Tournament Name: | 2016 World Seniors Championship |
Venue: | Guild Hall |
Location: | Preston |
Country: | England |
Organisation: | WPBSA |
Format: | Seniors event |
Total Prize Fund: | £50,000 |
Winners Share: | £18,000 |
Highest Break: | Dominic Dale (104) |
Winner: | Mark Davis |
Runner Up: | Darren Morgan |
Score: | 2–1 |
Previous: | 2015 |
Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 World Seniors Championship (Known for sponsorship reasons as the 888sport World Seniors Championship) was a snooker tournament that took place on 30–31 January 2016 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. Players had to be at least 40 years old at the end of the 2015/16 season.[1]
The championship was won by Mark Davis, who beat Darren Morgan 2–1 in the final. Defending champion Mark Williams lost to Anthony Hamilton in the last-16 round.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Previous winners of the World Seniors Championship and the World Snooker Championship were exempted from qualifying and went directly into the last 16.[2]
The draw for the last 16 was made on 23 December 2015.[3] The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were made on a random basis after the previous round had finished. The last-16 round was played on 30 January with the quarter-finals on the afternoon of 31 January and the semi-finals and final on the same evening.
Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: . Guild Hall, Preston, England, 31 January 2016. | |||
Darren Morgan | 1–2 | Mark Davis | |
15–62, 70–30 (55), 0–81 (76) | |||
55 | Highest break | 76 | |
0 | Century breaks | 0 | |
1 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
These matches were played on 21 and 22 December 2015 at the Robin Park Arena, Sports and Tennis Centre in Wigan, England.[1]