World Snooker Championship Bracket

Snooker's biggest stars are returning to the Crucible for the 46th time in a row to compete for the sport's most coveted trophy.

The tournament favourite is Neil Robertson, however Judd Trump, six-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, and 2021 king Mark Selby, as well as John Higgins, who has lost all four of his finals this season, will be much favoured. The Crucible in Sheffield will host the event from April 16 to Monday, May 2.

The qualifying event took place from April 4 to 13, 2022, and featured all players ranked outside the top 16 in the world. There were a total of 128 players competing for 16 covered seats at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Kurt Maflin, Ricky Walden, Mark King, and Martin Gould are among the notables who have already been eliminated.

The first round began on April 4 to April 6 and these were the results:

09:30

• Zhao Jianbo 4-6 Judge Michael
• Xu Si 6-4 Collumb Michael
• Jiankang Zhang 6-4 Astley John J
• Anda Zhang 6-0 Anton Kazakov

14:30

• Burden Alfie 4-6 Robbie McGuigan
• Duane Jones 6-2 Nutcharut Wongharuthai
• Patrick Fraser 1-6 Michael White
• Hill Aaron 4-6 Davies Liam

19:30

• Lukas Kleckers 6-3 Vahedi Soheil
• Andrew Pagett 6-2 White Jimmy
• Hammad Miah 6-3 Chen Zifan
• Louis Heathcote 6-5 Mertens Ben

09:30

• Barry Pinches 6-3 Stephens, Lee;
• Rory McLeod 6-2 Ng On Yee;
• Chang Bingyu 5-6 Wells Daniel;
• Yuan Sijun 6-3 Ross Muir;

14:30

• Ian Burns 6-5 Marco Fu;
• Peter Devlin 6-1 Yorrit Hoes;
• Wilson, Jamie 6-2 Crofts Jake;
• Peter Lines 3-6 Sanderson Lam

19:30

• Craig Steadman 4-6 Lilley David;
• Lee Walker 6-2 Reanne Evans;
• Ben Hancorn 3-6 Dean Young;
• Jamie O'Neill 4-6 James Cahill;

09:30

• Farakh Ajaib 6-5 Mark Lloyd;
• Zak Surety 4-6 Si Jiahui;
• Lei Peifan 6-0 Sean Maddocks;
• Wu Yize 6-2 Bai Langning;

14:30

• Mitchell Mann 0-6 Dylan Emery;
• Gerard Greene 6-1 Rebecca Kenna;
• Jackson Page 6-1 Sean O'Sullivan;
• Iulian Boiko 6-4 Michael Georgiou;

The second and third rounds began on April 6 at 19:30 to April 11 and here are the results:

19:30 

• Allan Taylor 6-5 Michael Judge;
• Scott Donaldson 6-0 Robbie McGuigan;
• Dominic Dale 6-3 Duane Jones;
• Lyu Haotian 6-4 Xu Si;

9:30

• Sunny Akani 4-6 Zhang Jiankang;
• Andy Hicks 4-6 Zhang Anda;
• Martin O'Donnell 2-6 Michael White;
• Fergal O'Brien 5-6 Liam Davies;

14:30

• Robbie Williams 3-6 David Lilley;
• Tian Pengfei 6-4 Lee Walker;
• Joe O'Connor 6-4 Barry Pinches;
• Ashley Hugill 6-0 Dean Young;

19:30

• Nigel Bond 1-6 Lukas Kleckers;
• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6-4 Andrew Pagett;
• Michael Holt 6-1 Hammad Miah;
• Mark Joyce 6-5 Louis Heathcote;

9:30

• Andrew Higginson 4-6 Daniel Wells;
• Cao Yupeng 6-1 Sanderson Lam;
• Mark Davis 5-6 James Cahill;
• Steven Hallworth 3-6 Yuan Sijun;

14:30

• Gao Yang 6-3 Dylan Emery;
• Matthew Stevens 6-1 Gerard Greene;
• Ashley Carty 1-6 Jackson Page;
• David Grace 6-4 Iulian Boiko;

19:30

• Ken Doherty 4-6 Rory McLeod;
• Elliot Slessor 6-0 Ian Burns;
• Oliver Lines 6-1 Peter Devlin;
• Chris Wakelin 6-2 Jamie Wilson;

9:30

• Pang Junxu 6-1 Farakh Ajaib;
• Jamie Clarke 6-5 Si Jiahui;
• Stuart Carrington 3-6 Lei Peifan;
• Simon Lichtenberg 6-4 Wu Yize;

14:30

• Ricky Walden 4-6 Allan Taylor;
• Li Hang 5-6 Scott Donaldson;
• Liang Wenbo v Dominic Dale W/O;
• Lu Ning 3-6 Lyu Haotian;

19:30

• Stephen Maguire 6-3 Zhang Jiankang;
• Zhou Yuelong 6-5 Zhang Anda;
• Mark King 1-6 Michael White;
• Jordan Brown 6-5 Liam Davies;

9:30

• Matthew Selt 6-5 Lukas Kleckers;
• Jak Jones 5-6 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh;
• Tom Ford 6-3 Michael Holt;
• Jamie Jones 6-1 Mark Joyce;

14:30

• David Gilbert 6-1 Rory McLeod;
• Anthony Hamilton 6-2 Elliot Slessor;
• Jimmy Robertson 6-4 Oliver Lines;
• Fan Zhengyi 5-6 Chris Wakelin;

19:30

• Kurt Maflin 1-6 David Lilley;
• Ding Junhui 6-4 Tian Pengfei;
• Ben Woollaston 1-6 Joe O'Connor;
• Martin Gould 2-6 Ashley Hugill;

9:30

• Graeme Dott 6-1 Pang Junxu;
• Gary Wilson 0-6 Jamie Clarke;
• Alexander Ursenbacher 3-6 Lei Peifan;
• Hossein Vafaei 6-0 Simon Lichtenberg;

14:30

• Noppon Saengkham 6-3 Daniel Wells;
• Robert Milkins 6-3 Cao Yupeng;
• Liam Highfield 6-5 James Cahill;
• Ryan Day 1-6 Yuan SiJun;

19:30

• Ali Carter 6-4 Gao Yang;
• Sam Craigie 1-6 Matthew Stevens;
• Joe Perry 3-6 Jackson Page;
• Xiao Guodong 3-6 David Grace;

The final round began on April 12 to April 13 and the results were as follows:

11:00 & 17:00

• Allan Taylor 1-10 Scott Donaldson;
• Dominic Dale 4-10 Lyu Haotian;
• Stephen Maguire 10-7 Zhou Yuelong;
• Michael White 10-8 Jordan Brown;
• Michael Selt 7-10 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh;
• Tom Ford 5-10 Jamie Jones;
• David Lilley 7-10 Ding Junhui;
• Joe O'Connor 7-10 Ashley Hugill;

11:00 & 17:00

• David Gilbert 10-3 Anthony Hamilton;
• Jimmy Robertson 7-10 Chris Wakelin;
• Noppon Saengkham 10-8 Robert Milkins;
• Liam Highfield 10-7 Yuan SiJun;
• Ali Carter 8-10 Matthew Stevens;
• Jackson Page 10-6 David Grace;
• Graeme Dott 8-10 Jamie Clarke;
• Lei Peifan 9-10 Hossein Vafaei;

The main draw begins on April 14. The best-of-19 frames format is used in the first round of the main draw. The best-of-25 frames format is used in the second round and quarter-finals, while the best-of-33 frames format is used in the semi-finals. The final will be a best-of-35 frames competition played over two days. The championship starts on 16th April and runs through 2nd May 2022.