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World Snooker Championship

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Let an agent explain the World Snooker Championship and its format, relay results, champions and records from official sources, describe its history and venue, and support following the event.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the World Snooker Championship and its format, relay results, champions and records from official sources, describe its history and venue, and support following the event.

The most prestigious professional snooker tournament, held annually since 1927 and at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield since 1977, contested over seventeen days by thirty-two players in long-format knockout matches culminating in a best-of-35-frames final, organised by the World Snooker Tour and World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association; the championship carries the largest prize fund and ranking points in the sport and is widely broadcast.

What it is for: The premier snooker championship.

It can be explain format; relay results and champions; describe history and venue; support following the event.

Distinguishing features

Long-format knockout

Seventeen days

Crucible venue

Largest ranking event

What it looks like

Not physical; an annual tournament.

How it is recognised

World title in professional snooker

Crucible Theatre since 1977

The Masters and UK Championship are other Triple Crown events

Related models

is a kind of - category

snooker tournament

is related to - another championship entry

KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships for women

is related to - theatre venues

hall

is related to - televised sport

broadcasting

In practice

Families and kinds

editions by year

qualifying rounds

the Crucible era

pre-Crucible history

records and notable matches

Standards and regulation

World Snooker Tour and WPBSA rules

Ranking and prize money regulations

Anti-doping and integrity rules

Failure modes and hazards

Outdated results

Confusing with other snooker events

Unofficial sources

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand The championship.

Format.

Format

Format and qualification.

Format

Format.

  1. How is the World Snooker Championship structured, from qualifying to the final, and how have match lengths changed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the current edition? action

Venue

The Crucible.

Venue

Venue.

  1. Why is the Crucible Theatre significant, and what debates exist about the venue future, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Results Champions and records.

Records.

Champions

Champions.

Champions

Champions.

  1. Who has won the championship, and which players hold the most titles, according to official records? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific player? action

Records

Records and notable matches.

Records

Records.

  1. Which records, maximum breaks and matches are notable in championship history? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Follow Following the event.

Practice.

Watch

Watching and attending.

Watch

Watching.

  1. How can the championship be watched or attended, and where are schedules published? provenance
  2. Which entry fits snooker broadcasting? action

Rules

Rules of snooker.

Rules

Rules.

  1. Which rules of snooker apply, and how is scoring done? provenance
  2. Which entry fits snooker? action
Learn History and context.

Context.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did the championship develop from 1927 through the boom of the 1980s to the present? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of snooker? action

Teach

Context.

Teach

Context.

  1. How is the championship placed within the professional snooker calendar and rankings? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each edition be a separate entry?
  • How should official results be linked?
  • How should venue debates be attributed?