Summary

  • Stuart Bingham beats Shaun Murphy 18-15

  • Bingham was playing in his first World final

  • Murphy won in 2005, runner-up in 2009

  • Watch the best clips of 2015 in Highlights

  1. Shot of the tournament - resultspublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Shot of the tournament

    These are the full results

    1. Judd Trump (shot J) 17.6%, 2. Joe Perry (shot A) 14.4%, 3. Alan McManus (shot C) 14%, 4. Ali Carter (shot D) 12.8%, 5. Shaun Murphy (shot I) 12.3%, 6. Judd Trump (shot B) 8.3%, 7. Judd Trump (shot H), 7.9%, 8. Mark Davis (shot E) 4.5%, 9. Anthony McGill (shot G) 4.3%, 10. Shaun Murphy (shot F) 3.9%.

    Thanks to everyone who voted.

  2. Shot of the tournamentpublished at 20:53 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    We asked for your favourite shot of the tournament, and the results are in. The winner is Judd Trump's shot against Stuart Bingham in the semi-final. Trailing 8-5, Trump pots the blue, sends the cue ball around the baulk area, and dislodges the red that had been tight on the side cushion.

    From here....

    Judd Trump

    ...to here.

    Judd Trump
  3. Get involved via #bbcsnookerpublished at 20:51 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    George Breckenridge: What a final tonight. Can't call it. Shows how much the standard has improved recently. We're in for a long night.

    Carter: Honestly, this is the best final I've ever seen.

    Maxim: Really close, hard to pick a winner in this one, great final, loving it.

  4. 'Shaun will be delighted'published at 20:45 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Ken Doherty and Jimmy White

    Six-time finalist Jimmy White: "Shaun made an amazing clearance to stay in the match. It's been a quality match all the way through.

    "Bingham's missed a few but he's still one frame in front. He's just got to stay focused, not think about the finish line and try and get on with it.

    "Just play ball by ball - he's got to go for his shots, play his game. Shaun will be delighted because he's missed quite a few shots and he's only one frame behind, so he will fancy the job."

    And what of Jimmy's quest for the title? "I never won the world championship - but I'm not finished yet."

  5. Get involved via #bbcsnookerpublished at 20:45 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Two-time world champion Mark Williams on Twitter:, external If Bingham goes on to win this now it will be achievement of the year, now under the utmost pressure.

  6. 'More turns to come'published at 20:41 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    John Parrott
    1991 world champion and BBC Sport expert

    "These two have come back at each other so often we're likely to have more turns yet. It was a fantastic clearance from Shaun and has given him good momentum. Worryingly for Stuart, he has made a few mistakes. That interval has come at the right time for Stuart.

    "What will make this even more exciting is that they are going to start missing a few. They haven't done all match but we are getting into the nitty gritty and it is so close."

  7. Get involved via #bbcsnookerpublished at 20:39 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Phil Verney: I have wrote this poem about BBC snooker's coverage.

    PoemImage source, Phil Verney
  8. Football updatepublished at 20:37 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Alexis SanchezImage source, Getty Images

    For those of you following this fantastic final but also keen to keep abreast of what is happening in the football, do not fear.

    Here is the latest from the KC Stadium: Arsenal are winning 2-0 against Hull courtesy of an Alexis Sanchez deflected free-kick and an Aaron Ramsey strike.

  9. Postpublished at 20:37 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Steve Davis
    Six-time world champion and BBC Sport expert

    "It looks like Stuart has seen the winning line with 15 frames on the board when he needs 18. It happens to loads of players, he won't be the last.

    "Both players got what they deserved in that session but they go back to the dressing room and can regroup. I don't think anybody really know who's going to win this."

  10. Intervalpublished at 20:35 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    So Murphy wins that one. It is time for the mid-session interval. One frame in it. Who is going to win? Whoever holds their nerve in the last part of this final.

  11. Get involved via #bbcsnookerpublished at 20:31 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Ian Bradley: Tension building as the winning line looms, standard inevitably slipping, lots of twists and turns to come.

    Stuart Winton: Shaun Murphy seems a really nice guy but you've got to want Bingham to win this because of the fairytale behind it.

    Dan: I think we're going to a last-frame decider. This match deserves one. This tournament deserves one.

  12. Postpublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Murphy is up to 64, but then sinks the cue ball. Bingham needs two snookers but is still alive in this frame. Just about.

  13. Postpublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Murphy is progressing nicely in the 29th frame of a potential 35.

  14. Postpublished at 20:25 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    If Bingham is Rocky Balboa then I'm afraid his last shot was like Balboa's first meeting with Clubber Lang. Lacking power, all over the place and giving his rival a great opportunity.

    A misjudged pink brings Murphy to the table. Bingham is only 18 ahead and there are points aplenty for Murphy here.

  15. Get involved via #bbcsnookerpublished at 20:22 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Rocky BalboaImage source, AP

    The ardvark: Bingham is the Rocky Balboa of snooker. Every time you think a break is done he picks himself up.

  16. Postpublished at 20:22 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Bingham sets up the 29th frame nicely. It is going to be tense this one, with Bingham leaving Murphy in trouble with the cue ball tight on the baulk cushion.

  17. Postpublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Steve Davis
    Six-time world champion and BBC Sport expert

    Shaun Murphy

    "I think by this time it's about who can hold themselves together. We sit here just gasping at the standard - it's got so much better, the shots they pull out. That was just an ordinary clearance -an ordinary superhero clearance."

  18. Postpublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    BBC Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker on Twitter:, external "I'll be channel hopping between the snooker final and the football faster than they're potting balls."

    If you want to hop between the snooker and the football, why not head on over to our football live text commentary? Be sure to come on back soon, though, because this final is heading towards a tremendous finish.

  19. Get involved via #bbcsnookerpublished at 20:12 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    Crucible

    Martin Warren: So many twists and turns in that frame. Bingham will be disappointed as he had a golden chance. Down to 13-15 now - game on.

  20. 'They are making it look like a pool table'published at 20:12 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    John Parrott
    1991 world champion and BBC Sport expert

    "We said Bingham's clearance in the last frame was the best, but I want to change my mind. That clearance was just sublime, especially when you consider the position the balls were in. To clear up from the place he was in is a magnificent effort.

    "I was talking to Gary Wilkinson earlier, who was a championship player, and he said to me that these two have made this look like a pool table."