| Tournament Name: | 2000 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship |
| Venue: | Bournemouth International Centre |
| Location: | Bournemouth |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £440,000 |
| Winners Share: | £78,000 |
| Highest Break: | (141) |
| Score: | 10–4 |
| Previous: | 1999 |
| Next: | 2001 |
The 2000 UK Championship (officially the 2000 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 18 November 2000 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 25 November and 3 December 2000. Nick Dyson made a maximum break in the qualifying stage against Robert Milkins.
John Higgins won in the final 10–4 against Mark Williams.[1]
This was to be the last UK Championship to be held in Bournemouth, where the event was hosted since the 1998. From 2001 onwards it was hosted in York.[1]
Defending champion and World Champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John Williams. Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England, 3 December 2000. | |||
| Mark Williams (1) | 4–10 | John Higgins (2) | |
| Afternoon: 17–74 (73), 0–131 (131), 73–0 (73), 32–94 (54), 0–108 (108), 47–71 (55), 0–115 (115), 117–0 (117) Evening: 0–80, 15–67, 0–105 (76), 75–13 (51), 81–8 (51), 46–76 | |||
| 117 | Highest break | 131 | |
| 1 | Century breaks | 3 | |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 7 | |
Simon Bedford w/o–w/d Da Hailin 
Patrick Delsemme 5–3 Neil Robertson 
Graham Lee 5–4 Bob Chaperon 
Jason Weston 5–1 Mario Wehrmann 
Mark Selby 5–3 Ian Brumby
Stuart Reardon 5–1 Farhan Mirza 
Barry Hawkins 5–4 Colm Gilcreest 
Andrew Higginson 5–4 Noppadon Noppachorn 
Mike Hallett 5–0 Stephen O'Connor
Somporn Kanthawung 5–0 Steve Judd
Patrick Delsemme 5–1 Phaitoon Phonbun
Philip Williams 5–0 Leo Fernandez Jason Barton 5–0 Dene O'Kane 
James Reynolds 5–1 Darren Clarke
Nick Pearce 5–3 David McDonnell
Alfie Burden 5–3 Somporn Kanthawung
Patrick Delsemme 5–4 Alain Robidoux
Patrick Wallace 5–1 Robin Hull 
Round of 64 Best of 11 frames Rod Lawler 6–5 Mehmet Husnu 
Adrian Gunnell 6–4 Patrick Delsemme
Kristján Helgason 6–5 Bjorn Haneveer