World Snooker Championship 2023 qualifiers – Latest scores, results, schedule, order of play

The countdown to the 2023 World Snooker Championship has begun with the qualifying campaign kicking off in Sheffield.

Ahead of the main event at the Crucible Theatre, the field needs to be whittled down to 16 players, who will join the top 16 in the world rankings in the main draw on April 15.

Defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan is among those who await, as well as the likes of Judd Trump, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Mark Williams.

Before that, all eyes are on the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield for the intense qualifying campaign.

When are the 2023 World Snooker Championship Qualifiers?

The qualifiers begin on Monday April 4, ending on Wednesday April 12.

Where are the 2023 World Snooker Championship Qualifiers taking place?

All qualifiers will be held at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield.

How to watch the 2023 World Snooker Championship Qualifiers

Format

• Round one pits players ranked 81 to 112 against those seeded 113 to 144
• In round two, those 32 winners will face players ranked 49-80
• In round three, those 32 winners will face players ranked 17-48
• In round four, those 32 winners play each other, with the 16 winners going through to the Crucible
• All matched are best of 19 frames

WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING SCHEDULE

Monday 3 April

Round 1

10:00 and 19:00

• John Astley v Steven Hallworth
• Himanshu Dinesh Jain v Daniel Wells
• Marco Fu v Martin O’Donnell
• Andres Petrov v Stan Moody
• Jamie O’Neill v Bulcsu Revesz
• Dean Young v Haydon Pinhey
• Mohamed Ibrahim v Anton Kazakov
• Dylan Emery v Hai Long Ma

14:30 (and 14:30 Tuesday 4 April)

• Michael Judge v Florian Nuessle
• Asjad Iqbal v Jenson Kendrick
• Aaron Hill v Baipat Siripaporn
• Allan Taylor v Filipp Kalnins
• Muhammad Asif v Iulian Boiko
• Alfie Burden v Rebecca Kenna
• Adam Duffy v Billy Joe Castle
• David Lilley v Rory McLeod

Tuesday 4 April

Round 1

10:00 and 19:00

• Andrew Pagett v Gao Yang
• Oliver Brown v Ross Muir
• Andy Lee v Andrew Higginson
• Sean O’Sullivan v Liam Graham
• Peng Yisong v Michael Georgiou
• Sanderson Lam v Liam Pullen
• Dechawat Poomjaeng v Mink Nutcharut
• Barry Pinches v Ross Bulman

Wednesday 5 April

10:00 and 19:00

• Ashley Hugill v George Pragnell
• Fergal O’Brien v Liam Davies
• Zak Surety v Farakh Ajaib
• Ken Doherty v Reanne Evans
• Ng On Yee v Michael Holt
• Ben Mertens v Victor Sarkis
• Ryan Thomerson v Ian Martin
• James Cahill v Stephen Hendry

Round 2

14:30 (and 14:30 Thursday 6 April)

• Craig Steadman v Astley/Hallworth
• Ben Woollaston v Jain/Wells
• Jimmy White v Fu/O’Donnell
• Zhang Anda v Petrov/Moody
• Andy Hicks v O’Neill/Revesz
• Peter Lines v Young/Pinhey
• Mark Joyce v Ibrahim/Kazakov
• Ian Burns v Emery/Ma

Thursday 6 April

10:00 and 19:00

• Si Jiahui v Judge/Nuessle
• Dominic Dale v Iqbal/Kendrick
• Michael White v Hill/Nuanthakhamjan
• Wu Yize v Taylor/Kalnins
• Stuart Carrington v Asif/Boiko
• Alexander Ursenbacher v Burden/Kenna
• Jak Jones v Duffy/Castle
• Gerard Greene v Lilley/McLeod

Friday 7 April

10:00 and 19:00

• Duane Jones v Pagett/Yang
• Jackson Page v Brown/Muir
• Louis Heathcote v Lee/Higginson
• David Grace v O’Sullivan/Graham
• Mark Davis v Peng/Georgiou
• Mitchell Mann v Lam/Pullen
• Matthew Stevens v Poomjaeng/Mink
• Fraser Patrick v Pinches/Bulman

14:30 (and 14:30 Saturday 8 April)

• Lukas Kleckers v Hugill/Pragnell
• Scott Donaldson v O’Brien/Davies
• Xu Si v Surety/Ajaib
• Hammad Miah v Doherty/Evans
• Oliver Lines v Ng/Holt
• Julien Leclercq v Mertens/Sarkis
• Elliot Slessor v Thomerson/Martin
• Lei Peifan v Cahill/Hendry

Round 3

Saturday 8 April

10:00 and 19:00

• Anthony McGill v TBC
• Cao Yupeng v TBC
• Noppon Saengkham v TBC
• Xiao Guodong v TBC
• Graeme Dott v TBC
• Matthew Selt v TBC
• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v TBC
• Ricky Walden v TBC

Sunday 9 April

10:00 and 19:00

• Tom Ford v TBC
• Jordan Brown v TBC
• Chris Wakelin v TBC
• Tian Pengfei v TBC
• Fan Zhengyi v TBC
• Stephen Maguire v TBC
• Robbie Williams v TBC
• Barry Hawkins v TBC

14:30 (and 14:30 Monday 10 April)

• TBC [Ding Junhui, Gary Wilson or Ryan Day] v TBC
• Yuan Sijun v TBC
• Jamie Jones v TBC
• Pang Junxu v TBC
• Anthony Hamilton v TBC
• Jimmy Robertson v TBC
• Liam Highfield v TBC
• Zhou Yuelong v TBC

Monday 10 April

10:00 and 19:00

• Hossein Vafaei v TBC
• Martin Gould v TBC
• Joe O’Connor v TBC
• Sam Craigie v TBC
• Lyu Haotian v TBC
• Joe Perry v TBC
• Jamie Clarke v TBC
• David Gilbert v TBC

Round 4

TBC

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