UK Championship

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The UK Championship is one of professional snooker’s most prestigious ranking tournaments and a key event in the sport’s Triple Crown.

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UK Championship canonical 3
UK Snooker Championship 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ranking event
snooker tournament
alsoKnownAs UK Championship
surface form: UK Snooker Championship
broadcasterUK BBC Sport
Eurosport
category professional snooker tournament
continent Europe
country United Kingdom
currentEligibility open to all professional players
firstHeld 1977
format knockout
formerVenue Bournemouth International Centre
surface form: Conference Centre, Bournemouth

Preston Guild Hall
surface form: Guild Hall, Preston

The International Centre Telford
surface form: International Centre, Telford
frequency annual
governingBody World Snooker Tour
governingBodyHistory World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
surface form: WPBSA
governingBodyType professional snooker
location York
locationHistory Grand Opera House, York
surface form: Barbican Centre, York

Bournemouth
Preston
Telford
York
notableChampion Ding Junhui
John Higgins
Mark Williams
Neil Robertson
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Stephen Hendry
Steve Davis
organiser World Snooker Tour
surface form: World Snooker
originalEligibility UK and Commonwealth players only
partOf Triple Crown of Snooker
prizeFund one of the highest in snooker
rankingStatus ranking event since 1984
recordHolderMostTitles Ronnie O’Sullivan
significance one of snooker’s Triple Crown events
one of snooker’s most prestigious events
sport snooker
status active
tripleCrownPeer Masters
World Snooker Championship
type ranking tournament
typicalMonthPlayed December
November
venue York Barbican

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Snooker Tour includes UK Championship
WST organizes UK Championship
UK Championship alsoKnownAs UK Championship
this entity surface form: UK Snooker Championship