Class of '92 (snooker)

The Class of '92 is a group of three professional snooker players who all turned professional during the 1992–93 snooker season, who all won the World Snooker Championship on multiple occasions and completed the Triple Crown.[1][2] The players are Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Mark Williams.[3] The three players have a combined 14 World Championships:[4][5] Williams winning the event on three occasions in 2000, 2003 and 2018;[6] Higgins in 1998, 2007, 2009 and 2011,[7] and O'Sullivan in 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020 and 2022. [8] The three players combined continue to win events thirty years after turning professional, with all three reaching the semi-finals of the 1998 alongside Ken Doherty, the 1999 alongside Stephen Hendry and also the 2022 World Snooker Championship alongside Judd Trump,[9]

References
  1. "A Class Apart? - WPBSA". WPBSA. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. "Higgins hails snooker's Class of 92 after securing World Championship quarter-final". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  3. "Snooker's 'Class of 92' – John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams reach World Championship semis". independent. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  4. "Class of '92 are 'better than ever' - Higgins". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  5. "Rejuvenated class of '92 inspire snooker's greatest era: O'Sullivan, Higgins and Williams". Eurosport UK. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  6. "Williams wins world title for third time". BBC Sport.
  7. "Higgins beats Trump to win title". BBC Sport.
  8. "Ronnie O'Sullivan wins sixth World Snooker Championship at Crucible".
  9. "Class of 92 – John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams reach last four". BT.com. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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