The snookerworldrankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments
and 16 May 1982 at the Crucible Theatre, in Sheffield, England. It was the only event of the 1981–82 snookerseason which carried worldranking points. Embassy
Championship was the only ranking event. In the 1982–83season, two more ranking events were added to the snooker calendar: the International Open and the Professional
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, the governing body for professional snooker, first published official worldrankings for players