| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 16 April–2 May 2005 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Highest break | 147 |
| Final | |
| Champion | Shaun Murphy |
| Runner-up | Matthew Stevens |
| Score | 18–16 |
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The 2005 Embassy World Snooker Championship professional ranking snooker tournament took place between 16 April and 2 May 2005 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England.
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 11–13 against Peter Ebdon
Shaun Murphy won his first ranking title, by beating Matthew Stevens by 18 frames to 16 in the final.
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| Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 1 May & 2 May 2005. Referee: Eirian Williams.[33] | ||
| Shaun Murphy England |
18–16 | Matthew Stevens Wales |
| 67–30, 0–98, 20–103, 68–55, 29–65, 22–65, 76–34, 46-56-, 53–58, 38–70, 125–0, 79–6, 24–105, 5–86, 103–9, 58–68, 78–22, 84–11, 5–64, 80–60, 137–0, 64–57, 20–88, 131–1, 72–35, 0–95, 81–4, 68–37, 1–83, 85–35, 0–124, 1–71, 97–0, 83–28 | 4 Century Breaks (3 for Shaun Murphy), 1 for Matthew Stevens. Highest break 137, by Shaun Murphy |
67–30, 0–98, 20–103, 68–55, 29–65, 22–65, 76–34, 46–56, 53–58, 38–70, 125–0, 79–6, 24–105, 5–86, 103–9, 58–68, 78–22, 84–11, 5–64, 80–60, 137–0, 64–57, 20–88, 131–1, 72–35, 0–95, 81–4, 68–37, 1–83, 85–35, 0–124, 1–71, 97–0, 83–28 |
| Shaun Murphy wins the 2005 Embassy World Snooker Championship | ||
The matches were played at Pontin's, Prestatyn Sandys in February and March 2005.
Stuart Mann 10–8 Liu Song
Justin Astley 10–9 Steve James
Hugh Abernethy 10–6 Matthew Selt
Ben Woollaston 10–6 Mark Joyce
Lee Spick 10–5 David Gilbert
Craig Steadman 10–9 Kurt Maflin
There were 63 centuries in the 2005 World Snooker Championship.[1]
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