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World Championship snooker qualifying: Draw, schedule, results, how to watch


Jimmy White is one of the big names in qualifying for this year's World Championship – get the full draw, results and daily schedule here.

Format and how players qualify

A total of 128 players will be in action at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield from Monday 4 April to Wednesday 13 April as they chase for 16 available spots at the World Championship.

There are four qualifying rounds overall, with players beginning their campaigns at different points defending on their world ranking.

Competitors ranked 81 and below will enter at the first round alongside 16 invited international amateurs, while the second round will see those ranked from 49 to 80 enter the competition.

The winners will then advance into the all important third round and be joined by those ranked 17 to 48 in the rankings.

All matches will be the best of 11 frames until the final round, which will see the format increase to 19 frames.

World Championship qualifying draw

ROUND FOUR

  • Allan Taylor 1-10 Scott Donaldson
  • Dominic Dale 4-10 Lyu Haotian
  • Stephen Maguire 10-7 Zhou Yuelong
  • Michael White 10-8 Jordan Brown
  • Matthew Selt 7-10 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
  • Tom Ford 5-10 Jamie Jones
  • David Gilbert 10-3 Anthony Hamilton
  • Jimmy Robertson 7-10 Chris Wakelin
  • David Lilley 7-10 Ding Junhui
  • Joe O'Connor 7-10 Ashley Hugill
  • Graeme Dott 8-10 Jamie Clarke
  • Lei Peifan 9-10 Hossein Vafaei
  • Noppon Saengkham 10-8 Robert Milkins
  • Liam Highfield 10-7 Yuan SiJun
  • Ali Carter 8-10 Matthew Stevens
  • Jackson Page 10-6 David Grace

World Championship qualifying daily schedule

Tuesday April 12
Fourth round
Morning session (1100)

  • Allan Taylor 1-8 Scott Donaldson
  • Dominic Dale 1-8 Lyu Haotian
  • Stephen Maguire 5-4 Zhou Yuelong
  • Michael White 5-4 Jordan Brown
  • Matthew Selt 5-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
  • Tom Ford 2-7 Jamie Jones
  • David Lilley 5-4 Ding Junhui
  • Joe O'Connor 3-6 Ashley Hugill

Evening session (1700)

  • Allan Taylor 1-10 Scott Donaldson
  • Dominic Dale 4-10 Lyu Haotian
  • Stephen Maguire 10-7 Zhou Yuelong
  • Michael White 10-8 Jordan Brown
  • Matthew Selt 7-10 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
  • Tom Ford 5-10 Jamie Jones
  • David Lilley 7-10 Ding Junhui
  • Joe O'Connor 7-10 Ashley Hugill

Wednesday April 13
Fourth round
Morning session (1100)

  • David Gilbert 7-2 Anthony Hamilton
  • Jimmy Robertson 4-5 Chris Wakelin
  • Noppon Saengkham 4-5 Robert Milkins
  • Liam Highfield 4-5 Yuan SiJun
  • Ali Carter 5-4 Matthew Stevens
  • Jackson Page 6-3 David Grace
  • Graeme Dott 3-6 Jamie Clarke
  • Lei Peifan 4-5 Hossein Vafaei

Evening session (1700)

  • David Gilbert 10-3 Anthony Hamilton
  • Jimmy Robertson 7-10 Chris Wakelin
  • Noppon Saengkham 10-8 Robert Milkins
  • Liam Highfield 10-7 Yuan SiJun
  • Ali Carter 8-10 Matthew Stevens
  • Jackson Page 10-6 David Grace
  • Graeme Dott 8-10 Jamie Clarke
  • Lei Peifan 9-10 Hossein Vafaei

World Championship qualifying round-by-round results

ROUND THREE

  • Ricky Walden 4-6 Allan Taylor
  • Li Hang 5-6 Scott Donaldson
  • Liang Wenbo v Dominic Dale WALKOVER
  • Lu Ning 3-6 Lyu Haotian
  • Stephen Maguire 6-3 Zhang Jiankang
  • Zhou Yuelong 6-5 Zhang Anda
  • Mark King 1-6 Michael White
  • Jordan Brown 6-5 Liam Davies
  • Matthew Selt v Lukas Kleckers
  • Jak Jones v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
  • Tom Ford 6-3 Michael Holt
  • Jamie Jones 6-1 Mark Joyce
  • David Gilbert 6-1 Rory McLeod
  • Anthony Hamilton 6-2 Elliot Slessor
  • Jimmy Robertson 6-4 Oliver Lines
  • Fan Zhengyi 5-6 Chris Wakelin
  • Kurt Maflin 1-6 David Lilley
  • Ding Junhui 6-4 Tian Pengfei
  • Ben Woollaston 1-6 Joe O'Connor
  • Martin Gould 5-6 Ashley Hugill
  • Graeme Dott 6-1 Pang Junxu
  • Gary Wilson 0-6 Jamie Clarke
  • Alexander Ursenbacher 3-6 Lei Peifan
  • Hossein Vafaei 6-0 Simon Lichtenberg
  • Noppon Saengkham 6-3 Daniel Wells
  • Robert Milkins 6-3 Cao Yupeng
  • Liam Highfield 6-5 James Cahill
  • Ryan Day 1-6 Yuan SiJun
  • Ali Carter 6-4 Gao Yang
  • Sam Craigie 1-6 Matthew Stevens
  • Joe Perry 3-6 Jackson Page
  • Xiao Guodong 4-6 David Grace

ROUND TWO

  • Allan Taylor 6-5 Michael Judge
  • Scott Donaldson 6-0 Robbie McGuigan
  • Dominic Dale 6-3 Duane Jones
  • Lyu Haotian 6-4 Xu Si
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ken Doherty 4-6 Rory McLeod
  • Elliot Slessor 6-0 Ian Burns
  • Oliver Lines 6-1 Peter Devlin
  • Chris Wakelin 6-2 Jamie Wilson
  • Andrew Higginson 4-6 Daniel Wells
  • Cao Yupeng 6-1 Sanderson Lam
  • Mark Davis 5-6 James Cahill
  • Steven Hallworth 3-6 Yuan SiJun
  • Gao Yang 6-3 Dylan Emery
  • Matthew Stevens 6-1 Gerard Greene
  • Ashley Carty 1-6 Jackson Page
  • David Grace 6-4 Iulian Boiko
  • Pang Junxu 6-1 Farakh Ajaib
  • Jamie Clarke 6-5 Si Jiahui
  • Stuart Carrington 3-6 Lei Peifan
  • Simon Lichtenberg 6-4 Wu Yize

ROUND ONE

  • Zhao Jianbo 4-6 Michael Judge
  • Alfie Burden 4-6 Robbie McGuigan
  • Duane Jones 6-2 Nutcharut Wongharuthai
  • Xu Si 6-4 Michael Collumb
  • Zhang Jiankang 6-4 John J Astley
  • Zhang Anda 6-0 Anton Kazakov
  • Fraser Patrick 1-6 Michael White
  • Aaron Hill 4-6 Liam Davies
  • Lukas Kleckers 6-3 Soheil Vahedi
  • Andrew Pagett 6-2 Jimmy White
  • Hammad Miah 6-3 Chen Zifan
  • Louis Heathcote 6-5 Ben Mertens
  • Craig Steadman 4-6 David Lilley
  • Lee Walker 6-2 Reanne Evans
  • Barry Pinches 6-3 Lee Stephens
  • Ben Hancorn 3-6 Dean Young
  • Rory McLeod 6-2 Ng On Yee
  • Ian Burns 6-5 Marco Fu
  • Peter Devlin 6-1 Yorrit Hoes
  • Jamie Wilson 6-2 Jake Crofts
  • Chang Bingyu 5-6 Daniel Wells
  • Peter Lines 5-6 Sanderson Lam
  • Jamie O'Neill 4-6 James Cahill
  • Yuan SiJun 6-3 Ross Muir
  • 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
  • Farakh Ajaib 6-5 Mark Lloyd
  • Zak Surety 4-6 Si Jiahui
  • Lei Peifan 6-0 Sean Maddocks
  • Wu Yize 6-2 Bai Langning

How to watch the World Championship qualifiers on TV

Eurosport Player and the Eurosport app is the place to watch the qualifiers in Europe.

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