World Seniors Tour

The WPBSA World Seniors Tour is the professional snooker tour for seniors players founded in May 2018 following the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association releasing a statement in December 2017, for an official Seniors tour, running in parallel to the main Snooker tour. The tour is a follow on from previous events run by the company Snooker Legends since 2017 till 2018.

WPBSA World Seniors Tour
SportSnooker (senior)
JurisdictionInternational
AbbreviationWST
FoundedJune 2017 Snooker Legends,
May 2018 WPBSA
AffiliationSnooker Legends (2017–2018)
WPBSA (since May 2018)[1]
HeadquartersBristol, United Kingdom
ChairmanJason Francis[2]
Official website
www.wpbsa.com

History

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, after the formation of the official 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.[3][4][5] Other qualifying events for amateurs were held in Canada, Hong Kong, Belgium, and the United States.[1][6]

The 2019–20 season of the World Seniors Tour was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Seasons and results
Season Tournament Winner Runner-up Score City Ref.
Snooker Legends World Seniors Tour
2017–18 2017 UK Seniors Championship Jimmy White Ken Doherty 4–2 Redhill
2018 Seniors Irish Masters Steve Davis Johnathan Bagley 4–0 Kill
2018 World Seniors Championship Aaron Canavan Patrick Wallace 4–3 Scunthorpe
2018 Seniors Masters Cliff Thorburn Johnathan Bagley 2–1 Sheffield
WPBSA World Seniors Tour
2018–19 2018 UK Seniors Championship Ken Doherty Igor Figueiredo 4–1 Kingston upon Hull
2019 Seniors Irish Masters Jimmy White Rodney Goggins 4–1 Kill
2019 Seniors 6-Red World Championship Jimmy White Aaron Canavan 4–2 Belfast
2019 Seniors Masters Joe Johnson Barry Pinches 2–1 Sheffield
2019–20 2019 World Seniors Championship Jimmy White Darren Morgan 5–3 Sheffield
2019 UK Seniors Championship Michael Judge Jimmy White 4–2 Kingston upon Hull
2020 World Seniors Championship Jimmy White Ken Doherty 5–4 Sheffield
2020–21 2021 Seniors Irish Masters Kill
2021 World Seniors Championship Sheffield

References
  1. "WPBSA World Seniors Tour - World Snooker". World Snooker. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. "Stephen Hendry Fronts New World Seniors Tour - SnookerHQ". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  3. "Snooker: Key dates for World Seniors Tour". Blasting News. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. "Six Events in WPBSA World Seniors Tour - SnookerHQ". SnookerHQ. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. "The WPBSA World Seniors Tour". The WPBSA World Seniors Tour. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  6. "World Seniors Tour - European Open Qualifier 3 - Snooker Hub". Snooker Hub. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  7. https://seniorsnooker.com/2020/03/17/wss-rokit-phones-com-tour-statement-17-march-2020/
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