Gold content ranking of snooker events
World championships:
Snooker World Championship is the oldest snooker tournament. 1926, the first tournament was held under the joint promotion of joe davis, a famous snooker player, and Bill Kamkin, a good friend. In the past decades, the venue has undergone many changes. Now the venue of the World Championships is the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The World Snooker Championship is the highest level event in the world today, regardless of its influence, bonus scale or professional ranking points.
British Championship:
The British Championship Snooker Championship, which started at 1977, is one of the oldest events in professional snooker. The venue is Barbican Center in Yorkshire. Initially, only players from the British Isles were allowed to participate in the British Championship. It was not until 1980 that it began to open to other professional players in the world. In the 33rd British Championship held in the past, O 'Sullivan, nicknamed "Rocket", won the championship with seven times, followed by veteran Steve Davis OBE with six times.
Wembley Masters:
Friends familiar with football must be familiar with Wembley. The annual FA Cup is held at Wembley Stadium. Wembley Masters is also named after the venue and held at Wembley Convention Center in London, England. This tournament started at 1975, and its history is even longer than that of the British Championship.
2022 world snooker championship system;
The three major snooker competitions include the World Championship, the British Championship and the Masters. The World Championship and the British Championship belong to the ranking tournament, while the Masters belongs to the invitational tournament.
New rules: After the World Championships, the top 16 seed players in the world will enter the competition directly, and the remaining 16 places will be decided through the qualifying competition. The rules of the qualifiers are similar to those of the World Championships. 1 12 professional players and 16 invite wild card players to compete for the official quota of 16.
Old rules: no qualifying matches, parallel draw, all players must start from the first round, which is no different from other ranking matches.