What is UK Championship?
{{Infobox Snooker tournament |tournament_name = UK Championship |image = |venue = [[Barbican Centre, York|Barbican Centre]] |location = [[York]] |country = England |establishment = [[1977 UK Championship|1977]] |organisation = [[World Snooker Tour]] |format = [[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]] event |prizefund = £1,205,000<ref>{{cite web |title=MrQ UK Championship |url=https://wst.tv/tournaments/uk-championship/ |publisher=[[World Snooker Tour]] |date=2023-05-17 |access-date=2023-11-12 |archive-date=2023-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112153629/https://wst.tv/tournaments/uk-championship/}}</ref> |Recent edition = [[2023 UK Championship|2023]] |Current Champion = {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}} }} The '''UK Championship''' is a [[snooker]] tournament. It is one of the [[Triple Crown (snooker)|Triple Crown]] events, along with the [[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] and the [[Masters (snooker)|Masters]]. It is the second-biggest ranking tournament, after the World Championship. [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] has won the most times, and is the current champion. ==Winners== <ref name=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/><ref>{{cite web|title=UK Championship Event History|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/UKChampionshipArticle/0,,13165~2233122,00.html|work=World Snooker|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]|access-date=23 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129024238/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/UKChampionshipArticle/0,,13165~2233122,00.html|archive-date=29 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UK Championship|url=http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071813/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34|archive-date=24 January 2013|website=Snooker Scene|access-date=5 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame|url=http://snooker.org/trn/hof.asp?pEvent=UK|website=snooker.o