Ronnie O’Sullivan confirms place in field for 6 Red World Championship in Thailand
The 6 Red World Championship has been handed a huge boost with the confirmation Ronnie O’Sullivan will be in the field.
The final stages of the event will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from March 6 to 11.
The qualifiers took place last week, with Jimmy Robertson, Ali Carter, Zhang Anda and Chris Wakelin battling through to make the final field of 32.
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As an invitation event, organisers would want the cream of the snooker crop taking part – and the biggest draw card in the sport has confirmed his attendance.
“Big hello to all my snooker fans in Thailand, I am delighted to be coming in March for the 6 Red World Championship in Pathumthani for the first time!!,” O’Sullivan wrote on Twitter.
The full field has been confirmed, with the likes of Judd Trump, Neil Robertson and Mark Selby joining O’Sullivan in Bangkok.
Full field:
- Stephen Maguire
- Ronnie O’Sullivan
- Judd Trump
- Mark Selby
- John Higgins
- Mark Williams
- Kyren Wilson
- Shaun Murphy
- Jack Lisowski
- Barry Hawkins
- Luca Brecel
- Stuart Bingham
- Mark Allen
- Anthony McGill
- Hossein Vafaei
- Ricky Walden
- Ding Junhui
- Noppon Saengkham
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- Jimmy White
- Mink Nutcharut
- Andres Petrov
- Dechawat Poomjaeng
- Ken Doherty
- Mahmoud El Hareedy
- James Wattana
- Sunny Akani
- Poramin Danjirakul
- Jimmy Robertson
- Ali Carter
- Zhang Anda
- Chris Wakelin
The event has not been held since 2019 due to Covid-19 travel restrictions, with Stephen Maguire the defending champion after he beat John Higgins 8-6 in the final.
As the title of the event states, there are six reds on the table at the start of the frame instead of the standard 15 – making for a faster pace of play.
Maximum 147 breaks are not possible, with the big number for the players in this format being 75.
It was first staged as the 6 Red Snooker invitational in 2008 before being renamed the 6 Red World Championship in 2010 – when Mark Selby beat Ricky Walden in the final.
There is a huge snooker following in Thailand, and home favourite Thepchaiya Un-Nooh won the event in 2015.
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