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Allister Carter
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Judd Trump
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Ted Lowe
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Tournament name | World Snooker Championship |
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Venue | Crucible Theatre |
Location | Sheffield |
Country | England |
Establishment | 1927 |
Organisation | World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |
Format | Ranking event |
Prizefund | UK₤1,110,000 |
Current champion | John Higgins |
Final champion | }} |
The World Snooker Championship is the leading professional snooker tournament in terms of both prize money and ranking points. The first championship was held in 1927; since 1977, it has been played at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England. In the modern era, the best record is that of Stephen Hendry, who has won the title seven times, while Steve Davis and Ray Reardon have both won six times. The current champion is John Higgins.
History
The first championship was held in 1927 and Joe Davis helped to organise the event. Matches were held at various venues, and the final took place at Camkin's Hall, Birmingham. Joe Davis won the event, beating Tom Dennis 20–11. His prize money was £6.10s. This meant that matches took place on an irregular basis, sometimes more than once a year. John Pulman completely dominated during this period, overcoming all challengers in a total of seven matches.Following the formation of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association which took over regulation of the professional game from the BACC, the championship has been staged as a knockout tournament since 1969 on an annual basis, with all the seeded players coming in at the same round. That year it was won by John Spencer, but it was Ray Reardon who was to dominate over the coming years, winning six times between 1970 and 1978.
1976 was the first year the championships were sponsored by the cigarette brand Embassy. The following year, the event moved to the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield and the BBC started providing major television coverage. The Crucible seats fewer than a thousand people with the front row of seats only a few feet from the players. This was about the time snooker started attracting very large television audiences and for many fans it is synonymous with snooker. The most successful players at the Crucible are Steve Davis, who won six times in the 1980s, and Stephen Hendry, who won seven times in the 1990s. Recently, the tournament has been more open, with six different players winning in the 2000s. In the 1985 final, Dennis Taylor beat Steve Davis 18–17 on the final ball of the final frame, in one of the most closely contested matches of all time. It finished at 00:19 but was superseded as the latest finish first by the 2006 final (00:52 BST), then the 2007 final (00:55 BST).
A legislation in 2003 has placed restrictions on tobacco advertising, including sponsorship of sporting events. Embassy had a special dispensation to continue snooker sponsorship until 2005. The Championship is currently sponsored by Betfred.com, after 888.com pulled out of their five year sponsorship deal after three years.
On 15 April 2009, the World Snooker website announced that Betfred.com would be the new sponsor of the World Championship for the next four years.
On 27 April 2009, it was confirmed that the World Championships would stay at the Crucible for at least another five years (until 2014). On 30 April 2010 it was announced that this agreement was extended to 2015.
Winners
Top performers of the modern era
The 'modern' era is considered to start in 1969, when the championship reverted to a knock-out tournament format from a challenge format. In the modern game, the best record is that of Stephen Hendry, who has won seven times to date. Steve Davis won six times in the 1980s, as did Ray Reardon in the 1970s.
! Rank | ! Name | ! Nationality | ! Winner | ! Runner-up | ! Semi-finalist | Maximum break>147s | ! Appearances |
1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 26 | |||
2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 30 | |||
3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | |||
4 | align="left" | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | ||
5 | align="left" | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | ||
6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 20 | |||
7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | |||
8 | align="left" | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | ||
9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 19 | |||
10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 | |||
11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | |||
11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |||
13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 21 | |||
14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | |||
14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | |||
14 | align="left" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
17 | align="left" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
18 | align="left" | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
19 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 25 | |||
20 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 21 | |||
21 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |||
22 | align="left" | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||
22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |||
22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||
22 | align="left" | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||
27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |||
27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |||
27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
General records and statistics
Television coverage
BBC coverage of the competition was hosted from 1976 until 2000 by David Vine, with commentary by Ted Lowe, John Spencer, Clive Everton, Jack Karnehm, Ray Edmonds and others. From 2000–2009 the BBC coverage has been hosted by Hazel Irvine or Ray Stubbs. Since 2010 Hazel Irvine has taken over with highlights presented by Rishi Persad. Commentary is by a raft of ex-pros and current pros including Willie Thorne, Dennis Taylor, John Virgo, John Parrott, Steve Davis, Ken Doherty, Stephen Hendry, Terry Griffiths and Neal Foulds. The BBC will continue to televise this event (along with three other tournaments) until at least 2011. IMG Media (initially as TWI) have produced the BBC's snooker coverage since 1998. Eurosport also provides coverage of the event.
References
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