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Revision as of 11:17, 20 April 2019

Betfred
World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates20 April – 6 May 2019
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£2,231,000
Winner's share£500,000
Highest break
Defending championWales Mark Williams
Final
Champion
Runner-up
Score–
← 2018

The 2019 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2019 Betfred World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament, taking place from 20 April to 6 May 2019 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The event, hosted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is the 43rd consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible and is the twentieth and final ranking event of the 2018/2019 season. Qualifying for the tournament took place from 10 to 17 April 2019 at the English Institute of Sport, also in Sheffield.

The tournament will be broadcast in Europe by the BBC and Eurosport, by DAZN in Canada and the United States, by SKY in New Zealand and worldwide on Facebook by World Snooker.

Mark Williams is the defending champion, having defeated John Higgins 18–16 in the 2018 final.

Overview

The World Snooker Championship is an annual cue sport tournament and is the official world championship of the game of snooker.[1] The sport of snooker was founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India.[2] The sport originated by players from the United Kingdom, and later players from Europe and the Commonwealth. In more modern times, the sport has transferred to being played worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations, such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.[3]

The world championship sees 32 professional and qualified amateur players compete in one-on-one snooker matches in a single elimination format, each played over several frames. The 32 players for the event are selected through a mix of the world snooker rankings, and a pre-tournament qualification round.[4][5] The first world championship in 1927 was won by Joe Davis, the final being held in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England.[6][7] Since 1977, the event has been held in the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.[8]

Stephen Hendry is the most successful player in the modern era, having won the championship 7 times.[9] The previous year's championship was won by Wales' Mark Williams, who won the event defeating Scotland's John Higgins in the final 18–16.[10][11] This was Williams' third championship, having won in 2000 and 2003 previously. The winner of the 2019 event earns prize money of £500,000, from a total pool of £2,231,000.[12]

Format

The 2019 World Snooker Championship will be held between 20 April and 6 May 2019 in Sheffield, England. The tournament was the last of twenty rankings events in the 2018/2019 season on the World Snooker Tour. It will feature a 32-player main draw to be played at the Crucible Theatre, as well as a 128-player qualifying draw which took place at the English Institute of Sport from 10 to 17 April 2019, finishing three days prior to the start of the main draw. This was the 43rd consecutive year that the tournament was held at the Crucible, and the 51st consecutive year the championship was contested through the modern knockout format.[4][5]

The top 16 players in the latest world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players.[a] Defending champion Mark Williams was automatically seeded 1st overall. The remaining fifteen seeds were allocated based on the latest world rankings (revision 10), which were released following the China Open, the penultimate event of the season. Matches in the first round of the main draw were played as best of 19 frames. The number of frames needed to win a match increased with each successive round, leading up to the final match which was played as best of 35 frames.[4][5]

All 16 non-seeded spots in the main draw were filled with players from the qualifying rounds. The qualifying draw consisted of 128 players, including 106 of the remaining 112 players on the World Snooker Tour, as well as twenty-two wildcard places allotted to non-tour players. These invited players included the women's world champion, the European junior champion, and all four semi-finalists at the amateur championship. As with the main draw, half of the participants in the qualifying draw were seeded players. Players ranked from 17th to 80th were allocated one of 64 seeds in order of their ranking, while all of the other participants were placed randomly into the draw. In order to reach the main draw at the Crucible, players needed to win three best of 19 frame matches.[13][4]

Participant summary

Eight former world champions participated in the main tournament at the Crucible. They were Ronnie O'Sullivan (five titles: 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013), John Higgins (four titles: 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011), Mark Selby (three titles: 2014, 2016, 2017), Mark Williams (three titles, and defending champion: 2000, 2003, 2018), Shaun Murphy (one title: 2005), Graeme Dott (one title: 2006), Neil Robertson (one title: 2010), and Stuart Bingham (one title: 2015).[4] This was O'Sullivan's 27th consecutive appearance in the final stages of the World Championship since his debut in 1993, equaling that of Stephen Hendry's 27 consecutive appearances, and three short of Steve Davis's record of 30 total appearances. Four other former world championship finalists also competed: Ali Carter (twice: 2008 and 2012), Judd Trump (once: 2011), Barry Hawkins (once: 2013), and Ding Junhui (once: 2016).[13][4]

Three former world champions participated in the qualifying rounds: Ken Doherty (1997), Peter Ebdon (2002) and Graeme Dott (2006). Of these, only Dott succeeded in qualifying for the main tournament at the Crucible. Also, four former world finalists participated in the qualifying rounds: Jimmy White (six times: 1984 and 1990–1994), Nigel Bond (once: 1995), Ali Carter (twice: 2008 and 2012), and Matthew Stevens (twice: 2000 and 2005).[13][4] Of these, only Carter qualified for the main tournament at the Crucible.[13]

Tournament summary

Qualifying rounds

James Cahill became the first-ever amateur to qualify for the World Championship main stage at the Crucible.

The top sixteen seeds automatically qualified for the main competition.[4] The defending champion Mark Williams is seeded first, whilst other seeds are allocated based on the world rankings following the 2019 China Open.[4] All the other players competed in the preliminary qualifying rounds, and were required to win three best-of-19 matches to reach the finals.[4]

The qualifying rounds took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield from 10 to 17 April 2019, with 16 players progressing to the finals. 128 players competed in the qualifying stage, including those tour players not automatically qualified for the main competition and invited amateurs.[14]

James Cahill became the first amateur player ever to qualify for the Crucible main stage of the World Championship, defeating fellow amateur Michael Judge 10–6 in the third qualifying round.[15] Seven players – the highest number since 1999 – made it through the qualifying rounds to make their debuts at the main stage of the tournament. Besides Cahill, they were Scott Donaldson, Michael Georgiou, Li Hang, Luo Honghao, Tian Pengfei and Zhao Xintong.[16]

2006 World Champion Graeme Dott and two-time finalist Ali Carter also qualified for the main stage. In all, eight former world champions and a further four former finalists will compete at the 2019 main stage.

First round

The draw for the first round of the championship was made on 18 April 2019, the day following the conclusion of the qualifying rounds.

Prize fund

The total purse for the event is higher than any prior snooker event. For the first time, the total prize pool is over £2 million, with the winner being awarded £500,000.[17] [18][b] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[12]

Main Stage maximum break: £50,000

Main draw

Seedings shown in brackets following the 16 seeded players.[19] Template:32TeamBracket-WSC2

Qualifying

128 competed in the qualifying competition. There were three qualifying rounds, with the sixteen winners of the third round matches progressing to the main stages of the tournament at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Qualifying took place from 10 to 17 April 2019 at the English Institute of Sport, also in Sheffield, in a 12-table set-up. All matches were best of 19 frames.

The tour players (ranked outside the top-16) were joined by amateur/wildcard players who achieved success through the WPBSA qualifying criteria.

The qualifying criteria were as follows:[13]

Players ranked 17–80 in the world rankings were seeded 1–64 in qualifying.[d] The remaining tour players plus the invited amateurs were drawn randomly.[e]

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Winners advance to the main draw.

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Qualifying stage centuries

122 century breaks were made by 57 players during the qualifying stage of the World Championship.[21]

Notes

  1. ^ In the event that the defending champion was ranked outside of the top 16, they would have replaced the player ranked world number 16 as an automatic qualifier.[4]
  2. ^ Prior, the highest prize purse was for the 2018 World Snooker Championship, with a total pool of £1,968,000, and £425,000 for the winner of the event.[18]
  3. ^ Zhang Jiankang who withdrew with VISA problem, was replaced by Michael Judge.
  4. ^ Jamie Jones ranked 61 was serving a suspension, and did not compete in the championships.[20]
  5. ^ Li Yuan ranked 97 did not compete in the championships.

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