World Seniors Tour
{{Short description|Professional senior players snooker tour}}
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{{Infobox Sport governing body
| assocname = World Seniors Tour
| abbrev = WST
| logo = World Seniors Snooker logo.svg
| caption = Logo of World Seniors Snooker
| sport = Snooker (senior)
| founded = 2017
| aff = Snooker Legends (2017–2018)
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| jurisdiction = International
| headquarters = Bristol, United Kingdom
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| url = seniorssnooker.com
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The World Seniors Tour is the snooker tour for senior players. Founded in 2017 by Snooker Legends, the tour has been run since 2018 by World Seniors Snooker, a subsidiary company of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.
World Seniors Tour events are open to all snooker players aged 40 or older, including current professionals who are ranked outside the top 64 in the snooker world rankings.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-06 |title=Crucible Field Set for World Seniors Championship |url=https://wpbsa.com/crucible-field-set-for-world-seniors-championship/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=WPBSA |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|title=World Seniors {{!}} WSS {{!}} Seniors Snooker|url=https://www.seniorssnooker.com/about/world-seniors/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Seniors|language=en-GB}} Winners of the UK Seniors Championship and World Seniors Championship earn places in the World Snooker Championship qualifying rounds.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-03 |title=WPBSA World Seniors Tour |url=https://wpbsa.com/wpbsa-world-seniors-tour/ |access-date=2021-05-19 |website=WPBSA |language=en-GB}}
History
The tour was created and run by the company Snooker Legends in 2017, after it first staged the 2017 World Seniors Championship.
The World Seniors Tour began with a series of four non-ranking events in the 2017–18 season: the UK Seniors Championship, the Seniors Irish Masters, the Seniors Masters and the World Seniors Championship.
In 2018, a newly formed company called World Seniors Snooker took over the running of the tour. Six events were to take place during the 2018–19 season. However, only four of the events were staged. The European Seniors Open was cancelled and the World Seniors Championship was postponed in March 2019. It was pushed back and played in August 2019, becoming the first event of the 2019–20 season.{{Cite web |title=Snooker: Key dates for World Seniors Tour |author= |work=Blasting News |date= 6 June 2018|access-date=3 October 2018 |url=https://uk.blastingnews.com/sport/2018/06/snooker-key-dates-for-world-seniors-tour-002618919.html |quote=}}{{Cite web |title=Six Events in WPBSA World Seniors Tour - SnookerHQ |work=SnookerHQ |date=4 May 2018 |access-date=3 October 2018 |url=https://snookerhq.com/2018/05/04/six-events-in-wpbsa-world-seniors-tour/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616025558/https://snookerhq.com/2018/05/04/six-events-in-wpbsa-world-seniors-tour/ |archive-date=16 June 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web |title=The WPBSA World Seniors Tour |access-date=3 October 2018 |url=https://seniorsnooker.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823054359/https://seniorsnooker.com/ |archive-date=23 August 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }} Other qualifying events for amateurs were held in Canada, Hong Kong, Belgium and the United States.{{Cite web |title=World Seniors Tour - European Open Qualifier 3 - Snooker Hub |author= |work=Snooker Hub |date= |access-date=3 October 2018 |url=https://snookerhub.co.uk/event/world-seniors-tour-european-open-qualifier-3/ |quote= }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The 2019–20 season of the World Seniors Tour was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |url=https://seniorsnooker.com/2020/03/17/wss-rokit-phones-com-tour-statement-17-march-2020/ |title=WSS ROKiT Phones.com Tour Statement – 17 March 2020 |access-date=18 March 2020 |archive-date=21 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321174833/https://seniorsnooker.com/2020/03/17/wss-rokit-phones-com-tour-statement-17-march-2020/ |url-status=live }} The Seniors Masters, Seniors Irish Masters, 6 Red World Championship and a new event, the British Seniors Open, were all cancelled. Due to the ongoing coronavirus situation the 2020-21 seniors season was restricted to just a seniors Q-School in January 2021, and the 2021 World Seniors Championship in May, at the Crucible Theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://seniorsnooker.com/2020/12/23/wss-2021-q-school-the-draws-are-out/|title = WSS 2021 Q-School – the draws are out|date = 23 December 2020}}
Seasons and results
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Season
! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Tournament ! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Winner ! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Runner-up ! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Score ! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | City ! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | {{abbr|2=References|Ref.}} |
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| colspan=7 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | Snooker Legends – World Seniors Tour |
| rowspan=4|2017–18
| 2017 UK Seniors Championship | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White}} | {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty | style="text-align: center" | 4–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Redhill | |
| 2018 Seniors Irish Masters
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Johnathan Bagley}} | style="text-align: center" | 4–0 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Kill | |
| 2018 World Seniors Championship
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|JER}} Aaron Canavan}} | {{flagicon|NIR}} Patrick Wallace | style="text-align: center" | 4–3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Scunthorpe | |
| 2018 Seniors Masters
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn | {{flagicon|ENG}} Johnathan Bagley | style="text-align: center" | 2–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield | |
| colspan=7 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" |World Seniors Snooker – World Seniors Tour |
| rowspan=4|2018–19
| 2018 UK Seniors Championship | {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty | {{flagicon|BRA}} Igor Figueiredo | style="text-align: center" | 4–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Hull | |
| 2019 Seniors Irish Masters
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White | {{flagicon|IRL}} Rodney Goggins | style="text-align: center" | 4–1 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Kill | |
| {{nowrap|2019 Seniors 6-Red World Championship}}
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White | {{flagicon|JER}} Aaron Canavan | style="text-align: center" | 4–2 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Belfast | |
| 2019 Seniors Masters
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Johnson | {{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Pinches | style="text-align: center" | 2–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield | |
| colspan=7| |
| rowspan=3|2019–20
| 2019 World Seniors Championship | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White | {{flagicon|WAL}} Darren Morgan | style="text-align: center" | 5–3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield | |
| 2019 UK Seniors Championship
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Michael Judge | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White | style="text-align: center" | 4–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Hull | |
| 2020 World Seniors Championship
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White | {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty | style="text-align: center" | 5–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield | |
| colspan=7| |
| rowspan=2|2020–21 |
| 2021 World Seniors Championship
| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Lilley | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White | style="text-align: center" | 5–3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield |
| colspan=7| |
| rowspan=2|2021–22
| 2022 UK Seniors Championship | {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Lines | {{flagicon|ENG}} David Lilley | style="text-align: center" | 5–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Hull |
| 2022 World Seniors Championship
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Lee Walker | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White | style="text-align: center" |5–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield |
| colspan=7| |
| 2022–23
| 2023 World Seniors Championship | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White | {{flagicon|ENG}} Alfie Burden | style="text-align: center" | 5–3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield |
| colspan=7| |
| 2023–24
| 2024 World Seniors Championship | {{flagicon|BRA}} Igor Figueiredo | {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty | style="text-align: center" | 5–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield |
| colspan=7| |
| 2024–25
| 2025 World Seniors Championship | {{flagicon|ENG}} Alfie Burden | {{flagicon|JEY}} Aaron Canavan | style="text-align: center" | 8–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield |
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.seniorssnooker.com/}}
- {{cite web | title=Presenting great events with the legends of Snooker | website=Presenting great events with the legends of Snooker | url=http://snookerlegends.co.uk/ | access-date=2022-12-03}}
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