2017 World Snooker Championship
The 2017 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2017 Betfred World Snooker Championship due to sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 15 April to 1 May 2017 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 19th and final ranking event of the 2016–17 season which followed the China Open. It was the 41st consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible.