Tournament information | |
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Country | England |
Established | 1916 |
Organisation(s) | English Partnership for Snooker & Billiards |
Format | Amateur event |
Recent edition | 2024 |
Current champion | ![]() |
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.