The 2025 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2025 Cazoo World Snooker Championship) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament to be held from 19 April to 5 May 2025.[1] It will be the 49th consecutive edition of the World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 April – 5 May 2025 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Defending champion |  Kyren Wilson (ENG) |
← 2024 | |
Kyren Wilson will be the defending champion, having defeated Jak Jones in the 2024 final.[2]
Background
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The final of the first World Snooker Championship took place in 1927 at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England, and was won by Joe Davis.[3][4] Staged annually until 1940, the tournament was not held from 1941–45 due to World War II and went into decline in the post-war era; the 1952 event was contested by only two players and was replaced by the World Professional Match-play Championship, which was also discontinued in 1957. Joe Davis won the first 15 World Championships, held from 1927 to 1946, and is the only undefeated player in the tournament's history.[5]
Revived on a challenge basis in 1964, the World Championship reverted to an annual knockout tournament in 1969, which marked the beginning of the championship's "modern era".[6][7] The 1977 tournament was the first staged at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, where it has remained since.[8][9] Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan are the most successful players in the World Championship's modern era, each having won the title seven times.[10] Hendry is the tournament's youngest winner, having captured his first title in 1990, aged 21 years and 106 days.[11] O'Sullivan is the oldest winner, having secured his seventh title in 2022, aged 46 years and 168 days.[12]
The 2025 event (officially the 2025 Cazoo World Snooker Championship) will be organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored for the third time by car retailer Cazoo.[1] It will mark the 49th consecutive year that the tournament has been held at the Crucible, and the 57th successive year that the World Championship had been contested through the modern knockout format.[9][13][14] Kyren Wilson will be the defending champion, having defeated Jak Jones 18–14 in the 2024 final to win his first world title.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Kane, Desmond (6 May 2024). "World Snooker Championship recap - Kyren Wilson wins world title with tense victory over Jak Jones". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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- ^ Turner, Chris (2008). "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Joe Davis, a snooker champion who retired unbeaten, Was 77". The New York Times. 11 July 1978. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ Nunns, Hector; Hendon, David. "Full history". WPBSA. Archived from the original on 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ Wright, Joe (30 April 2023). "Who has won the most World Snooker Championship titles? Hendry, O'Sullivan, Davis and the players with the most trophies". The Sporting News. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Cazoo World Championship". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ a b "World Snooker Championship in Sheffield". Sheffield City Council. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ Sutcliffe, Steve (3 May 2022). "World Snooker Championship 2022: Ronnie O'Sullivan plays down record-equalling seventh title". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Millington, Sarah (2 February 2024). "Looking back to 1990: when Stephen Hendry became a snooker champion". News and Star. Archived from the original on 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ Hammer, Chris (22 January 2024). "Ronnie O'Sullivan's career statistics and records as he targets an eighth World Snooker Championship title at the Crucible". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "History of the World Snooker Championship". World Snooker Tour. 2 March 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2024.