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2026 World Snooker Championship

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2026 World Snooker Championship

Summary

2026 World Snooker Championship is a snooker tournament[1]. It ranks in the top 0.13% of snooker_tournament entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,612 views/month, #1 of 781).[2]

Key Facts

  • 2026 World Snooker Championship's instance of is recorded as snooker tournament[3].
  • 2026 World Snooker Championship's instance of is recorded as world championship[4].
  • 2026 World Snooker Championship followed 2025 World Snooker Championship[5].
  • 2026 World Snooker Championship took place at Crucible Theatre[6].
  • The location of 2026 World Snooker Championship was Sheffield[7].
  • 2026 World Snooker Championship is part of World Snooker Championship[8].
  • 2026 World Snooker Championship is part of 2025-26 snooker season[9].
  • 2026 World Snooker Championship's edition number is recorded as 99[10].
  • 2026 World Snooker Championship began on April 18, 2026[11].
  • 2026 World Snooker Championship ended on May 4, 2026[12].
  • 2026 World Snooker Championship's sport is recorded as snooker[13].
  • 2026 World Snooker Championship's organizer is recorded as World Snooker Tour[14].
  • 2026 World Snooker Championship's tournament format is recorded as single-elimination tournament[15].
  • 2026 World Snooker Championship's tournament type is recorded as ranking tournament[16].

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When and Where

2026 World Snooker Championship began on April 18, 2026[11]. It ended on May 4, 2026[12]. Recorded location include Crucible Theatre[6] and Sheffield[7].

Context

Part of include World Snooker Championship[8], a recurring sporting event[17], in United Kingdom[18], founded in 1927[19] and 2025-26 snooker season[9], a sports season[20]. Recorded instance of include snooker tournament[3] and world championship[4]. 2026 World Snooker Championship followed 2025 World Snooker Championship[5].

Why It Matters

2026 World Snooker Championship ranks in the top 0.13% of snooker_tournament entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,612 views/month, #1 of 781).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

Sheffield

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_2026-world-snooker-championship_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{2026 World Snooker Championship}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/2026-world-snooker-championship}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Saldanha-mareo · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Highest break → +147
    Instance of → snooker tournament, world championship
    Wikidata description → professional snooker tournament
    Sponsor → Q134267899
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  2. 7w ago · HvW · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Century breaks → +258
    Highest break → +147
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P4912]]: 258"
  3. 7w ago · Masti · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → —
    Aliases → —
    Start time → +2026-04-18T00:00:00Z
    Part of → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1346]]: [[Q55756426]]"
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