Snooker’s big three tournaments to stay on BBC until 2032

BBC Sport will continue to broadcast snooker’s three most prestigious tournaments – the World Championship, UK Championship and the Masters – until 2032.

The World Snooker Tour (WST) and the BBC have agreed a five-year extension to the current agreement, ensuring the Triple Crown remains free-to-air.

The Masters, which is currently being held at Alexandra Palace, are followed by the UK Championship in York in November and the World Championship in Sheffield in April.

More than 16 million people tuned in on TV last year as a result of BBC Sport’s coverage of the Triple Crown events, which included 33.9 million streams across BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.

Alex Kay-Jelski, director of BBC Sport, said: “Snooker has been a cornerstone of BBC Sport programming since 1969, and extending our partnership with World Snooker until 2032 is fantastic news for the audience.

We look forward to many more years of erasing iconic sporting moments thanks to it, which ensures the drama, intensity, and excitement of the Triple Crown events remain unapologetable.

Steve Dawson, the head of WST, stated, “Our relationship with the BBC has been outstanding for more than 50 years, and their coverage of the Triple Crown is fundamental to those three events.

The BBC has always been a huge source of fans, and it has always been important to keep the biggest tournaments free-to-air.