the previous record of 30 appearances set by Steve Davis. O'Sullivan made his first competitive century break at age 10 and his first competitive maximum break at age 15. He was the first player to achieve 1,000 ...
World Snooker Championship live scores. The World Snooker Championship semi-finals provided high drama at the Crucible Theatre. RESULT: Mark Selby holds off furious Mark Allen comeback to win 17 ...
Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Championship and has completed the Triple Crown.Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting.
Davis won the first 15 world championships from 1927 to 1946, and he is the only undefeated player in World Snooker Championship history. In 1935, he scored the championship's first century break . A professional English billiards player from the age of 18, Davis was World Billiards Champion four times between 1928 and 1932.
This category contains articles related to the World Snooker Championship, the most important event in snooker's annual calendar. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.