What is 2017 World Snooker Championship?
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament|tournament_name=2017 [[Betfred]] [[World Snooker Championship]]|winners_share=£375,000|previous=[[2016 World Snooker Championship|2016]]|score=18–15|runner_up={{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}|winner={{flagathlete|[[Mark Selby]]|ENG}}|highest_break={{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}} (146)|defending_champion=|Total prize fund=[[Pound sterling|£]]1,750,000|logo=World Snooker Championship 2015 Logo.png|format=[[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]] event|organisation=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]] / [[World Snooker]]|country=[[England]]|location=[[Sheffield]]|venue=[[Crucible Theatre]]|dates=15 April – 1 May 2017|next=[[2018 World Snooker Championship|2018]]}}The '''2017 World Snooker Championship''' was a professional [[snooker]] tournament. It took place from 15&nbsp;April to 1&nbsp;May 2017 at the Crucible Theatre in [[Sheffield]], England. It was the 19th and final ranking event of the 2016–17 season, after the China Open. It was the 41st year that the [[World Snooker Championship]] had been held at the Crucible. The winner of the title was defending champion [[Mark Selby]]. He defeated [[John Higgins]] 18–15 in the final despite having fallen 4–10 behind in the second session of the match. Selby defeated Ding Junhui 17–15 in the semi-finals, whilst Higgins defeated Barry Hawkins 17–8. This was Selby's third World Championship win. He had also won the title in the 2014 and 2016 tournaments. The total prize fund for the event was [[Pound sterling|£]]1,750,000. The winner got the top prize of £375,000. There were 74 [[Century break|century breaks]] in the main stage of the championship, with a further 84 in qualifying. Englishman [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] made a break of 146 in the quarter-finals, the highest of the tournament. Gary Wilson scored a [[Maximum break|maximum break of 147]] in qualifying during his first round win over Josh Boileau. The tournament was broadcast in Europe by the [[BBC]] and Eurosport, and internationally by Worl