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 of the bookmakers' favourites for the title, Selby was defeated 10–8 in the first round by Mark King. The following year in the Welsh Open quarter-final, he was handed a writ by a member of the audience, supposedly his former manager George Barmby. Selby reached the final of the Masters again where he was runner-up to Ronnie O'Sullivan, and also reached the quarter-finals of the 2009 World Championship, losing 12–13 to Higgins, who again went on to win the title. He opened the 2009/10 season with two first round defeats, before coming from 4–8 down to beat Jamie Cope 9–8