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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.
This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships.
Fourteen maximum breaks have been made in the history of the tournament, Cliff Thorburn compiled the first in 1983, and Mark Selby the most recent in 2023, which was the first maximum break in a World Championship final. A record 109 century breaks were made at the Crucible in 2022. As of 2024, 28 players have won the World Snooker Championship.
Luca Brecel completed the biggest comeback in Crucible history as he broke Si Jiahui’s heart to claim the most remarkable victory and book his spot in a first World Snooker Championship final ...
Ronnie O’Sullivan set for feisty match with World Snooker Championship rival Hossein Vafaei. 14:33, Mike Jones. Hossein Vafaei is set to discover whether he will be made to pay for his outspoken ...
Ronnie O’Sullivan closes in on a place in World Championship semi-finals. World Snooker Championship. 21:54, Jamie Braidwood. Mark Selby racked up his 99th Crucible century as he hit back from a ...
The snooker major tournaments, often referred to simply as "the majors", are the most prestigious tournaments in snooker.. Traditionally, the majors consisted of the three Triple Crown tournaments: the World Snooker Championship (first held in 1927 and staged as a knockout tournament continuously since 1969), the invitational Masters (held annually since 1975), and the UK Championship (held ...
The World Snooker Championship continues at the Crucible on Friday Result: Luca Brecel beats Mark Williams 13-11 Overnight score: Neil Robertson 6-10 (25) Jak Jones