The 2025 World Snooker Championship qualifiers begin on Monday with the likes of Stuart Bingham, Jimmy White, and Zhao Xintong within the draw.
As normal, 16 qualifiers will emerge with tickets to compete on the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in the direction of the top of April.
The highest 16 gamers from the world rankings checklist have already gained automated spots on the venue phases of the season’s ultimate rating occasion.
The likes of reigning world champion Kyren Wilson and world primary Judd Trump will certainly function within the first spherical correct of this 12 months’s World Championship as high 16 seeds.
The remaining 128 opponents within the 2025 World Snooker Championship draw will head to the dreaded qualifiers on the English Institute of Sport.
There are 4 rounds in whole throughout the preliminary section of the game’s blue-riband competitors, with the higher-ranked gamers from numbers 17 to 48 on the earth coming into in spherical three.
Stuart Bingham, Ali Carter, Stephen Maguire, and Ryan Day are amongst a number of the notable opponents who will be a part of the fray at this level.
The gamers ranked from 49 to 80 will enter earlier than that within the second spherical, with all of the decrease seeds going through the daunting process of getting to win all 4 rounds to qualify.
As there are solely 126 WST members this season, and with 4 of these not coming into the 2025 World Snooker Championship qualifiers, the remaining spots within the draw have been stuffed by numerous WPBSA invitees and Q College top-ups.
Zhao Xintong is a notable beginner within the discipline, with the former UK champion incomes a spot via his stellar performances on the Q Tour this time period.
The 28 year-old, making his comeback after a 20-month ban, gained all 4 of his qualifying matches to achieve the UK Championship in November and will certainly return to the principle tour as an expert from subsequent season.
Six-time Crucible runner-up Jimmy White, 1997 world champion Ken Doherty, and 12-time ladies’s world champion Reanne Evans may even be concerned from the primary qualifying spherical.
The qualifiers will moreover signify the final alternative for gamers outdoors the world’s high 64 to safe tour survival.
Among the many acquainted names liable to being relegated are White, Joe Perry, Marco Fu, and Anthony Hamilton.
The 2025 World Snooker Championship qualifiers run from April seventh to sixteenth, with each match happening over the perfect of 19 frames.
The principle phases on the Crucible Theatre begin on Saturday, April nineteenth.
2025 World Snooker Championship qualifiers
– draw and schedule –
Qualifier 1
Spherical 1
Hammad Miah vs Jonas Luz
(Apr 7: 10am and 7pm)
Huang Jiahao vs Amaan Iqbal
(Apr 7: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 2
Rory Thor vs Miah/Luz
(Apr 9: 2:30pm and Apr 10: 2:30pm)
Daniel Wells vs Huang/Iqbal
(Apr 9: 2:30pm and Apr 10: 2:30pm)
Spherical 3
Gary Wilson vs Thor/Miah/Luz
(Apr 12: 10am and 7pm)
Dominic Dale vs Wells/Huang/Iqbal
(Apr 12: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 4
Wilson/Thor/Miah/Luz vs Dale/Wells/Huang/Iqbal
(Apr 15: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 2
Spherical 1
Amir Sarkhosh vs Mateusz Baranowski
(Apr 7: 10am and 7pm)
Artemijs Zizins vs Dylan Emery
(Apr 7: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 2
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Sarkhosh/Baranowski
(Apr 9: 2:30pm and Apr 10: 2:30pm)
Joe Perry vs Zizins/Emery
(Apr 9: 2:30pm and Apr 10: 2:30pm)
Spherical 3
Zhou Yuelong vs Chadha/Sarkhosh/Baranowski
(Apr 12: 10am and 7pm)
Yuan Sijun vs Perry/Zizins/Emery
(Apr 12: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 4
Zhou/Chadha/Sarkhosh/Baranowski vs Yuan/Perry/Zizins/Emery
(Apr 15: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 3
Spherical 1
Chris Totten vs Mitchell Mann
(Apr 7: 10am and 7pm)
Antoni Kowalski vs Reanne Evans
(Apr 7: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 2
Liu Hongyu vs Totten/Mann
(Apr 9: 2:30pm and Apr 10: 2:30pm)
Zak Surety vs Kowalski/Evans
(Apr 9: 2:30pm and Apr 10: 2:30pm)
Spherical 3
Ricky Walden vs Liu/Totten/Mann
(Apr 12: 10am and 7pm)
Jack Lisowski vs Surety/Kowalski/Evans
(Apr 12: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 4
Walden/Liu/Totten/Mann vs Lisowski/Surety/Kowalski/Evans
(Apr 15: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 4
Spherical 1
Wang Yuchen vs Brian Cini
(Apr 9: 10am and 7pm)
Duane Jones vs Florian Nuessle
(Apr 9: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 2
Graeme Dott vs Wang/Cini
(Apr 11: 2:30pm and Apr 12: 2:30pm)
Ma Hailong vs Jones/Nuessle
(Apr 11: 2:30pm and Apr 12: 2:30pm)
Spherical 3
Robert Milkins vs Dott/Wang/Cini
(Apr 14: 10am and 7pm)
Hossein Vafaei vs Ma/Jones/Nuessle
(Apr 14: 10am and 7pm)v
Spherical 4
Milkins/Dott/Wang/Cini vs Vafaei/Ma/Jones/Nuessle
(Apr 16: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 5
Spherical 1
Liam Graham vs Fergal Quinn
(Apr 7: 2:30pm and Apr 8: 2:30pm)
Robbie McGuigan vs Hatem Yassen
(Apr 7: 2:30pm and Apr 8: 2:30pm)
Spherical 2
Ross Muir vs Graham/Quinn
(Apr 10: 10am and 7pm)
Mark Davis vs McGuigan/Yassen
(Apr 10: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 3
Tom Ford vs Muir/Graham/Quinn
(Apr 13: 10am and 7pm)
Ben Woollaston vs Davis/McGuigan/Yassen
(Apr 13: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 4
Ford/Muir/Graham/Quinn vs Woollaston/Davis/McGuigan/Yassen
(Apr 15: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 6
Spherical 1
Ben Mertens vs Daniel Womersley
(Apr 7: 2:30pm and Apr 8: 2:30pm)
Cheung Ka Wai vs Zhao Xintong
(Apr 7: 2:30pm and Apr 8: 2:30pm)
Spherical 2
Marco Fu vs Mertens/Womersley
(Apr 10: 10am and 7pm)
Lengthy Zehuang vs Cheung/Zhao
(Apr 10: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 3
Elliot Slessor vs Fu/Mertens/Womersley
(Apr 13: 10am and 7pm)
Lyu Haotian vs Lengthy/Cheung/Zhao
(Apr 13: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 4
Slessor/Fu/Mertens/Womersley vs Lyu/Lengthy/Cheung/Zhao
(Apr 15: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 7
Spherical 1
Liam Davies vs Ahmed Aly Elsayed
(Apr 7: 2:30pm and Apr 8: 2:30pm)
Sunny Akani vs Kreish Gurbaxani
(Apr 7: 2:30pm and Apr 8: 2:30pm)
Spherical 2
Sanderson Lam vs Davies/Elsayed
(Apr 10: 10am and 7pm)
David Grace vs Akani/Gurbaxani
(Apr 10: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 3
Ryan Day vs Lam/Davies/Elsayed
(Apr 13: 10am and 7pm)
Noppon Saengkham vs Grace/Akani/Gurbaxani
(Apr 13: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 4
Day/Lam/Davies/Elsayed vs Saengkham/Grace/Akani/Gurbaxani
(Apr 15: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 8
Spherical 1
Farakh Ajaib vs Baipat Siripaporn
(Apr 7: 2:30pm and Apr 8: 2:30pm)
Alexander Ursenbacher vs Paul Deaville
(Apr 7: 2:30pm and Apr 8: 2:30pm)
Spherical 2
Jordan Brown vs Ajaib/Siripaporn
(Apr 10: 10am and 7pm)
Xing Zihao vs Ursenbacher/Deaville
(Apr 10: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 3
Martin O’Donnell vs Brown/Ajaib/Siripaporn
(Apr 13: 10am and 7pm)
Chris Wakelin vs Xing/Ursenbacher/Deaville
(Apr 13: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 4
O’Donnell/Brown/Ajaib/Siripaporn vs Wakelin/Xing/Ursenbacher/Deaville
(Apr 15: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 9
Spherical 1
Oliver Traces vs Mohammed Shehab
(Apr 8: 10am and 7pm)
Manasawin Phetmalaikul vs Leone Crowley
(Apr 8: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 2
Michael Holt vs Traces/Shehab
(Apr 11: 10am and 7pm)
Robbie Williams vs Phetmalaikul/Crowley
(Apr 11: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 3
Stuart Bingham vs Holt/Traces/Shehab
(Apr 13: 2:30pm and Apr 14: 2:30pm)
Fan Zhengyi vs Williams/Phetmalaikul/Crowley
(Apr 13: 2:30pm and Apr 14: 2:30pm)
Spherical 4
Bingham/Holt/Traces/Shehab vs Fan/Williams/Phetmalaikul/Crowley
(Apr 16: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 10
Spherical 1
Andrew Pagett vs Iulian Boiko
(Apr 8: 10am and 7pm)
Allan Taylor vs Joshua Thomond
(Apr 8: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 2
Louis Heathcote vs Pagett/Boiko
(Apr 11: 10am and 7pm)
Jamie Clarke vs Taylor/Thomond
(Apr 11: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 3
Joe O’Connor vs Heathcote/Pagett/Boiko
(Apr 13: 2:30pm and Apr 14: 2:30pm)
Jackson Web page vs Clarke/Taylor/Thomond
(Apr 13: 2:30pm and Apr 14: 2:30pm)
Spherical 4
O’Connor/Heathcote/Pagett/Boiko vs Web page/Clarke/Taylor/Thomond
(Apr 16: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 11
Spherical 1
Julien Leclercq vs Zhou Jinhao
(Apr 8: 10am and 7pm)
Jimmy White vs Anton Kazakov
(Apr 8: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 2
Jamie Jones vs Leclercq/Jinhao
(Apr 11: 10am and 7pm)
Ashley Carty vs White/Kazakov
(Apr 11: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 3
Xu Si vs Jones/Leclercq/Jinhao
(Apr 13: 2:30pm and Apr 14: 2:30pm)
Pang Junxu vs Carty/White/Kazakov
(Apr 13: 2:30pm and Apr 14: 2:30pm)
Spherical 4
Xu/Jones/Leclercq/Jinhao vs Pang/Carty/White/Kazakov
(Apr 16: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 12
Spherical 1
Mostafa Dorgam vs Simon Blackwell
(Apr 9: 10am and 7pm)
Andrew Higginson vs Ryan Thomerson
(Apr 9: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 2
Matthew Stevens vs Dorgham/Blackwell
(Apr 11: 2:30pm and Apr 12: 2:30pm)
Jiang Jun vs Higginson/Thomerson
(Apr 11: 2:30pm and Apr 12: 2:30pm)
Spherical 3
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Stevens/Dorgham/Blackwell
(Apr 14: 10am and 7pm)
Wu Yize vs Jiang/Higginson/Thomerson
(Apr 14: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 4
Un-Nooh/Stevens/Dorgham/Blackwell vs Wu/Jiang/Higginson/Thomerson
(Apr 16: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 13
Spherical 1
Gong Chenzhi vs Kaylan Patel
(Apr 7: 10am and 7pm)
Haris Tahir vs Joshua Cooper
(Apr 7: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 2
Stuart Carrington vs Gong/Patel
(Apr 9: 2:30pm and Apr 10: 2:30pm)
Aaron Hill vs Tahir/Cooper
(Apr 9: 2:30pm and Apr 10: 2:30pm)
Spherical 3
David Gilbert vs Carrington/Gong/Patel
(Apr 12: 10am and 7pm)
Anthony McGill vs Hill/Tahir/Cooper
(Apr 12: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 4
Gilbert/Carrington/Gong/Patel vs McGill/Hill/Tahir/Cooper
(Apr 15: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 14
Spherical 1
Liam Pullen vs Gao Yang
(Apr 9: 10am and 7pm)
Haydon Pinhey vs Ken Doherty
(Apr 9: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 2
Tian Pengfei vs Pullen/Gao
(Apr 11: 2:30pm and Apr 12: 2:30pm)
David Lilley vs Pinhey/Doherty
(Apr 11: 2:30pm and Apr 12: 2:30pm)
Spherical 3
Stephen Maguire vs Tian/Pullen/Gao
(Apr 14: 10am and 7pm)
Lei Peifan vs Lilley/Pinhey/Doherty
(Apr 14: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 4
Maguire/Tian/Pullen/Gao vs Lei/Lilley/Pinhey/Doherty
(Apr 16: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 15
Spherical 1
Bulcsu Revesz vs Steven Hallworth
(Apr 8: 10am and 7pm)
Dean Younger vs Michal Szubarczyk
(Apr 8: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 2
Anthony Hamilton vs Revesz/Hallworth
(Apr 11: 10am and 7pm)
Stan Moody vs Younger/Szubarczyk
(Apr 11: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 3
Matthew Selt vs Hamilton/Revesz/Hallworth
(Apr 13: 2:30pm and April 14: 2:30pm)
Jimmy Robertson vs Moody/Younger/Szubarczyk
(Apr 13: 2:30pm and April 14: 2:30pm)
Spherical 4
Selt/Hamilton/Revesz/Hallworth vs Robertson/Moody/Younger/Szubarczyk
(Apr 16: 11am and 5pm)
Qualifier 16
Spherical 1
Bai Yulu vs Liam Highfield
(Apr 9: 10am and 7pm)
Ian Burns vs Mink Nutcharut
(Apr 9: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 2
He Guoqiang vs Bai/Highfield
(Apr 11: 2:30pm and Apr 12: 2:30pm)
Alfie Burden vs Burns/Nutcharut
(Apr 11: 2:30pm and Apr 12: 2:30pm)
Spherical 3
Scott Donaldson vs He/Bai/Highfield
(Apr 14: 10am and 7pm)
Ali Carter vs Burden/Burns/Nutcharut
(Apr 14: 10am and 7pm)
Spherical 4
Donaldson/He/Bai/Highfield vs Carter/Burden/Burns/Nutcharut
(Apr 16: 11am and 5pm)
The best way to watch the snooker qualifiers
There are numerous methods to look at these in motion within the 2025 World Snooker Championship qualifiers, relying in your location.
The ultimate spherical – often known as Judgement Day – can be obtainable to look at on WST Play from any territory by signing up for a free account.
A listing of the worldwide broadcasters is beneath:
UK and Europe
discovery+ in UK, Germany, Italy and Austria. MAX in different European territories.Â
China
Huya.com
Migu
CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel
CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
All different territories
WST Play
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