World qualifying at Ponds Forge
World qualifying at Ponds Forge

World Championship snooker qualifying results 2017


The full results from the World Championship qualifiers, which took place from April 5-12 at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield.

Jimmy White, Peter Ebdon, Mark Williams, Graeme Dott and women's world number one Reanne Evans were among the 128 hopefuls who began the qualifying rounds of snooker's Betfred World Championship - but who made through to the Crucible?

To earn one of 16 available spots for the final stages, players needed to win three best-of-19 frame matches at Ponds Forge.

The successful ones will then brace themselves for the World Championship draw on April 13, when they will be paired off against the already-qualified world's top 16.

Here, we have the full qualifying results while a full list of the world's top 16 can also be found below. You can bet the World Championship by clicking here

World Championship Qualifiers


Xiao Godong
David Grace
Luca Brecel
Gary Wilson
Jimmy Robertson
Yan Bingtao
Martin Gould
Peter Ebdon
Stephen Maguire
Graeme Dott
Stuart Carrington
Tom Ford
Noppon Saengkham
Zhou Yuelong
Fergal O'Brien
Rory McLeod

World Championship Qualifying Results


Players needed to win through three rounds to earn one of the available 16 spots at the Crucible. So one player from each of the 16 sections below qualified

First Round

In draw bracket order

Mark Williams 10-7 Zhao Xingtong (Match 1)
Liam Highfield 10-2 Andres Petrov (Match 2)
Stuart Carrington 10-2 Alex Borg (Match 3)
Andrew Higginson 10-8 Michael Georgiou (Match 4)

Tom Ford 10-2 Jamie Bodle (Match 5)
Chris Wakelin 10-5 Elliot Slessor (Match 6)
Matthew Selt 10-4 David John (Match 7)
Hossein Vafaei 10-1 Hatem Yassen (Match 8)

Robin Hull 8-10 Reanne Evans (Match 9)
Matthew Stevens 8-10 Lee Walker (Match 10)
Noppon Saengkham 10-5 Jak Jones (Match 11)
Anthony Hamilton 10-5 Craig Steadman (Match 12)

Li Hang 10-9 Fraser Patrick (Match 13)
Mike Dunn 10-6 Andy Hicks (Match 14)
Nigel Bond 10-1 Ng On Yee (Match 15)
Stephen Maguire 10-7 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (Match 16)

Mark King 10-4 Paul S Davison (Match 17)
Zhang Anda 7-10 Fang Xiongman (Match 18)
Xiao Guodong 10-2 Tyler Rees (Match 19)
Sam Baird 10-2 Ross Vallance (Match 20)

Ben Woollaston 10-4 Chris Totten (Match 21)
Ken Doherty 10-4 Jason Weston (Match 22)
Zhou Yuelong 10-5 Christopher Keogan (Match 23)
Ian Burns 7-10 Ian Preece (Match 24)

Alfie Burden 10-6 Adam Duffy (Match 25)
Jamie Jones 10-0 Jamie Curtis-Barrett (Match 26)
Dechawat Poomjaeng 10-7 Chen Zhe (Match 27)
Graeme Dott 10-3 Allan Taylor (Match 28)

Tiang Penfei 10-4 Zhang Yong (Match 29)
Fergal O'Brien 10-6 Gerard Greene (Match 30)
Rhys Clark 10-1 Wayne Townsend (Match 31)
David Gilbert W/O v Patrick Wallace (Match 32)

Joe Perry 10-3 Zack Richardson (Match 33)
Mei Xi Wen 5-10 Akani Songsermsawad (Match 34)
Mark Joyce 10-3 Jordan Brown (Match 35)
David Grace 10-6 Thor Chuan Leong  (Match 36)

Luca Brecel 10-4 Sean O'Sullivan (Match 37)
Joe Swail 10-8 Sanderson Lam (Match 38)
Dominic Dale 10-2 Boonyarit Keattikun  (Match 39)
Daniel Wells 10-7 Adam Stefanow (Match 40)

Gary Wilson 10-9 Josh Boileau (Match 41)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 9-10 Peter Lines (Match 42)
Ross Muir 10-7 Gareth Allen (Match 43)
Michael White 10-3 Aditya Mehta (Match 44)

Rory McLeod 10-7 Darryl Hill (Match 45)
Kurt Maflin 6-10 Sydney Wilson (Match 46)
Martin O'Donnell 10-9 Jackson Page (Match 47)
Ricky Walden 7-10 Hammad Miah (Match 48)

Michael Holt 10-2 Hamza Akbar (Match 49)
Jamie Cope 5-10 Eden Sharav (Match 50)
Peter Ebdon 10-3 Michael Wild (Match 51)
Jack Lisowski 10-7 Jimmy White (Match 52)

Alan McManus 10-1 Kurt Dunham (Match 53)
Rod Lawler 10-5 Xu Si (Match 54)
Jimmy Robertson 10-8 Cao Yupeng (Match 55)
Oliver Lines 10-6 Duane Jones (Match 56) 

Yan Bingtao 10-8 Sam Craigie (Match 57)
Mark Davis 10-3 Mitchell Mann (Match 58)
Scott Donaldson 10-2 Wang Yuchen (Match 59)
Robert Milkins 6-10 Alexander Ursenbache (Match 60)

Robbie Williams 10-1 James Cahill (Match 61)
Yu De Lu 10-0 Itaro Santos (Match 62)
John J Astley 10-7 Igor Figueiredo (Match 63)
Martin Gould 10-2 James Wattana (Match 64)

Second Round

In draw bracket order

Mark Williams 10-9 Liam Highfield (Match 65)
Stuart Carrington 10-6 Andrew Higginson (Match 66)

Tom Ford 10-6 Chris Wakelin (Match 67)
Matthew Selt 6-10 Hossein Vafaei (Match 68)

Reanne Evans 6-10 Lee Walker (Match 69)
Noppon Saengkham 10-9 Anthony Hamilton (Match 70)

Li Hang 10-4 Mike Dunn (Match 71)
Nigel Bond 3-10 Stephen Maguire (Match 72)

Mark King 10-4 Fang Xiongman (Match 73)
Xiao Guodong 10-4 Sam Baird (Match 74)

Ben Woollaston 10-4 Ken Doherty (Match 75)
Zhou Yuelong 10-8 Ian Preece (Match 76)

Alfie Burden 8-10 Jamie Jones (Match 77)
Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-10 Graeme Dott (Match 78)

Tian Penfei 9-10 Fergal O'Brien (Match 79)
Rhys Clark 6-10 David Gilbert (Match 80)

Joe Perry 9-10 Akani Songsermsawad (Match 81)
Mark Joyce 6-10 David Grace (Match 82)

Luca Brecel 10-8 Joe Swail (Match 83)
Dominic Dale 10-6 Daniel Wells (Match 84)

Gary Wilson 10-7 Peter Lines (Match 85)
Ross Muir 4-10 Michael White (Match 86)

Rory McLeod 10-7 Sydney Wilson (Match 87)
Martin O'Donnell 7-10 Hammad Miah (Match 88) 

Michael Holt 10-4 Eden Sharav (Match 89)
Peter Ebdon 10-9 Jack Lisowski (Match 90)

Alan McManus 5-10 Rod Lawler (Match 91)
Jimmy Robertson 10-4 Oliver Lines (Match 92)  

Yan Bingtao 10-7 Mark Davis (Match 93)
Scott Donaldson 9-10 Alexander Ursenbache (Match 94)

Robbie Williams  7-10 Yu De Lu (Match 95)
John J Astley 6-10 Martin Gould (Match 96) 

Third Round

In draw bracket order. Winners earn a spot at the Crucible

Mark Williams 7-10 Stuart Carrington (Match 97)
Tom Ford 10-8 Hossein Vafaei (Match 98)
Lee Walker 8-10 Noppon Saengkham (Match 99)
Li Hang 5-10 Stephen Maguire (Match 100)
Mark King 4-10 Xiao Godong (Match 101)
Ben Woollaston 9-10 Zhou Yuelong (Match 102)
Jamie Jones 8-10 Graeme Dott (Match 103)
Fergal O'Brien 10-9 David Gilbert (Match 104)
Akani Songsermsawad 3-10 David Grace (Match 105)
Luca Brecel 10-5 Dominic Dale (Match 106)
Gary Wilson 10-3 Michael White (Match 107)
Rory McLeod 10-7 Hammad Miah (Match 108) 
Michael Holt 9-10 Peter Ebdon (Match 109)
Rod Lawler 6-10 Jimmy Robertson (Match 110)
Yan Bingtao 10-4 Alexander Ursenbache (Match 111)
Yu De Lu 7-10 Martin Gould (Match 112)

World Championship Top 16 Seeds


Mark Selby
Judd Trump
Stuart Bingham
Ding Junhui
Shaun Murphy
John Higgins
Barry Hawkins
Marco Fu
Neil Robertson
Ali Carter
Mark Allen
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Liang Wenbo
Kyren Wilson
Anthony McGill
Ryan Day

The draw for the World Championship takes place on April 13 at 1000 BST at the Crucible, with the event itself running from April 15 to May 1.