The 2017 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 15 April to 1 May 2017 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 19th and final ranking e
Fergal O'Brien won the longest frame in the modern era of snooker, which lasted for more than two hours, to reach the main competition.
Rory McLeod defeated second seed Judd Trump in the first round.
Stephen Maguire reached the last eight for the first time since 2012, the only unseeded player to progress to the quarter-finals.
Barry Hawkins reached the World Championship semi-finals for the fourth time in five years.
The 2018 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament held from 21 April to 7 May 2018 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Hosted by the World Professional Billiards and
2017 World Snooker Championship
…7–10 to Stuart Carrington in his third qualifying match and missed the knockout stage for only the second time since 1996. Williams qualified at the following year's event, where he defeated John Higgins 18–16 in the final to win his third world title. The deciding frame of the third-round qualifying match between Fergal…
During the qualifying rounds, Liang Wenbo achieved his third professional maximum break.
Joe Perry defeated world number 1, and defending champion, Mark Selby in the first round.
The youngest player of the main draw, Lyu Haotian, was knocked out in the second round.
John Higgins scored a 146 break in his second round match, and later won 13–1.