2023 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out
Tournament information
Dates6–9 December 2023
VenueSwansea Arena
CitySwansea
CountryWales
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Defending champion Chris Wakelin (ENG)

The 2023 Snooker Shoot Out (officially the 2023 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out) is a professional snooker tournament that is scheduled to take place from 6 to 9 December 2023 at the Swansea Arena in Swansea, South Wales. Played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, with every match contested over a single frame, the tournament will be the ninth ranking event of the 2023–24 snooker season and the fifth of eight events in the 2024 European Series. Sponsored by BetVictor, the event will be broadcast by Eurosport in Europe.[1]

Chris Wakelin is the defending champion, having defeated Julien Leclercq 119–0 in the previous final.[2]

Tournament format

The tournament will be played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw will be randomised before each round. All matches will be played over a single frame, each of which lasts up to 10 minutes. The event features a variable shot clock; shots played in the first five minutes are allowed 15 seconds while the final five has a 10-second timer. All foul shots award the opponent a ball in hand. Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball does not hit a cushion on every shot, it is a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag is used to choose which player breaks. In the event of a draw, each player receives a shot at the blue ball. This is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who pots the ball with the cue ball from inside the D and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing wins the match.

Tournament draw

All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.[3][4][5][6]

Round 1

6 December – 13:00

6 December – 19:00

7 December – 13:00

7 December – 19:00

References

  1. ↑ "BetVictor Shoot Out". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Wakelin Wins Maiden Title in Style". World Snooker Tour. 28 January 2023. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "BetVictor Shoot Out (2023)". snooker.org.
  4. ↑ "BetVictor Shoot Out Draw". World Snooker Tour. 17 November 2023. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "BetVictor Shoot Out 2023" (PDF). World Snooker Tour. 17 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "BetVictor Shoot Out 2023/24 Provisional Format of Play" (PDF). World Snooker Tour. 17 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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