BAHRAIN will host the World Snooker Championship in 2011. This was announced yesterday by Bahrain Billiards and Snooker Federation president Shaikh Abdulla bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa.
Bahrain won the right to host the prestigious biennial event following unanimous support from the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF).
The championship is set to bring to the kingdom the world's top amateur snooker players, both men and women.
It will be the first time Bahrain will be hosting the event. The kingdom previously staged the World Under-21 Snooker Championship in 2005.
"Hosting the world championship confirms the high level we have achieved in Bahrain snooker," Shaikh Abdulla said. "We have become one of the region's more developed countries in the game, and we are looking forward to staging a grand tournament."
This year, the world championship was held in Hyderabad, India.
Source:gulf-daily-news.com/
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