Professional Matchplay Championship

The Professional Matchplay Championship, currently referred to as the Betway Professional Matchplay Championship for sponsorship purposes, is a professional snooker invitational tournament featuring the past eight world champions, in a long format snooker tournament.

First introduced in 1988 by Barry Hearn, the tournament originally was exclusively open for the top eight players in the world. In 1992 it was scrapped, and resurrected for the 2014/15 season, where it featured the past eight world champions.

The reigning champion is Ian McCulloch.