Due to the spread of the new crown epidemic, the largest event in snooker billiards this season, the World Championships, has been postponed to late July, but the e-sports version of the Snooker World Championships is under intense preparations and will start an online showdown from April 19 to May 4. The final champion will also appear in the Cruzburg Theater in Sheffield in July, and have the opportunity to watch the peak showdown of the world's top snooker masters on the spot.
Snooker 19 is a console game officially launched by the World Snooker Tour (WST). Players can choose any of the world's top 128 professional players to have a matchup with friends or AI in events held around the world. In the game world, the final stop of the 2019-2020 season, the World Championships, will be held as scheduled in the form of e-sports from April 19 to May 4. One of the highlights of this game is that the in-game calendar and process are kept in sync with the real world.
In this snooker e-sports world championship, there will be 16 senior players of Snooker 19, each representing a top 16 snooker player in the world, and launching a rush to the World Championships champion in the game. The final champion will be invited to the Cruzburg Theater and debuted with the "E-sports World Championships" champion trophy during the real world championship.
Snooker "Esports World Championship" will be broadcast on WST's official Youtube channel and Facebook channel. The candidates and seed signings of players will be based on the current top 16 players in the world: Judd Trump (1) vs Yan Bingtao (16), Karen Wilson (8) vs Sean Murphy (9), Mark Allen (5) vs Jack Lisovsky (12), John Higgins (4) vs Stewart Bingham (13),
Mark Williams (3) vs Stephen Maguire (14), Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) vs David Gilbert (11), Mark Selby (7) vs Ding Junhui (10), Neil Robertson (2) vs Barry Hawkins (15).
text/Beijing Youth Sports Liu Ailin