but not other countries. Isnt snooker played in other countries like canada austrailai usa europe etc
LOL- JONNY

yeah l think it was 1966- 23 years before l was born
elnino9- thats true- billion population

although India has billion too

its a bit of a faze where more players from certain countires are playing better

another example of a faze is
do you remeber when england won the football world cup

l think its just because more and more people are getting into it over there. With a population like that then theres bound to be some good players coming through

Well, China is a very large country. Snooker is becoming popular in China. The sheer numbers of people playing will mean that more Chinese players will arrive on the tournament scene.

Also Chinese companies are sponsoring tournaments in China.

If football became popular in China, the same thing would happen. The sheer numbers involved would mean more Chinese players would become soccer stars.

Snooker has been enjoying a massive boom in China.
Being a big country,with an immense population,there r a lot of people playing.The more people play a sport,the more good players r likely to be found.
With the number of players in China,you r bound to find some very good players.
Try looking at it this way: If there r twenty thousand players in Britain & 1% r good enough to turn pro,that would be about 200 pro players.
In a country the size of China there could be 2,000,000 players.If 1% of them r good enough to turn pro,they would have 2000 pro players.
The law of averages says they r bound to have a fair few.

More players in china now and are improving enough to qualify for the latter stages of events. Australia has Neil Robertson but U.S.A has not any players on the circuit and Canada has not had any top players since the days of Thorburn, Stevens and Werbeniuk, there is a little growth in Germany, Belgium etc but no top flight players as yet.