2016 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates	16 April–2 May 2016
Venue	Crucible Theatre
City	Sheffield
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£1,500,100
Winner's share	£330,000
Final
Champion
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The 2016 Betfred World Snooker Championship is a professional snooker tournament that will take place from 16 April to 2 May 2016 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.^[1] It is the 40th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship has been held at the Crucible and the tenth and last ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.

Stuart Bingham is the defending champion.

Tournament summary

Seeding and qualifying rounds

The top 16 seeds automatically qualify for the last 32. Defending champion Stuart Bingham is seeded 1, while other seeded places will be allocated based on the latest world rankings. All the other players (17-144) will start in the first round of qualifying.

Prize fund

The total prize money of the event was raised to £1,500,100 from the previous year's £1,364,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[2]

Winner: £330,000
Runner-up: £137,500
Semi-final: £66,000
Quarter-final: £33,000
Last 16: £22,000
Last 32: £13,250
Last 48: £9,900
Last 80: £6,600

Non-televised highest break: £
Televised highest break: £
Total: £1,500,100

Main draw

Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Best of 19 frames

Best of 25 frames

Best of 33 frames

April

Stuart Bingham (1)

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April

Mark Selby (2)

Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 1 & 2 May. Referee: .
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	Match time: Average frame time: Century breaks: Highest break by : Highest break by :
wins the 2016 World Snooker Championship

Qualifying

The 3 qualifying rounds will take place between 6 and 13 April 2016 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. All matches are best of 19 frames.

Round 1


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Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

References

↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/betfred-world-championship-2016/
↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Click-here-for-the-schedule.pdf
↑ "Marathon Man Rees King Of Europe". European Billiards and Snooker Association – Snooker Database. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

World Snooker Championship

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