World Snooker Championship-2016

World Snooker Championship 2016

Question: Who has won the title of World Snooker Championship-2016?
(a) Steve Davis
(b) Mark Selby
(c) Sean Murphy
(d) Matthew Stevens
Ans (b)
Related facts:

  • The 2016 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2016 Betfred World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 16 April to 2 May 2016 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
  • Mark Selby became the sixth player to lift snooker’s most famous trophy more than once at the Crucible by beating Ding Junhui 18-14 in the final of the Betfred World Championship.
  • Ding Junhui became the first Asian man to reach the final.
  • This was Selby’s second World Snooker title after he had won it in 2014 and become 13th player to achieve this landmark.

Reference:
http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/betfred-world-championship-2016/
http://www.worldsnooker.com/selby-lands-second-world-crown/
http://www.china.org.cn/sports/2016-05/03/content_38369150.htm