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The 2024 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 20 April to 6 May 2024. Organised by the World Snooker Tour, it was the 17th and final ranking event of the 2023‍–‍24 season. The tournament's title sponsor was car retailer Cazoo, so the event was promoted as the 2024 Cazoo World Snooker Championship. The tournament was played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England; it was the 48th consecutive World Snooker Championship to be staged at the venue, where it has been held annually since 1977. The qualifying rounds were played from 8 to 17 April at the English Institute of Sport, also in Sheffield. The event was broadcast domestically in the United Kingdom by the BBC, Eurosport and Discovery+, and by other broadcasters worldwide. The winner received £500,000 from a total prize fund of £2,395,000. Kyren Wilson won the event, defeating qualifier Jak Jones 18‍–‍14 in the final and becoming the 28th snooker world champion. On his way to the final, Wilson eliminated Dominic Dale, Joe O'Connor, John Higgins and David Gilbert in the earlier rounds of the tournament. The defending champion was Luca Brecel who had defeated Mark Selby in the 2023 final; Brecel lost in the first round to David Gilbert. As a first-time champion, Brecel was unable to defend his title at the venue and became the 19th player to experience the Crucible curse. There were 63 century breaks compiled in the main stage of the tournament, with a further 122 recorded in the qualifying rounds. Noppon Saengkham made a maximum break in the third round of qualifying. Background The first World Snooker Championship concluded in 1927. It became an annual knockout tournament in 1969, considered the beginning of the championship's "modern era". The 1977 tournament was the first to be staged at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, which has hosted every subsequent iteration. The 2024 event was organised by the World Snooker Tour. The title sponsor was car retailer Cazoo, for the second time, so it was promoted as the 2024 Cazoo World Snooker Championship. It was the 48th consecutive year that the tournament was held at the Crucible, and the 56th successive year that the World Championship had been contested through the modern knockout format. Luca Brecel was the defending champion, having defeated Mark Selby 18‍–‍15 in the 2023 final to win his first world title. At the 2024 event, he attempted to overcome the Crucible curse, which has allegedly prevented any first-time winner from retaining the title since the tournament moved to the Crucible in 1977. His title defence was unsuccessful, as he was defeated in the first round by David Gilbert 10‍–‍9. Format Qualifying took place from 8 to 17 April 2024 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England. A total of 128 players competed over four qualifying rounds for 16 places in the main stage. The players included professionals outside the top 16 of the snooker world rankings and 18 leading amateur players. Several professional players that did not enter the qualifying rounds were replaced by amateurs based on the 2023 Q School Order of Merit. The main stage of the championship was held from 20 April to 6 May at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. The top 16 players in the world rankings were seeded per their standing following the 2024 Tour Championship, and were drawn randomly against the 16 successful qualifiers in the first round. The draw was broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live on 18 April. All qualifying matches and first-round matches were the best of 19 frames, played over two sessions. Second-round matches and quarter-finals were the best of 25 frames, played over three sessions. Semi-finals were the best of 33 frames and the final was the best of 35 frames, played over four sessions. Broadcasters The qualifying matches were broadcast by Discovery+ in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland); Huya in China; and Matchroom.live in all other territories. Round four of qualifying, called "Judgement Day", was also streamed on World Snooker Tour's YouTube and Facebook pages. The main stages of the event were broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom; Discovery+ and Eurosport in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland); CCTV-5, Migu, Youku, and Huya in mainland China; DAZN in the United States and Brazil; Now TV in Hong Kong; Astro SuperSport in Malaysia and Brunei; TrueVisions in Thailand; Sportcast in Taiwan; Premier Sports Network in the Philippines; Fastsports in Pakistan; and Matchroom.live in all other territories. Prize fund The winner of the event received £500,000 from a total prize fund of £2,395,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below: Total: £2,395,000 A bonus of £40,000 was offered for a maximum break made at the Crucible, and £10,000 for a maximum made in the qualifying rounds. These bonuses were in addition to the £15,000 highest break prize and would be shared in the case of multiple maximums. An additional bonus of £147,000 was offered for players who made two maximum breaks during the season's Triple Crown events. The latter bonus could be won up to three times, including multiple times by the same player (e.g. if one player made six maximums in Triple Crown events, they would win £441,000). Prior to the 2024 World Championship, three players had already made maximums that counted toward this bonus—Xu Si made a maximum in the 2023 UK Championship qualifying rounds, and Ding Junhui and Mark Allen each made one at the 2024 Masters. Xu was defeated by Alfie Burden in qualifying, Ding was beaten by Jack Lisowski in the first round, and Allen was defeated by John Higgins in the second round. Summary Qualifying Qualifying was held from 8 to 17 April at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The seven-time champion Stephen Hendry chose not to enter. He had previously opted not to enter the 2022 event, and lost in the first qualifying round at the 2023 event. Martin Gould withdrew from the tournament for health reasons, having not played professionally since December 2023; his opponent, six-time runner-up Jimmy White, received a walkover. Ending the season at 129th and 81st place respectively in the world rankings, Hendry and Gould were both set to be relegated from the professional tour, but Gould was later given a 12‑month extension on medical grounds. First qualification round The first qualifying round took place from 8 to 10 April and featured players ranked 81 to 112 against players ranked 113 and below, plus selected amateurs, including three players that had received two-year tour cards, playing as professionals for the first time beginning in the 2024‍–‍25 season. Liam Davies won the 2024 EBSA European Under-21 Championship to earn his tour card. He defeated Ryan Thomerson 10‍–‍3. Cheung Ka Wai and Bulcsú Révész, aged 17, won the 2024 WSF Open Championship and the 2024 WSF World Junior Championship respectively for their tour cards. Cheung l.... Discover the David Womersley John Brown popular books. Find the top 100 most popular David Womersley John Brown books.