Snooker competition formats
Ten ways to run snooker, from a season-long league to a Friday night.
Over a season
- Snooker leagueA snooker league: everyone plays everyone over a season and points decide the table. How it works, how points are scored, and how to run one.
- Masters: league then cupA league that ends in a cup: the top four or eight after the season play off. How the Masters format works and when to use it.
- Last Player StandingLives, not a table: a fresh draw every round, lose and you lose a life, the last player with a life left wins. How Last Player Standing works in snooker.
In one go
- Knockout cupThe snooker knockout cup: lose and you are out. How seeding and byes work, and how to run a knockout with any number of players.
- Double eliminationTwo lives in a knockout: a winners bracket, a losers bracket and a grand final. How double elimination works for snooker.
- Groups then knockoutRound robin groups, then the top players go into a knockout. How the groups format works for a snooker event.
- Round robinEveryone plays everyone once in a single event. How a snooker round robin works and how many matches it needs.
- SwissA few rounds, nobody knocked out, winners meet winners. How the Swiss system works for a snooker event.