{"id":47107,"date":"2025-04-23T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=47107"},"modified":"2025-04-23T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:21:10","slug":"world-snooker-championship-prize-money-purse-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/world-snooker-championship-prize-money-purse-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Snooker Championship Prize Money Remains At \u00a32,395,000 With The Crucible Winner Pocketing Maximum \u00a3500,000 Purse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The action is well underway at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, with the 2025 World Snooker Championship taking centre-stage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the biggest tournament in world snooker, fans want to know exactly how much prize money is on offer during the Crucible event. So, what is the exact World Snooker Championship prize money for this year’s event and how lucrative is the purse?<\/p>\n

World Snooker Championship Winner Will Earn \u00a3500,000 In Prize Money<\/h2>\n

The 2025 World Snooker Championship is underway, as all of the best players in the world battle it out for snooker supremacy at the famous Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.<\/p>\n

Pre-tournament, Judd Trump was the favourite with the best UK snooker betting sites to reign supreme and win a second World Snooker Championship.<\/p>\n

Last year’s winner Kyren Wilson was also one of the pre-tournament favourites, but he fell in Round 1 this year, losing 10-9 to Lei Petifer. Further adding to the infamous ‘Crucible curse’ that hasn’t seen a defending champion go back-to-back since moving to the Crucible in 1977.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the tournament there is \u00a32,395,000 up for grabs in World Snooker Championship prize money that is broken down as per the table below.<\/p>\n

As previously mentioned, the best UK betting apps have listed ‘The Ace in the Pack’ as the outright favourite, with seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan and four-time Crucible king Mark Selby not too far behind in the latest odds.<\/p>\n

The likes of Mark Allen, Zhao Xintong, Luca Brecel and Shaun Murphy are also amongst the most fancied players in Sheffield too.<\/p>\n

Below we have gone through the 2025 World Snooker Championship prize money, where to watch the tournament and how it will be structured.<\/p>\n

2025 World Snooker Championship Prize Money – The Full Breakdown<\/h2>\n

The prize money for the 2025 World Snooker Championship remains the same for the seventh consecutive year. The total prize pot has been \u00a32,395,000 from 2019 onwards, with the winners share being half-a-million since then too.<\/p>\n

This means that securing victory at the famous Crucible Theatre in Sheffield come 5th May will pocket the winner \u00a3500,000, with the runner-up securing \u00a3200,000 in prize money.<\/p>\n

The two defeated semi-finalists with both receive \u00a3100,000 in prize money, with the four beaten quarter-finalists earning \u00a350,000 each.<\/p>\n

The eight beaten players in the Last 16 are all guaranteed a purse of \u00a330,000, with the 16 players exiting at the Last 48 stage all receiving \u00a315,000.<\/p>\n

The prize money for the 40 players exiting at Last 80 stage is \u00a310,000 each. Losing in Round 1 will still earn players \u00a35,000. There is also an additional \u00a315,000 purse on offer for the player who hits the highest break of the World Snooker Championship.<\/p>\n

This means the overall prize pot for the 2025 Halo World Snooker Championship is \u00a32,395,000.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2025<\/b><\/td>\nPrize Money (\u00a3)
\n<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner<\/td>\n\u00a3500,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runner-up<\/td>\n\u00a3200,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semi-finalists<\/td>\n\u00a3100,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quarter-finalists<\/td>\n\u00a350,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last 16 (Round 2)<\/td>\n\u00a330,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last 32 (R0und 1)<\/td>\n\u00a320,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last 48<\/td>\n\u00a315,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last 80<\/td>\n\u00a310,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last 112<\/td>\n\u00a35,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Highest break<\/td>\n\u00a315,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOTAL<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a32,395,000<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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World Snooker Championship 2025 – Tournament Info<\/h2>\n