The 2000 UK Championship (officially the 2000 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 18 November 2000 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 25 November and 3 December 2000. Nick Dyson made a maximum break in the qualifying stage against Robert Milkins. John Higgins won in the final 10–4 against Mark Williams. This was to be the last UK Championship to be held in Bournemouth, where the event was hosted since the 1998. From 2001 onwards it was hosted in York.

Tournament summary

Defending champion and World Champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

Round of 160 Best of 9 frames 🇨🇾 Mehmet Husnu 5–1 Sean Storey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wayne Jones 5–2 Ryan Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Hallett 5–3 Lee Spick 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches 5–4 Joe Jogia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Dyson 5–0 Alan Burnett 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darryn Walker 5–4 Jeff Cundy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Bedford w/o–w/d Da Hailin 🇨🇳 🇹🇭 Somporn Kanthawung 5–3 Stephen Maguire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Mann 5–0 Lasse Munstermann 🇩🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richard King 5–4 Scott MacKenzie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Mapstone 5–3 Matt Wilson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇧🇪 Patrick Delsemme 5–3 Neil Robertson 🇦🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Lee 5–4 Bob Chaperon 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anthony Bolsover 5–1 Mark Bennett 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪 Joe Delaney 5–3 Wayne Saidler 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Philip Williams 5–4 Charoen Phorat 🇹🇭 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Barton 5–3 Chris Shade 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stefan Mazrocis 5–4 Eddie Manning 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Harrison 5–1 Craig Roper 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Hugh Abernethy 5–2 Karl Burrows 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 James Reynolds 5–3 Paul McPhilips 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Weston 5–1 Mario Wehrmann 🇳🇱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby 5–3 Ian Brumby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇧🇪 Bjorn Haneveer 5–2 Peter McCullagh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Reardon 5–1 Farhan Mirza 🇵🇰 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins 5–4 Colm Gilcreest 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson 5–4 Noppadon Noppachorn 🇹🇭 🇫🇮 Robin Hull 5–3 Gareth Chilcott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 David McLellan 5–4 Lee Richardson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇮🇪 David McDonnell 5–3 Nick Terry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Munraj Pal 5–1 Tony Knowles 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Troy Shaw 5–1 Craig Butler 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Round of 128 Best of 9 frames 🇨🇾 Mehmet Husnu 5–3 Ali Carter 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leigh Griffin 5–1 Wayne Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Hallett 5–0 Stephen O'Connor 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches 5–2 Mick Price 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Dyson 5–3 Robert Milkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darryn Walker 5–0 Craig MacGillivray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Gray 5–4 Simon Bedford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇹🇭 Somporn Kanthawung 5–0 Steve Judd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Dunn 5–2 Stuart Mann 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richard King 5–4 Dean Reynolds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Gunnell 5–2 Barry Mapstone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇧🇪 Patrick Delsemme 5–1 Phaitoon Phonbun 🇹🇭 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Neal Foulds 5–1 Graham Lee 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Jones 5–4 Anthony Bolsover 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇰 Shokat Ali 5–2 Joe Delaney 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Philip Williams 5–0 Leo Fernandez 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Barton 5–0 Dene O'Kane 🇳🇿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Fenton 5–2 Stefan Mazrocis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Harrison w/o–w/d Martin Clark 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Prince 5–2 Hugh Abernethy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 James Reynolds 5–1 Darren Clarke 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Weston 5–1 Tony Chappel 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇸 Kristján Helgason 5–4 Mark Selby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇧🇪 Bjorn Haneveer 5–3 Nick Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Reardon 5–2 Wayne Brown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins 5–3 John Lardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson 5–1 Willie Thorne 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇫🇮 Robin Hull 5–2 Paul Sweeny 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David McLellan 5–2 Mark Davis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Pearce 5–3 David McDonnell 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Karl Broughton 5–3 Munraj Pal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Dziewialtowski 5–3 Troy Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Round of 96 Best of 9 frames 🇨🇾 Mehmet Husnu 5–3 Ian McCulloch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rod Lawler 5–4 Leigh Griffin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Burnett 5–4 Mike Hallett 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches 5–3 Lee Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Dyson 5–1 Paul Davies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Lines 5–2 Darryn Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Gray 5–3 Joe Johnson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Burden 5–3 Somporn Kanthawung 🇹🇭 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Anthony Davies 5–2 Mike Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerard Greene 5–2 Richard King 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Gunnell 5–4 Steve James 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇧🇪 Patrick Delsemme 5–4 Alain Robidoux 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Neal Foulds 5–2 Gary Ponting 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Jones 5–3 Stuart Pettman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇰 Shokat Ali 5–4 Michael Holt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Michie 5–4 Philip Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bradley Jones 5–3 Jason Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Fenton 5–4 John Read 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇮🇪 Michael Judge 5–2 Craig Harrison 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Prince 5–1 Jason Ferguson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonathan Birch 5–2 James Reynolds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Wykes 5–1 Jason Weston 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇮🇸 Kristján Helgason 5–3 Euan Henderson 🇧🇪 Bjorn Haneveer 5–3 Marcus Campbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham 5–2 Stuart Reardon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins 5–3 Andy Hicks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson 5–4 David Roe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Patrick Wallace 5–1 Robin Hull 🇫🇮 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Finbow 5–3 David McLellan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Pearce 5–4 Matthew Couch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Gray 5–2 Karl Broughton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Wilkinson 5–2 Martin Dziewialtowski Round of 64 Best of 11 frames 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rod Lawler 6–5 Mehmet Husnu 🇨🇾 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches 6–4 Jamie Burnett 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Dyson 6–4 Peter Lines 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Gray 6–2 Alfie Burden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerard Greene 6–5 Anthony Davies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Gunnell 6–4 Patrick Delsemme 🇧🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Neal Foulds 6–2 Tony Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Michie 6–1 Shokat Ali 🇵🇰 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bradley Jones 6–4 Mark Fenton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪 Michael Judge 6–4 Jason Prince 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonathan Birch 6–4 Paul Wykes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇮🇸 Kristján Helgason 6–5 Bjorn Haneveer 🇧🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham 6–2 Barry Hawkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Patrick Wallace 6–1 Andrew Higginson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Finbow 6–4 Nick Pearce 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Gray 6–2 Gary Wilkinson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿