The 2017 World Seniors Championship was a snooker tournament, that took place at the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe, England, from 22 to 24 March 2017. Qualifying for the tournament was open to non-tour players, who were aged 40 and over on 1 January 2017. The champion received a place in the qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

Mark Davis was the champion of the previous event. However he was not eligible for this year's edition, as it was exclusively for non-tour players. Snooker Legends organised the event for the first time having replaced the WPBSA who previously sanctioned the event. Peter Lines won the tournament without losing a single frame. He beat John Parrott 4–0 in the final.

Prize fund The breakdown of the tournament prizes is shown below: Winner: £10,000 and a place in WC qualifying Runner-up: £3,000 Semi-finalist: £1,500 Quarter-finalist: £500 Highest break: £500 Total: £18,500

Field Seeded players Players were seeded based on the titles won during their professional careers:

Stephen Hendry – 7 world titles (1990, 1992–96, 1999), 18 triple crown events Cliff Thorburn – 1 world title (1980), 4 triple crown events John Parrott – 1 world title (1991), 2 triple crown events, 9 ranking events Dennis Taylor – 1 world title (1985), 2 triple crown events, 2 ranking events Joe Johnson – 1 world title (1986), 1 triple crown event Patsy Fagan – 1 triple crown event Tony Knowles – 2 ranking events Willie Thorne – 1 ranking event

Steve Davis, Ray Reardon, Terry Griffiths, Tony Meo and Doug Mountjoy were invited to take part, but declined.

Qualifying Four qualifying events took place during February and March 2017:

17–19 February: The Crucible Sports and Social Club, Newbury, England (Qualifying Event 1)

23–25 February: The Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds, England (Qualifying Event 2)

3–5 March: Ballroom Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany (Qualifying Event 3)

10–12 March – D’Arcy McGees at Spawell, Dublin, Ireland (Qualifying Event 4)

Each qualifier took their place alongside the eight invited players in the main draw of the championship.

Main draw

All matches were played with a 30-second shot clock with players having two time-outs per match *Re-spotted black ball replaced final frame deciders

Final Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.Baths Hall, Scunthorpe, 24 March 2017. Peter Lines 4–0 John Parrott (3) 41 Highest break 23 0 Century breaks 0 0 50+ breaks 0

50+ breaks 69 Peter Lines 55 Aiden Owens

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