List of snooker tournaments


This is a list of professional and alternative format snooker tournaments. Professional snooker tournaments can take the form of ranking tournaments—which are open to players on the main tour and award ranking points based on a player's performance—and non-ranking tournaments. A non-ranking tournament may take the form of an invitational event where player participation is conditional on criteria set by the organiser or sponsor or by personal invite. Most tournaments take the form of a 'singles' event, but there are several team formats that have appeared on the calendar over the years.
In recent seasons alternative forms of snooker have proliferated on the calendar. Any event that uses the official rules of snooker but is not completely consistent with them is defined as an "alternative form of snooker", such as six-red snooker, and alterations to scoring and fouling. Some tournaments have occupied the middle ground between strict adherence to the official rules and adopting an alternative format by implementing tournament rules that fully complement the official rules of the game, such as adding a shot clock or ; in such instances, a tournament rule operates in a way that the official rules of the game are still fully observed.

Current tournaments

Ranking

This is a list of ranking professional snooker tournaments.
TournamentEventFormatLocation
World Snooker Championship1927–1940
1946–1952

1964–1968
1969–present 		Non-ranking
1927–1973		England
1927–1928
1929, 1931
1930, 1932, 1935–1940
1933
1934
1946
1947–1949, 1953
1950–1951, 1952, 1955–1956
1952, 1954
1964–1965
1966
1968
1968/69–1971/72
1972/73
World Snooker Championship1927–1940
1946–1952

1964–1968
1969–present 		Non-ranking
1927–1973		Jersey
1957
World Snooker Championship1927–1940
1946–1952

1964–1968
1969–present 		Non-ranking
1927–1973		South Africa
1965
World Snooker Championship1927–1940
1946–1952

1964–1968
1969–present 		Non-ranking
1927–1973		Australia
1970
World Snooker Championship1927–1940
1946–1952

1964–1968
1969–present 		Ranking
1974–present		England
1973/74
1975/76
1976/77–present
World Snooker Championship1927–1940
1946–1952

1964–1968
1969–present 		Ranking
1974–present		Australia
1975
UK Championship1977/78–presentInvitational
1977/78–1983/84		England
1977/78
1978/79–1997/98
1998/99–2000/01
2001/02–2006/07
2007/08–2010/11
2011/12–2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
UK Championship1977/78–presentRanking
1984/85–present		England
1977/78
1978/79–1997/98
1998/99–2000/01
2001/02–2006/07
2007/08–2010/11
2011/12–2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
British OpenBritish Gold Cup
1979/80		InvitationalEngland
1979/80–1992/93
1993/94–2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04–2004/05

2022/23
2023/24
British OpenYamaha Organs Trophy
1980/81		InvitationalEngland
1979/80–1992/93
1993/94–2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04–2004/05

2022/23
2023/24
British OpenInternational Masters
1981/82–1983/84		InvitationalEngland
1979/80–1992/93
1993/94–2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04–2004/05

2022/23
2023/24
British OpenBritish Open
1984/85–2004/05, 2021/22–present		RankingEngland
1979/80–1992/93
1993/94–2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04–2004/05

2022/23
2023/24
World OpenProfessional Players Tournament
1982/83–1983/84		RankingEngland
1982/83
1983/84
1984/85–1993/94
1994/95
1995/96
1996/97–1997/98
1998/99–1999/00
2000/01
2001/02–2003/04
World OpenGrand Prix
1984/85–2000/01		RankingEngland
1982/83
1983/84
1984/85–1993/94
1994/95
1995/96
1996/97–1997/98
1998/99–1999/00
2000/01
2001/02–2003/04
World OpenLG Cup
2001/02–2003/04		RankingEngland
1982/83
1983/84
1984/85–1993/94
1994/95
1995/96
1996/97–1997/98
1998/99–1999/00
2000/01
2001/02–2003/04
World OpenGrand Prix
2004/05–2009/10		RankingEngland
2004/05–2005/06
World OpenGrand Prix
2004/05–2009/10		RankingScotland
2006/07–2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
World OpenWorld Open
2010/11–2013/14, 2016/17–2019/20		RankingScotland
2010/11
World OpenWorld Open
2010/11–2013/14, 2016/17–2019/20		RankingChina
2011/12
2012/13–2013/14
2016/17–2018/19
2019/20
Scottish OpenInternational Open
1986/87–1989/90
1992/93–1996/97		RankingEngland
1986/87–1989/90
1992/93
1993/94–1994/95
1995/96
Scottish OpenInternational Open
1986/87–1989/90
1992/93–1996/97		RankingScotland
1996/97
Scottish OpenScottish Open
1997/98–2002/03		RankingScotland
1997/98–2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
Scottish OpenPlayers Championship
2003/04		RankingScotland
1997/98–2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
Scottish OpenScottish Open
2012/13, 2016/17–present		Minor-ranking
2012/13		Scotland
Scottish OpenScottish Open
2012/13, 2016/17–present		Ranking
2016/17–present		Scotland
2016/17–2019/20
Scottish OpenScottish Open
2012/13, 2016/17–present		Ranking
2016/17–present		England
2020/21
Scottish OpenScottish Open
2012/13, 2016/17–present		Ranking
2016/17–present		Wales
2021/22
European MastersEuropean Open
1988/89–1996/97		RankingFrance
1988/89
1989/90
European MastersEuropean Open
1988/89–1996/97		RankingThe Netherlands
1990/91
European MastersEuropean Open
1988/89–1996/97		RankingBelgium
1991/92
1992/93–1993/94
1994/95
European MastersEuropean Open
1988/89–1996/97		RankingMalta
1995/96–1996/97
European MastersIrish Open
1998/99		RankingRepublic of Ireland
European MastersEuropean Open
2001/02–2003/04		RankingMalta
2001/02
2003/04
European MastersEuropean Open
2001/02–2003/04		RankingEngland
2002/03
European MastersMalta Cup
2004/05–2007/08		Ranking
2004/05–2006/07		Malta
European MastersMalta Cup
2004/05–2007/08		Invitational
2007/08		Malta
European MastersEuropean Masters
2016/17–present		Ranking-
European MastersEuropean Masters
2016/17–present		RankingRomania
2016/17
European MastersEuropean Masters
2016/17–present		RankingBelgium
2017/18–2018/19
European MastersEuropean Masters
2016/17–present		RankingAustria
2019/20
European MastersEuropean Masters
2016/17–present		RankingEngland
2020/21–2021/22
European MastersEuropean Masters
2016/17–present		RankingGermany
2022/23
2023/24
Shoot Out1990/91, 2010/11–present
1990/91		England
Shoot Out1990/91, 2010/11–presentInvitational
2010/11–2015/16		England
2010/11–2014/15
2015/16
Shoot Out1990/91, 2010/11–presentRanking
2016/17–present		England
2016/17–2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
Welsh Open1991/92–presentRankingWales
1991/92–1997/98
1998/99–2002/03
2003/04
2004/05–2013/14
2014/15–2019/20
2020/21–present
German MastersGerman Open
1995/96–1997/98		RankingGermany
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98–1998/99
2010/11–present
German MastersGerman Masters
1998/99
2010/11–present		Invitational
1998/99		Germany
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98–1998/99
2010/11–present
German MastersGerman Masters
1998/99
2010/11–present		Ranking
2010/11–present		-
German MastersGerman Masters
1998/99
2010/11–present		Ranking
2010/11–present		Germany
2010/11–2019/20
2021/22
German MastersGerman Masters
1998/99
2010/11–present		Ranking
2010/11–present		England
2020/21
Championship League2007/08–presentInvitational
2007/08–2019/20		England
2007/08–2015/16
2016/17–2018/19
2018/19
2019/20
2019/20–2020/21
2021/22–2023/24
Championship League2007/08–presentRanking
2020/21–present		England
2007/08–2015/16
2016/17–2018/19
2018/19
2019/20
2019/20–2020/21
2021/22–2023/24
Players ChampionshipPlayers Tour Championship Grand Finals
2010/11–2012/13		RankingRepublic of Ireland

Players ChampionshipPlayers Championship Grand Final
2013/14–2015/16		RankingEngland

Players ChampionshipPlayers Championship Grand Final
2013/14–2015/16		RankingThailand
2014/15
Players ChampionshipPlayers Championship
2016/17–present		RankingWales
2016/17–2017/18
Players ChampionshipPlayers Championship
2016/17–present		RankingEngland
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
International Championship2012/13, 2019/20–presentRankingChina
2012/13
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16–2019/20
World Grand Prix2014/15–presentInvitational
2014/15		Wales
2014/15–2015/16
World Grand Prix2014/15–presentRanking
2015/16–present		England
2016/17–2017/18
2018/19–2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
Gibraltar Open2015/16–presentMinor-ranking
2015/16		Gibraltar
Gibraltar Open2015/16–presentRanking
2016/17–present		-
Gibraltar Open2015/16–presentRanking
2016/17–present		Gibraltar
2016/17–2018/19
2019/20
2021/22
Gibraltar Open2015/16–presentRanking
2016/17–present		England
2020/21
English Open2016/17–presentRankingEngland
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19–2019/20

2020/21–2021/22
2022/23–present
Northern Ireland Open2016/17–presentRankingNorthern Ireland
2016/17
2017/18–2019/20
2021/22
Northern Ireland Open2016/17–presentRankingEngland
2020/21
Tour Championship2018/19–presentRankingWales
2018/19
2021/22
Tour Championship2018/19–presentRankingEngland
2019/20
Xi'an Grand Prix2024/25RankingChina
Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters2024/25RankingSaudi Arabia