1997/98 snooker season
1997/98 snooker season![]() |
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Season dates | |
Beginning of the season | August 14, 1997 |
End of season | May 4, 1998 |
Ranked tournaments | 8th |
Invitation tournaments | 8th |
number of players | 599 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
UK Championship |
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Masters |
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World Champion |
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World ranking | |
Ranking first |
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← 1996/97
1998/99 →
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The 1997/1998 snooker season consisted of 16 professional snooker tournaments, 8 of which were included in the ranking for the world rankings .
As in the previous year, the season in the Far East began, this time very early on August 14, 1997 in China with the newly created Riley Superstar Championship. The Dubai Classics, which had moved to Thailand in the last two years, returned this year as the China Open and lost their status as a world ranking tournament. Another ranking tournament, the European Open , was discontinued after nine years and only returned later. Even the only team tournament, the World Cup , was finally stopped after its revival last year.
The season ended with the World Cup final on May 4, 1998, which saw John Higgins as world champion for the first time . Higgins was in 8 of the 16 season finals and won four titles, including three in world rankings. Accordingly, he moved up to world number one in the following season 1998/99 .
Season results
The following table shows the seasonal results.
date | competition | venue | Art | winner | Final opponent | Result |
August 14 to August 16, 1997 |
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Guangzhou | Invitation tournament |
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5: 3 |
September 17 to September 20, 1997 |
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Beijing | Invitation tournament |
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7: 4 |
September 30th to October 5th, 1997 |
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Motherwell | Invitation tournament |
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9: 8 |
October 14th to October 26th, 1997 |
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Bournemouth | World ranking tournament |
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9: 6 |
October 27 to November 8, 1997 |
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Malvern | Invitation tournament |
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9: 6 |
October 30 to November 2, 1997 |
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Marsascala | Invitation tournament |
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7: 5 |
November 1997 |
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Liverpool | Non-ranking tournament |
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5: 4 |
November 12th to November 30th, 1997 |
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Preston | World ranking tournament |
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10: 6 |
December 8th to December 14th, 1997 |
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Bingen am Rhein | World ranking tournament |
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9: 4 |
January 16 to January 25, 1998 |
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Newport | World ranking tournament |
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9: 5 |
February 1 to February 8, 1998 |
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Wembley | Invitation tournament |
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10: 9 |
February 12 to February 22, 1998 |
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Aberdeen | World ranking tournament |
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9: 5 |
February 26 to March 1, 1998 |
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Derby | Invitation tournament |
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9: 8 |
March 7th to March 15th, 1998 |
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Bangkok | World ranking tournament |
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9: 6 |
March 24th to March 29th, 1998 |
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Dublin | Invitation tournament |
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(3: 9) |
April 2 to April 12, 1998 |
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Plymouth | World ranking tournament |
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9: 8 |
April 18 to May 4, 1998 |
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Sheffield | World ranking tournament |
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18:12 |
World ranking
The snooker world ranking is only updated after each full season and takes into account the performance of the past two seasons. The following table shows the 32 best players in the world rankings for the 1997/98 season; is based on the results of seasons 95/96 and 96/97 . The previous year's position is given in brackets.
Place 1 - 8 | Place 9 - 16 | 17th - 24th place | Place 25 - 32 | ||||
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1 |
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9 |
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17th |
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25th |
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2 |
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10 |
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18th |
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26th |
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3 |
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11 |
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19th |
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27 |
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4th |
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12 |
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20th |
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28 |
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5 |
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13 |
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21st |
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29 |
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6th |
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14th |
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22nd |
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30th |
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7th |
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15th |
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23 |
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31 |
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8th |
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16 |
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24 |
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32 |
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Remarks
- ↑ O'Sullivan subsequently lost the title after the doping test showed that he was using cannabis
Individual evidence
- ^ The 1997/98 Season. In: snooker.org. Retrieved March 22, 2016 (English).
- ↑ World Rankings 1997/98. In: snooker.org. Retrieved March 22, 2016 (English).