Major Snooker Tournaments

August 9th, 2009 by Norton Legg

by Norton Legg

Whether you are a serious fan of Snooker or just a casual observer who appreciates the tremendous skill of professional snooker players, you need to know where these masters of the cue can be found.

While you can find a game of snooker being played just about anywhere in the world, from pubs to area tournaments, which draw amateur as well as professional players, the following tournaments are really where its at for those major players.

Considered by all to be the most important and prestigious snooker tournament in the world, the Embassy World Championship which has been held since 1927 (except during the Second World War years of 1939 to 1945), in England. The tournament was held in 1977 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield where it remained for almost thirty years. This tournament and, indeed snooker itself, was dominated by Joe Davis, who won the tournament a record 15 times.

When Joe Davis left, his place was taken over by his brother Fred Davis, who continued the family reign, winning the tournament numerous times. Unfortunately, due to waning public interest in the game, the tournament was cancelled between 1958 and 1963. The tournament was then revived in 1964 and once again took its place as the most prestigious snooker tournament in the world. It was confirmed in 1009 that the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield would remain as the venue for the Embassy World Championship until at least 2014.

Following on from the Embassy World Championship are the ranking tournaments which are used to determine professional player rankings for seeding position at the major tournaments. Success at the ranking tournaments is important because of the third ranking tier of snooker tournaments, the Invitationals.

There are a considerable number of invitational tournaments, and only the best snooker players are invited. The Masters Tournament is considered to be the most prestigious of the invitational tournaments.

The Masters, first held in London in 1975, offers more prize money to the professional snooker player than any other tournament except for the Embassy World Championship. Only the best players are invited to exhibit their talents in this tournament.

Snooker is a game that requires a great amount of skill, patience and cunning, the best players of course being extremely talented. For a fan who appreciates these attributes, they only need to attend one of the tournaments that we have spoken about here today.

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