There may have been many laws or spells in snooker history, but none of them can be compared to the Crucible Spell, which is indisputable and ancient. The Crucible curse means that since the Snooker World Championship was relocated to the Crucible Theatre, no player who won the World Championship for the first time could successfully defend his title at the following year's World Championship. This spell can also be extended to the modern World Championships, where no player who has won the World Championship for the first time since the 1969 World Championships has been able to defend his title at the Following Year's World Championships.[1] No matter how surprising and dominant the xinke World Championship champions are in the future world, they will not escape the curse of the Crucible Curse, and even become the most tragic victim of the Crucible Curse. Steve Davis, the king of the 1980s, lost to Norris in the first round of the 1982 World Championships after winning his first title in 1981. The Masters and the British Championship, which are the three major competitions, do not have such spells. In the Masters, Hendry and Paul Hunter both had the experience of defending the title for the first time, and Hendry came up to five consecutive championships. The British Championship, which also had two players, Davis and Hendry, defended their titles after winning their first title. However, the Crucible Curse has its own magic nature, and no one has been able to solve it so far.
The spell had been asleep for more than fifty years. But the fate of the curse was not to sleep, she was waiting, quietly waiting for a gentle kiss from a young prince.
Appendix: The record of the first-time World Championship winner in the following year. (Data collation and porting from wiki encyclopedia)
1. A total of 5 players were eliminated in the first round of the following year's World Championships, and together with Griffiths, 6 players were eliminated in their own first round of the following year's World Championships. ([1] At the 1980 World Championships, 24 players competed in Crucible, with Griffiths playing in the second round against players who advanced in the first round. ）
2. Two players reached the final of the following year's World Championships, Joe Johnson and Ken Dahdi, which is the ceiling of the spell.
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[1] This law can also be applied to the entire period of the World Championships in Crucible, that is, no player who won the World Championship for the first time in Crucible could successfully defend his title at the Following Year's World Championships, for example, in 1977, 1978 and 1982, Spencer, Lilton and Hurricane Higgins, who won the championship for the first time in Crucible, did not complete the following year.