2020 European Masters (2019–20 season)
The 2020 European Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 22 to 26 January 2020 in Dornbirn, Austria. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), it was the ninth ranking event of the 2019–20 season, following the 2019 UK Championship, and preceding the 2020 German Masters. It was the twenty-first edition of the European Masters first held in 1989. The event was sponsored by betting company BetVictor.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22–26 January 2020 |
| Venue | Messe Dornbirn |
| City | Dornbirn |
| Country | Austria |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £407,000 |
| Winner's share | £80,000 |
| Highest break | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (146) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Runner-up | Zhou Yuelong (CHN) |
| Score | 9–0 |
← 2018 | |
Qualifying took place from 17 to 19 December 2019 in Barnsley, England. Jimmy Robertson was the defending champion after defeating Joe Perry 9–6 in the 2018 final, but he lost 3–5 to Martin O'Donnell in the first qualifying round. Neil Robertson won the seventeenth ranking title of his career with a 9–0 whitewash win over Zhou Yuelong in the final. It was only the second whitewash in a two-session ranking event final, the first since the 1989 Grand Prix. A total of 27 century breaks were made during the tournament, with Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh making the highest, a 146 in the first round.