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Hong Kong Masters (snooker)

Hong Kong Masters (snooker)

The Hong Kong Masters is a non-ranking snooker tournament that has been held sporadically since the 1980s. It initially ran from 1983-88, then ran again in 1990-91. It was revived with a special event in 2017, and returned in 2022.

Hong Kong is hosting a world-class snooker tournament: here’s what you need to know

Video | Hong Kong to host snooker’s World Grand Prix

The international event set for March 4-9 at the Kai Tak Sports Park will be the first sport’s first ranking tournament to be held in Hong Kong since 1989

2 Mar 2025 - 9:00AM

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Recap | Pele, John McEnroe and Liverpool FC: Hong Kong’s most iconic sports moments

11 Dec 2024 - 3:00AM

O’Sullivan continues Chinese love affair, says country ‘greatest place on Earth’

5 Nov 2024 - 6:30PM

Editorial | Hong Kong cannot afford to lose talent as it wins over snooker great O’Sullivan

With snooker star latest big name to gain Hong Kong residency under admission scheme, care must be taken to ensure those already here stay.

2 Nov 2024 - 6:00AM

Ronnie O’Sullivan plays a shot at the Snooker World Open in Yushan in eastern China’s Jiangxi province, in March. Photo: Xinhua

O’Sullivan hails Hong Kong despite March snooker fiasco, and Ding wants to visit

All-Star Challenge saw fans paying HK$3,380 for top-level tickets that did not give them a view of the table, but world No 1 O’Sullivan says he enjoyed his visit.

26 Apr 2024 - 5:30PM

Snooker world champion Brecel reveals Shanghai ambition during Hong Kong visit

He also hopes to play in Hong Kong Masters if last year’s event is repeated – and believes taking Ronnie O’Sullivan’s world No 1 ranking is in his reach.

22 Jul 2023 - 9:12PM

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Hong Kong’s Fu handed 2-year World Snooker Tour card, targets Crucible return

Marco Fu to take place among game’s elite after professional circuit gives Hongkonger a 2-year invitational card.

17 May 2023 - 12:43PM

Marco Fu plays a shot in a World Championship qualifier against Martin O’Donnell in Sheffield. Photo: Getty Images

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong snooker gets stay of execution from funding cuts

Cue sports, tennis, and gymnastics all given two-year extensions as elite ‘Tier A’ sports having been on the chopping block.

4 Jan 2023 - 9:37PM

Marco Fu blasts ban on under 16s from snooker halls after 8pm

Hong Kong government wants to protect ‘immature persons’ from ‘adverse affects’ of staying late in billiard establishments ‘which will affect their studies’.

10 Dec 2022 - 11:36AM

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Snooker set for stay of execution from Hong Kong funding cuts

Government is planning to delay its elite sports review for another year following the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games.

19 Oct 2022 - 8:15AM

The recent Hong Kong Masters helped snooker’s cause as it fights to retain top-tier funding, the local governing body said. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Editorial | Snooker drama gives Hong Kong a break from Covid

World record attendance at Masters reflects how much Hong Kong has missed its top-level sport over the past three years.

12 Oct 2022 - 9:00AM

Marco Fu of Hong Kong celebrates with the trophy during the awarding ceremony of the Hong Kong Masters snooker tournament on Sunday. Photo: Xinhua

O’Sullivan says Hong Kong Masters ‘changed snooker’, Fu says it revived career

‘There’s a new benchmark,’ world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan says, while Marco Fu reveals his plans after hometown Masters put him back on the big stage.

11 Oct 2022 - 8:30AM

Cantonese, jogging and fantasy football as snooker stars hail Hong Kong Masters

Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump and the rest battle the heat, and freezing air con, while some want to join the audience and fantasy football transfers are a priority.

10 Oct 2022 - 7:27PM

Coronavirus Hong Kong

Opinion | Covid scare, no food, tears of joy: what snooker Masters tells us before Sevens

Eating outsourced to McDonald’s, and a player’s Covid-19 case is handled differently from the approach that turned recent badminton championships into a farce.

10 Oct 2022 - 8:51AM

The Masters was allowed to sell tickets for up to 85 per cent of the Coliseum’s 10,000 capacity. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

O’Sullivan ends Fu’s dream run as he claims Hong Kong Masters title

The world champion resists Marco Fu fightback to take HK$1 million prize at Hong Kong Coliseum, watched by another record crowd on landmark occasion for the city.

18 Oct 2022 - 9:32PM

Ronnie O’Sullivan and Marco Fu receive their winner and runner-up trophies respectively after the Hong Kong Masters final. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Fu savours greatest moment as sensational 147 wins Hong Kong Masters semi

Hongkonger Marco Fu beats John Higgins in thriller thanks to a maximum break in the deciding frame, before Ronnie O’Sullivan recovers to see off Neil Robertson.

9 Oct 2022 - 1:00AM

O’Sullivan feels roar as biggest ever crowd turn up volume at Hong Kong Masters

Local favourite Ng On-yee beaten but arena is warmed by supreme Ronnie O’Sullivan, after Mark Williams struggles to stay awake as he arrives as Covid stand-in.

8 Oct 2022 - 12:39AM

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Hong Kong Masters starts with bang as Fu shines, Higgins sparkles, Selby fumes

Local favourite Marco Fu, absent from the snooker circuit during the pandemic, beats a ‘bamboozled’ Mark Selby before John Higgins and Judd Trump share a high-quality encounter.

7 Oct 2022 - 12:56AM

Marco Fu gave organisers of the Hong Kong Masters an ideal start. Photo: Dickson Lee

Coronavirus Hong Kong

Hong Kong Masters set for world record crowd but stars cautious on China events

Mark Selby says snooker calendar lacks time to fit in quarantine before tournaments, as Hong Kong holds its first major international sports event since start of pandemic.

6 Oct 2022 - 5:32PM

Coronavirus Hong Kong

Covid-19 hits Hong Kong Masters snooker on day 1 as Zhao Xintong is withdrawn

Mark Williams to replace the Chinese sensation following test result on day of tournament launch, in ill-timed blow as play gets under way at Hong Kong Coliseum.

6 Oct 2022 - 11:43PM

‘Not like Nicole Kidman’: arriving snooker stars can visit Coliseum during 0+3

Players may enter Hong Kong Masters venue during first three days in city – a right not enjoyed by other incoming travellers – but officials reject comparison with actress.

5 Oct 2022 - 7:30AM

Players (from left) Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Ronnie O’Sullivan arrive in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Photo: HKBSCC

China has British Open contenders, while Trump could go to Hong Kong as No 1

11 mainland Chinese through to last 32, as Judd Trump aims to reclaim top ranking from Ronnie O’Sullivan before the players move on to the Hong Kong Masters.

3 Oct 2022 - 4:38PM

Judd Trump has a chance to become world No 1 again this week. Photo: WST

Ng only woman in snooker’s British Open after World Mixed Doubles lifts profile

Hongkonger misses out on final with playing partner Judd Trump in a mixed-doubles tournament lauded by the players, but is in the main draw for the British Open.

26 Sep 2022 - 7:16PM

Ng On-yee in hunt at World Mixed Doubles – where ‘gender is no longer a barrier’

‘It’s an amazing showcase for the women’s game … they settled into the swing of things a lot quicker than me and Ronnie [O’Sullivan] did,’ Ng’s playing partner Judd Trump says.

25 Sep 2022 - 9:16PM

Hong Kong Masters snooker stars may not be allowed to practise under ‘0+3’

Scrapping of hotel quarantine for arrivals is welcomed by snooker officials ahead of next month’s event, but players could yet be affected by new border policy.

24 Sep 2022 - 6:23PM

World No 1 and seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan demonstrates during a snooker lesson at his newly opened academy in Singapore. Photo: AFP

Coronavirus Hong Kong

Hong Kong confident Rugby Sevens will go ahead; 9,787 new Covid-19 cases logged

Hong Kong Marathon may not take place in spite of organisers accepting an entry field of 25,000 runners, down from the 37,000 they previously wanted.

10 Sep 2022 - 10:35PM

Hong Kong’s sports minister is confident the Rugby Sevens will go ahead as planned in November. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong government’s ticket system slammed by snooker boss over Masters touts

Governing body’s chairman ‘really angry’ with ‘ridiculous’ system after scalpers buy up the best seats for October tournament.

10 Sep 2022 - 9:00AM

Hong Kong Masters tickets flood black market, touts snap up high-end seats

Snooker chiefs fear most expensive tickets for October event have all ended up in the hands of scalpers after officially going on sale on Wednesday.

7 Sep 2022 - 7:44PM

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