Northern Ireland Open 2023 snooker: How to watch and who is playing? What’s the schedule? Is Ronnie O’Sullivan playing?
The 2023 Northern Ireland Open is the second event in the season of snooker’s Home Nations Series.
The tournament will be held at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall, with qualifying taking place at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.
The event will feature most of the top players in the world, including world No. 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan and in-form Judd Trump, who has won his last two tournaments.
However, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, John Higgins, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Ali Carter have withdrawn after entering an exhibition event in Macau, which was scheduled to coincide with the Northern Ireland Open but has now been postponed.
Here’s everything you need to know about who’s playing the 2023 Northern Ireland Open and how can you watch and live stream the tournament…
When is the Northern Ireland Open?
The 2023 Northern Ireland Open runs from October 22-29.
Qualifying is from October 17 to 20.
How to watch and stream the Northern Ireland Open
Who is playing in the Northern Ireland Open?
World No. 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan will be looking to win his first ranking event of the season in Belfast.
However, he could face strong competition from Judd Trump and Mark Allen.
Allen has won the last two editions of his home tournament and will have his sights on a hat-trick.
Neil Robertson, Mark Williams, Kyren Wilson and Jimmy White are also playing.
Stephen Hendry, Marco Fu, Ken Doherty and Stephen Maguire are among those looking to qualify.
What is the Northern Ireland Open schedule?
Play will start at 10am UK time for the first round, with the evening sessions getting under way at 7pm.
All matches up to the quarter-finals will be best-of-seven frames. The quarters will be best-of-nine frames, the semi-finals best-of-11 frames, and the final will be best-of-17 frames.
The daily schedule is yet to be announced.
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When is the final?
The 2023 Northern Ireland Open final is on Sunday, October 29.
What is the prize money?
- Winner: £80,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- Semi-final: £17,500
- Quarter-final: £11,000
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £4,500
- Last 64: £3,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £427,000
Northern Ireland Open draw
First-round matches (Belfast)
- Mark Allen v Ben Mertens
- Ricky Walden v Ben Woollaston
- Jack Lisowski v Rebecca Kenna
- Robert Milkins v Cao Yupeng
- Shaun Murphy v Ryan Thomerson
- Ryan Day v Ma Hailong
- Gary Wilson v Louis Heathcote
- Neil Robertson v Wu Yize
- Judd Trump v Jenson Kendrick
- Anthony McGill v Jimmy White
- Robbie McGuigan v Muhammad Asif
- Hossein Vafaei v Mark Joyce
- Kyren Wilson v Sam Craigie
- Mark Williams v Tian Pengfei
- Barry Hawkins v Elliot Slessor
- David Gilbert v Joel Connolly
- Tom Ford v Haydon Pinhey
- Ronnie O’Sullivan v Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Qualifying matches (Sheffield)
- Marco Fu v Jamie Jones
- Zhou Yuelong v Stan Moody
- Northern Ireland’s Jordan Brown v Stuart Carrington
- Ken Doherty v Liam Highfield
- Stephen Maguire v Fergal O’Brien
- Si Jiahui v Zhang Anda
- Matthew Stevens v Stephen Hendry
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