Snooker world No. 33 Matt Selt has been hit with a three-month suspfinished prohibit and fined £21,000 for his outburst in Saudi Arabia.
Selt, who is the vice chairman of the take parters’ board, stormed out of his Saudi Arabia Masters suit with Pang Junxu when he omited a pot while down 4-3.
The 39-year-greater was accused on three counts and acunderstandledgeed the allegations agetst him, apologising to those included.
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) verifyed that the three accuses agetst Selt were:
- That he was antagonistic in his behaviour and was dispolite and abusive in his language towards a Matchroom Senior Executive in the presence of an meaningful WST Partner.
- That he sent an abusive text to a WPBSA Member
- That he was antagonistic in his behaviour and was dispolite and abusive in his language towards a WPBSA Member.
Selt acunderstandledgeed the accuses this month and apologised, having been handed a three-month suspfinished prohibit until the finish of the 2025/26 season.
He was ordered to pay a fine of £10,000 and the WPBSA’s lterrible costs of 11,000.
A WPBSA statement said: “On 18th February 2025 he brimmingy acunderstandledgeed the allegations made agetst him and made a brimming and wholehearted apology to the persons troubleed. It was acunderstandledgeed that Mr Selt was under a meaningful amount of stress and prescertain at the time of the incidents.”
The WPBSA vice-chairman, who will remain on the board despite the incident, will only see his suspension triggerd if he is set up culpable or pdirects culpable to any further offence(s).
The Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters verifyd a challenging event for Selt, who reachd at Riyadh only to find that his cue had been snapped in half during the event.
He took it to a carpaccess in the area to have it mfinished and fall shortureed Allan Taylor in his discomiting suit, but forfeited the second-round suit with Pang in the eighth structure while the Chinese potter was directing 10-1.
Selt also had an outburst during the German Masters qualifying for finishing his suit timely and angrily talking to the referee when Artemijs Zizins fluked the thrivening pot.
“Such a stubborn loss,” he elucidateed to Stephen Henarid the day after fall shorture in Sheffield. “It reassociate hurt so, it is what it is. If you’re not apverifyed to show any emotion after the game has finished then what chance have you got?
“It was a massive game in terms of ranking and that event is so huge. You want to be in those series. It’s equitable stubborn to apverify. What do you want me to do, smile?”
