2018 World Snooker Championship The win came 15 years after Williams' second world title in 2003 and he became, at the age of 43, the second oldest winner at the Crucible. Three-time world champion Mark Selby had won the title for the previous two years but lost in the first round 4–10 to Joe Perry. The 2018 World Snooker Championship was held on 21 April to 7 May 2018 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. This was the 42nd consecutive year that the tournament was held at the Crucible, and the 50th consecutive year the championship was contested through the modern knockout format.
Mark Selby won the WEPF World Eight-ball Championship, beating Darren Appleton 11–7 in the final at Blackpool. On 2 February 2015, Selby played in the 2015 Chinese Pool World Championship , but lost to Darren Appleton 19–21 in the final. Selby is a fan of Leicester City, whom he has supported since childhood. His 2014 World Championship victory came on the same day as City celebrated their promotion to the Premier League with an open-top bus parade, while his 2016 World Championship victory came on 2 May 2016, which he won just 11 minutes after the team sealed their first Premier League