World Snooker Champions 2025 will begin from April 19th and go on till May 5th. The venue for the championship is the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. A total of 32 players will participate, and one will be crowned the winner on the final day. The total prize money set for the World Snooker Championship 2025 is £2,395,000.
O’Sullivan against Carter will be the match to watch out for, as both have banter off the pitch as well. Carter has already defated O’Sullivan in the second round of the 2018 Championship defending champion, Kyren Wilson, will play Lei Peifan in the first round.
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World Snooker Championship 2025 Prize Money
The total prize money is £2,395,000, as the winner will receive £500,000 and the runners-up £200,000 respectively. Let us bifurcate the total money for the winner, runners-up, semi-finalists, quarter-finalists, last 16, and last 32:
| Sr. No. | Stage | Prize Money (GBP) | Prize Money (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winner | £500,000 | $625,000 |
| 2 | Runner-up | £200,000 | $250,000 |
| 3 | Semi-finalists | £100,000 | $125,000 |
| 4 | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 | $62,500 |
| 5 | Last 16 | £30,000 | $37,500 |
| 6 | Last 32 | £20,000 | $25,000 |
Previous seasons winners
Over the past few years, we have seen new winners as well as players who have won the tournament twice and thrice. Let us see the years from the last ten years:
Kyren Wilson (2024), Luca Brecel (2023), Ronnie O’Sullivan (2022), Mark Selby (2021), Ronnie O’Sullivan (2020), Judd Trump (2019), Mark Williams (2018), Mark Selby (2017), Mark Selby (2016), and Stuart Bingham (2015).
Predictions for World Snooker Champions 2025
Stakes are as high as they can be for the championship. The favourite to win the competition is the 2019 winner, Judd Trump, and second to him is Mark Selby. The next favourite to win is Kyren Wilson, who will retain his title. If he does so, then he will be the first maiden winner to retain.
