The draw for the 2025 World Snooker Championship qualifiers competitors was introduced on Thursday by the World Snooker Tour.
As normal, a complete of 16 qualifiers will emerge with tickets to compete on the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in the direction of the tip of April.
The highest 16 gamers from the world rankings checklist will acquire computerized spots on the venue phases of the season’s last rating occasion.
All however a type of positions in the principle draw are already occupied, with the final computerized place set to go to both Jak Jones or Wu Yize.
Jones, who memorably reached the ultimate in 2024 as a qualifier, provisionally holds onto the coveted sixteenth rating.
Nevertheless, 21 year-old Wu may displace the Welshman with a powerful efficiency on the penultimate rating event of the marketing campaign – subsequent week’s Tour Championship.
China’s Wu might want to attain the ultimate in Manchester if he’s to grab a last-gasp Crucible seeding on the expense of Jones.
The likes of reigning world champion Kyren Wilson and world primary Judd Trump will certainly characteristic within the first spherical correct of this yr’s World Championship as high 16 seeds.
These outdoors the highest 16 on the official two-year checklist after the Tour Championship must attend the English Institute of Sport for the dreaded qualifiers, although.
There are 4 rounds in complete on the 2025 World Snooker Championship qualifiers, with the higher-ranked gamers from quantity 17 to 48 coming into in spherical three.
Stuart Bingham, Ali Carter, Stephen Maguire, and Ryan Day are amongst a few of the notable rivals who will be a part of the fray at this level.
The gamers ranked from 49 to 80 will enter within the second spherical, with all of the decrease seeds dealing with the daunting process of getting to win 4 matches 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 Faculty top-ups.
Zhao Xintong is a notable newbie within the subject, with the previous UK champion incomes a spot by means of his stellar performances on the Q Tour this time period.
Zhao, making his comeback after a 20-month ban from the game, received all 4 of his qualifying matches to achieve the UK Championship in November.
Six-time Crucible runner-up Jimmy White, 1997 world champion Ken Doherty, and 12-time ladies’s world champion Reanne Evans may also be concerned from the primary qualifying spherical.
The qualifiers will moreover symbolize the final alternative for gamers outdoors the world’s high 64 to safe tour survival.
Among the many acquainted names prone 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 going down over the very best of 19 frames.
The primary phases on the Crucible Theatre start on Saturday, April nineteenth.
Be aware: As world no.22 Wu Yize competes in subsequent week’s Tour Championship, the seeding positions for these ranked between 17 and 22 are to be confirmed.
2025 World Snooker Championship qualifiers draw
Qualifier 1
Spherical 1
Hammad Miah vs Jonas Luz
Huang Jiahao vs Amaan Iqbal
Spherical 2
Rory Thor vs Miah/Luz
Daniel Wells vs Huang/Iqbal
Spherical 3
Seed 17 vs Thor/Miah/Luz/
Dominic Dale vs Wells/Huang/Iqbal
Spherical 4
TBC/Thor/Miah/Luz vs Dale/Wells/Huang/Iqbal
Qualifier 2
Spherical 1
Amir Sarkhosh vs Mateusz Baranowski
Artemijs Zizins vs Dylan Emery
Spherical 2
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Sarkhosh/Baranowski
Joe Perry vs Zizins/Emery
Spherical 3
Zhou Yuelong vs Chadha/Sarkhosh/Baranowski
Yuan Sijun vs Perry/Zizins/Emery
Spherical 4
Zhou/Chadha/Sarkhosh/Baranowski vs Yuan/Perry/Zizins/Emery
Qualifier 3
Spherical 1
Chris Totten vs Mitchell Mann
Antoni Kowalski vs Reanne Evans
Spherical 2
Liu Hongyu vs Totten/Mann
Zak Surety vs Kowalski/Evans
Spherical 3
Ricky Walden vs Liu/Totten/Mann
Jack Lisowski vs Surety/Kowalski/Evans
Spherical 4
Walden/Liu/Totten/Mann vs Lisowski/Surety/Kowalski/Evans
Qualifier 4
Spherical 1
Wang Yuchen vs Brian Cini
Duane Jones vs Florian Nuessle
Spherical 2
Graeme Dott vs Wang/Cini
Ma Hailong vs Jones/Nuessle
Spherical 3
Robert Milkins vs Dott/Wang/Cini
Hossein Vafaei vs Ma/Jones/Nuessle
Spherical 4
Milkins/Dott/Wang/Cini vs Vafaei/Ma/Jones/Nuessle
Qualifier 5
Spherical 1
Liam Graham vs Fergal Quinn
Robbie McGuigan vs Hatem Yassen
Spherical 2
Ross Muir vs Graham/Quinn
Mark Davis vs McGuigan/Yassen
Spherical 3
Seed 21 vs Muir/Graham/Quinn
Ben Woollaston vs Davis/McGuigan/Yassen
Spherical 4
TBC/Muir/Graham/Quinn vs Woollaston/Davis/McGuigan/Yassen
Qualifier 6
Spherical 1
Ben Mertens vs Daniel Womersley
Cheung Ka Wai vs Zhao Xintong
Spherical 2
Marco Fu vs Mertens/Womersley
Lengthy Zehuang vs Cheung/Zhao
Spherical 3
Elliot Slessor vs Fu/Mertens/Womersley
Lyu Haotian vs Lengthy/Cheung/Zhao
Spherical 4
Slessor/Fu/Mertens/Womersley vs Lyu/Lengthy/Cheung/Zhao
Qualifier 7
Spherical 1
Liam Davies vs Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Sunny Akani vs Kreish Gurbaxani
Spherical 2
Sanderson Lam vs Davies/Elsayed
David Grace vs Akani/Gurbaxani
Spherical 3
Ryan Day vs Lam/Davies/Elsayed
Noppon Saengkham vs Grace/Akani/Gurbaxani
Spherical 4
Day/Lam/Davies/Elsayed vs Saengkham/Grace/Akani/Gurbaxani
Qualifier 8
Spherical 1
Farakh Ajaib vs Baipat Siripaporn
Alexander Ursenbacher vs Paul Deaville
Spherical 2
Jordan Brown vs Ajaib/Siripaporn
Xing Zihao vs Ursenbacher/Deaville
Spherical 3
Martin O’Donnell vs Brown/Ajaib/Siripaporn
Seed 20 vs Xing/Ursenbacher/Deaville
Spherical 4
O’Donnell/Brown/Ajaib/Siripaporn vs TBC/Xing/Ursenbacher/Deaville
Qualifier 9
Spherical 1
Oliver Traces vs Mohammed Shehab
Manasawin Phetmalaikul vs Leone Crowley
Spherical 2
Michael Holt vs Traces/Shehab
Robbie Williams vs Phetmalaikul/Crowley
Spherical 3
Seed 19 vs Holt/Traces/Shehab
Fan Zhengyi vs Williams/Phetmalaikul/Crowley
Spherical 4
TBC/Holt/Traces/Shehab vs Fan/Williams/Phetmalaikul/Crowley
Qualifier 10
Spherical 1
Andrew Pagett vs Iulian Boiko
Allan Taylor vs Joshua Thomond
Spherical 2
Louis Heathcote vs Pagett/Boiko
Jamie Clarke vs Taylor/Thomond
Spherical 3
Joe O’Connor vs Heathcote/Pagett/Boiko
Jackson Web page vs Clarke/Taylor/Thomond
Spherical 4
O’Connor/Heathcote/Pagett/Boiko vs Web page/Clarke/Taylor/Thomond
Qualifier 11
Spherical 1
Julien Leclercq vs Zhou Jinhao
Jimmy White vs Anton Kazakov
Spherical 2
Jamie Jones vs Leclercq/Jinhao
Ashley Carty vs White/Kazakov
Spherical 3
Xu Si vs Jones/Leclercq/Jinhao
Pang Junxu vs Carty/White/Kazakov
Spherical 4
Xu/Jones/Leclercq/Jinhao vs Pang/Carty/White/Kazakov
Qualifier 12
Spherical 1
Mostafa Dorgam vs Simon Blackwell
Andrew Higginson vs Ryan Thomerson
Spherical 2
Matthew Stevens vs Dorgham/Blackwell
Jiang Jun vs Higginson/Thomerson
Spherical 3
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Stevens/Dorgham/Blackwell
Seed 22 vs Jiang/Higginson/Thomerson
Spherical 4
Un-Nooh/Stevens/Dorgham/Blackwell vs TBC/Jiang/Higginson/Thomerson
Qualifier 13
Spherical 1
Gong Chenzhi vs Kaylan Patel
Haris Tahir vs Joshua Cooper
Spherical 2
Stuart Carrington vs Gong/Patel
Aaron Hill vs Tahir/Cooper
Spherical 3
David Gilbert vs Carrington/Gong/Patel
Anthony McGill vs Hill/Tahir/Cooper
Spherical 4
Gilbert/Carrington/Gong/Patel vs McGill/Hill/Tahir/Cooper
Qualifier 14
Spherical 1
Liam Pullen vs Gao Yang
Haydon Pinhey vs Ken Doherty
Spherical 2
Tian Pengfei vs Pullen/Gao
David Lilley vs Pinhey/Doherty
Spherical 3
Stephen Maguire vs Tian/Pullen/Gao
Lei Peifan vs Lilley/Pinhey/Doherty
Spherical 4
Maguire/Tian/Pullen/Gao vs Lei/Lilley/Pinhey/Doherty
Qualifier 15
Spherical 1
Bulcsu Revesz vs Steven Hallworth
Dean Younger vs Michal Szubarczyk
Spherical 2
Anthony Hamilton vs Revesz/Hallworth
Stan Moody vs Younger/Szubarczyk
Spherical 3
Matthew Selt vs Hamilton/Revesz/Hallworth
Jimmy Robertson vs Moody/Younger/Szubarczyk
Spherical 4
Selt/Hamilton/Revesz/Hallworth vs Robertson/Moody/Younger/Szubarczyk
Qualifier 16
Spherical 1
Bai Yulu vs Liam Highfield
Ian Burns vs Mink Nutcharut
Spherical 2
He Guoqiang vs Bai/Highfield
Alfie Burden vs Burns/Nutcharut
Spherical 3
Scott Donaldson vs He/Bai/Highfield
Seed 18 vs Burden/Burns/Nutcharut
Spherical 4
Donaldson/He/Bai/Highfield vs TBC/Burden/Burns/Nutcharut
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