World Snooker

World Snooker involves the participation of snooker players from all over the world. The prestige of claiming the title of World Snooker Champion is one distinction that snooker players can carry with them for the rest of their lives. Just like other sports that have championship rankings, the competition for the Best Snooker Player of the Year is determined by the World Snooker Association, or the WSA, according to the players’ performances in the World Snooker Championship.

Every year, the top contenders from the World Snooker organization come together to fight it out in the snooker arena to determine who is the best player of the year. Held in Sheffield, England at the Crucible Theater, the World Championship Snooker competition attracts many top snooker players from around the globe as well as numerous snooker fans. Since the Snooker World Championship is considered the biggest and the most prestigious of all the tournaments in the world, it is no wonder why it is such a major draw for these people. This championship also offers the biggest prize money and it has the greatest effect on the players’ positions on the world rankings.

The top players who have won one or more of World Snooker championships titles have all gone down in history as some of the greatest players the sport has ever seen. Among the more popular world snooker champions that people may still reminisce about, Joe Davis is probably one of the most unforgettable. Joe Davis is actually the first ever world champion for the tournament and he has won the title for a total of 15 years. This Englishman set the standards and the pace for future champions, and he remains one of the best World snooker champions in history.

Another notable world snooker champ is Stephen Hendry. This Scottish player dominated the world snooker ranks in his heydays and kept the phrase “Jimmy White World Snooker Championship Winner” from becoming a reality in 1990, then again from 1992 to 1994. He is also one of the snooker players that managed to stay number one on the world rankings for a very long time, eight years straight. The 2006 World Snooker Champion was Graeme Dott, also a Scottish player.

For fans of the sport and the championship game, they can now enjoy a portable simulation of this prestigious tournament with the World Snooker Championship mobile game for mobile phones as well as for consoles like the PS2 and the PS3.