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{{short description|Snooker tournament}}
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{{Infobox Snooker tournament
|tournament_name  = UK Championship
|image            = [[File:WST UK Championship logo.png|300px]]
|venue            = [[York Barbican|Barbican]]
|location         = [[York]]
|country          = England
|establishment    = [[1977 UK Championship|1977]]
|organisation     = [[World Snooker Tour]]
|format           = [[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]] event
|prizefund        = [[Pound sterling|£]]1,205,000<ref>{{cite web |title=MrQ UK Championship |url=https://wst.tv/tournaments/uk-championship/ |publisher=[[World Snooker Tour]] |date=17 May 2023 |access-date=12 November 2023 |archive-date=12 November 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112153629/https://wst.tv/tournaments/uk-championship/}}</ref>
|Recent edition   = [[2025 UK Championship|2025]]
|Current Champion = {{flagathlete|[[Mark Selby]]|ENG}}
}}

The '''UK Championship''' is a professional ranking [[snooker]] tournament. It is one of snooker's prestigious [[Triple Crown (snooker)|Triple Crown]] events, along with the [[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] and the [[Masters (snooker)|Masters]]. It is usually held at the [[York Barbican|Barbican]] in [[York]], England. [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] has won the tournament a record eight times, followed by [[Steve Davis]] with six titles and [[Stephen Hendry]] with five. 

==History==
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The UK Championship was first held in [[1977 UK Championship|1977]] at [[Blackpool Tower#Tower Circus|Tower Circus]] in [[Blackpool]], as the '''United Kingdom Professional Snooker Championship''', an event open only to British residents and passport holders. [[Patsy Fagan]] won the inaugural tournament by defeating [[Doug Mountjoy]] by 12 frames to 9 in the final, and won the first prize of £2000. For the following year the event moved to the Guild Hall in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], where it remained until [[1997 UK Championship|1997]].<ref name=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk>{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Chris |title=UK Championship |url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160153/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html|archive-date=16 February 2012 |work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk |publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive |access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref>

The rules were changed in [[1984 UK Championship|1984]], when the tournament was granted [[Snooker world rankings|ranking status]] and all professionals were allowed to enter. Since then, it has carried more ranking points than any tournament other than the [[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]]<ref name=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/> until being overtaken by the [[International Championship]] and the [[China Open (snooker)|China Open]], both of which yield a higher number of ranking points based on the amount of money in pounds sterling on offer for winning the event.

The tournament has seen many memorable finals. In 1977 and [[1979 UK Championship|1979]], it provided Patsy Fagan and [[John Virgo]] with, respectively, their first and only major tournament wins. In [[1980 UK Championship|1980]], the tournament was won by [[Steve Davis]], as well as in [[1981 UK Championship|1981]], when the final between Davis and [[Terry Griffiths]] set the stage for four more final battles between the two, who were to dominate the rest of the season before their unexpected losses in the first round of the [[1982 World Snooker Championship|1982 World Championship]]. The 1981 runner-up Griffiths became the champion in [[1982 UK Championship|1982]], defeating [[Alex Higgins]], who in turn was the winner of the [[1983 UK Championship|1983 event]], beating Davis 16–15 after having trailed 0–7 at the end of the first session. Between 1984 and 1987, all four tournaments were won by Davis again. In [[1985 UK Championship|1985]], [[Willie Thorne]] led Davis 13–8 at the start of the evening session, only to miss a simple blue off its spot and lose 16–14. The victory regenerated Davis's confidence after his devastating World Championship loss; Thorne, on the other hand, never won another ranking title.

In [[1988 UK Championship|1988]], Doug Mountjoy, at the age of 46, became the oldest winner of the tournament, and the second-oldest winner of a ranking event ([[Ray Reardon]] had won the 1982 [[Professional Players Tournament]] at the age of 50). Mountjoy produced a stunning display to win the final 16–12 against the rising [[Stephen Hendry]], at a time when the veteran player's presence in the line-up was widely viewed as just making up the numbers. Even more astonishingly, Mountjoy won the [[Classic (snooker)|Mercantile Credit Classic]] the following month, which at the time made him only the fourth player to win two ranking tournaments in a row.

Stephen Hendry's [[1989 UK Championship|1989]] win prefigured his decade of dominance similar to the one prefigured by Davis's win in [[1980 UK Championship|1980]]; its significance was emphasised by the fact that the losing finalist was Davis himself. Hendry's 16–15 win the following year, over Davis again, spoke to his unique qualities of nerve. The final in [[1994 UK Championship|1994]] against [[Ken Doherty]] is considered by many players as one of Hendry's best performances, for he won 10–5 and made seven [[century break]]s along the way, six of which were in the span of eight frames played. Doherty has appeared in two more memorable finals, in [[2001 UK Championship|2001]], when [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] beat him 10–1,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/dec/17/snooker.cliveeverton|title=O'Sullivan wins ruthlessly|date=17 December 2001|first=Clive|last=Everton|work=The Guardian}}</ref> delivering a final's best winning margin since it had become the best of 19 frames in 1993, a feat repeated three years later, in [[2004 UK Championship|2004]], by [[Stephen Maguire]] against [[David Gray (snooker player)|David Gray]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/nov/29/snooker.cliveeverton|title=Ruthless Maguire powers to the title|date=29 November 2004|first=Clive|last=Everton|work=The Guardian}}</ref> and in [[2002 UK Championship|2002]], when Doherty almost won the tournament against [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]], but lost 9–10 in a dramatic deciding frame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/dec/16/snooker.cliveeverton|title=Williams ends drought in thriller|date=16 December 2002|first=Clive|last=Everton|work=The Guardian}}</ref>

In [[1993 UK Championship|1993]], the format of the final was reduced from the best of 31 frames to the best of 19 frames. This is the format still used for the final to the current day. Ronnie O'Sullivan became the youngest-ever winner of the tournament (and any ranking tournament) that year, being just 17 years old at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wst.tv/players/226c7294-655e-4925-bcde-17330ddfc438|title=Ronnie O'Sullivan|work=World Snooker Tour}}</ref> Between 1994 and 1996, the championship was won by Stephen Hendry three times in a row, while from 1997 to 2002, the winner was one of the '[[Class of '92 (snooker)|Class of '92]]' each year, with O'Sullivan, [[John Higgins]] and Mark Williams all claiming the title twice during this period.

The [[2005 UK Championship|2005]] tournament saw Steve Davis, aged 48, reach his first ranking tournament final for almost two years and make his highest break in tournament play for 23 years. In a match that featured the widest age gap between finalists in professional tournament history,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/2005/Dec/152396.htm|title=Ding Beats Davis to Win UK Snooker Title|date=19 December 2005|website=china.org.cn|agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]]}}</ref> he lost 6–10 to the 18-year-old [[Ding Junhui]], who became the first non-British or Irish and the second youngest player after O'Sullivan to win the UK Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/dec/19/snooker.gdnsport3|title=Ding has a bright future ahead after ending Davis dream|date=19 December 2005|first=Clive|last=Everton|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/snooker-ding-on-high-with-uk-win/25952472.html|title=SNOOKER: Ding on high with UK win|date=19 December 2005|work=The Irish Independent}}</ref> The following year, [[Peter Ebdon]] won the title by defeating [[Stephen Hendry]] 10-6.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6188249.stm|title=Ebdon beats Hendry to join elite|work=BBC Sport|date=17 December 2006}}</ref>

In [[2007 UK Championship|2007]], the tournament was won by Ronnie O'Sullivan for the fourth time, as he beat Stephen Maguire 10–2 in the final. The tournament was also notable for O'Sullivan's [[maximum break]] in the deciding frame of the semi-final,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/dec/17/snooker.sport|title=O'Sullivan brilliance leaves McGuire floundering|date=17 December 2007|first=Clive|last=Everton|work=The Guardian}}</ref> and for the longest televised frame (77 minutes) between [[Marco Fu]] and [[Mark Selby]]. The [[2009 UK Championship|2009]] final saw the reigning world champion John Higgins missing an easy brown and the chance to go 8–6 in front, eventually losing to second-time champion Ding Junhui.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/dec/14/ding-junhui-john-higgins-uk-championship|title=Ding Junhui grinds down John Higgins to win second UK title|date=14 December 2009|first=Clive|last=Everton|work=The Guardian}}</ref>

The [[2010 UK Championship|2010]] final turned out to be another dramatic match, instantly described by many commentators as an all-time classic. At one point, John Higgins, playing in his first major tournament after the end of [[John Higgins#Suspension|a six-month ban for his involvement in match-fixing discussions]], was 5–9 down to Mark Williams. However, he won the next two frames. At 7–9, Williams led by 29 points with only 27 on the table, leaving Higgins requiring a snooker to remain in the tournament. Higgins got the snooker and cleared the colours. Another frame won by Higgins took the match to the decider. Finally, with only brown, blue, pink and black left at the table, Higgins potted the brown into a top pocket by playing cross-double across the long axis of the table and then added a difficult long blue and equally difficult pink, thereby winning the frame and thus the tournament by 10–9. In the emotional post-match interview, he described his win as his finest hour and dedicated it to his terminally ill father.<ref>{{cite web |title=Higgins – My Finest Hour |url=https://wst.tv/higgins-my-finest-hour/ |work=World Snooker |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] |access-date=28 March 2021 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024132510/https://wst.tv/higgins-my-finest-hour/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In [[2011 UK Championship|2011]] the event returned to the [[Barbican Centre, York|Barbican Centre]] in [[York]].<ref>{{cite web|title=UK Championship to return to York. Barbican|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2347244,00.html|work=World Snooker|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]|date=26 April 2011|access-date=27 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429174920/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2347244,00.html|archive-date=29 April 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> There was a radical change to the format. All matches up to and including the quarter-finals were changed from the best of 17 frames to the best of 11 frames.<ref name="Snooker.org 2011">{{cite web|title=UK Championship (2011)|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=98|website=snooker.org|access-date=12 October 2011|archive-date=6 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106103739/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=98|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[2013 UK Championship|2013]] a 128-player flat draw was used, with all players starting in the first round and all rounds played at the Barbican venue. The tournament was contractually due to stay at the Barbican Centre until 2013,<ref>{{cite web|title=York Return for UK Championship|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2757342,00.html|work=World Snooker|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]|date=2 May 2012|access-date=8 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511023047/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2757342,00.html|archive-date=11 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> but it also hosted the event in [[2014 UK Championship|2014]].<ref>{{cite web|title=York Snooker Tickets on Sale|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/UKChampionshipArticle/0,,13165~3792208,00.html|work=World Snooker|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]|access-date=31 August 2014|date=28 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711080405/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/UKChampionshipArticle/0,,13165~3792208,00.html|archive-date=11 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> That year the format was changed once again, with every round up to and including the semi-finals being played over best-of-11 frames. This is the format that is being used to the current day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/30080548 |title=UK Championship 2014: Ronnie O'Sullivan 'the man to beat' |last=Hafez |first=Shamoon |date=25 November 2014 |work=BBC Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205051519/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/30080548 |archive-date=5 February 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> This tournament saw yet another classic final, as Ronnie O'Sullivan won 10–9 over 2011 winner [[Judd Trump]], who had recovered from 9–4 to take the match into a decider.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wst.tv/osullivan-wins-uk-championship/ |title=O'Sullivan Wins UK Championship |date=7 December 2014 |work=World Snooker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220232959/https://wst.tv/osullivan-wins-uk-championship/ |archive-date=20 February 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Besides winning the title for a fifth time, O'Sullivan also produced a maximum in his last 16 match against [[Matthew Selt]], the third consecutive 147 break in the main stages of the tournament since 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wst.tv/rocket-flies-to-magical-maximum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220231904/https://wst.tv/rocket-flies-to-magical-maximum/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2020|title=Rocket Flies To Magical Maximum|date=4 December 2014|work=World Snooker Tour}}</ref> following the ones made by John Higgins in [[2012 UK Championship|2012]] and Mark Selby in [[2013 UK Championship|2013]], and followed by [[Neil Robertson]]'s maximum in [[2015 UK Championship|2015]] and [[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]]'s in [[2016 UK Championship|2016]].

Between 2012 and 2018, the event has been won by either Neil Robertson, Mark Selby or Ronnie O'Sullivan. The final line-ups of 2013 and 2016 featured a combination of these three players, with Robertson defeating defending champion Selby in the former, and Selby beating O'Sullivan in the latter. In [[2015 UK Championship|2015]], the final featured Australia's Neil Robertson and China's [[Liang Wenbo]], the first time that a UK Championship final had been contested between two overseas players,<ref>{{cite web|title=Robertson sets up final date with Liang at UK Championship|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2015/1205/751555-robertson-sets-up-final-date-with-wenbo/|work=[[RTÉ Sport]]|date=5 December 2015|access-date=5 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208075834/http://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2015/1205/751555-robertson-sets-up-final-date-with-wenbo/|url-status=live}}</ref> an occurrence repeated in [[2021 UK Championship|2021]], when Chinese player [[Zhao Xintong]] played against the Belgian [[Luca Brecel]], who at that point was the first player from mainland Europe to compete in a Triple Crown final. This was the first ever UK Championship final between two players ranked outside the top 16.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2021/december/05/sensation-zhao-is-uk-champion|title=Sensation Zhao Is UK Champion|date=5 December 2021|work=World Snooker Tour}}</ref> The [[2016 UK Championship|2016]] final between Selby and O'Sullivan saw five century breaks in the final six frames of the match, as Selby won his second UK title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wst.tv/selby-rules-uk-again|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220223803/https://wst.tv/selby-rules-uk-again/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2020|title=Selby Rules UK Again|date=4 December 2016|work=World Snooker Tour}}</ref> The next two editions of the tournament in [[2017 UK Championship|2017]] and [[2018 UK Championship|2018]] were captured by O'Sullivan, who became the first player since Stephen Hendry in [[1996 UK Championship|1996]] to successfully defend the title. In addition, O'Sullivan set a new record for most UK titles with seven,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wst.tv/osullivan-storms-to-historic-seventh-uk-title|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220213250/https://wst.tv/osullivan-storms-to-historic-seventh-uk-title/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2020|title=O'Sullivan Storms To Historic Seventh UK Title|date=9 December 2018|work=World Snooker Tour}}</ref> that he would extend to eight in [[2023 UK Championship|2023]] by beating Ding Junhui,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2023/december/03/rocket-capture-eighth-uk-crown|title=Rocket Captures Eighth UK Crown|date=3 December 2023|work=World Snooker Tour}}</ref> who won the tournament for the third time in [[2019 UK Championship|2019]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wst.tv/ding-beats-maguire-to-win-third-uk-title|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113161334/https://wst.tv/ding-beats-maguire-to-win-third-uk-title/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2020|title=Ding Beats Maguire To Win Third UK Title|date=8 December 2019|work=World Snooker Tour}}</ref> and was a runner-up to Mark Allen in [[2022 UK Championship|2022]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2022/november/20/allen-overturns-ding-to-win-first-uk-title|title=Allen Overturns Ding To Win First UK Title|date=20 November 2022|work=World Snooker Tour}}</ref> In the [[2020 UK Championship|2020 edition of the event]], it was Neil Robertson who became a three-time champion of the tournament, defeating Judd Trump 10–9 in a 7-hour long final with a 66-minute long decider frame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wst.tv/robertson-edges-trump-in-dramatic-final|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207063300/https://wst.tv/robertson-edges-trump-in-dramatic-final/|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 December 2020|title=Robertson Edges Trump In Thrilling UK Final|date=7 December 2020|work=World Snooker Tour}}</ref>

==Winners==
<ref name=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/><ref>{{cite web|title=UK Championship Event History|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/UKChampionshipArticle/0,,13165~2233122,00.html|work=[[World Snooker Tour]]|access-date=23 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129024238/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/UKChampionshipArticle/0,,13165~2233122,00.html|archive-date=29 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UK Championship|url=http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071813/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34|archive-date=24 January 2013|website=Snooker Scene|access-date=5 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame|url=http://snooker.org/trn/hof.asp?pEvent=UK|website=snooker.org|access-date=22 June 2013|archive-date=6 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206232735/http://www.snooker.org/TRN/hof.asp?pEvent=UK|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!  style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Year
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Winner
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Runner-up
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Final score
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Season
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Venue
|-
| colspan=7 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | '''UK Championship''' (non-ranking, 1977–1983)
|-
| [[1977 UK Championship|1977]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Patsy Fagan]]|IRL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Doug Mountjoy]]|WAL}}
| style="text-align: center" | 12–9
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1977/1978|1977–78]]
| [[Tower Circus]] in [[Blackpool]]
|-
| [[1978 UK Championship|1978]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Doug Mountjoy]]|WAL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[David Taylor (snooker player)|David Taylor]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 15–9
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1978/1979|1978–79]]
| rowspan=6 | [[Preston Guild Hall]] in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
|-
| [[1979 UK Championship|1979]]
| {{flagathlete|[[John Virgo]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Terry Griffiths]]|WAL}}
| style="text-align: center" | 14–13
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1979/1980|1979–80]]
|-
| [[1980 UK Championship|1980]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Alex Higgins]]|NIR}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–6
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1980/1981|1980–81]]
|-
| [[1981 UK Championship|1981]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Terry Griffiths]]|WAL}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–3
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1981/1982|1981–82]]
|-
| [[1982 UK Championship|1982]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Terry Griffiths]]|WAL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Alex Higgins]]|NIR}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–15
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1982/1983|1982–83]]
|-
| [[1983 UK Championship|1983]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Alex Higgins]]|NIR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–15
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1983/1984|1983–84]]
|-
| colspan=7 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | '''UK Championship''' (ranking, 1984–''present'')
|-
| [[1984 UK Championship|1984]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Alex Higgins]]|NIR}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–8
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1984/1985|1984–85]]
| rowspan=14 | [[Preston Guild Hall]] in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
|-
| [[1985 UK Championship|1985]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Willie Thorne]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–14
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1985/1986|1985–86]]
|-
| [[1986 UK Championship|1986]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Neal Foulds]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–7
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1986/1987|1986–87]]
|-
| [[1987 UK Championship|1987]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Jimmy White]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–14
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1987/1988|1987–88]]
|-
| [[1988 UK Championship|1988]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Doug Mountjoy]]|WAL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–12
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1988/1989|1988–89]]
|-
| [[1989 UK Championship|1989]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–12
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1989/1990|1989–90]]
|-
| [[1990 UK Championship|1990]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–15
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1990/1991|1990–91]]
|-
| [[1991 UK Championship|1991]]
| {{flagathlete|[[John Parrott]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Jimmy White]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–13
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1991/1992|1991–92]]
|-
| [[1992 UK Championship|1992]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Jimmy White]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[John Parrott]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 16–9
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1992/1993|1992–93]]
|-
| [[1993 UK Championship|1993]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–6
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1993/1994|1993–94]]
|-
| [[1994 UK Championship|1994]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ken Doherty]]|IRL}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–5
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1994/1995|1994–95]]
|-
| [[1995 UK Championship|1995]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Peter Ebdon]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–3
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1995/1996|1995–96]]
|-
| [[1996 UK Championship|1996]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}
| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–9
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1996/1997|1996–97]]
|-
| [[1997 UK Championship|1997]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–6
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1997/1998|1997–98]]
|-
| [[1998 UK Championship|1998]]
| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Matthew Stevens]]|WAL}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–6
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1998/1999|1998–99]]
| rowspan=3 | [[Bournemouth International Centre]]<br>in [[Bournemouth]]
|-
| [[1999 UK Championship|1999]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]|WAL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Matthew Stevens]]|WAL}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–8
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 1999/2000|1999–00]]
|-
| [[2000 UK Championship|2000]]
| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]|WAL}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–4
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2000/2001|2000–01]]
|-
| [[2001 UK Championship|2001]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ken Doherty]]|IRL}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–1
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2001/2002|2001–02]]
| rowspan=6 | [[York Barbican|Barbican Centre]] in [[York]]
|-
| [[2002 UK Championship|2002]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]|WAL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ken Doherty]]|IRL}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–9
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2002/2003|2002–03]]
|-
| [[2003 UK Championship|2003]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Matthew Stevens]]|WAL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–8
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2003/2004|2003–04]]
|-
| [[2004 UK Championship|2004]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Maguire]]|SCO}}
| {{flagathlete|[[David Gray (snooker player)|David Gray]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–1
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2004/2005|2004–05]]
|-
| [[2005 UK Championship|2005]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Ding Junhui]]|CHN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–6
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2005/2006|2005–06]]
|-
| [[2006 UK Championship|2006]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Peter Ebdon]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–6
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2006/2007|2006–07]]
|-
| [[2007 UK Championship|2007]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Maguire]]|SCO}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–2
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2007/2008|2007–08]]
| rowspan=4 | Telford International Centre<br>in [[Telford]]
|-
| [[2008 UK Championship|2008]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2008/1222/242702-snooker/ |title=Murphy wins UK Championship |website=RTÉ.ie |date=22 December 2008 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=1 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001135748/https://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2008/1222/242702-snooker/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Shaun Murphy]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Marco Fu]]|HKG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–9
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2008/2009|2008–09]]
|-
| [[2009 UK Championship|2009]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/ding-wins-uk-championship_sto2153330/story.shtml |title=Ding Wins UK Championship |work=[[Eurosport]] |date=14 December 2009 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522101129/https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/ding-wins-uk-championship_sto2153330/story.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Ding Junhui]]|CHN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–8
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2009/2010|2009–10]]
|-
| [[2010 UK Championship|2010]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/dec/13/john-higgins-mark-williams-uk-championship |title=John Higgins fights back to beat Mark Williams and win UK Championship |last=Everton |first=Clive |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 December 2010 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=28 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228025427/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/dec/13/john-higgins-mark-williams-uk-championship |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]|WAL}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–9
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2010/2011|2010–11]]
|-
| [[2011 UK Championship|2011]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/16131999 |title=UK Snooker Championship: Judd Trump beats Mark Allen to win title |last=Fazackerley |first=Karen |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=11 December 2011 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=15 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115145914/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/16131999 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Judd Trump]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]]|NIR}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–8
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2011/2012|2011–12]]
| rowspan=9 | [[Barbican Centre, York|Barbican Centre]] in [[York]]
|-
| [[2012 UK Championship|2012]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/mark-selby-beats-shaun-murphy-to-lift-uk-championship_sto3523415/story.shtml |title=Mark Selby beats Shaun Murphy to lift UK Championship |work=[[Eurosport]] |date=9 December 2012 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522075336/https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/mark-selby-beats-shaun-murphy-to-lift-uk-championship_sto3523415/story.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Selby]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Shaun Murphy]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–6
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2012/2013|2012–13]]
|-
| [[2013 UK Championship|2013]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/dec/08/neil-robertson-mark-selby-uk-championship |title=Neil Robertson fights back against Mark Selby to win UK Championship |agency=Press Association |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=8 December 2013 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=22 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822054235/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/dec/08/neil-robertson-mark-selby-uk-championship |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Neil Robertson]]|AUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Selby]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–7
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2013/2014|2013–14]]
|-
| [[2014 UK Championship|2014]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/12243/9597189/snooker-ronnie-osullivan-beats-judd-trump-10-9-in-dramatic-uk-championship-final |title=Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Judd Trump 10-9 in dramatic UK Championship final |work=[[Sky Sports]] |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=25 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625171736/https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/12243/9597189/snooker-ronnie-osullivan-beats-judd-trump-10-9-in-dramatic-uk-championship-final |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Judd Trump]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–9
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2014/2015|2014–15]]
|-
| [[2015 UK Championship|2015]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/35021520 |title=UK Championship final: Neil Robertson makes 147 and wins title |last=Hafez |first=Shamoon |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=6 December 2015 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=6 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206234146/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/35021520 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Neil Robertson]]|AUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Liang Wenbo]]|CHN}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–5
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2015/2016|2015–16]]
|-
| [[2016 UK Championship|2016]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/12243/10683882/mark-selby-beats-ronnie-osullivan-in-uk-championship-final |title=Mark Selby beats Ronnie O'Sullivan in UK Championship final |last=Crellin |first=Mark |work=[[Sky Sports]] |date=5 December 2016 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=23 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223164854/https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/12243/10683882/mark-selby-beats-ronnie-osullivan-in-uk-championship-final |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Selby]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–7
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2016/2017|2016–17]]
|-
| [[2017 UK Championship|2017]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/rampant-ronnie-wins-sixth-uk-title/132113 |title=Ronnie O'Sullivan wins sixth UK Championship title |work=Sporting Life |date=10 December 2017 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=20 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320161523/https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/rampant-ronnie-wins-sixth-uk-title/132113 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Shaun Murphy]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–5
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2017/2018|2017–18]]
|-
| [[2018 UK Championship|2018]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/46501187 |title=UK Championship: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Mark Allen to win seventh title |last=Hafez |first=Shamoon |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=9 December 2018 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522094204/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/snooker/46501187 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]]|NIR}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–6
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2018/2019|2018–19]]
|-
| [[2019 UK Championship|2019]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Betway UK Championship 2019|url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/14099/betway-uk-championship-2019|work=[[World Snooker Tour]]|access-date=6 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223033817/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/14099/betway-uk-championship-2019|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Ding Junhui]]|CHN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Maguire]]|SCO}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–6
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2019/2020|2019–20]]
|-
| [[2020 UK Championship|2020]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wst.tv/robertson-edges-trump-in-dramatic-final/|title=Robertson Edges Trump In Thrilling UK Final|work=[[World Snooker Tour]]|date=7 December 2020|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=7 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207063300/https://wst.tv/robertson-edges-trump-in-dramatic-final/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Neil Robertson]]|AUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Judd Trump]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–9
| style="text-align: center" | [[2020–21 snooker season|2020–21]]
| [[Marshall Arena]] in [[Milton Keynes]]
|-
| [[2021 UK Championship|2021]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 December 2021|title=Sensation Zhao is UK Champion|url=https://wst.tv/sensation-zhao-is-uk-champion/|url-status=dead|work=[[World Snooker Tour]]|access-date=5 December 2021|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205214856/https://wst.tv/sensation-zhao-is-uk-champion/}}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Zhao Xintong]]|CHN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Luca Brecel]]|BEL}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–5
| style="text-align: center" | [[Snooker season 2021/2022|2021–22]]
| rowspan="5" | [[York Barbican|Barbican Centre]] in [[York]]
|-
| [[2022 UK Championship|2022]]<ref>{{cite web |date=20 November 2022 |title=Allen overturns Ding to win first UK title |url=https://wst.tv/allen-overturns-ding-to-win-first-uk-title/ |access-date=20 November 2022 |work=[[World Snooker Tour]] |archive-date=21 November 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121012948/https://wst.tv/allen-overturns-ding-to-win-first-uk-title/}}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]]|NIR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ding Junhui]]|CHN}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–7
| style="text-align: center" | [[2022–23 snooker season|2022–23]]
|-
| [[2023 UK Championship|2023]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wst.tv/rocket-capture-eighth-uk-crown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203235146/https://wst.tv/rocket-capture-eighth-uk-crown/|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2023|title=Rocket Captures Eighth UK Crown|date=3 December 2023|work=[[World Snooker Tour]]}}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ding Junhui]]|CHN}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–7
| style="text-align: center" | [[2023–24 snooker season|2023–24]]
|-
| [[2024 UK Championship|2024]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump beats Hawkins to win second UK Championship crown |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/cql53rrqe95o |work=[[BBC Sport]] |first=Steve |last=Sutcliffe |date=1 December 2024 |access-date=2 December 2024 |archive-date=2 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202060120/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/cql53rrqe95o |url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Judd Trump]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Barry Hawkins]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 10–8
| style="text-align: center" | [[2024–25 snooker season|2024–25]]
|-
| [[2025 UK Championship|2025]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Selby]]|ENG}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Judd Trump]]|ENG}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 10–8
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2025–26 snooker season|2025–26]]
|}

==Finalists==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Name
! Nationality
! Winner
! {{nobreak|Runner-up}}
! Finals
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Ronnie|O'Sullivan}}'''
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|8
|1
|9
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Steve|Davis}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|6
|4
|10
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Stephen|Hendry}}
|align="left"|{{SCO}}
|5
|5
|10
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|John|Higgins}}'''
|align="left"|{{SCO}}
|3
|2
|5
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Ding|Junhui||Ding Junhui}}'''
|align="left"|{{CHN}}
|3
|2
|5
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Mark|Selby}}'''
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|3
|1
|4
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Neil|Robertson}}'''
|align="left"|{{AUS}}
|3
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Judd|Trump}}'''
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|2
|3
|5
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Mark|Williams|Mark Williams (snooker player)}}'''
|align="left"|{{WAL}}
|2
|2
|4
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Doug|Mountjoy|Doug Mountjoy}}
|align="left"|{{WAL}}
|2
|1
|3
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Alex|Higgins}}
|align="left"|{{NIR}}
|1
|3
|4
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Terry|Griffiths}}
|align="left"|{{WAL}}
|1
|2
|3
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Jimmy|White}}'''
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|1
|2
|3
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Matthew|Stevens}}'''
|align="left"|{{WAL}}
|1
|2
|3
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Shaun|Murphy}}'''
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|1
|2
|3
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Stephen|Maguire}}'''
|align="left"|{{SCO}}
|1
|2
|3
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Mark|Allen|Mark Allen (snooker player)}}'''
|align="left"|{{NIR}}
|1
|2
|3
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|John|Parrott}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|1
|1
|2
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Peter|Ebdon}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|1
|1
|2
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Patsy|Fagan}}
|align="left"|{{IRL}}
|1
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|John|Virgo}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|1
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Zhao|Xintong||Zhao Xintong}}'''
|align="left"|{{CHN}}
|1
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Ken|Doherty}}'''
|align="left"|{{IRL}}
|0
|3
|3
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|David|Taylor|David Taylor (snooker player)}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|1
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Willie|Thorne}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|1
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Neal|Foulds}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|1
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|David|Gray|David Gray (snooker player)}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|1
|1
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Marco|Fu}}'''
|align="left"|{{HKG}}
|0
|1
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Liang|Wenbo||Liang Wenbo}}
|align="left"|{{CHN}}
|0
|1
|1
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Luca|Brecel}}'''
|align="left"|{{BEL}}
|0
|1
|1
|-
|align="left"|'''{{sortname|Barry|Hawkins}}'''
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|1
|1
|}

* Active players are shown in '''bold'''.

== Commercials ==

=== Title sponsorship ===
The UK Championship has had many different sponsors over the years, including [[Crystalate Manufacturing Company|Super Crystalate]], [[Tennent Caledonian|Tennents]], StormSeal, [[Royal Liver Assurance]], [[Liverpool Victoria]], [[Powerhouse (shop)|PowerHouse]], [[Travis Perkins]], [[Maplin (retailer)|Maplin Electronics]], [[Pukka Pies]], [[12BET|12BET.com]],<ref name="cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk" /> [[William Hill (bookmaker)|williamhill.com]],<ref>{{cite web |date=30 November 2011 |title=williamhill.com To Sponsor UK |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2533164,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202065222/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2533164%2C00.html |archive-date=2 December 2011 |access-date=30 November 2011 |work=World Snooker |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]]}}</ref> [[Coral (bookmaker)|Coral]],<ref>{{cite web |date=20 November 2014 |title=Coral To Sponsor UK Championship |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~4313820,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129185510/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~4313820,00.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=21 November 2014 |work=World Snooker |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]]}}</ref> [[Betway]],<ref>{{cite web |date=2 April 2015 |title=Betway to Sponsor UK Championship |url=https://wst.tv/betway-to-sponsor-uk-championship/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222044126/https://wst.tv/betway-to-sponsor-uk-championship/ |archive-date=22 February 2020 |work=World Snooker}}</ref> [[Cazoo]], MrQ, and now by [[Victorian Plumbing]] since 2024.

=== Television coverage ===
The [[BBC]] is the current rights holder<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/world-snooker-broadcast-agreement BBC and World Snooker extend broadcast agreement to 2024]</ref> along with the other Triple Crown events and shows the event alongside [[TNT Sports (United Kingdom)|TNT Sports]] (previously [[Eurosport]]). The BBC covered the inaugural event in 1977 on [[Grandstand (TV programme)|Grandstand]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230510234852/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_one_london/1977-12-03 BBC Programme Index - BBC1 listings 3 December 1977]</ref> and has broadcast all subsequent tournaments. It is usually held towards the end of each calendar year.

==References==
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