Английская Википедия:Crucible curse

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates The "Crucible curse" (also known as "The curse of the Crucible" or sometimes the "Crucible jinx") is a quip in professional snooker, referring to the fact that no first-time winner of the World Snooker Championship has retained the title since the tournament moved to Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in 1977. Beginning with the 1979 champion Terry Griffiths, who lost in the second round of the 1980 event, 18 first-time world champions have failed to defend their titles. Most recently, the 2019 champion Judd Trump lost in the quarter-finals of the 2020 event. The current champion, Luca Brecel, a first-time winner in 2023, is expected to defend his title at the 2024 event.

Several world champions successfully defended their first title in the pre-Crucible era; the last to do so was John Pulman in 1964.

The curse

The first-time world champions listed below all experienced the "Crucible curse", as they did not successfully defend their title at the following year's World Championship.

Year	Defending champion	Progress	Result	Opponent	Ref
1980	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Second roundШаблон:Efn	10–13	Шаблон:Flagathlete
1981	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Semi-finals	10–16	Шаблон:Flagathlete
1982	Шаблон:Flagathlete	First round	1–10	Шаблон:Flagathlete
1986	Шаблон:Flagathlete	First round	6–10	Шаблон:Flagathlete
1987	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Final	14–18	Шаблон:Flagathlete
1991	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Quarter-finals	11–13	Шаблон:Flagathlete
1992	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Quarter-finals	12–13	Шаблон:Flagathlete
1998	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Final	12–18	Шаблон:Flagathlete
1999	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Semi-finals	10–17	Шаблон:Flagathlete
2001	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Second round	12–13	Шаблон:Flagathlete
2002	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Semi-finals	13–17	Шаблон:Flagathlete
2003	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Quarter-finals	12–13	Шаблон:Flagathlete
2006	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Quarter-finals	7–13	Шаблон:Flagathlete
2007	Шаблон:Flagathlete	First round	7–10	Шаблон:Flagathlete
2011	Шаблон:Flagathlete	First round	8–10	Шаблон:Flagathlete
2015	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Second round	9–13	Шаблон:Flagathlete
2016	Шаблон:Flagathlete	First round	9–10	Шаблон:Flagathlete
2020	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Quarter-finals	9–13	Шаблон:Flagathlete

Of the 18 players to have won their first world title at the Crucible Theatre, six lost in their first match as defending champion: Terry Griffiths in 1980, Steve Davis in 1982, Dennis Taylor in 1986, Graeme Dott in 2007, Neil Robertson in 2011, and Stuart Bingham in 2016. Most recently, Judd Trump fell to the curse at the quarter-final stage. Only two of the 18 were able to reach the final as defending champions: Joe Johnson in 1987 and Ken Doherty in 1998.

Four players have won consecutive world titles at the Crucible (having already won the championship previously): Steve Davis (1983–1984 and 1987–1989), Stephen Hendry (1992–1996), Ronnie O'Sullivan (2012–2013), and Mark Selby (2016–2017). All of these players had already experienced the "Crucible curse" after winning their first world title.

Pre-Crucible

Out of all the first-time world snooker champions, only three retained their title at the next World Championship: Joe Davis in 1928, his brother Fred Davis in 1949, and John Pulman at his first challenge match in 1964. No player in the modern era (post-1969) has successfully defended a first world title, even before the tournament was staged at the Crucible Theatre.

John Spencer, Ray Reardon and Alex Higgins won the World Championship for the first time before the event was moved to the Crucible in 1977, and failed to retain the title the following year (although this could not be attributed to the "Crucible curse"). All three players subsequently won the championship at the Crucible for the first time, but then fell to the "curse" when they failed to successfully defend the title the following year.

Year	Defending champion	Progress	Result	Opponent	Ref
Defending first world title:
1970	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Semi-finals	33–37	Шаблон:Flagathlete
1971	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Semi-finals	15–34	Шаблон:Flagathlete
1973	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Semi-finals	9–23	Шаблон:Flagathlete
Defending first world title at Crucible Theatre:
1978	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Last 16	8–13	Шаблон:Flagathlete
1979	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Quarter-finals	8–13	Шаблон:Flagathlete
1983	Шаблон:Flagathlete	Semi-finals	5–16	Шаблон:Flagathlete