What is Northern Ireland Open (snooker)?
{{Infobox Snooker tournament |tournament_name = Northern Ireland Open |image = [[File:BetVictor Northern Ireland Open Logo.png]] |venue = [[Waterfront Hall]] |location = [[Belfast]] |country = [[Northern Ireland]] |establishment = 2016 |organisation = [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] |format = [[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]] event |prizefund = £427,000 |Recent edition=[[2023 Northern Ireland Open|2023]] |Current Champion = {{flagathlete|[[Judd Trump]]|ENG}} |Final Champion = }} The '''Northern Ireland Open''' is a [[snooker]] tournament held in Belfast. It is part of the four-event Home Nations Series. The players compete for the [[Alex Higgins]] Trophy. The first event was in 2016 and was won by Mark King.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BetVictor Northern Ireland Open|url=https://wst.tv/tournaments/northern-ireland-open/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111141348/https://wst.tv/tournaments/northern-ireland-open/|archive-date=11 January 2020|website=World Snooker}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=29 April 2015|title=Snooker tour to be revamped in 2016|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/32519199}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=April 29, 2015|title=Hearn Announces New Five-Year Plan|url=https://wst.tv/hearn-announces-new-five-year-plan/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205215627/https://wst.tv/hearn-announces-new-five-year-plan/|archive-date=5 February 2020|website=World Snooker}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{snooker tournaments}} [[Category:Snooker tournaments]]