What Is The Next Major Snooker Tournament? | Hamilton Billiards Snooker Blog

The 2023 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2023 Cazoo World Snooker Championship)is the next major upcoming professional snooker tournament. This annual, prestigious tournament is snooker’s most important event, and one of the highlights of the sporting calendar.

This year it will be held from 15th April to the 1st May 2023 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, renowned for its unique and intense atmosphere. Having been staged here since 1977 it will bethe 47th consecutive year for the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible.

The 2023 World Snooker Tournament will be the final ranking tournament of the 2022–23 snooker season. Where for 17 days, the very best on the planet go through a test of endurance, skill, and mental toughness with an ultimate goal: to lift snooker’s most famous and coveted trophy.

Ronnie O'Sullivan will be the defending champion, having won his seventh world title at the 2022 event, where he defeated Judd Trump 18–13 in the final. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan have been the most successful participants at the World Championship in the modern era, with both players having won the title seven times each.

The World Snooker Championship has been running since 1927 and is steeped in history, from the days of Joe Davis, through the 1980s when snooker became the biggest sport in Britain, to the modern era when greats such as Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Hendry have graced the green baize.

You can watch the tournament on the BBC which broadcasts the event to nearly 500 million people worldwide.

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