2024 World Snooker Championship

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The 2024 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2024 Cazoo 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, and was sponsored for the second time by Cazoo. Staged at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, the tournament was the 48th consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the venue, where it has taken place 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 various 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 to become the 28th snooker world champion. The defending champion, Luca Brecel, who had defeated...

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