The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments on the World Snooker Tour. They are maintained by the sport's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Rankings points are awarded using a progressive system, in which a player is awarded more points for reaching a round than the player who only reached the previous round. The point allocation is dependent on the importance of the tournament, with the world championship receiving a greater distribution of points than the other tounaments. The rankings are based on performances over the last two years, and historically were only updated once a year at the start of the season, but are now updated after every tournament.
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