European Series

The BetVictor European Series is a snooker tournament series established in 2019.[1] It consists of eight individual snooker tournaments, and there is a prize of £150,000 for the player who finishes top of the European Series rankings.[2]

BetVictor European Series
Tournament information
Established2019
Organisation(s)World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
FormatRanking events
Total prize fund£150,000
Current championJudd Trump

Events

The BetVictor European Series was established in 2019, and initially consisted of four tournaments:[1] European Masters, German Masters, Shoot Out, Gibraltar Open.

For the 2020–21 season, the Championship League and Welsh Open were included.[2]

For the 2021–22 season, the other three Home Nations Series events (Northern Ireland Open, English Open, Scottish Open) were added, however the Championship League was removed, bringing the total number of events in the series to eight.[2]

Series winners

Judd Trump has been the only player so far to win the series and collect the bonus since inauguration. Trump won the series in the 2019–20 season after winning the 2020 Gibraltar Open in March,[3] and then won the series again in the 2020–21 season after Mark Selby, the only other contender to win the series at the time, lost in the third round of the 2021 Gibraltar Open.[4]

Season Winner Bonus Prize Ref.
2019–20 Judd Trump £150,000 [3]
2020–21 Judd Trump £150,000 [4]
2021–22

Results
Season Tournament City Winner Score Runner-up
2019–20 European Masters Dornbirn Neil Robertson 9–0 Zhou Yuelong
German Masters Berlin Judd Trump 9–6 Neil Robertson
Shoot Out Watford Michael Holt 1–0 (64–1) Zhou Yuelong
Gibraltar Open Gibraltar Judd Trump 4–3 Kyren Wilson
2020–21 European Masters Milton Keynes Mark Selby 9–8 Martin Gould
Championship League Milton Keynes Kyren Wilson 3–1 Judd Trump
German Masters Milton Keynes Judd Trump 9–2 Jack Lisowski
Shoot Out Milton Keynes Ryan Day 1–0 (67–24) Mark Selby
Welsh Open Newport Jordan Brown 9–8 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Gibraltar Open Milton Keynes Judd Trump 4–0 Jack Lisowski
2021–22 Northern Ireland Open Belfast Mark Allen 9–8 John Higgins
English Open Milton Keynes Neil Robertson 9–8 John Higgins
Scottish Open Llandudno Luca Brecel 9–5 John Higgins
Shoot Out Leicester
German Masters Berlin
European Masters Fürth
Welsh Open Newport
Gibraltar Open Gibraltar

Statistics

Champions
Player Total Northern Ireland
Open		 English
Open		 Scottish
Open		 Shoot
Out		 German
Masters		 European
Masters		 Welsh
Open		 Gibraltar
Open		 Championship
League[note 1]		 Winning
span
Judd Trump 40000200202020–2021
Neil Robertson 20100010002020–2021
Mark Selby 10000010002020
Kyren Wilson 10000000012020
Michael Holt 10001000002020
Ryan Day 10001000002021
Jordan Brown 10000001002021
Mark Allen 11000000002021
Luca Brecel 10010000002021
Total Events 13 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2020–2021

Notes
  1. Formerly a part of the series in the 2020–21 season, the event was removed from it as of the 2021–22 season.

References
  1. "BetVictor European Series Takes World Snooker Tour's Overall Prize Money To Record Level". World Snooker. 26 September 2019.
  2. "BetVictor extends involvement with WST". World Snooker. 28 June 2021.
  3. "Six Of The Best – Trump Sets New Record". World Snooker Tour. 15 March 2020.
  4. "Selby Loss Hands Trump Series Bonus". World Snooker Tour. 5 March 2021.
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