2016 World Seniors Championship 2016 World Seniors Championship The 2016 888sport World Seniors Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place on 30–31 January 2016 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. Players had to be at least 40 years old at the end of the 2015/16 season. The championship was won by Mark Davis, who beat Darren Morgan 2–1 in the final. Defending champion Mark Williams lost to Anthony Hamilton in the last-16 round. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Previous winners of the World Seniors Championship and the World Snooker Championship were exempted from qualifying
Mark Selby the final and eventually won 18–14. His second World Championship crown saw him finish at number one in the world rankings for the fifth year in a row. Selby won his first title of the season at the Paul Hunter Classic by beating Tom Ford 4–2. His semi-final with Stuart Bingham at the Shanghai Masters was a meeting between the top two ranked players in the world and Selby won 6–5, having been 5–3 behind. After taking an early 3–1 advantage over Ding Junhui in the final, Selby was ousted 10–6. He was beaten 6–2 by Judd Trump in the