- for darts tournament see Welsh Open (darts)
The Welsh Open is a professional snooker tournament. The World Snooker Championship, currently held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of Snooker 's annual calendar and The UK Championship is a professional Snooker tournament generally regarded as the second most prestigious tournament after the World Championship. The China Open (also known as the Star Dragon Woods Villa Cup China Open for sponsorship purposes is a professional Snooker tournament For results from this year's event Shanghai Masters 2008 The Shanghai Masters, also known as the World Snooker Roewe Shanghai The Northern Ireland Trophy is a professional Snooker tournament The Masters (known formally as the Saga Insurance Masters, for sponsorship purposes and for many years the Benson and Hedges Masters) is a professional Pot Black was a UK televised Snooker tournament that played a large part in the popularisation of the modern game The Malta Cup is a professional Snooker tournament that has been on the World Snooker calendar since the 2004/05 season. This is a list of Snooker tournaments Professional tournaments Ranking tournaments This is a list of ranking professional Snooker The Welsh Open is a darts tournament organised by the World Darts Federation and affiliated with the British Darts Organisation which has been staged annually since Snooker is a Cue sport that is played on a large Baize -covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long It is one of a number of ranking tournaments. The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional Snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments It had replaced the Welsh Professional Championship, which started in 1980 and only had Welsh players involved. The Welsh Professional Snooker Championship was a professional Snooker tournament which was open only for Welsh players
The tournament became a ranking tournament in 1992 and brought in overseas players and it was known as the Regal Welsh Open until 2003. The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional Snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments It was played at the Newport Centre as it was with the successor above before moving to the Cardiff International Arena in 1999. For the mall in New Jersey see Newport Centre Mall The Newport Centre is the biggest Leisure centre in the city of Newport in the United It was moved back to Newport in 2005.
The tournament currently takes place in late February and early March. Prize money for 2006 totalled £225,000 ($435,532) with the winner receiving £35,000 ($67,758).
Winners
External links
- World Snooker coverage: 2006, 2005
- Information and results from the Global Snooker Centre: 2006, 2005
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