Masters qualifying event
| Tournament status | ||
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| Ranking tournament: | - | |
| Minor ranking tournament: | 1992 | |
| Invitation tournament: | 1990-1991, 1993-2003, 2005-2009 |
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| Tournament dates of the last edition | ||
| Venue: | World Snooker Center , Prestatyn | |
| Prize money (total): | ? | |
| Prize money (winner): | £ 2,000 | |
| Frames in the final: | Best of 11 | |
| Records | ||
| Most wins: |
 Stuart Bingham (2 ×)
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| Highest Break: | 147 ( Maximum Break ) Stuart Bingham (2005)
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The Benson & Hedges Championship (converted to Masters Qualifying Event after 2002 ) was a professional snooker tournament that was held from 1990 to 2009. For the winner there was always a starting place for the Masters , which was also sponsored by Benson & Hedges at the time . In 1992 it had the status of a minor tournament once. This means that a tenth of the points for the snooker world ranking of a regular ranking tournament could be achieved.
The ban on tobacco advertising turned it into a regular qualifying tournament from 2003, for which there was no longer any prize money.
The venues of the Benson & Hedges Championship were from 1990 to 1993 Glasgow , from 1994 to 1996 Edinburgh , from 1997 to 2000 Malvern and 2002 and 2003 Mansfield . After being converted to a normal qualifying tournament, it took place in Prestatyn and Sheffield , with an interruption in 2004 during which there was no tournament.
winner
| year | venue | winner | Result | finalist | Main sponsor | season |
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| Benson & Hedges Satellite Championship (not a ranked tournament) | ||||||
| 1990 |
Glasgow Masters Club |
 Alan McManus
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9: 5 |
 James Wattana
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Benson & Hedges | 1990/91 |
| 1991 |
 Ken Doherty
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9: 3 |
 Darren Morgan
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1991/92 | ||
| Benson & Hedges Championship (minor ranking tournament) | ||||||
| 1992 | Glasgow - Masters Club |
Chris Small
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9: 1 |
Alan McManus
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Benson & Hedges | 1992/93 |
| Benson & Hedges Championship (not a ranked tournament) | ||||||
| 1993 | Glasgow - Masters Club |
Ronnie O'Sullivan
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9: 6 |
John Lardner
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Benson & Hedges | 1993/94 |
| 1994 |
Edinburgh JP Snooker Center |
Mark Williams
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9: 5 |
Rod Lawler
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1994/95 | |
| 1995 |
Matthew Stevens
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9: 3 |
Paul McPhillips
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1995/96 | ||
| 1996 |
Brian Morgan
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9: 8 |
Drew Henry
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1996/97 | ||
| 1997 |
Malvern Willie Thorne Snooker Center |
Andy Hicks
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9: 6 |
Paul Davies
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1997/98 | |
| 1998 |
David Gray
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9: 6 |
Dave Harold
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1998/99 | ||
| 1999 |
Allister Carter
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9: 4 |
Simon Bedford
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1999/00 | ||
| 2000 |
Shaun Murphy
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9: 7 |
Stuart Bingham
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2000/01 | ||
| 2001 |
Mansfield Towers Snooker Club |
Ryan Day
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9: 5 |
Hugh Abernethy
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2001/02 | |
| 2002 |
Mark Davis
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9: 6 |
 Mehmet Husnu
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2002/03 | ||
| Masters Qualifying Event (not a ranking tournament) | ||||||
| 2003 |
Prestatyn World Snooker Center |
 Neil Robertson
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6: 5 |
Dominic Dale
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- | 2003/04 1 |
| 2005 |
Stuart Bingham
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6: 3 |
Allister Carter
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2005/06 1 | ||
| 2006 |
Sheffield English Institute of Sport |
Stuart Bingham
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6: 2 |
Mark Selby
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2006/07 1 | |
| 2007 |
Barry Hawkins
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6: 4 |
 Kurt Maflin
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2007/08 1 | ||
| 2008 |
Judd Trump
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6: 1 |
Mark Joyce
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2008/09 1 | ||
| 2009 | Prestatyn - World Snooker Center |
Rory McLeod
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6: 1 |
Andrew Higginson
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2009/10 1 | |
1 No longer listed in the overview articles on the snooker seasons as only a simple qualifying tournament.
Web links
- Tournament history ( memento from April 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at Chris Turner's Snooker Archive
