World Seniors Tour

World Seniors Tour
Logo of World Seniors Snooker
SportSnooker (senior)
JurisdictionInternational
AbbreviationWST
FoundedJune 2017 Snooker Legends
AffiliationSnooker Legends (2017–2018)
World Senior Snooker (since May 2018)[1]
HeadquartersBristol, United Kingdom
ChairmanJason Francis[2]
Official website
seniorssnooker.com

The World Seniors Tour is the snooker tour for senior players. Founded in 2017 by Snooker Legends, the tour has been run since 2018 by World Seniors Snooker, a subsidiary company of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.

World Seniors Tour events are open to all snooker players aged 40 or older, including current professionals who are ranked outside the top 64 in the snooker world rankings.[3][4] Winners of the UK Seniors Championship and World Seniors Championship earn places in the World Snooker Championship qualifying rounds.[5]

  1. ^ "WPBSA World Seniors Tour - World Snooker". World Snooker. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Stephen Hendry Fronts New World Seniors Tour - SnookerHQ". SnookerHQ. June 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Crucible Field Set for World Seniors Championship". WPBSA. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  4. ^ "World Seniors | WSS | Seniors Snooker". Seniors. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ "WPBSA World Seniors Tour". WPBSA. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2021.