1999 World Snooker Championship in Newport, Wales. 1999 World Snooker Championship The 1999 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1999 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April–3 May 1999 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 10–17 against Mark Williams and became another World Champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title. Stephen Hendry won his seventh and final World title by defeating Mark Williams in the final by
United States National Snooker Championship Prince Snooker Club in Brooklyn, New York. From 2014, due to a ruling by the IBSF, the Championship is now only open to U.S. Citizens having previously also been open to U.S. permanent residents. United States National Snooker Championship The United States National Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition played in the USA and is the highest ranking amateur event in the USA. The competition was established in 1991 and was won by Tom Kollins, who currently holds the record for most championship wins, having won the title again in 1992, 1998, 1999 and 2001. Both the winner and