European Series

The BetVictor European Series is a snooker tournament series established in 2019.[1] It was expanded from four tournaments in the 2019–20 season to six tournaments in the 2020–21 season and then to eight tournaments in the 2021–22 season and 2022–23 season. The player who wins the most cumulative prize money in European Series events each season receives a bonus prize of £150,000.[2] Judd Trump won the bonus prize in the first two seasons, while John Higgins won the bonus in the third season and Robert Milkins in the fourth.

BetVictor European Series
Tournament information
Established2019
Organisation(s)World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
FormatRanking events
Total prize fund£150,000
Current champion Robert Milkins (ENG)

Events

The BetVictor European Series was established in 2019, and initially consisted of four tournaments: European Masters, German Masters, Shoot Out, Gibraltar Open.[1]

For the 2020–21 season, the Championship League and Welsh Open were included.[2]

For the 2021–22 season, the other three Home Nations Series events (Northern Ireland Open, English Open, Scottish Open) were added, while the Championship League was removed, bringing the total number of events in the series to eight.[2]

For the 2022–23 season, the European Series has been renamed to the BetVictor Series. The Championship League has been re-added to the series, whereas the Gibraltar Open has been removed.[3]

Series winners

In the first two years of the bonus being awarded, Judd Trump was the only player to collect the bonus. Trump won the series in the 2019–20 season after winning the 2020 Gibraltar Open in March,[4] and then won the series again in the 2020–21 season after Mark Selby, the only other contender to win the series at the time, lost in the third round of the 2021 Gibraltar Open.[5]

In the 2021–22 season, eleven players remained in contention for the bonus at the outset of the series' final tournament, the 2022 Gibraltar Open. John Higgins was top of the list, ahead of Mark Allen on countback. Higgins won the £150,000 prize after the last remaining contender Ricky Walden, who needed to win the tournament to claim the bonus, lost in the semi-finals.[6]

Eleven players were also in contention for the BetVictor bonus at the outset of the series' final event, the 2023 Welsh Open, in the 2022–23 snooker season. Robert Milkins won the series by winning the tournament, edging over Ali Carter who was the Series' leader at the beginning of the tournament.[7][8]

Season Winner Bonus prize Ref.
2019–20 Judd Trump £150,000 [4]
2020–21 Judd Trump £150,000 [5]
2021–22 John Higgins £150,000 [6]
2022–23 Robert Milkins £150,000 [7]

Results
Season Tournament City Winner Score Runner-up
2019–20 European Masters Dornbirn  Neil Robertson (AUS) 9–0  Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
German Masters Berlin  Judd Trump (ENG) 9–6  Neil Robertson (AUS)
Shoot Out Watford  Michael Holt (ENG) 1–0 (64–1)  Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
Gibraltar Open Gibraltar  Judd Trump (ENG) 4–3  Kyren Wilson (ENG)
2020–21 European Masters Milton Keynes  Mark Selby (ENG) 9–8  Martin Gould (ENG)
Championship League Milton Keynes  Kyren Wilson (ENG) 3–1  Judd Trump (ENG)
German Masters Milton Keynes  Judd Trump (ENG) 9–2  Jack Lisowski (ENG)
Shoot Out Milton Keynes  Ryan Day (WAL) 1–0 (67–24)  Mark Selby (ENG)
Welsh Open Newport  Jordan Brown (NIR) 9–8  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Gibraltar Open Milton Keynes  Judd Trump (ENG) 4–0  Jack Lisowski (ENG)
2021–22 Northern Ireland Open Belfast  Mark Allen (NIR) 9–8  John Higgins (SCO)
English Open Milton Keynes  Neil Robertson (AUS) 9–8  John Higgins (SCO)
Scottish Open Llandudno  Luca Brecel (BEL) 9–5  John Higgins (SCO)
Shoot Out Leicester  Hossein Vafaei (IRN) 1–0 (71–0)  Mark Williams (WAL)
German Masters Berlin  Zhao Xintong (CHN) 9–0  Yan Bingtao (CHN)
European Masters Milton Keynes  Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 10–9  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Welsh Open Newport  Joe Perry (ENG) 9–5  Judd Trump (ENG)
Gibraltar Open Gibraltar  Robert Milkins (ENG) 4–2  Kyren Wilson (ENG)
2022–23 Championship League Leicester  Luca Brecel (BEL) 3–1  Lu Ning (CHN)
European Masters Fürth  Kyren Wilson (ENG) 9–3  Barry Hawkins (ENG)
Northern Ireland Open Belfast  Mark Allen (NIR) 9–4  Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
Scottish Open Edinburgh  Gary Wilson (ENG) 9–2  Joe O'Connor (ENG)
English Open Brentwood  Mark Selby (ENG) 9–6  Luca Brecel (BEL)
Shoot Out Leicester  Chris Wakelin (ENG) 1–0 (119–0)  Julien Leclercq (BEL)
German Masters Berlin  Ali Carter (ENG) 10–3  Tom Ford (ENG)
Welsh Open Llandudno  Robert Milkins (ENG) 9–7  Shaun Murphy (ENG)

Statistics

Tournament winners
Player Total Northern Ireland
Open		 English
Open		 Scottish
Open		 Shoot
Out		 German
Masters		 European
Masters		 Welsh
Open		 Gibraltar
Open		 Championship
League[note 1]		 Winning
span
England Judd Trump 40000200202020–2021
Australia Neil Robertson 20100010002020–2021
Belgium Luca Brecel 20010000012021–2022
England Kyren Wilson 20000010012020–2022
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 22000000002021–2022
England Mark Selby 20100010002020–2022
England Robert Milkins 20000001102022–2023
England Michael Holt 10001000002020
Wales Ryan Day 10001000002021
Northern Ireland Jordan Brown 10000001002021
Iran Hossein Vafaei 10001000002022
China Zhao Xintong 10000100002022
China Fan Zhengyi 10000010002022
England Joe Perry 10000001002022
England Gary Wilson 10010000002022
England Chris Wakelin 10001000002023
England Ali Carter 10000100002023
Total 26 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 2 2020–2023

Notes
  1. The event was not part of the series in the 2021–22 season.

References
  1. "BetVictor European Series Takes World Snooker Tour's Overall Prize Money To Record Level". World Snooker. 26 September 2019.
  2. "BetVictor extends involvement with WST". World Snooker. 28 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "BetVictor Continues Partnership with World Snooker Tour". World Snooker Tour. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  4. "Six Of The Best – Trump Sets New Record". World Snooker Tour. 15 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Selby Loss Hands Trump Series Bonus". World Snooker Tour. 5 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "BetVictor £150,000 Bonus Goes To Higgins". World Snooker Tour. 26 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Ivan (2023-02-19). "Bob Bonanza: Milkins Wins Title And Bonus". World Snooker. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  8. "BetVictor Bonus Battle Live Blog". wst.tv. 20 February 2023. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023.
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