Snooker Tour Championship: Start date, venue, format, prize money breakdown, history & more

Everything you need to know ahead of the 2025 Tour Championship as the top 12 players on the one-year ranking list bid for glory at Manchester Central between Monday 31st March and Sunday 6th April.

Mark Williams captured the title 12 months ago, seeing off Ronnie O'Sullivan in an enthralling final, and the Welsh star is once again amongst the field once again this time around.

Snooker Tour Championship - Date

When is the 2025 Snooker Tour Championship?

The 2025 Snooker Tour Championship starts on Monday 31st March with the final scheduled for Sunday 6th April.

Snooker Tour Championship - Prize Money

Winner (1):	£150,000
Runner-Up (1):	£60,000
Semi-Final Losers (2):	£30,000
Quarter-Final Losers (4):	£30,000
First Round Losers (4):	£20,000

The tournament has a total prize fund of £500,000, with £10,000 also going to the player who registers the highest break.

Snooker Tour Championship - Venue & Location

The Tour Championship has been a nomadic event but returns to the Manchester Central Convention Complex for a second consecutive year.

The former Manchester Central railway station was a thriving transport hub before trains stopped running in 1969.

Previous stagings of the Tour Championship have been held at Llandudno's Venue Cymru, the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, Newport's Celtic Manor Resort and Hull's Bonus Arena.

Snooker Tour Championship - Players

Who is playing in the 2025 Snooker Tour Championship?

Players ranked inside the top 12 of the one-year ranking list will receive invites to the 2025 Snooker Tour Championship, with the cut-off point being after the Players Championship in March.

The following players are including in this year's event:

1. Judd Trump
2. Kyren Wilson
3. John Higgins
4. Neil Robertson
5. Xiao Guodong
6. Mark Selby
7. Mark Williams
8. Shaun Murphy
9. Barry Hawkins
10. Ding Junhui
11. Si Jiahui
12. Wu Yize

Snooker Tour Championship - Format

What is the format of the 2025 Snooker Tour Championship?

The Tour Championship sees the top 12 players in the world do battle and they are seeded by the amount of points they have secured in the one-year ranking list.

The top four seeds, Judd Trump, Kyren Wilson, John Higgins and Neil Robertson, enter the competition in the quarter-finals, with players ranked between fifth and 12th facing off in the first round.

The four winners from those four ties will then make-up the last eight, along with the four top seeds.

Matches will be played as the best-of-19 frames throughout the competition.

Snooker Tour Championship - History

The Tour Championship is a relatively recent addition to the World Snooker Tour, having held its inaugural event in 2019.

The competition now features the twelve highest ranked players on the one-year ranking list, which reflects the total amount of prize money won at ranking events since the start of the season.

The Tour Championship is also the final leg of the three-event Players Series, following on from the World Grand Prix and the Players Championship.

Five players have reigned supreme in the competition since its maiden staging, including defending champion Mark Williams and seven-time Crucible king Ronnie O'Sullivan, whilst Australian star Neil Robertson is the only double winner, having captured the crown in successive years in 2021 and 2022.