The world’s top events return to Yushan! Chinese Billiards World Championship and Snooker World Open reinstalled and upgraded
Also participating in the press conference were reporters and anchors from more than 100 news media across the country, and 7-time Snooker World Championship champion Ronnie O’Sullivan made an appearance at the same time.
The Chinese Billiards World Championship was born in 2015 and represents the highest level of Chinese billiards. In 2023, the World Chinese Billiards Championship will usher in an unprecedented upgrade, with a total prize money of 10.43 million yuan, including 3 million yuan for the men’s champion and 1 million yuan for the women’s champion. At the same time, the event continues to implement the widely praised generalized bonus system, with a guaranteed bonus of RMB 10,000 for the top 128 men’s main draw and the top 32 women’s main draw. Gan Jialing, general manager of Beijing Xingwei Sports Goods Co., Ltd., said: “The upgrade of the competition has set a precedent for Chinese billiards. The number of winners and prize money have reached a new high in global Chinese billiards events. It will definitely encourage more domestic and foreign athletes to participate and have a positive impact on the globalization of Chinese billiards. Promotion plays a positive role.”
Gan Jialing, General Manager of Beijing Xingwei Sports Goods Co., Ltd.
In 2016, the Snooker World Open with a long history came to Yushan for the first time. It has been held for 4 consecutive years and has become a battleground for global snooker stars . The total prize money of the 2024 Snooker World Open will be increased to 815,000 pounds, and the championship prize will be increased to 170,000 pounds . O’Sullivan said: “I will go all out to give a wonderful performance to all the fans who like snooker and me. At the same time, I am also looking forward to walking more in Yushan and experiencing the local customs and strong billiards here. atmosphere.”
World snooker professional player Ronnie O’Sullivan
The upgraded return of the Chinese Billiards World Championship and Snooker World Open marks that the development of billiards in China and the world is about to usher in new opportunities and enter a more glorious chapter. Wang Tao, chairman of the Chinese Billiards Association, said: “We look forward to using these two events as an engine to usher in broader development and a brighter future for billiards in Yushan, China and the world!” Steve, chairman of the World Snooker Tour Dawson also said: “The 2024 World Open will be an important moment for snooker, and we will bring the best players in the world to Yushan.”
In recent years, the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government have attached great importance to sports work and promoted the construction of Jiangxi into a strong sports province. Large-scale events have come to Jiangxi one after another, leading and promoting the vigorous development of national fitness, continuous improvement of competitive sports, accelerated development of the sports industry, more prosperous sports culture, and continuous deepening of “sports +” integration. Li Xiaoping, Party Secretary and Director of the Jiangxi Provincial Sports Bureau, believes: “The Chinese Billiards World Championship and the Snooker World Open will be a complete success as brand events and write a new chapter for Jiangxi’s sports industry.”
Shangrao is a national II-type large city and one of the top ten prefecture-level cities in central China. It has a simple humanistic charm, beautiful landscapes, and a strong sports culture. Qiu Xiangjun, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Shangrao City, said: “Sports events have become Shangrao’s city card, a sports event for all people, and an important carrier and key platform to drive consumption and development. We will take advantage of the events, the media, and the momentum The partners will speed up the development of Yushan into a world-class billiards event venue.”
Starting from a piece of bluestone, Yushan strives to build the “Chinese Billiards Capital and the World’s Famous Billiards City” and has successfully hosted multiple Chinese Billiards World Championships and Snooker World Open. At the same time, the Yushan Sports Center, the International Billiards Academy, the World Billiards Museum and the International Convention and Exhibition Center were completed successively. The Xingpai Billiards Industrial Park was completed and put into operation. The billiards-based industrial ecology has begun to take shape in Yushan. Zheng Guoliang, Secretary of the Yushan County Party Committee, said: “Yushan will create cultural exchange activities at more levels and in a wider range of areas, and accelerate the development of a county-specific cultural development with Chinese style, Jiangxi style, Shangrao characteristics, and Yushan recognition.”
The process of building Yushan into a world-famous billiards city has condensed the efforts of all parties. Yushan and Xingpai, the world’s leading billiards company, have been working together for ten years, completely changing the face of this small town in eastern Gansu. Gan Lianfang, former member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, chief adviser to the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, and chairman of Beijing Xingpai Group, said: “Xingpai will do its best to present international top-level event standards while constantly exploring and innovating to provide world billiards services. Contribute your efforts to the development, revitalization of Chinese billiards and the glory of Yushan billiards.”
At the end of the press conference, all leaders and guests pressed the starting device together, and the two major events officially started!
Yushan shines again because of billiards, and billiards becomes even more brilliant because of Yushan. In December 2023 and March 2024, let us meet in Yushan, and meet in Yushan, Shangrao, Jiangxi, China
The 6th Chinese Billiards World Championship and the 2024 Snooker World Open celebrate the billiards feast together! Published in Sichuan
Some amazing technology was presented at the event. In the following video you see and hear Ronnie. He’s speaking English of course. The first part of the video although demonstrate direct audio “translate” in Chinese, whilst Ronnie’s voice is actually used … I’m not sure how it’s done but it’s truly amazing!
His trip has been facilitated by Vic Snooker Academy. Thanks Victoria.
Ronnie has also taken some relaxing time on the golf course with Mr Gan …
The 2023 Champion of Champions Draw is out…
Judd Trump is probably in the easiest of the four groups… hum… and, of all the top seeds, Ronnie might well get the hardest first round opponent.
Halloween at the 900 … week 7
This was week 7 poster …
Quite a few “names” in that field … including the legendary coach, Barry Stark, 81 years old!
Yes they all look green? No wonder! They have just met the pundits and commentators…
But onto the action…
On Monday… Ryan Mears was the winner
On Tuesday… Haydon Pinhey was the winner
And on Wednesday … Nick Barrow booked his place into the Grand Final
He beat Andrew Norman in the third day’s final
The curse of Halloween duly struck as for the first time ever at the 900, the scoring system failed. Michaela was the ref on duty and she kept a cool head. Rather than trying to keep up with the scores, she called the scores difference, which is actually what matters in this format!
Here are the pictures shared by Jason Francis on social media
Ronnie O'Sullivan 