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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 World Snooker Tour in the 2024–25 season initially consisted of 127 professional players, but dropped to 126 after Michael White had his WPBSA membership revoked. The tour includes the top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2024 World Championship and 31 players who earned a two-year card the previous year.
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 minimum age for the event returned to 40 years. All former World Seniors Champions and World Snooker Champions, who registered for the event, were seeded through to Blackpool, and the remaining places were filled through a qualifying event. [13] In 2017 and 2018 it was held for non-tour players aged 40 or over at the beginning of the year ...
Mark Selby hit a 147 in the final to secure a share of the £40,000 prize money for producing a maximum ... What is the World Snooker Championship prize money? Winner: £500,000. Runner-up: £200,000.
The event features a total prize fund of £785,000, with the winner receiving £250,000, the second highest top prize in professional snooker, tied with The Masters and after the World Championship. The 2024 event also had a $500,000 (about £395,000) prize for the first player to compile a 167 break, but it was not given as no players achieved ...
Originally, the world rankings were decided based only on results in the World Snooker Championship, but other events were later added. [1] The system used for the 2023–24 snooker season was first used in the 2010–11 season , where players won ranking points based entirely on prize money won from these events. [ 2 ]
The 2024 World Grand Prix (officially the 2024 Spreadex World Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 15 to 21 January 2024 at the Leicester Arena, England. [1]