English Amateur Championship

English Amateur Championship
Tournament information
CountryEngland
Established1916
Organisation(s)English Partnership for Snooker & Billiards
FormatAmateur event
Recent edition2024
Current championEngland Steven Hallworth

The English Amateur Championship, an annual snooker competition, is the highest-ranking and most prestigious amateur event in England. It is also the oldest and longest-running snooker tournament in the world, having been established in 1916, a full 11 years before the World Snooker Championship.

Five winners of the tournament went on to become world champion: John Pulman, Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Terry Griffiths and Stuart Bingham. A further three losing finalists, Joe Johnson, John Parrott and Ronnie O'Sullivan, would also lift the world title.