English Amateur Championship

The English Amateur Championship, an annual snooker competition, is the highest-ranking and most prestigious amateur event in England. It is also the oldest and longest-running snooker tournament in the world, having been established in 1916, a full 11 years before the World Snooker Championship.

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the golf tournament, see English Amateur. For the billiards tournament, see English Amateur Billiards Championship.

English Amateur Championship
Tournament information
CountryEngland
Established1916
Organisation(s)English Partnership for Snooker & Billiards
FormatAmateur event
Recent edition2023
Current champion Paul Deaville

Five winners of the tournament went on to become world champion: John Pulman, Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Terry Griffiths and Stuart Bingham. A further three losing finalists, Joe Johnson, John Parrott and Ronnie O'Sullivan, would also lift the world title.

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