| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 January – 25 October 1947 |
| Final venue | Leicester Square Hall |
| Final city | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | Billiards Association and Control Council |
| Highest break |  Fred Davis (ENG) (135) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Walter Donaldson (SCO) |
| Runner-up | Fred Davis (ENG) |
| Score | 82–63 |
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The 1947 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 20 January to 25 October 1947. The final was held at the Leicester Square Hall in London, England, from 13 to 25 October. The semi-finals were completed in March, but the final was delayed due to building works at the venue, which had been bombed in October 1940. Walter Donaldson won the title by defeating Fred Davis by 82 frames to 63 in the final, although he reached the winning margin earlier, at 73–49. Davis made the highest break of the tournament with a 135 clearance in frame 86 of the final.
The 1947 event was the first to be played since the retirement of Joe Davis who had won all 15 of the previous Championships since it was inaugurated in 1927. Davis had announced in October 1946 that he would no longer play in the competition. A qualifying competition for thirteen entrants at Burroughes Hall in London from 2 January to 8 February 1947 was won by Albert Brown, who then joined seven other players in the main competition. The quarter-finals and semi-finals took place from 20 January to 15 March at various venues in England.