World Snooker Championship qualifiers - Latest results, scores, schedule and order of play ahead of Crucible

ByEurosport

Updated 11/04/2022 at 07:05 GMT

The 46th edition of the World Championship takes place soon at the Crucible in Sheffield, starting with the qualifiers. The top 16 players in the world rankings automatically qualify for the main draw as seeded players. Mark Selby, who won snooker's most prestigious competition in 2021, will be looking to defend his title with Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump and Neil Robertson also competing.

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The 2022 edition of the World Championship is set to get underway in April, but before that, we have the crucial qualifiers taking place.

It will be the 46th consecutive year the World Championship is held in Sheffield, United Kingdom, and it will be the 16th and final ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season.

Mark Selby is the defending champion, having won the 2021 final 18–15 against Shaun Murphy. However, Judd Trump is the bookies' favourite to win the competition with Neil Robertson in second and Ronnie O'Sullivan third.

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The event begins on April 16, 2022 with the final taking place on May 2. But before that, the qualifiers run from April 4-13 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

HOW CAN I WATCH THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR?

You can stream the World Championship and the qualifiers on discovery+ in the UK and across Europe. You can also watch the World Championship on Eurosport.

Reports and reaction from the best of the action will be available on the Eurosport website and app.

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QUALIFYING FORMAT

Some 128 players will be vying to qualify at the English Institute of Sport the week before the tournament is due to start.

That group will be whittled down to just 16 across a week, where the victors will join the 16 top players in the snooker rankings in the draw for the first round.

Qualifying matches will be best-of-11 frames in the first, second and third preliminary rounds, before best-of-19 matches on 'Judgement Day' in the fourth and final qualifying round.

Players join at different stages through the first three of the four rounds, as follows...

QUALIFIERS MATCH SCHEDULE

APRIL 4: FIRST ROUND

09:30 UK time

Zhao Jianbo 4-6 Michael Judge
Xu Si 6-4 Michael Collumb
Zhang Jiankang 6-4 John J Astley
Zhang Anda 6-0 Anton Kazakov

14:30

Alfie Burden 4-6 Robbie McGuigan
Duane Jones 6-2 Nutcharut Wongharuthai
Fraser Patrick 1-6 Michael White
Aaron Hill 4-6 Liam Davies

19:30

Lukas Kleckers 6-3 Soheil Vahedi
Andrew Pagett 6-2 Jimmy White
Hammad Miah 6-3 Chen Zifan
Louis Heathcote 6-5 Ben Mertens

APRIL 5: FIRST ROUND

09:30

Barry Pinches 6-3 Lee Stephens
Rory McLeod 6-2 Ng On Yee
Chang Bingyu 5-6 Daniel Wells
Yuan Sijun 6-3 Ross Muir

14:30

Ian Burns 6-5 Marco Fu
Peter Devlin 6-1 Yorrit Hoes
Jamie Wilson 6-2 Jake Crofts
Peter Lines 3-6 Sanderson Lam

19:30

Craig Steadman 4-6 David Lilley
Lee Walker 6-2 Reanne Evans
Ben Hancorn 3-6 Dean Young
Jamie O'Neill 4-6 James Cahill

APRIL 6: FIRST ROUND

09:30

Farakh Ajaib 6-5 Mark Lloyd
Zak Surety 4-6 Si Jiahui
Lei Peifan 6-0 Sean Maddocks
Wu Yize 6-2 Bai Langning

14:30

Mitchell Mann 0-6 Dylan Emery
Gerard Greene 6-1 Rebecca Kenna
Jackson Page 6-1 Sean O'Sullivan
Iulian Boiko 6-4 Michael Georgiou

SECOND ROUND

19:30

Allan Taylor 6-5 Michael Judge
Scott Donaldson 6-0 Robbie McGuigan
Dominic Dale 6-3 Duane Jones
Lyu Haotian 6-4 Xu Si

APRIL 7

9:30

Sunny Akani 4-6 Zhang Jiankang
Andy Hicks 4-6 Zhang Anda
Martin O'Donnell 2-6 Michael White
Fergal O'Brien 5-6 Liam Davies

14:30

Robbie Williams 3-6 David Lilley
Tian Pengfei 6-4 Lee Walker
Joe O'Connor 6-4 Barry Pinches
Ashley Hugill 6-0 Dean Young

19:30

Nigel Bond 1-6 Lukas Kleckers
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6-4 Andrew Pagett
Michael Holt 6-1 Hammad Miah
Mark Joyce 6-5 Louis Heathcote

APRIL 8

9:30

Andrew Higginson 4-6 Daniel Wells
Cao Yupeng 6-1 Sanderson Lam
Mark Davis 5-6 James Cahill
Steven Hallworth 3-6 Yuan Sijun

14:30

Gao Yang 6-3 Dylan Emery
Matthew Stevens 6-1 Gerard Greene
Ashley Carty 1-6 Jackson Page
David Grace 6-4 Iulian Boiko

19:30

Ken Doherty 4-6 Rory McLeod
Elliot Slessor 6-0 Ian Burns
Oliver Lines 6-1 Peter Devlin
Chris Wakelin 6-2 Jamie Wilson

APRIL 9

9:30

Pang Junxu 6-1 Farakh Ajaib
Jamie Clarke 6-5 Si Jiahui
Stuart Carrington 3-6 Lei Peifan
Simon Lichtenberg 6-4 Wu Yize

14:30

Ricky Walden 4-6 Allan Taylor
Li Hang 5-6 Scott Donaldson
Liang Wenbo v Dominic Dale W/O
Lu Ning 3-6 Lyu Haotian

19:30

Stephen Maguire 6-3 Zhang Jiankang
Zhou Yuelong 6-5 Zhang Anda
Mark King 1-6 Michael White
Jordan Brown 6-5 Liam Davies

APRIL 10

9:30

Matthew Selt 6-5 Lukas Kleckers
Jak Jones 5-6 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Tom Ford 6-3 Michael Holt
Jamie Jones 6-1 Mark Joyce

14:30

David Gilbert 6-1 Rory McLeod
Anthony Hamilton 6-2 Elliot Slessor
Jimmy Robertson 6-4 Oliver Lines
Fan Zhengyi 5-6 Chris Wakelin

19:30

Kurt Maflin 1-6 David Lilley
Ding Junhui 6-4 Tian Pengfei
Ben Woollaston 1-6 Joe O'Connor
Martin Gould 2-6 Ashley Hugill

APRIL 11

9:30

Graeme Dott v Pang Junxu
Gary Wilson v Jamie Clarke
Alexander Ursenbacher v Lei Peifan
Hossein Vafaei v Simon Lichtenberg

14:30

Noppon Saengkham v Daniel Wells
Robert Milkins v Cao Yupeng
Liam Highfield v James Cahill
Ryan Day v Yuan SiJun

19:30

Ali Carter v Gao Yang
Sam Craigie v Matthew Stevens
Joe Perry v Jackson Page
Xiao Guodong v David Grace

Round 4

April 12

11:00 & 17:00

Allan Taylor v Scott Donaldson
Dominic Dale v Lyu Haotian
Stephen Maguire v Zhou Yuelong
Michael White v Jordan Brown
Matthew Selt or Lukas Kleckers v Jak Jones or Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Tom Ford v Jamie Jones
Kurt Maflin or David Lilley v Ding Junhui or Tian Pengfei
Ben Woollaston or Joe O'Connor v Martin Gould or Ashley Hugill

April 13

11:00 & 17:00

David Gilbert or Rory McLeod v Anthony Hamilton or Elliot Slessor
Jimmy Robertson or Oliver Lines v Fan Zhengyi or Chris Wakelin
Noppon Saengkham or Daniel Wells v Robert Milkins or Cao Yupeng
Liam Highfield or James Cahill v Ryan Day or Yuan SiJun
Ali Carter or Gao Yang v Sam Craigie or Matthew Stevens
Joe Perry or Jackson Page v Xiao Guodong or David Grace
Graeme Dott or Pang Junxu v Gary Wilson or Jamie Clarke
Alexander Ursenbacher or Lei Peifan v Hossein Vafaei or Simon Lichtenberg

MAIN DRAW FORMAT

Matches in the first round of the main draw are played as the best-of-19 frames.

Second-round matches and quarter-finals are played as the best-of-25 frames, and the semi-finals are the best-of-33 frames.

The final will be played over two days as a best-of-35 frames match.

2022 World Championship latest odds

Judd Trump 7/2
Neil Robertson 9/2
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6/1
Mark Selby 7/1
John Higgins 10/1
Zhao Xintong 16/1
Kyren Wilson 16/1
Yan Bingtao 22/1
Mark Allen 28/1
Ding Junhui 33/1
Shaun Murphy 33/1
Stuart Bingham 33/1
Luca Brecel 33/1
Mark Williams 33/1
Barry Hawkins 33/1
David Gilbert 40/1

PRIZE MONEY

Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semi-finals: £100,000
Quarter-finals: £50,000
Last 16: £30,000
Last 32: £20,000
Highest televised break: £15,000
Maximum break: £40,000

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PAST WINNERS

The World Championship has been running since 1927 and, prior to its move to the Crucible in 1977, it was dominated by Joe Davis, Walter Donaldson, Fred Davis, John Pulman, John Spencer and Ray Reardon, with Alex Higgins and Horace Lundrum winning it once apiece.

Since the move to Sheffield, the winners have been: