2026 Tour Championship

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2026 Sportsbet.io Tour Championship
Part of the Players Series
Tournament information
Dates30 March – 5 April 2026 (2026-03-30 2026-04-05)
Venue Manchester Central
City Manchester
CountryEngland
Organisation World Snooker Tour
Format Ranking event
Defending championFlag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)
2025

The 2026 Tour Championship (officially the 2026 Sportsbet.io Tour Championship [1] ) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 30 March to 5 April 2026 at the Manchester Central in Manchester, England. [2] It will feature the top 12 players on the one-year ranking list. The eighth consecutive edition of the Tour Championship since it was first staged in 2019, it will be the 17th and penultimate ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2026 World Open and preceding the 2026 World Snooker Championship. [3] It will be the last of three events in the season's Players Series, following the 2026 World Grand Prix and the 2026 Players Championship.

John Higgins will be the defending champion, having defeated Mark Selby 10–8 in the 2025 final. [4]

References

  1. "Tour Championship". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  2. "Tournaments 2025–26". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  3. "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  4. "Vintage Higgins beats Selby in Tour Championship final". BBC Sport. 6 April 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.