Snooker
Important Facts
Tournaments
The tournament has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield (England) since 1977, and was sponsored by Embassy from 1976 to 2005.
In January 2006 the World Snooker Championship announced that the 2006-2010 World championships would be sponsored by online casino 888.com.
The categories of tournaments that follow in importance are the ranking tournaments. A high ranking ensures qualification for next year's tournaments.
Third in line are the invitational tournaments, to which most of the highest ranked players are invited. The most important tournament in this category is The Masters.
Notable players:
Snooker world rankings 2005/2006
| Ranking |
Name |
Nationality |
| 1 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan |
England |
| 2 |
Stephen Hendry |
Scotland |
| 3 |
Stephen Maguire |
Scotland |
| 4 |
Matthew Stevens |
Wales |
| 5 |
Paul Hunter |
England |
| 6 |
John Higgins |
Scotland |
| 7 |
Peter Ebdon |
England |
| 8 |
Jimmy White |
England |
| 9 |
Mark Williams |
Wales |
| 10 |
Stephen Lee |
England |
| 11 |
Ken Doherty |
Ireland |
| 12 |
Alan McManus |
Scotland |
| 13 |
Graeme Dott |
Scotland |
| 14 |
Joe Perry |
England |
| 15 |
Steve Davis |
England |
| 16 |
Ian McCulloch |
England |
| 17 |
Anthony Hamilton |
England |
| 18 |
Barry Pinches |
England |
| 19 |
Allister Carter |
England |
| 20 |
Mark King |
England |
| 21 |
Shaun Murphy |
England |
| 22 |
David Gray |
England |
| 23 |
Michael Holt |
England |
| 24 |
Marco Fu |
Hong Kong |
| 25 |
Robert Milkins |
England |
| 26 |
Nigel Bond |
England |
| 27 |
Neil Robertson |
Australia |
| 28 |
John Parrott |
England |
| 29 |
Barry Hawkins |
England |
| 30 |
Andy Hicks |
England |
| 31 |
James Wattana |
Thailand |
| 32 |
Ryan Day |
Wales |
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