Virtual Betfred World Snooker Championship

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The Virtual Betfred World Snooker Championship was an e-sports tournament in the video game Snooker 19 , which replace the account of COVID-19 pandemic shifted World Snooker Championship 2020 (April 18 to 4 May), at its original date was held. There were 16 players who represented the top 16 in the world rankings. The game was played on PlayStation 4 consoles. The matches were broadcast on the World Snooker Tour YouTube channel and Facebook page . The winner was Scott Edwards as Mark Selby .

Seeding list

The following seeding list shows the "real" players with their assigned Snooker 19 players who they represented.

Set no. player represented by
1 EnglandEngland Judd Trump EnglandEngland Tom Mayhew
2 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson ScotlandScotland Chris Black
3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams EnglandEngland Lee Cordrey
4th ScotlandScotland John Higgins BelgiumBelgium Benny de Nayer
5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen EnglandEngland Joe Hannard
6th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan EnglandEngland Josh Sperrin
7th EnglandEngland Mark Selby EnglandEngland Scott Edwards
8th EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson FranceFrance Julien Pacaud
9 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy BelgiumBelgium Andy Segers
10 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui EnglandEngland Dean Wallington
11 EnglandEngland David Gilbert WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dylan Edwards
12 EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski EnglandEngland Steve Asling
13 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham EnglandEngland Stephen Heath
14th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire EnglandEngland Mike Chinn
15th EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins EnglandEngland James Page-Martin
16 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Bingtao EnglandEngland Stephen Nicholls

Tournament tree

  Round of 16 (Best of 3 Frames)
18. – 24. April 		  Quarterfinals (Best of 3 Frames)
27. – 30. April 		  Semi-finals (best of 5 frames)
1st / 2nd May 		  Finale (best of 5 frames)
May 4th
                                     
1 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 2                  
16 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Bingtao 1  
1 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 0
  8th EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 2  
8th EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 2
 
9 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 0  
8th EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 1
  4th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 3  
5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 2      
 
12 EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 0  
5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 1
  4th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 2  
4th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 2
 
13 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 1  
4th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 2
  7th EnglandEngland Mark Selby 3
3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 2            
 
14th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 1  
3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 2
  11 EnglandEngland David Gilbert 0  
6th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
 
11 EnglandEngland David Gilbert 2  
3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 2
  7th EnglandEngland Mark Selby 3  
7th EnglandEngland Mark Selby 2      
 
10 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 0  
7th EnglandEngland Mark Selby 2
  2 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 0  
2 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 2
 
15th EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 0  

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Snooker 19's Top Players To Contest Virtual Betfred World Championship. In: wst.tv. WPBSA , April 9, 2020, accessed April 18, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Meet The Gamers: The Top Eight. In: wst.tv. WPBSA , April 15, 2020, accessed April 18, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Meet The Gamers: Seeds 9-16. In: wst.tv. WPBSA , April 16, 2020, accessed April 18, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Virtual Betfred World Championship Match Schedule. In: wst.tv. WPBSA , May 1, 2020, accessed May 1, 2020 .