World Series of Snooker
The World Series of Snooker was a series of snooker tournaments, which were not part of the main tour. John Higgins, a multiple world champion, was co-organizer of the 2008/ 09 inaugural tournament series.
The tournament series should make the snooker sport in countries popular that are not visited by the main tour. World ranking points but there was none.
In the first season first four previous tournaments, as well as a final tournament took place. Already in the second year there were only two tournaments before the series was due to the bribery allegations against co-organizer John Higgins and, on the main tour newly introduced, Players Tour Championship, which takes a similar approach to the World Series, is set.
- 2.1 2008/ 09
- 2.2 2009/10
Mode
Before Tournaments
It played per pre- tournament eight players in the knockout system against each other. In each case, some well-known professional players played against wildcard winners who were awarded for the majority of players from the host country.
Final tournament
In the final tournament played 16 (instead of eight players, as in the previous tournaments) in the knockout system gegeinander. The wildcards went to the part of professional players as well as local players or players who have shown in the Vorturnieren as a wildcard player surprisingly good performance.
Tournament Stats
2008/ 09
The winner of the final tournament of 2008/ 09 in Portimao got a prize of 50,000 euros.