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List of World Snooker Championship winners

January 12, 2023

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. The event was not held from 1941 to 1945 because of World War II and between 1958 and 1963 due to declining interest from players.[1]

The World Snooker Championship trophy

As of 2021 the governing body that organises this event is the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). Prior to the WPBSA assuming control of the professional game in 1968, the world championship was organised by the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC), except for between 1952 and 1957 when the Professional Billiards Players' Association (PBPA) staged their own event, the World Professional Match-play Championship, following a dispute with the BACC.[2]

The most successful player at the World Snooker Championship is Joe Davis, who won fifteen consecutive titles between 1927 and 1946. The record in the modern era, usually dated from the reintroduction in 1969 of a knock-out tournament format, rather than a challenge format, is shared by Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan, both having won the title seven times.[3][4]

Champions

Main articles: World Snooker Championship and World Professional Match-play Championship
Format
Format Organiser
Knockout tournament (†) BACC
Challenge event with defending champion receiving a bye to the final (*) BACC
World Professional Match-play Championship (◊) PBPA
Challenge matches (‡) BACC
Knockout tournament WPBSA

Multiple champions

Key
  Challenge match
* World Professional Match-play Championship
¤ Player competed in 2021[15]
  Date of death
Multiple time Snooker World Championship winners
Player Total Years Status Ref.
  Joe Davis (ENG) 15 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946 †10 July 1978 [16][17]
  Fred Davis (ENG) 8 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952*, 1953*, 1954*, 1955*, 1956* †16 April 1998 [18]
  John Pulman (ENG) 8 1957*, 1964 , 1964 , 1965 , 1965 , 1965 , 1966 , 1968  †25 December 1998 [18]
  Stephen Hendry (SCO) 7 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999 ¤ [3]
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 7 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2022 ¤ [19]
  Ray Reardon (WAL) 6 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978 retired [20]
  Steve Davis (ENG) 6 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989 retired [21]
  John Higgins (SCO) 4 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011 ¤ [22]
  Mark Selby (ENG) 4 2014, 2016, 2017, 2021 ¤ [23]
  Mark Williams (WAL) 3 2000, 2003, 2018 ¤ [24]
  John Spencer (ENG) 3 1969, 1971, 1977 †11 July 2006 [25]
  Walter Donaldson (SCO) 2 1947, 1950 †24 May 1973 [18]
  Alex Higgins (NIR) 2 1972, 1982 †24 July 2010 [26]

Notes

  1. ^ Due to World War II[9]
  2. ^ Due to a disagreement with the Billiards Association and Control Club and the Professional Billiards Players' Association (PBPA), Lindrum and McConachy were the only players to compete, with most professional players playing in the World Professional Match-play Championship instead. As a result, Lindrum's title win is sometimes ignored, with Cliff Thorburn (CAN), Ken Doherty (IRL) and Neil Robertson (AUS) usually regarded as the only non-United Kingdom winners.[8]
  3. ^ Due to a lack of interest there was no championship organised between 1958 and 1963. In 1964, it was agreed between the Professional Billiard Players Association and the BACC that the championship would be contested by having the reigning champion play in challenge matches. There were seven such challenge matches between 1964 and 1968, until knockout competition resumed with the 1969 Championship.[1] The agreement in 1964 was that there should be a stake by both parties of £50 (equivalent to £1,282 in 2021), that matches could be of any duration agreed by both participants, and that the challenger would be responsible for finding a suitable venue.[11]
  4. ^ a b The title was decided over a series of matches rather than frames.[12]
  5. ^ Some sources give the score as 37–32. The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History (2004) says "Higgins triumphed 37-31 (not 37-32 as so many publications have wrongly printed)"[14]

References

  1. ^ a b Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker: The Records. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-0-85112-448-3.
  2. ^ "World Snooker Title". The Glasgow Herald. 19 February 1952. p. 2. from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Seventh title for Hendry". BBC News. 4 May 1999. from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. ^ "O'Sullivan one frame from seventh world title - video & text". BBC Sport. 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  5. ^ Turner, Chris. . cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  6. ^ . Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Hall of Fame". Snooker.org. from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  8. ^ a b "History of the World Snooker Championship". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  9. ^ a b . snookerscene.co.uk. Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  10. ^ [5][6][7][8][9]
  11. ^ "Professional Snooker". Billiards and Snooker. the Billiards Association and Control Council. January 1964. p. 13.
  12. ^ Everton, Clive (1981). Guinness Book of Snooker. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-85112-230-4.
  13. ^ "Snooker: Higgins makes final flourish". The Times. 28 February 1972. p. 7.
  14. ^ Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Rose Villa Publications. p. 8. ISBN 978-0954854904.
  15. ^ "Betfred World Championship (2021)". snooker.org. from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  16. ^ Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 246–249. ISBN 978-0-356-14690-4.
  17. ^ Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group. pp. 27–30. ISBN 978-0-600-55604-6.
  18. ^ a b c Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
  19. ^ "Ronnie O'Sullivan wins sixth World Snooker Championship at Crucible". skysports.com. 17 August 2020. from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Ray Reardon". wst.tv. from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  21. ^ "1989: Davis makes it six". BBC Sport. 12 April 2002. from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  22. ^ Ashenden, Mark (2 May 2011). "Higgins beats Trump to win title". BBC Sport. from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020. 2 May 2011
  23. ^ Hincks, Michael (4 May 2021). "World Snooker Championship 2021 – Mark Selby wins fourth Crucible title with win over Shaun Murphy". Eurosport. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  24. ^ Hafez, Shamoon (7 May 2018). "Williams wins world title for third time". BBC Sport. from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  25. ^ "Then and Now: John Spencer". Eurosport. 25 February 2010. from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  26. ^ Rawling, John (25 July 2010). "Alex Higgins obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

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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 The event was not held from 1941 to 1945 because of World War II and between 1958 and 1963 due to declining interest from players 1 The World Snooker Championship trophy As of 2021 update the governing body that organises this event is the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association WPBSA Prior to the WPBSA assuming control of the professional game in 1968 the world championship was organised by the Billiards Association and Control Council BACC except for between 1952 and 1957 when the Professional Billiards Players Association PBPA staged their own event the World Professional Match play Championship following a dispute with the BACC 2 The most successful player at the World Snooker Championship is Joe Davis who won fifteen consecutive titles between 1927 and 1946 The record in the modern era usually dated from the reintroduction in 1969 of a knock out tournament format rather than a challenge format is shared by Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O Sullivan both having won the title seven times 3 4 Contents 1 Champions 2 Multiple champions 3 Notes 4 ReferencesChampions EditMain articles World Snooker Championship and World Professional Match play Championship Format Format OrganiserKnockout tournament BACCChallenge event with defending champion receiving a bye to the final BACCWorld Professional Match play Championship PBPAChallenge matches BACCKnockout tournament WPBSAList of World Snooker Championship winners 10 Year Winner Runner up Final score Season Venue1927 Joe Davis ENG Tom Dennis ENG 20 11 n a Camkin s Hall Birmingham1928 Joe Davis ENG Fred Lawrence ENG 16 13 n a Camkin s Hall Birmingham1929 Joe Davis ENG Tom Dennis ENG 19 14 n a Lounge Hall Nottingham1930 Joe Davis ENG Tom Dennis ENG 25 12 n a Thurston s Hall London1931 Joe Davis ENG Tom Dennis ENG 25 21 n a Lounge Hall Nottingham1932 Joe Davis ENG Clark McConachy NZL 30 19 n a Thurston s Hall London1933 Joe Davis ENG Willie Smith ENG 25 18 n a Joe Davis Centre Chesterfield1934 Joe Davis ENG Tom Newman ENG 25 22 n a Lounge Hall Nottingham and Central Hall Kettering1935 Joe Davis ENG Willie Smith ENG 25 20 n a Thurston s Hall London1936 Joe Davis ENG Horace Lindrum AUS 34 27 n a1937 Joe Davis ENG Horace Lindrum AUS 32 29 n a1938 Joe Davis ENG Sidney Smith ENG 37 24 n a1939 Joe Davis ENG Sidney Smith ENG 43 30 n a1940 Joe Davis ENG Fred Davis ENG 37 36 n a1941 1945 No tournament a 1946 Joe Davis ENG Horace Lindrum AUS 78 67 n a Royal Horticultural Hall London1947 Walter Donaldson SCO Fred Davis ENG 82 63 n a Leicester Square Hall London1948 Fred Davis ENG Walter Donaldson SCO 84 61 n a1949 Fred Davis ENG Walter Donaldson SCO 80 65 n a1950 Walter Donaldson SCO Fred Davis ENG 51 46 n a Tower Circus Blackpool1951 Fred Davis ENG Walter Donaldson SCO 58 39 n a1952 Horace Lindrum AUS b Clark McConachy NZL 94 49 n a Houldsworth Hall Manchester1952 Fred Davis ENG Walter Donaldson SCO 38 35 n a Tower Circus Blackpool1953 Fred Davis ENG Walter Donaldson SCO 37 34 n a Leicester Square Hall London1954 Fred Davis ENG Walter Donaldson SCO 45 26 n a Houldsworth Hall Manchester1955 Fred Davis ENG John Pulman ENG 38 35 n a Tower Circus Blackpool1956 Fred Davis ENG John Pulman ENG 38 35 n a1957 John Pulman ENG Jackie Rea NIR 39 34 n a Jersey Billliards Association Match Room St Helier Jersey1958 1963 No tournament c 1964 John Pulman ENG Fred Davis ENG 19 16 1963 64 Burroughes Hall London1964 John Pulman ENG Rex Williams ENG 40 33 1964 651965 John Pulman ENG Fred Davis ENG 37 36 1964 651965 John Pulman ENG Rex Williams ENG 25 22 d 1965 66 South Africa1965 John Pulman ENG Fred Van Rensburg SAF 39 12 1965 661966 John Pulman ENG Fred Davis ENG 5 2 d 1965 66 St George s Hall Liverpool1968 John Pulman ENG Eddie Charlton AUS 39 34 1967 68 Co operative Hall Bolton1969 John Spencer ENG Gary Owen WAL 37 24 1968 69 Victoria House London1970 Ray Reardon WAL John Pulman ENG 37 33 1969 701971 John Spencer ENG Warren Simpson AUS 37 29 1970 71 Chevron Hotel Sydney1972 Alex Higgins NIR John Spencer ENG 37 31 13 e 1971 72 Selly Park British Legion Birmingham1973 Ray Reardon WAL Eddie Charlton AUS 38 32 1972 73 City Exhibition Hall Manchester1974 Ray Reardon WAL Graham Miles ENG 22 12 1973 74 Belle Vue Manchester1975 Ray Reardon WAL Eddie Charlton AUS 31 30 1974 75 Nunawading Basketball Centre Melbourne Australia1976 Ray Reardon WAL Alex Higgins NIR 27 16 1975 76 Wythenshawe Forum Manchester1977 John Spencer ENG Cliff Thorburn CAN 25 21 1976 77 Crucible Theatre Sheffield1978 Ray Reardon WAL Perrie Mans SAF 25 18 1977 781979 Terry Griffiths WAL Dennis Taylor NIR 24 16 1978 791980 Cliff Thorburn CAN Alex Higgins NIR 18 16 1979 801981 Steve Davis ENG Doug Mountjoy WAL 18 12 1980 811982 Alex Higgins NIR Ray Reardon WAL 18 15 1981 821983 Steve Davis ENG Cliff Thorburn CAN 18 6 1982 831984 Steve Davis ENG Jimmy White ENG 18 16 1983 841985 Dennis Taylor NIR Steve Davis ENG 18 17 1984 851986 Joe Johnson ENG Steve Davis ENG 18 12 1985 861987 Steve Davis ENG Joe Johnson ENG 18 14 1986 871988 Steve Davis ENG Terry Griffiths WAL 18 11 1987 881989 Steve Davis ENG John Parrott ENG 18 3 1988 891990 Stephen Hendry SCO Jimmy White ENG 18 12 1989 901991 John Parrott ENG Jimmy White ENG 18 11 1990 911992 Stephen Hendry SCO Jimmy White ENG 18 14 1991 921993 Stephen Hendry SCO Jimmy White ENG 18 5 1992 931994 Stephen Hendry SCO Jimmy White ENG 18 17 1993 941995 Stephen Hendry SCO Nigel Bond ENG 18 9 1994 951996 Stephen Hendry SCO Peter Ebdon ENG 18 12 1995 961997 Ken Doherty IRL Stephen Hendry SCO 18 12 1996 971998 John Higgins SCO Ken Doherty IRL 18 12 1997 981999 Stephen Hendry SCO Mark Williams WAL 18 11 1998 992000 Mark Williams WAL Matthew Stevens WAL 18 16 1999 20002001 Ronnie O Sullivan ENG John Higgins SCO 18 14 2000 012002 Peter Ebdon ENG Stephen Hendry SCO 18 17 2001 022003 Mark Williams WAL Ken Doherty IRL 18 16 2002 032004 Ronnie O Sullivan ENG Graeme Dott SCO 18 8 2003 042005 Shaun Murphy ENG Matthew Stevens WAL 18 16 2004 052006 Graeme Dott SCO Peter Ebdon ENG 18 14 2005 062007 John Higgins SCO Mark Selby ENG 18 13 2006 072008 Ronnie O Sullivan ENG Ali Carter ENG 18 8 2007 082009 John Higgins SCO Shaun Murphy ENG 18 9 2008 092010 Neil Robertson AUS Graeme Dott SCO 18 13 2009 102011 John Higgins SCO Judd Trump ENG 18 15 2010 112012 Ronnie O Sullivan ENG Ali Carter ENG 18 11 2011 122013 Ronnie O Sullivan ENG Barry Hawkins ENG 18 12 2012 132014 Mark Selby ENG Ronnie O Sullivan ENG 18 14 2013 142015 Stuart Bingham ENG Shaun Murphy ENG 18 15 2014 152016 Mark Selby ENG Ding Junhui CHN 18 14 2015 162017 Mark Selby ENG John Higgins SCO 18 15 2016 172018 Mark Williams WAL John Higgins SCO 18 16 2017 182019 Judd Trump ENG John Higgins SCO 18 9 2018 192020 Ronnie O Sullivan ENG Kyren Wilson ENG 18 8 2019 202021 Mark Selby ENG Shaun Murphy ENG 18 15 2020 212022 Ronnie O Sullivan ENG Judd Trump ENG 18 13 2021 22 Joe Davis 1927 40 and 1946 Stephen Hendry 1990 1992 96 and 1999 Ronnie O Sullivan 2001 2004 2008 2012 13 2020 and 2022 Steve Davis 1981 1983 84 and 1987 89 John Higgins 1998 2007 2009 and 2011 Mark Selby 2014 2016 17 and 2021 Mark Williams 2000 2003 and 2018 Multiple champions EditKey Challenge match World Professional Match play Championship Player competed in 2021 15 Date of deathMultiple time Snooker World Championship winners Player Total Years Status Ref Joe Davis ENG 15 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1946 10 July 1978 16 17 Fred Davis ENG 8 1948 1949 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 16 April 1998 18 John Pulman ENG 8 1957 1964 1964 1965 1965 1965 1966 1968 25 December 1998 18 Stephen Hendry SCO 7 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1999 3 Ronnie O Sullivan ENG 7 2001 2004 2008 2012 2013 2020 2022 19 Ray Reardon WAL 6 1970 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 retired 20 Steve Davis ENG 6 1981 1983 1984 1987 1988 1989 retired 21 John Higgins SCO 4 1998 2007 2009 2011 22 Mark Selby ENG 4 2014 2016 2017 2021 23 Mark Williams WAL 3 2000 2003 2018 24 John Spencer ENG 3 1969 1971 1977 11 July 2006 25 Walter Donaldson SCO 2 1947 1950 24 May 1973 18 Alex Higgins NIR 2 1972 1982 24 July 2010 26 Notes Edit Due to World War II 9 Due to a disagreement with the Billiards Association and Control Club and the Professional Billiards Players Association PBPA Lindrum and McConachy were the only players to compete with most professional players playing in the World Professional Match play Championship instead As a result Lindrum s title win is sometimes ignored with Cliff Thorburn CAN Ken Doherty IRL and Neil Robertson AUS usually regarded as the only non United Kingdom winners 8 Due to a lack of interest there was no championship organised between 1958 and 1963 In 1964 it was agreed between the Professional Billiard Players Association and the BACC that the championship would be contested by having the reigning champion play in challenge matches There were seven such challenge matches between 1964 and 1968 until knockout competition resumed with the 1969 Championship 1 The agreement in 1964 was that there should be a stake by both parties of 50 equivalent to 1 282 in 2021 that matches could be of any duration agreed by both participants and that the challenger would be responsible for finding a suitable venue 11 a b The title was decided over a series of matches rather than frames 12 Some sources give the score as 37 32 The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker The Complete Record amp History 2004 says Higgins triumphed 37 31 not 37 32 as so many publications have wrongly printed 14 References Edit a b Everton Clive 1985 Guinness Snooker The Records Enfield Guinness Superlatives Ltd pp 55 56 ISBN 978 0 85112 448 3 World Snooker Title The Glasgow Herald 19 February 1952 p 2 Archived from the original on 12 March 2016 Retrieved 19 February 2016 a b Seventh title for Hendry BBC News 4 May 1999 Archived from the original on 31 August 2017 Retrieved 26 September 2020 O Sullivan one frame from seventh world title video amp text BBC Sport 2022 05 01 Retrieved 2022 05 02 Turner Chris World Professional Championship cajt pwp blueyonder co uk Chris Turner s Snooker Archive Archived from the original on 16 April 2013 Retrieved 24 February 2011 World Championship Roll of Honour Global Snooker Archived from the original on 22 February 2012 Retrieved 18 March 2013 Hall of Fame Snooker org Archived from the original on 28 July 2019 Retrieved 24 February 2011 a b History of the World Snooker Championship worldsnooker com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Archived from the original on 15 March 2011 Retrieved 30 April 2011 a b Embassy World Championship snookerscene co uk Snooker Scene Archived from the original on 24 January 2013 Retrieved 9 May 2012 5 6 7 8 9 Professional Snooker Billiards and Snooker the Billiards Association and Control Council January 1964 p 13 Everton Clive 1981 Guinness Book of Snooker Enfield Guinness Superlatives Ltd p 65 ISBN 978 0 85112 230 4 Snooker Higgins makes final flourish The Times 28 February 1972 p 7 Hayton Eric Dee John 2004 The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker The Complete Record amp History Rose Villa Publications p 8 ISBN 978 0954854904 Betfred World Championship 2021 snooker org Archived from the original on 17 April 2021 Retrieved 17 April 2021 Hale Janice 1987 Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987 88 Aylesbury Queen Anne Press pp 246 249 ISBN 978 0 356 14690 4 Morrison Ian 1987 The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker London Hamlyn Publishing Group pp 27 30 ISBN 978 0 600 55604 6 a b c Hayton Eric 2004 The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker Lowestoft Rose Villa Publications p 144 ISBN 978 0 9548549 0 4 Ronnie O Sullivan wins sixth World Snooker Championship at Crucible skysports com 17 August 2020 Archived from the original on 19 August 2020 Retrieved 26 September 2020 Ray Reardon wst tv Archived from the original on 14 January 2021 Retrieved 26 September 2020 1989 Davis makes it six BBC Sport 12 April 2002 Archived from the original on 1 March 2014 Retrieved 26 September 2020 Ashenden Mark 2 May 2011 Higgins beats Trump to win title BBC Sport Archived from the original on 25 October 2018 Retrieved 26 September 2020 2 May 2011 Hincks Michael 4 May 2021 World Snooker Championship 2021 Mark Selby wins fourth Crucible title with win over Shaun Murphy Eurosport Retrieved 12 August 2021 Hafez Shamoon 7 May 2018 Williams wins world title for third time BBC Sport Archived from the original on 9 November 2020 Retrieved 26 September 2020 Then and Now John Spencer Eurosport 25 February 2010 Archived from the original on 7 October 2012 Retrieved 11 May 2012 Rawling John 25 July 2010 Alex Higgins obituary The Guardian Retrieved 12 August 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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