Snooker - Players Championship
After a failed attempt to begin an annual ranking tournament with this name in 2004, the tournament began in earnest in 2011 as the "Players Tour Championship Finals", a 24-man knockout event which was the culmination of a season-long, 12 tournament series held across the world. In 2013 it was expanded to 32 players. In 2014 it became the "Players Tour Championship Grand Final".
From March 2017 it was re-branded as the Players Championship, contested by the top 16 players on a special one-year ranking list.
In the concluding frame of the 2019 final, Ronnie O'Sullivan became the first player to notch 1,000 career century breaks.
Venues:
2004 Glasgow
2011 The Helix, Dublin, Irl;
2012 & 2013 Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Irl;
2014 & 2019 - Guild Hall, Preston, Eng;
2015 Riverside Hotel, Bangkok, Tha;
2016 EventCity, Manchester, Eng;
2017 & 2018 Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wal
2019 Guild Hall, Preston, Eng
2020 Waterfront, Southport, Eng
2021 Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, Eng
2022-2023: Aldersley Arena, Wolverhampton, Eng
2024: International Arena, Telford, Eng
From March 2017 it was re-branded as the Players Championship, contested by the top 16 players on a special one-year ranking list.
In the concluding frame of the 2019 final, Ronnie O'Sullivan became the first player to notch 1,000 career century breaks.
Venues:
2004 Glasgow
2011 The Helix, Dublin, Irl;
2012 & 2013 Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Irl;
2014 & 2019 - Guild Hall, Preston, Eng;
2015 Riverside Hotel, Bangkok, Tha;
2016 EventCity, Manchester, Eng;
2017 & 2018 Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wal
2019 Guild Hall, Preston, Eng
2020 Waterfront, Southport, Eng
2021 Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, Eng
2022-2023: Aldersley Arena, Wolverhampton, Eng
2024: International Arena, Telford, Eng
| YEAR | WINNER | RUNNER-UP |
| 2004 | JIMMY WHITE (Eng) | P Hunter (Eng) |
| 2005-10 | Not held | |
| 2011 | SHAUN MURPHY (Eng) | M Gould (Eng) |
| 2012 | STEPHEN LEE (Eng) | N Robertson (Aus) |
| 2013 | DING JUNHUI (Chn) | N Robertson (Aus) |
| 2014 | BARRY HAWKINS (Eng) | G Greene (Irl) |
| 2015 | JOE PERRY (Eng) | M Williams (Wal) |
| 2016 | MARK ALLEN (Nir) | R Walden (Eng) |
| 2017 | JUDD TRUMP (Eng) | M Fu (Hkg) |
| 2018 | R'NIE O'SULLIVAN (Eng) | S Murphy (Eng) |
| 2019 | R'NIE O'SULLIVAN (Eng) | N Robertson (Aus) |
| 2020 | JUDD TRUMP (Eng) | Yan B (Chn) |
| 2021 | JOHN HIGGINS (Sco) | R O'Sullivan (Eng) |
| 2022 | NEIL ROBERTSON (Aus) | B Hawkins (Eng) |
| 2023 | SHAUN MURPHY (Eng) | A Carter (Eng) |
| 2024 | MARK ALLEN (Nir) | Zhang A (Chn) |
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