Class of '92 (snooker)
The Class of '92 is a group of three professional snooker players who all turned professional during the 1992–93 snooker season, who all won the World Snooker Championship on multiple occasions and completed the Triple Crown.[1][2] The players are Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Mark Williams.[3] The three players have a combined 14 World Championships:[4][5] Williams winning the event on three occasions in 2000, 2003 and 2018;[6] Higgins in 1998, 2007, 2009 and 2011,[7] and O'Sullivan in 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020 and 2022. [8] The three players combined continue to win events thirty years after turning professional, with all three reaching the semi-finals of the 2022 World Snooker Championship alongside Judd Trump,[9] also doing so in 1998 alongside Ken Doherty and in 1999 alongside Stephen Hendry.[10]
References
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- ^ "Higgins hails snooker's Class of 92 after securing World Championship quarter-final". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Snooker's 'Class of 92' – John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams reach World Championship semis". independent. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Class of '92 are 'better than ever' - Higgins". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Rejuvenated class of '92 inspire snooker's greatest era: O'Sullivan, Higgins and Williams". Eurosport UK. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Williams wins world title for third time". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Higgins beats Trump to win title". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Ronnie O'Sullivan wins sixth World Snooker Championship at Crucible".
- ^ "Class of 92 – John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams reach last four". BT.com. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Class of 92 – John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams reach last four". BT.com. Retrieved 28 April 2022.