The BetVictor European Series was a

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tournament series established in 2019. It was expanded from four tournaments in the 2019–20 season to six tournaments in the 2020–21 season and then to eight tournaments from the 2021–22 season. The player who wins the most cumulative prize money in European Series events each season receives a bonus prize of £150,000;

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won the bonus prize in the first two and the fifth seasons, while

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took the bonus in the third season, and

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claimed it in the fourth. It was discontinued as the European Masters was dropped for the 2024-25 season, and the BetVictor Bonus was awarded to the player who earned the most across the

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instead.

Events

The BetVictor European Series was established in 2019, and initially consisted of four tournaments: European Masters,

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, and

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. For the 2020–21 season, the

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and Welsh Open were included. For the 2021–22 season, the other three

events ( Northern Ireland Open,

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, Scottish Open) were added, while the

was removed, bringing the total number of events in the series to eight. For the 2022–23 season, the European Series has been renamed to the BetVictor Series. The

has been re-added to the series, whereas the

has been removed. The series' sponsor,

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, downsized its sponsorship for the 2024-25 season, leaving only the

events and the

to its name, but retained the BetVictor Bonus prize for the best-performing player across the Home Nation Series.

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was taken up by 9club, another online gambling platform;

by Machineseeker, in which the European Series title can still be seen on WST's promotional material; whereas the European Masters was discontinued since.

Series winners

In the first two years of the bonus being awarded,

was the only player to collect it. He won the series in the 2019–20 season after winning the

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in March, and then again in the 2020–21 season after

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, the only other contender to win the series at the time, lost in the third round of the

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. In the 2021–22 season, eleven players remained in contention for the bonus at the outset of the series' final tournament, the

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was top of the list, ahead of Mark Allen on countback. Higgins won the £150,000 prize after the last remaining contender Ricky Walden, who needed to win the tournament to claim the bonus, lost in the semi-finals. Eleven players were also in contention for the bonus in the

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at the outset of the series' final event, the 2023 Welsh Open.

won the series by winning the tournament, edging over Ali Carter who was the series' leader at the beginning of the tournament. In the 2023–24 season, Judd Trump claimed the bonus for a third time with an event, the 2024 Welsh Open to spare, as he won the 2023 English and

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Opens, as well as the 2024 German Masters, and was the runner-up of the 2023 European Masters.

Results

Statistics

Tournament winners

References

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