World Snooker Tour Classic Coming to Leicester This March!

A brand new world ranking tournament, the WST Classic, will be staged at the Morningside Arena, Leicester in March!

The 128-player knockout event will have total prize money of £427,000 and a top prize of £80,000. Open to all tour players, it will run from March 16-22 at the Morningside Arena.

This tournament, which replaces the Turkish Masters, will be best of seven frames from the first round up to the quarter-finals, then best of nine for the semi-finals and best of 11 for the final.

The top 64 players will be seeded in the draw, based on the seeding cut off after the Duelbits Players Championship, with all other players drawn at random. Details of whether the event will be open to fans, as well as how to watch online, will be announced soon.