 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - World Snooker Championship yakaitika kubvira 1927. Joe Davis, munhu anokosha uye piyona mukukura kwokutanga kwemutambo wacho, akakunda makwikwi gumi nemashanu anotevedzana enyika pakati pa1927 na1946. Nguva yemazuva ano yesnooker yakatanga muna 1969 mushure mekunge nhepfenyuro yeBBC yakaraira nhepfenyuro yeterevhizheni Pot Black, yakazoendesa kufukidzwa kwezuva nezuva kweWorld Championship iyo yakatanga kutepfenyurwa muna 1978. Vanhu vakakurumbira mumutambo uyu ndiRay Reardon muma1970, Steve Davis muma1980, naStephen Hendry muma1990, mumwe nomumwe akahwina World Championship kakawanda. Kubvira muna 2000, Ronnie OSullivan ndiye akahwina mikombe yenyika dzakawanda. 