2026 World Snooker Championship

The 2026 World Snooker Championship is a professional snooker tournament that is taking place from 18 April to 4 May 2026 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, the 50th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship is being staged at the venue. Organised by the World Snooker Tour, the tournament is the 18th and final ranking event of the 2025–‍26 snooker season. It is being broadcast domestically by BBC Sport, in Europe by Eurosport, and elsewhere in the world by WST Play and other broadcasters. The winner will receive £500,000 from a total prize fund of £2,395,000.