query: who has the most world titles in snooker

pos: World Snooker Championship World Snooker Championship The World Snooker Championship is the leading snooker tournament both in terms of prestige and prize money. The first championship was held in 1927 and was won by Joe Davis. Davis won the first 15 championships before retiring from the event, undefeated, after his 1946 success. In the 1950s snooker went into a period of decline and the championship was not held after 1952, although an unofficial championship was held until 1957. In 1964 the championship was revived on a challenge basis and in 1969 the championship became a knock-out event again. Since 1977 it has been

pos: John Higgins (snooker player) John Higgins (snooker player) John Higgins, (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 30 ranking titles, including four World Championships and three UK Championships, as well as two Masters titles, making him one of the most successful players in the modern history of the sport. In terms of world titles in the modern era, Higgins is fifth behind Stephen Hendry (7), Steve Davis (6), Ray Reardon (6) and Ronnie O'Sullivan (5). His 30 career ranking titles puts him in third place behind Hendry (36) and O'Sullivan (33). Known as

pos: World Snooker Championship played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The tournament is currently played over 17 days and ends on the first Monday in May. In the modern era (since 1969), the best record is that of Stephen Hendry, who won the title seven times. Steve Davis and Ray Reardon both won six times while Ronnie O'Sullivan has won five titles. The current champion is Mark Williams, who has won the tournament three times. The first championship was held in 1927 and was called the Professional Snooker Championship. It was the first important professional snooker tournament although the English Amateur Championship

pos: Professional snooker career of Ronnie O'Sullivan match Steve Davis' record of six UK titles and Stephen Hendry's record of 18 major titles. This haul marked a personal best for O'Sullivan, with him only previously winning at most three world ranking titles in a single season (2004/2005 season). His ranking rose from world no. 14 at the beginning of the season to world no. 2 at the end of the season. O'Sullivan credited his achievements this season to a focus on match snooker. O'Sullivan reached the final of the invitational Hong Kong Masters after defeating John Higgins and Judd Trump in final frame deciders, before falling to

pos: History of snooker starting to be challenged by future World Champion Stephen Hendry. By the end of the decade, there were more than 200 playing professionals on the circuit, a figure which increased to more than 400 professionals during the 1990s. A new generation of players came to the fore in the 1990s, most notably Stephen Hendry who went on to dominate for much of the decade. Hendry eclipsed many of Steve Davis' records including most World Championships, most ranking titles and most (BBC) major titles. Hendry's type of attacking, breakbuilding game which often clinched frames in one visit ushered in a new

pos: Snooker since 1927, with Joe Davis becoming a key figure in the early growth of the sport with 15 championship wins from 1927 to 1946. The modern era began in 1969 after the BBC commissioned the snooker television show "Pot Black" and began to air the World Championship in 1978, leading to the sport's new peak in popularity. Ray Reardon dominated the game in the 1970s, Steve Davis in the 1980s, and Stephen Hendry in the 1990s; Ronnie O'Sullivan has won the most world titles since 2000. Top professional players now compete regularly around the world and earn millions of pounds.

pos: Welsh Open (snooker) Neil Robertson. Welsh Open (snooker) The Welsh Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament, a part of the Home Nations Series. It replaced the Welsh Professional Championship, which started in 1980 and was only open to Welsh players. Since the tournament's creation in 1992, Mark Williams has been the only Welsh player to win the championship (in 1996 and 1999). John Higgins holds the record for the most wins, with five Welsh Open titles. Ronnie O'Sullivan has won four titles, while Stephen Hendry has won the tournament three times. John Higgins is the reigning champion. The tournament began as a

pos: Welsh Open (snooker) Welsh Open (snooker) The Welsh Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament, a part of the Home Nations Series. It replaced the Welsh Professional Championship, which started in 1980 and was only open to Welsh players. Since the tournament's creation in 1992, Mark Williams has been the only Welsh player to win the championship (in 1996 and 1999). John Higgins holds the record for the most wins, with five Welsh Open titles. Ronnie O'Sullivan has won four titles, while Stephen Hendry has won the tournament three times. John Higgins is the reigning champion. The tournament began as a ranking tournament

pos: Winning streak (sports) 3 consecutive titles — Bob Marshall 5 consecutive titles — India 4 consecutive titles 31 consecutive titles — England 13 consecutive titles — England VIPA League 9 Consecutive wins - Liam Gallagher (also ended the streak of 12 by Andrew Akesson) But Andrew accumulated 34 seven balls during this momentous feat. Along with winning an incredible £180 in purse winnings for his destruction of Liam Gallagher. 3 consecutive titles — United States 3 consecutive titles — Allison Fisher 3 consecutive titles 15 consecutive titles at World Snooker Championship — Joe Davis 15 consecutive titles at World Snooker Championship — England

pos: World Championship Snooker 2004 (video game) World Championship Snooker 2004 (video game) World Snooker Championship 2004 (Or, "WSC" 2004) is a sport simulation video game, released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC on 25 June 2004. The game was the fourth entry of the World Snooker Championship video games series, which would run until 2011. The game featured player likenesses from the real world, including Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan. The game was developed by Blade Interactive and published by Codemasters and World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. It was followed by "World Snooker Championship 2005" in 2005. Whereas in earlier titles in

pos: World Championship Snooker 2003 (video game) World Championship Snooker 2003 (video game) World Snooker Championship 2003 (Or, "WSC" 2003) is a sport simulation video game, released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC on 27 June 2003. The game was the third entry of the World Snooker Championship video games series, which would run until 2011. The game featured player likenesses from the real world, including Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan. The game was developed by Blade Interactive and published by Codemasters. It was followed by "World Championship Snooker 2004" in 2003. In comparrison to earlier titles, the game was not only Snooker specific,

pos: UK Championship the tournaments televised by the BBC and it is held towards the end of each calendar year. UK Championship The UK Championship, known as the Betway UK Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's ranking snooker tournament. It is the second-biggest ranking tournament, after the World Championship and is one of the Triple Crown events. Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for the most UK titles, having won the tournament seven times. Steve Davis has won six times, while Stephen Hendry has won five titles. However, two of Davis' wins (in 1980 and 1981) came at a time when the

pos: UK Championship UK Championship The UK Championship, known as the Betway UK Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's ranking snooker tournament. It is the second-biggest ranking tournament, after the World Championship and is one of the Triple Crown events. Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for the most UK titles, having won the tournament seven times. Steve Davis has won six times, while Stephen Hendry has won five titles. However, two of Davis' wins (in 1980 and 1981) came at a time when the UK Championship's status hadn't been raised to a degree of a ranking tournament yet. O'Sullivan is the

pos: Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan, (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, having won five World Championships, seven Masters titles, and seven UK Championships; setting a record of 19 Triple Crown titles. His career total of 34 ranking titles is second only to Stephen Hendry's 36, while his career earnings of over £10 million puts him in first place on snooker's all-time prize-money list. He holds the records for the most competitive century breaks, the most official maximum breaks in professional

pos: Masters (snooker) of two or three wild-card places in tournaments held between 1990 and 2010. Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for the most Masters titles, having won the tournament seven times. Stephen Hendry has won six titles, Cliff Thorburn, Steve Davis, Mark Selby, and Paul Hunter three, and Alex Higgins, Mark Williams and John Higgins two. In 2016, the Masters trophy was renamed the Paul Hunter Trophy in honour of the three-time champion, who died in 2006, aged 27. The oldest champion in Masters history is Ray Reardon, who won the title in 1976 aged 43 years and 114 days. The youngest

pos: Sport in Scotland in 2014. Netball is played mostly by girls from the age of ten to fifteen, and is popular in private schools. Cue sports are very popular in Scotland. Pool tables are commonly to be found in Scottish pubs and social clubs. Scotland has produced many great snooker players over the years. Many of which have gone on to win the World Championship. Walter Donaldson was the first Scotsman to be crowned World Champion, winning in 1947 and again in 1950. In the modern snooker era the most successful Scottish snooker player is Stephen Hendry. He has won the World Snooker

pos: 2014 China Open (snooker) 2014 China Open (snooker) The 2014 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 31 March and 6 April 2014 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the eleventh ranking event of the 2013/2014 season. Ding Junhui won his 11th ranking title by defeating defending champion Neil Robertson 10–5 in the final, and became the sixth on the list of players with the most ranking titles behind Stephen Hendry (36 titles), Steve Davis (28), Ronnie O'Sullivan (26), John Higgins (25) and Mark Williams (18). Ding also equalled Hendry's record from 1990/1991 to

pos: World Open (snooker) 16). These facts made it more common to see surprise results than in most other tournaments, with players such as Dominic Dale, Marco Fu, Euan Henderson and Dave Harold all surprise finalists at the time. A player from outside the top 16 has reached the final roughly half the times the contest has been played. Few of those have become consistent stars, although Stephen Hendry and John Higgins took their first ranking titles in the event. In addition, over the years, many top 16 players were eliminated in the early stages of the contest. Taking the 1996 event as an

pos: Irish Amateur Championship (snooker) most noticeably Ken Doherty who won the compition in 1987 and 1989 and would go on to become the only former champion to win the World Snooker Championship in 1997 ending Stephen Hendry's run of 5 consecutive World Championship wins. Currently only former champion Ken Doherty is currently playing on the world tour. Irish Amateur Championship (snooker) The Irish Amateur Championship (occasionally known as the Irish National Championship) is an annual snooker competition played in Ireland and is the highest ranking amateur event in Ireland. The competition was first established back in 1927 which was won by T.H. Fayrey. The

pos: Snooker season 2017/2018 the World Grand Prix and Welsh Open. The new World Seniors Tour comprised four events, including the World Seniors Championship which has returned to Scunthorpe in 2018. The second edition of the Home Nations Series was being held in this season with the English Open, Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open and Welsh Open tournaments. A winner of all four tournaments would earn a bonus of £1 million. Ronnie O'Sullivan earned a joint-record five ranking titles in the season. He joined Stephen Hendry (1990/1991), Ding Junhui (2013/2014), and Mark Selby (2016/2017) in winning five ranking titles in the same season. The

pos: Professional snooker career of Ronnie O'Sullivan under the rules of snooker the referee should have called a 7-point foul. These incidents led Stephen Hendry to say that O'Sullivan was not fully focused. "Personally I think it is a sign he has got other things on his mind," said Hendry. "He is not focused properly on winning the World Championship." O'Sullivan won the pro–am Pink Ribbon tournament in July 2015, defeating Darryn Walker 4–2 in the final, but took a hiatus from the professional tour for almost eight months. He declined to defend his Champion of Champions and UK Championship titles, stating that he was suffering from

pos: 1953/1954 News of the World Snooker Tournament 1953/1954 News of the World Snooker Tournament The 1953/1954 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the "News of the World". The tournament was won by John Pulman who won 7 of his 8 matches and finished ahead of Joe Davis who won 5 matches. The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50 to 1959. The 1953/54 event was a round-robin snooker tournament and was played from 7 September 1953 to 16 January 1954. All matches were played at Leicester Square Hall in London. There were 9 competitors and a total of

pos: 1952/1953 News of the World Snooker Tournament 1952/1953 News of the World Snooker Tournament The 1952/1953 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the "News of the World". The tournament was won by Joe Davis who won all of 8 matches. He finished ahead of Jackie Rea who won 5 matches. The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50 to 1959. The 1952/53 event was a round-robin snooker tournament and was played from 8 September 1952 to 17 January 1953. All matches were played at Leicester Square Hall in London. There were 9 competitors and a total of 36

pos: 1954/1955 News of the World Snooker Tournament on each occasion was Sidney Smith. 1954/1955 News of the World Snooker Tournament The 1954/1955 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the "News of the World". The tournament was won by Jackie Rea who won all of 8 matches. He finished ahead of Joe Davis who won 6 matches. The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50 to 1959 but this was the last to be held at Leicester Square Hall, which closed soon after the end of the tournament. The 1954/55 event was a round-robin snooker tournament and was played

pos: 1954/1955 News of the World Snooker Tournament 1954/1955 News of the World Snooker Tournament The 1954/1955 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the "News of the World". The tournament was won by Jackie Rea who won all of 8 matches. He finished ahead of Joe Davis who won 6 matches. The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50 to 1959 but this was the last to be held at Leicester Square Hall, which closed soon after the end of the tournament. The 1954/55 event was a round-robin snooker tournament and was played from 6 September 1954 to 15

neg: Stephen Hendry consecutive ranking titles, most century breaks compiled in one match (7), most centuries compiled in one tournament (16), most years ranked world number one, longest unbroken run inside the top 16 of the world rankings (23 seasons) and—at the time of his retirement—highest total prize money. Hendry's World Snooker profile states that he is "generally considered the greatest snooker player ever". However, some former players, such as Ray Reardon (in 2004) and Dennis Taylor (in 2013), have stated that he has been superseded by Ronnie O'Sullivan. In 2005 John Higgins, who competed with both players at their respective peaks, concurred,

neg: Hannah Jones (snooker player) Hannah Jones (snooker player) Hannah Jones (born 2 September 1996) is a Welsh snooker player who has won the English Ladies championship and the WLBSA World Ladies Junior Title 5 times, achieving a highest world ranking position of 6. She has won 53 titles since 2007. Snooker competition results World Ladies Junior Champion - won 5 times - 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2013 World Ladies Doubles Champion - 2009 World Ladies Connie Gough Under 21 Champion - 2014 World Ladies Connie Gough Junior Champion - won 2 times - 2010 / 2011 World Ladies Connie Gough

neg: Hannah Jones (snooker player) Connie Gough Player of the Tournament - 2014 Ecclesbourne Exceptional Achievement award - won 4 times - 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2013 Hannah Jones (snooker player) Hannah Jones (born 2 September 1996) is a Welsh snooker player who has won the English Ladies championship and the WLBSA World Ladies Junior Title 5 times, achieving a highest world ranking position of 6. She has won 53 titles since 2007. Snooker competition results World Ladies Junior Champion - won 5 times - 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2013 World Ladies Doubles Champion - 2009 World Ladies Connie

neg: Professional snooker career of Ronnie O'Sullivan record seventh UK Championship title and a record of nineteen Triple Crown titles overall. Less than 24 hours after his win, O'Sullivan withdrew from the Scottish Open. Professional snooker career of Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan started his professional snooker career in 1992. His play and accomplishments are described by some critics as being the greatest in the modern era of snooker. O'Sullivan is a five-time world champion, and holds many records; including the fastest maximum break in professional competition, the highest number of century breaks, and the most Triple Crown event titles (19). O'Sullivan started playing snooker from just seven

neg: Sport in Wales Reardon from Tredegar, who won six World Snooker Championship titles, and when the first world rankings were introduced in 1976, Reardon became the first world number one snooker player. Some of Reardon's contemporaries included Gary Owen from Tumble and Cliff Wilson also from Tredegar. Wales has continued to produce world class snooker players since Reardon's time, including Terry Griffiths, Mark Williams and Matthew Stevens. Amateur participation in the sport is very high. The Cardiff Devils play in the Elite Ice Hockey League, the highest level of ice hockey competition in the United Kingdom. Australian rules football is a growing sport

neg: Canadian Amateur Championship (snooker) 2018 final to achieve the longest gap between titles in the event's history, thirty years after first winning in 1988. Many former champions have gone on to play on the world tour such as Alain Robidoux, Kirk Stevens, Bob Chaperon, Jim Wych, Bill Werbeniuk and most notably Cliff Thorburn who won the competition in 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 2001, eventually going on to become the first player in the modern era from outside the United Kingdom to win the World Snooker Championship in 1980. Canadian Amateur Championship (snooker) The Canadian Amateur Championship (occasionally known as the Canadian Open

neg: Matthew Bolton (snooker player) Matthew Bolton (snooker player) Matthew Bolton (born 7 July 1979 in Perth, WA) is an Australian billiards player. He is one of the most successful English billiards players of his country. Internationally, he is also successful as snooker player where he became professional in 2017. Between 2000 and 2017 Matthew Bolton was the 15-times winner of the Australian National Billiards Championship and unbeaten from 2004 on (in 2012 he could not participate). He is the most successful billiards player in his country since Bob Marshall who won 21 titles. In 2011 and 2012 he was runner-up in the respective world

neg: Ray Edmonds only player to have won this title as well as two World Amateur titles at snooker. Edmonds was less successful as a professional, but became World Professional Billiards Champion in 1985. Edmonds set up the Ray Edmonds Snooker Centre in Grimsby in December 1983. He has worked also a snooker commentator with both ITV and the BBC, before retiring in 2004.He now resides in Spain. Ray Edmonds Ray Edmonds (born 25 April 1936 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire) is a former English professional player of English billiards and snooker. He twice won the World Amateur Snooker title, and won the World Professional

neg: Steve Davis Steve Davis Steve Davis, (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player from Plumstead, London, who is widely viewed as one of the sport's greatest players as well as one of its most iconic figures. After turning professional in 1978, he dominated snooker during the 1980s, reaching eight World Championship finals in nine years, winning six world titles, and holding the world number one ranking for seven consecutive seasons. He is remembered particularly for contesting the 1985 World Championship final with Dennis Taylor, the black-ball conclusion of which still holds the record for the largest after-midnight television

neg: Allison Fisher Allison Fisher Allison Fisher (born 24 February 1968) is an English professional pool and former professional snooker player. Fisher grew up in Peacehaven, Sussex. She started playing snooker when she was 7. She won her first world title at the age of 17. To date, she has won over 80 national titles and 11 world titles in total. Throughout the 1980s, she made various attempts to qualify for the main Men's snooker tour, which contained around 128 players at the time, but these attempts were unsuccessful. However, by 1991, the tour had changed considerably meaning all players had to do

neg: Shawn Budd Shawn Budd Shawn Budd (born 2 March 1974 in Sydney, Australia), is a professional snooker and pool player that has won major snooker and pool tournaments in Australia, New Zealand, England and America. He is the only Australian snooker player ever to win the Australian Open Snooker, Australian National Snooker, Australian 9 Ball and 8 Ball titles. Also he has won the Oceania Snooker championships and was runner up in the Oceania Billiards Championship in the same year. In 2002 he was a quarter finalist in the IBSF World Billiards Championships (50 up). In 1994 he won the Valley National

neg: Professional snooker career of Ronnie O'Sullivan Professional snooker career of Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan started his professional snooker career in 1992. His play and accomplishments are described by some critics as being the greatest in the modern era of snooker. O'Sullivan is a five-time world champion, and holds many records; including the fastest maximum break in professional competition, the highest number of century breaks, and the most Triple Crown event titles (19). O'Sullivan started playing snooker from just seven years old, and showed a considerable natural talent for the game: winning his first club tournament aged 9 and scoring his first century break (a run of

neg: World Cup (snooker) World Cup (snooker) The World Cup is an invitational snooker tournament created by Mike Watterson. The annual contests featured teams of three players representing their country against other such teams. Steve Davis has won the event more times than any other player, with four titles for England. The event began in 1979 as the World Challenge Cup with the sponsorship of State Express. It was held at the Haden Hill Leisure Centre, Birmingham, with six teams participating: England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, Australia and Rest of the World. The teams were broken into two round-robin groups and the matches were

neg: Arantxa Sanchis University. Sports: Academics: Arantxa Sanchis Arantxa Sanchis is a female Professional Billiards and Snooker player from India. She won the Gold medal in the Women's Team event at the inaugural IBSF World 6-Red Snooker and Team Snooker Championship in Carlow, Ireland on 6 Oct, 2013. It was a historic first Gold Medal for Indian Women's Snooker at a World Championship. On 27 Sep 2015, she won the inaugural IBSF World Billiards Championship in Adelaide, Australia. This feat made her the only woman in the world to hold IBSF World titles in both Billiards and Snooker. In addition, she won the

neg: Arantxa Sanchis Arantxa Sanchis Arantxa Sanchis is a female Professional Billiards and Snooker player from India. She won the Gold medal in the Women's Team event at the inaugural IBSF World 6-Red Snooker and Team Snooker Championship in Carlow, Ireland on 6 Oct, 2013. It was a historic first Gold Medal for Indian Women's Snooker at a World Championship. On 27 Sep 2015, she won the inaugural IBSF World Billiards Championship in Adelaide, Australia. This feat made her the only woman in the world to hold IBSF World titles in both Billiards and Snooker. In addition, she won the Bronze medal at

neg: Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani (born 24 July 1985 in Pune) is an Indian billiards and snooker player from India. He is a 21-time World Champion and has achieved a hat-trick of hat-tricks in English billiards, holding the World, Asian, and Indian National Championship titles simultaneously, in three different years: 2005, 2008 and 2012 and recently in 2017. He became a snooker professional in 2012, and his first season on the main tour was the 2012/2013 season. Advani won the 2014 IBSF World 6-Red Snooker Championship, on his debut in that discipline. As such he is currently the only player

neg: Graeme Dott Graeme Dott Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a Scottish professional snooker player and snooker coach from Larkhall. He turned professional in 1994 and first entered the top 16 in 2001. He has won two ranking titles, the 2006 World Snooker Championship and the 2007 China Open, and was runner-up in the World Championships of 2004 and 2010. He reached number 2 in the world rankings in 2007, but a subsequent episode of clinical depression seriously affected his form, causing him to drop to number 28 for the 2009/2010 season. He then recovered his form, regained his top-16 ranking,

neg: 1985 World Snooker Championship Joe Johnson in the first round was at the time the joint third-highest break in the Championship's history, tied with Willie Thorne in 1982. 1985 World Snooker Championship The 1985 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1985 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 28 April 1985 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Defending champion Steve Davis was unable to make it three world titles in a row, as he lost 17–18 against Dennis Taylor in the final. The tournament was sponsored by

neg: 1970 World Snooker Championship 1970 World Snooker Championship The 1970 World Snooker Championship (also known as the Player's No.6 World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a snooker tournament that took place in 1970. Like the previous year the final was held at the Victoria Hall in London, from 6 to 11 April 1970. For the second and last time the event was sponsored by Player's No.6. Ray Reardon won in the final 37–33 against John Pulman. This year was the first of Reardon's six world titles; he held the title for only seven months until the next championship in Australia during November 1970.

neg: 1985 World Snooker Championship 1985 World Snooker Championship The 1985 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1985 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 28 April 1985 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Defending champion Steve Davis was unable to make it three world titles in a row, as he lost 17–18 against Dennis Taylor in the final. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. The semi-final matches both finished with a , with Steve Davis winning 16–5 against Ray Reardon and Dennis Taylor defeating Tony

neg: Graeme Dott top 16, although he expects his battle with depression to be lifelong. Dott and his wife had a second child, a daughter Lucy, born in November 2008. Dott supports Rangers and paraded his World Championship trophy at Ibrox, their home ground, during half-time of Rangers' final league match against Hearts on 7 May 2006. Graeme Dott Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a Scottish professional snooker player and snooker coach from Larkhall. He turned professional in 1994 and first entered the top 16 in 2001. He has won two ranking titles, the 2006 World Snooker Championship and the 2007

neg: World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association World Snooker Association (known as World Snooker), World Billiards, World Ladies Billiards & Snooker (formerly the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA)) and World Disability Billiards & Snooker. The World Snooker Association is responsible for running and administering snooker's main ranking circuit events. These include the Shanghai Masters, World Open, UK Championship, Welsh Open, China Open and the World Snooker Championship. The latter is the most famous and popular event on the snooker season, with a remarkable global audience. Staged at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield since 1977, it is the richest, most prestigious and most important tournament in

neg: Canadian Amateur Championship (snooker) Canadian Amateur Championship (snooker) The Canadian Amateur Championship (occasionally known as the Canadian Open Snooker Championship) is an annual snooker competition played in Canada and is the highest ranking amateur event in the country. The competition was first established back in 1969 which was won by Paul Thornley. Alain Robidoux is the record championship holder with seven titles, one ahead of Kirk Stevens. Tom Finstad holds the record for reaching the most finals having reached eleven finals and won the championship three times. The championship is currently held by Brady Gollan, who defeated 2014 champion Alan Whitfield 6-4 in the

neg: Jimmy White would compete in money matches in many venues. His natural aptitude for snooker led to a successful amateur career. After winning the English Amateur Championship in 1979, a year later he became the youngest ever winner of the World Amateur Snooker Championship, aged 18, a record since surpassed by Ian Preece and Hossein Vafaei. With a host of major titles and achievements, including ten ranking tournaments, White's overall record ranks him well up the list of snooker's most successful players. The BBC describes him as a "legend". A left-hander, he reached the World Professional Championship Final on six occasions (1984,

neg: Mark Selby Mark Selby Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player. He is a three-time World Snooker Champion and is the current world number one. Selby joined the main professional snooker tour in 1999 at the age of 16, having played on the UK Challenge Tour in 1998. In 2007, he was runner-up to John Higgins at the World Snooker Championship. After winning three Masters titles in 2008, 2010, and 2013, two UK Championships in 2012 and 2016, and three World Championships in 2014, 2016 and 2017, he became the sixth player to win all of

neg: Jimmy White's Cueball World for the "Jimmy White Cueball" series. Jimmy White would later put his name to pool video game "Pool Paradise". And "Jimmy White's Snooker Legend", in 2008. Jimmy White's Cueball World Jimmy White's Cueball World is a sports simulation video game published by Virgin Interactive as the sequel to "", itself a sequel to "Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker". The development team once again being led by Archer MacLean, who designed the other two Jimmy White titles for Virgin Interactive. The game was released in December 2001 exclusively in Europe, but a North American release was also planned to be released a

neg: Vidya Pillai Silver in the IBSF World Team Snooker Championship in 2016, two Bronze medals IBSF World Snooker Championship in 2010 and 2012, one Bronze in the IBSF World Team Snooker Championship in 2014 and one Bronze at the WLBSA World Billiards Championship in 2008. She has also won a Silver medal at the Asian Billiard Sport Championship held at Doha in 2016. Most recently, finished with a Silver medal in the WLBSA World Women's Snooker Championship in 2017. Vidya Pillai Vidya Pillai (born 26 November 1978 in Trichy) is an Indian professional player of snooker. Vidya Pillai grew up in Chennai,

neg: Arantxa Sanchis the IBSF World Team Snooker Championship at Sharm el-Sheikh in Jul, 2016. This was followed up by a Bronze medal at the Asian ACBS 6 Red Snooker Championship at Fujairah in Sep, 2016. Prior to this she has won ten National and two Maharashtra State Championships. She created history and a record by winning four titles at a single Nationals (Indore 2008). No Indian male or female cueist had accomplished this feat. She won the National Senior Women's Billiards Championship in 2012 and in 2015 and the National Six Red Snooker Championship in the year 2012. At 17 years of

neg: Paul Collier (snooker referee) Paul Collier (snooker referee) Paul Collier (born 30 July 1970 in Newport, Wales) is a Welsh snooker referee who has overseen two World Snooker Championship finals. Born in Newport, Wales, Collier began refereeing on the professional snooker circuit in 1992. In 2004 he took charge of the World Snooker Championship final between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Graeme Dott where he also became the youngest referee to take charge of a world championship final. He has been playing snooker since he was thirteen years old and became a qualified referee at fifteen. In December 1991, he became the youngest member of the

neg: Sports in Karnataka help of the Tatas and this academy has a centre at Bangalore. Pankaj Advani from Bangalore, has won three world titles in cue sports by the age of 20 including the IBSF World Snooker Championship in 2003 and the IBSF World Billiards Championship in 2005. Bangalore has played host to the WTA event, the Bangalore Open which was held here in 2006 and 2007. Mahesh Bhupathi, the winner of many Grand Slam doubles titles, is a resident of Bangalore and has set up a Tennis Academy here with the help of Nike. Bengaluru FC is now emerging as a India's

neg: 1982 Masters (snooker) 1982 Masters (snooker) The 1982 Benson & Hedges Masters was professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Tuesday 26th to Sunday 31 January 1982 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. As in 1981 12 players were invited to the tournament. Steve Davis prevailed in the final by defeating Terry Griffiths, who made his third consecutive Masters final, 9–5 to go with the World, UK and the English Professional Championship titles he had won in the past year. Jimmy White made his debut, the first of 26 consecutive appearances at the Masters. Tony Meo equalled the tournament highest

neg: Pankaj Advani ever to win world titles in both the long and short formats of snooker (15-red standard, and 6-red) and both formats of English billiards (time and point). Advani is also India's first world champion in 6-red snooker. Since 2014, Advani has focused solely on English billiards. In recognition of his achievements, the Government of India has bestowed several awards upon Advani: the Arjuna Award in 2004, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2006, Padma Shri in 2009 and Padma Bhushan in 2018. Pankaj Advani was born on 24 July 1985 in Pune, India. Advani spent his initial years in Kuwait before

neg: Alexander Ursenbacher Championship. Ursenbacher started playing snooker in 2008. He has won a host of junior titles in his native Switzerland and has won the national championship twice, due in large part to his stays at Snooker Academies in Sheffield and Gloucester and individual training by former World Championship semi-finalist Ian McCulloch. In 2013 he turned professional by coming through Q School. After an early defeat in Event One, he played superbly throughout Event Two, losing just one frame in four matches and scoring a top break of 140. He beat nine-time Ladies' World Champion Reanne Evans 4–1, then in the final

neg: Women's World Snooker Championship Women's World Snooker Championship The Women's World Snooker Championship is the leading professional snooker tournament in women's snooker. The first championship was held in 1976. From 1998 to 2003 the championship was sponsored by Embassy, with the final taking place at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield during the main world championship, but following the restrictions on tobacco advertising in 2003, WPBSA ceased support for the tournament in 2004 and the event was not held due to WPBSA's financial difficulties. The event was revived in 2005 under the WLBSA. The most successful player in the tournament's history is Reanne Evans, who

neg: Karnataka League franchise and the Bengaluru Bulls, a Pro Kabaddi League franchise are based in Bangalore. The Karnataka Premier League is an inter-regional Twenty20 cricket tournament played in the state. Notable sportsmen from Karnataka include B.S. Chandrasekhar, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Rahul Dravid, Venkatesh Prasad, Robin Uthappa, Vinay Kumar, Gundappa Vishwanath, Syed Kirmani, Stuart Binny, Ashwini Ponnappa, Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna, Prakash Padukone who won the All England Badminton Championships in 1980 and Pankaj Advani who has won three world titles in cue sports by the age of 20 including the amateur World Snooker Championship in 2003 and the World Billiards

neg: 2004 EBSA European Snooker Championship 2004 EBSA European Snooker Championship The 2004 EBSA European Snooker Championships was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 26 May to 5 June 2004 in Völkermarkt, Austria It was the 13th edition of the EBSA European Snooker Championships and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. The tournament was won by 14th seed Mark Allen who defeated 13th seed Alex Borg 7–6 in the final. Almost four years later Allen cemented his reputation as one of the most promising upcoming snooker talents in the world at the time by reaching the top 16 on

neg: Welsh Open (snooker) the youngest player to reach this stage of a ranking tournament. John Higgins hold the record for the most Welsh Open titles – 5, Ronnie O'Sullivan having won the event on 4 occasions. Like the Welsh Professional Championship, it was played at the Newport Centre in Newport, before moving to the Cardiff International Arena in 1999. It was moved back to Newport in 2005, where it remained until 2014. In January 2014, World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn announced that the 2014 tournament would be the last held in Newport, and that he would open negotiations to move the event to

neg: 1998 World Snooker Championship 1998 World Snooker Championship The 1998 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1998 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 April–4 May 1998 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. John Higgins won his first World title by defeating defending champion Ken Doherty 18–12 in the final. Doherty became another World Champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title. However, Doherty has come closer than any other first-time champion bar Joe Johnson to retaining his championship. The tournament

neg: ABSF African Snooker Championships tour. The strongest criticism has suggested that in its current guise as a developing region that the tournament doesn't warrant a spot on the professional world tour and denies players of a much higher standard in Europe and Asia joining the world tour. ABSF president Mohammed Kammah has defended the standard African players stating that finance has always been the biggest obstacle for players, as well as immigration issues that most African players face when competing in UK tournaments during the professional season. ABSF African Snooker Championships The ABSF African Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition and is the

neg: Clive Everton has covered football, rugby and tennis for various British newspapers, and is one of the most prolific authors of historical and instructions books on snooker, as well as being the founding editor of the long-running "Snooker Scene" magazine. He also played county-level tennis for Worcestershire for 13 years, and has managed Jonah Barrington, the former world number 1 squash player. However, it is as a snooker commentator that Everton is best known to millions of UK fans who watch the BBC's coverage of the sport. During the hey-day of the game in the 1980s, he emerged as one of the

neg: Eugene Hughes (snooker player) Eugene Hughes (snooker player) Eugene Hughes (born 4 November 1955) is an Irish snooker player. He reached his highest professional World Ranking of 20 in 1986. In 1985 and the following years 1986 & 1987 he won his only professional titles, as a member of the successful all-Irish team in the World Cup, alongside Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor. He reached two ranking semi-finals: the 1984 Jameson International and the 1986 BCE International. He qualified for the World Championship five times, including three successive years from 1985–1987, reaching the second round in 1986,beating David Taylor at the Crucible and losing

neg: 2017/2018 Ronnie O'Sullivan snooker season tables document all matches that took place as part of WPBSA sanctioned tournaments that Ronnie O'Sullivan entered in the 2017/2018 snooker season. The following table chronicles all the main tour matches of O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan played both singles and doubles representing Great Britain in the WPBSA sanctioned non-ranking CVB Snooker Challenge. The following records do not contain any non-tour matches. O'Sullivan began the season ranked no. 14 on the world ranking list. Following his UK Championship victory, he climbed to world no. 2 and remained there for the rest of the season. Despite winning five world ranking titles O'Sullivan finished the

neg: Paul Collier (snooker referee) 2011, with the additional opportunity to work as a Tournament Director and as one of only three assessors of professional referees. In June 2015 he refereed the final of the 2015 World Cup, played in Wuxi, China and won by China B. In 2016 he refereed the final of the 2016 World Snooker Championship between Mark Selby and Ding Junhui. Paul Collier (snooker referee) Paul Collier (born 30 July 1970 in Newport, Wales) is a Welsh snooker referee who has overseen two World Snooker Championship finals. Born in Newport, Wales, Collier began refereeing on the professional snooker circuit in 1992.

neg: Mark Williams (snooker player) Mark Williams (snooker player) Mark James Williams, (born 21 March 1975) is a Welsh professional snooker player who is a three-time World Champion, winning in 2000, 2003, and 2018. As the current World Champion, he is due to defend his title at the 2019 World Snooker Championship in April/May 2019. Aged 43 when he triumphed in May 2018, he became the second oldest winner of the World Championship at the Crucible (Ray Reardon was the oldest winner in 1978, aged 45). Often noted for his single-ball long potting ability, Williams has earned the nickname "The Welsh Potting Machine". Williams has

neg: Glen Wilkinson to compete, where he had moderate success reaching a world ranking of No. 91. Returning to Australia in 1990, he was runner-up in the Australian Open Championship in 1998 with the tournament now being held in Sydney each year. His next tournament win came in 1999 when he won the Rooty Hill Masters, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) South Pacific Snooker Championship and The New South Wales (NSW) Open Snooker Championship. In 2000 he successfully defended both his Rooty Hill Masters and The NSW Open Championship titles. He won The NSW Open Championship again in 2001, 2002

neg: Snooker season 2016/2017 Snooker season 2016/2017 The 2016/2017 snooker season was a series of professional snooker tournaments played between 5 May 2016 and 1 May 2017. The number of ranking events has been increased in 2016/17, with a target of 20 ranking events in 2017/18. According to the World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn, total prize money for the World Snooker Tour in 2016/17 hit £10 million for the first time ever. The trophy for the Masters was renamed the Paul Hunter trophy in perpetuity, in memory of the three-time Masters champion who died in 2006. The Snooker Shoot-Out became a ranking event for

neg: Pankaj Advani final). On 14 August 2014, Advani helped win the first ever World Team Billiards Championship held in Glasgow, Scotland, along with Rupesh Shan, Devendra Joshi and Ashok Shandilya. On 2nd February 2017, Pankaj Advani won his 29th National Championship Title at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune, India. This gave him a 39 match-winning streak. Overall, as of 2017 Advani had won 60 titles: 19 world titles; 8 Asian titles; 2 Asian Games titles; 1 Australian Open title and 30 national titles. Pankaj Advani, on international competitive debut in the discipline, won the IBSF World Snooker Championship (i.e. the World

neg: Paddy Morgan Paddy Morgan Paddy Morgan (born 7 January 1943) is an Australian former professional snooker player from Ardoyne, Belfast. He was a prominent and successful player of both snooker and English billiards during the 1960s and 1970s. Morgan attended St Gabriels Boys Intermediate School growing up. A keen player of Gaelic Football, he had a trial for Belfast Schoolboys in 1957. It was during this period that he first played Billiards and soon after, Snooker. Paddy had his best year as an amateur in 1967, winning two All Ireland titles. In 1968, Morgan represented Ireland in the World Amateur Snooker Championship,

neg: Mike Dunn (snooker player) his highest position since 2011. Dunn usually practises in The Hartlepool Snooker Centre. He is also involved in promotions work for World Snooker, and was in the presentation party at the final of the 2007 UK Championship. Mike Dunn (snooker player) Mike Dunn (born 20 November 1971 in Middlesbrough, England) is an English professional snooker player who currently lives in Redcar. Having first turned professional in 1991, Dunn has been ranked within the top 64 players in the world since 2002, reaching his highest ranking, at 32nd, in October 2010. He has enjoyed the best form of his career since

neg: Jamie O'Neill (snooker player) Jamie O'Neill (snooker player) Jamie O'Neill is an English former professional snooker player who lives in Wellingborough. O'Neill began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2003, at the time the second-level professional tour. He qualified for the 2007/2008 Main Tour by finishing 6th in the International Open Series Order of Merit. He won the sixth of eight events, beating Ashley Wright 6–2 in the final at Prestatyn. O'Neill has also won two significant amateur titles, the 2003 European Under-19 Championship and the 2006 English Open Championship. O'Neill reclaimed his place on the professional Main Tour by finishing sixth

neg: World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association also criticised by several of the game's leading figures. WPBSA's commercial interests are managed by IMG, which also own Trans World International, who produce the game's coverage for the BBC. In 2015, the Association submitted an unsuccessful bid for snooker to be played at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Another bid has been put forward for Paris 2024 through a newly formed branch of the association, the World Snooker Federation. The current Chairman is Jason Ferguson who was elected in 2015. Previous Presidents include Jeffrey Archer. The body has received criticism in the late 2000s. John Higgins has been

neg: United States National Snooker Championship United States National Snooker Championship The United States National Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition played in the USA and is the highest ranking amateur event in the USA. The competition was established in 1991 and was won by Tom Kollins, who currently holds the record for most championship wins, having won the title again in 1992, 1998, 1999 and 2001. Both the winner and runner-up are automatically selected to represent the United States in the following IBSF World Snooker Championship. The championship is currently held by New York's Ahmed Aly Elsayed, who won his fourth title at the

neg: 1985 Masters (snooker) 3 February gave Cliff Thorburn his second Masters title defeating Doug Mountjoy 9-6 in the final, and he became the second player to win two Masters titles. Defending champion Jimmy White was the number 1 seed with World Champion Steve Davis seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Willie Thorne was making his debut in the Masters. Total: 1 1985 Masters (snooker) The 1985 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 January and 3 February 1985 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London,

neg: 1987 Masters (snooker) the competition, when he played Joe Johnson. Cliff Thorburn failed to make it three Masters titles in row, when he lost 5–6 to Dennis Taylor in the semi-final. The highest break of the tournament was 136 made by Jimmy White. Defending champion Cliff Thorburn was the number 1 seed with World Champion Joe Johnson seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings. Neal Foulds was making his debut in the Masters. Total: 7 1987 Masters (snooker) The 1987 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 January

neg: 1999 Masters (snooker) 1999 Masters (snooker) The 1999 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7 and 14 February 1999 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The wild-card matches were extended from 9 to 11 frames. John Higgins defeated Ken Doherty 10–8 in the final to win his first Masters title. He had also won the World title (where he also defeated Doherty) and UK title within the last year, meaning that he now held all 3 Triple Crown titles simultaneously. Defending champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed with World Champion John

neg: Stephen Lee (snooker player) Stephen Lee (snooker player) Stephen Lee (born 12 October 1974) is an English former professional snooker player. He turned professional in 1992 and was ranked in the top 16 between the 1997/1998 and 2007/2008 snooker seasons, reaching a career-high of fifth in the rankings. He won four ranking titles between 1998 and 2006, reached the semi-finals of the 2003 World Championship and the final of the 2008 Masters. Thereafter, his form declined dramatically and as a result he dropped out of the top 16 after a run of eleven consecutive seasons, meaning he would no longer automatically qualify for tournaments.

neg: The King of Snooker The King of Snooker The King of Snooker (Traditional Chinese: ) is a TVB television drama miniseries revolving around the sport of snooker in Hong Kong. It was originally broadcast by the network in 2009, from 30 March through 24 April, and subsequently re-released on DVD in several translations. World champion snooker player Yau Yat Kiu (Adam Cheng) takes everyone by surprise when he suddenly retires from the snooker world. This comes as a huge disappointment to his daughter Yau Ka Kan (Niki Chow), who has always wanted to follow in his footsteps. She feels bewildered too, for although Kiu

neg: Tammy Cantoni sports titles include: Australian 8-Ball champion (International Rules) Tammy Cantoni Tammy Cantoni (born 25 August 1972) is an Australian semi-professional pool and snooker player. She won the National championships in women's divisions in snooker (2004) and nine-ball (8 times from 1995 to 2009). She was the runner-up in the 2009 open (mixed-gender) division of the Australian Nine-ball Championship and in 2010 was listed 56th in the World Pool Billiard Association women rankings. Cantoni, who began playing pool at age 8, began tournament competition at age 19, and won the first local tournament she ever entered. She went on to win

neg: Mark Williams (snooker player) MBE in June 2004. Mark Williams (snooker player) Mark James Williams, (born 21 March 1975) is a Welsh professional snooker player who is a three-time World Champion, winning in 2000, 2003, and 2018. As the current World Champion, he is due to defend his title at the 2019 World Snooker Championship in April/May 2019. Aged 43 when he triumphed in May 2018, he became the second oldest winner of the World Championship at the Crucible (Ray Reardon was the oldest winner in 1978, aged 45). Often noted for his single-ball long potting ability, Williams has earned the nickname "The Welsh

neg: ABSF African Snooker Championships currently held by Mohamed Ibrahim who defeated Mostafa Dorgham 6–1 in the final of the 2018 championship. The ABSF African Snooker Championship has been criticised for being perceived as one of the weakest amateur events in world snooker with the tour card winner from the championship often struggling on the World Snooker Tour. Both 2013 runner-up Khaled Belaid Abumdas and 2015 champion Hatem Yassen failed to win a single match in the two years each of them spent on the world tour. 2012 runner-up Mohamed Khairy also struggled only managing to win two matches during his time on the world

neg: 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship is an amateur snooker tournament due to take place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in Hurghada, Egypt. It will be the 41st edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. The men's tournament was won by Pankaj Advani of India who won his second IBSF World Snooker Championship, defeating 2013 runner-up Zhao Xintong 8–6 in the final. Wendy Jans won the women's tournament by defeating Anastasia Nechaeva 5–1 in

neg: English billiards 1933 until his retirement in 1950. The game remains popular in the UK, although it has been eclipsed by snooker. The first governing body of the game, the English Billiards Association, was formed in the UK in 1885, a period that saw a number of sporting bodies founded across the British sporting world. By the mid-20th century, the principal sanctioning body was the Billiards Association and Control Council (later the Billiards and Snooker Control Council). In the 19th century and up through the mid-1950s, a common way for championship titles to change hands was by a "challenge match". A challenge

neg: Jimmy Michie tip, which Michie helped him re-attach. The tight-knit pro snooker world involves Michie in other ways, as of early 2007 he is in physical training to prepare for charity marathons to raise funds for the anti-cancer foundation that is the legacy of now-deceased fellow pro Paul Hunter. Jimmy Michie Jimmy Michie (pronounced "Mickey"; born 4 August 1971) is an English former professional snooker player from Pontefract, Yorkshire, and a two-time WPBSA ranking tournament semi-finalist, who has also reached the World Snooker Championship. Michie has been described as "charismatic" by the snooker press. In the 2006/2007 season Michie was ranked only

neg: World Snooker Championship 2007 (video game) "Compared to the Xbox 360 game, this PS3 iteration has borne the brunt of the ugly stick." before scoring the game with a 7.2/10. Keza MacDonald of "EuroGamer" reviewed the game, but scored the game at 6/10. MacDonald stated that the game was similar to existing titles, and that there were only marginal upgrades to the previous games in the series calling it "hardly an advancement over its predecessors". MacDonald also commented "...it's snooker (and pool, and billiards) by numbers, with none of the realistic-looking players or visual authenticity or visible effort of its golf, table tennis or basketball compatriots

neg: Power Snooker Power Snooker Power Snooker is a variant of the cue sport snooker, first played competitively in July 2010 in the United Kingdom. The promoter of World snooker, Barry Hearn, stated Power Snooker is "designed to be faster and more exciting" than the traditional format of snooker. Players compete in time-limited based on total points scored, instead of number of won. Power Snooker uses nine red balls, which are continually re-racked at the end of each frame until the end of the match. Total match play lasts for a fixed 30 minutes, with the winner being the player who has scored

neg: Power Snooker the most points overall, irrespective of frames. A 20-second shot clock is imposed on each shot, while additional variants also include power plays, balls and zones, awarding bonus points. The first tournament using the Power Snooker format was played at The O in London on 30 October 2010. Eight players competed for a first prize of £35,000. The format has been sanctioned by, but organised and promoted independently from the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) which organises the traditional format of snooker. Barry Hearn stated the hope "that Power Snooker will emulate the success of Twenty20 cricket as

neg: 1950/1951 News of the World Snooker Tournament beaten Sydney Lee 21–16 in their final match. 1950/1951 News of the World Snooker Tournament The 1950/1951 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the "News of the World". The tournament was won by Alec Brown who won all his 7 matches, finishing ahead of John Pulman who won 5 matches. The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50 to 1959. The 1950/51 event was a round-robin snooker tournament and was played from 9 October 1950 to 20 January 1951. All matches were played at Leicester Square Hall in London. There were

neg: 1950/1951 News of the World Snooker Tournament 1950/1951 News of the World Snooker Tournament The 1950/1951 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the "News of the World". The tournament was won by Alec Brown who won all his 7 matches, finishing ahead of John Pulman who won 5 matches. The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50 to 1959. The 1950/51 event was a round-robin snooker tournament and was played from 9 October 1950 to 20 January 1951. All matches were played at Leicester Square Hall in London. There were 8 competitors and a total of 28 matches.

neg: 1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament 1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament The 1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the "News of the World". The tournament was won by Sidney Smith who won 6 of his 8 matches. He finished ahead of Albert Brown who also won 6 matches but won one fewer frame overall. The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50 to 1959. The 1951/52 event was a round-robin snooker tournament and was played from 10 September 1951 to 19 January 1952. All matches were played at Leicester Square Hall in London. There

neg: Snooker his title in 2013, O'Sullivan became the first player to successfully defend the world championship since 1996 when Hendry won the sixth of his seven titles, his fifth in a row, and then later by Mark Selby in 2017. Snooker Snooker (, ) is a cue sport which originated among British Army officers stationed in India in the later half of the 19th century. It is played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth, or baize, with pockets at each of the four corners and in the middle of each long side. Using a cue and 22 coloured

neg: Kelly Fisher Kelly Fisher Kelly Fisher (born 25 August 1978) is an English professional pool and snooker player. Fisher grew up in South Elmsall, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire. She learned to play pool in her parents' pub and took up snooker when she was 13. By the age of 21, she had been ranked No. 1 for two consecutive seasons. Fisher won three successive Ladies World Snooker Championship between 1998 and 2000, and won the title again in 2002 and 2003. In 2001, she won four successive tournaments in the ladies' divisions – the British Open, Belgian Open, LG Cup titles and

neg: 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's The 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 19 November to 29 November 2016 in Doha, Qatar. It was the 42nd edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. 119 players representing 52 nations and sovereign states competed in the tournament including 2015 champion, Pankaj Advani who declined his invitation to join the professional World Snooker Tour and as such was able to compete in this year's tournament. Advani however he was defeated in the

neg: Pankaj Advani Amateur Snooker Championship) on 25 October 2003 in Jiangmen, China. He was 18 years old, and became the youngest Indian to win the title, his first world title. A decade later, as a 28-year-old, at the IBSF World 6-Red World Snooker Championship in Sharm-El-Sheik, Egypt, he won one of the amateur world titles (on debut in the short format). As a new player on the tour, Advani would need to win four matches to reach the main stage of the ranking events. He did this in just his fourth attempt, when qualifying for the International Championship. He defeated Craig Steadman

neg: 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship is an amateur snooker tournament due to take place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in Hurghada, Egypt. It will be the 41st edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. The men's tournament was won by Pankaj Advani of India who won his second IBSF World Snooker Championship, defeating 2013 runner-up Zhao Xintong 8–6 in the final. Wendy Jans won the women's tournament by defeating Anastasia Nechaeva 5–1 in the final. This victory was Jans fourth