The 2020 Players Championship was a professional snooker tournament held from 24 February to 1 March 2020 at the Southport Theatre and Convention Centre in Southport, England. The event had 16 participants, chosen from players with the most ranking points in the 2019–20 snooker season at the beginning of the tournament. To qualify for the event, players were chosen from points earned in the preceding 12 ranking tournaments, rather than by world rankings. Points scored at events from the 2019 Riga Masters until the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out were added towards qualifying for the tournament. The Players Championship was the second of three events in the Coral Cup, following the 2020 World Grand Prix and preceding the Tour Championship. It was the 14th ranking event of the snooker season, following the Snooker Shoot Out and preceding the 2020 Gibraltar Open. The event was sponsored by sports betting company Coral.