2024 World Snooker Championship
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.
2024 World Snooker Championship
The setup inside the arena at the Crucible Theatre during the event
After his 8–10 loss to Mostafa Dorgham, Fergal O'Brien (pictured) retired from the professional tour, which he had first joined in 1991.
Noppon Saengkham made a maximum break in the third round of qualification.
World Snooker Championship
The World Snooker Championship is the longest-running and most prestigious tournament in professional snooker. It is also the richest, with total prize money of £2,395,000 in 2023, including £500,000 for the winner. First held in 1927, it is now one of the three tournaments that make up snooker's Triple Crown Series. The reigning world champion is Kyren Wilson.
World Snooker Championship trophy during the 2007 event
The World Snooker Championship trophy in front of the Crucible Theatre
The two-table setup at the 2019 event