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World stars of snooker for four years to Turkey

05/11/2021

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The Turkish federation announced the World snooker stars coming to Turkey for four years

ANTALYA - The Turkish billiard federation under the leadership of president Ersan Ercan has succeeded in bringing a world top event to Turkey. Today, Tuesday, it was announced in a press conference in England and around the same time in Turkey that the World Snooker Tour will be organized in Antalya for four years. The arrival of the undisputed world stars in snooker to Antalya, such as Ronnie O' Sullivan, Mark Selby, Judd Trump, John Higgins and Mark William, is a wonderful success for the federation.

The Turkish president announced that the WST director Jason Ferguson could launch the news after months of negotiations and considerations. For the next four years the World Snooker Tour with all its major players will come to Turkey. The first event this year is from 27 September to 3 October. The event is on the calendar for four years until 2025.

The famed World Tour is broadcast live in 120 countries worldwide with 1.6 billion viewers. Mr. Ersan Ercan pointed to the huge promotion for tourism in his country. ''We are very happy as a federation to welcome the events and all the world stars''.

The federation president expects that the Snooker Tour will bring many financial benefits in terms of prestige, vision, sponsor relationships and promotion of the sport with this upcoming process in all cities and for all ages.

 

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