World Championship

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The World Championship is the most prestigious annual professional snooker tournament, regarded as the sport’s premier title and season finale.

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World Championship canonical 2

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instanceOf snooker tournament
world championship
alsoKnownAs World Snooker Championship
surface form: Snooker World Championship

World Championship
broadcaster BBC Sport
Eurosport
broadcastIn United Kingdom
competitionFormat knockout tournament
country England
countryOfTelevisionOrigin United Kingdom
finalMatchFormat best of 35 frames
firstChampion Joe Davis
firstEditionLocation Birmingham
frequency annual
genderCategory open
governingBody World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
governingBodyHeadquarters Bristol
governingBodyPredecessor Billiards Association and Control Council
hasQualifyingVenue English Institute of Sport, Sheffield
inception 1927
location Crucible Theatre
Sheffield
notableChampion John Higgins
Ray Reardon
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Stephen Hendry
Steve Davis
numberOfPlayersInMainDraw 32
organizer World Snooker Tour
partOf Triple Crown of Snooker
prize winner’s trophy
world ranking points
qualificationProcess qualifying tournament
rankingStatus highest ranking points event in snooker season
roleInSeason season finale
rules official snooker rules
significance most prestigious event in professional snooker
snooker world title
sport snooker
status professional tournament
surface baize snooker table
timeOfYear April–May
trophyName World Championship trophy
typeOfRankingEvent ranking tournament
typicalDuration 17 days
venueSince Crucible Theatre since 1977

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World Snooker Tour includes World Championship
World Championship alsoKnownAs World Championship
subject surface form: World Snooker Championship