Snooker's great and good including Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, and Ding Junhui, ave gathered around the table for the 2020 UK Snooker Championship - the first Triple Crown event of the 2020/21 season. Read on as we explain how to get a snooker live stream and watch the UK Snooker Championship online today from anywhere on earth - including for free in some countries!
It's one of the so-called "big three" snooker tournaments, and for the first time in 10 years it's not taking place at the Barbican Centre in York. The Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, a venue that's become extremely familiar to snooker fans over recent weeks, is instead the setting, and China's Ding, currently ranked 10th in the world, enters as the reigning champion.
The UK Snooker Championship runs from Monday, November 23 to Sunday, December 6 at Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, and the action generally begins at 1pm GMT / 8am ET / 7am PT each day. Full snooker live stream and TV details are below - and you can watch your preferred coverage from anywhere in world with the help of a good VPN (opens in new tab).
One man who'll be more determined than most to wrestle the trophy out of Ding's grasp is 2020 Masters winner Stuart Bingham, who needs a UK Snooker Championship victory in order to complete his Triple Crown set. Currently ranked 11th, Bingham's a dark horse and certainly a player to keep an eye on.
Nobody's won the tournament more times than Ronnie O'Sullivan, who's made no secret of his disappointment that this year's UK Snooker Championship isn't taking place in York, one of his favourite cities. You never quite know what to expect from snooker's GOAT, and we wouldn't be surprised if the Rocket packed up and got out of Milton Keynes early or blew his rivals away.
Fellow Triple Crown winners Judd Trump, Neil Robertson and Mark Selby are also among the favourites, and many would argue that a victory for the Juddernaut is well overdue, his one UK Championship title having been secured nearly a decade ago now, all the way back in 2011.
With 128 players in the running, it's a pretty fast-paced tournament, with all the matches bar the final being best of 11 frames. The final is best of 19. It's one of the most prestigious tournaments in snooker, so scroll down to find out how to get a UK Championship snooker live stream for FREE!
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If you're not in the UK this fortnight and find the BBC's coverage unavailable where you are, then there are still many ways to watch a UK Snooker Championship snooker live stream.
Scroll down to see various international viewing options, but if it's geo-blocking that's stopping you from getting your snooker live stream fired up, then we think we can help.
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