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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Pavilhão Arena |
| Location | Portimão |
| Country | Portugal |
| Established | 1987 |
| Organisation(s) | FSTC Sports Management |
| Format | Non-ranking events |
| Final year | 2009/2010 |
| Final champion |  Shaun Murphy |
The Sportingbet.com World Series of Snooker was a series of invitational snooker tournaments set up as a complement to the WPBSA's tour[1] Its first season was played in 2008/2009, consisting of four two-day tournaments in St. Helier, Berlin, Moscow and Warsaw and the three-day Grand Final in Portimão.
It featured ten leading players – each tournament featured four of these taking on four wild cards. Points were awarded for reaching at least the semi-finals. The winner of each tournament received five points, the runner-up three and losing semi-finalists one each. These points determined seeding positions for the Grand Final.
There was a previous incarnation of the event organised by Matchroom Sport, that ran in the 1987/88 season, and from 1990/91 until 1992/93.[2]
- ^ "Eurosport announce World Series". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 23 June 2008.[dead link]
- ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Suffolk: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 154–164. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.