Snooker stars O’Sullivan, Williams, Trump heading back to Hong Kong for all-star challenge
- Hong Kong Snooker All-Star Challenge will also feature local favourite Marco Fu, Jack Lisowski and China’s Si Jiahui
- Two-day tournament will be played at Queen Elizabeth Stadium on March 25 and 26
Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump and Mark Williams are returning to Hong Kong next year for the Hong Kong Snooker All-Star Challenge.
Local favourite Marco Fu Ka-chun, Jack Lisowski and China’s Si Jiahui complete the six-player line-up for the two-day event, which will be held at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium on March 25 and 26.
Only last week, Fu had said it would be difficult to bring back the Hong Kong Masters, which was held in October and saw the city star face O’Sullivan in the final.
Instead, Fu suggested it would be great if there were more invitational events that brought the world’s best back to the city.
And while that is happening in several months, it has been organised by private company Beyond Borders Sports Academy, not the game’s governing body in the city, the Hong Kong Billiard Sports Control Council.
Vincent Law Wing-chung, the council’s chairman, said the event had “nothing to do with us”, and also revealed it had not been sanctioned by the World Snooker Tour.
