Riyadh Season Snooker Championship 2025 | Draw, Live Scores & Schedule of Play
Allen (left) beat Brecel in Riyadh in 2024 (Photo credit: WST)
The Riyadh Season Snooker Championship is upon us once more, and you can follow all the latest results and schedule of play here.
The World Snooker Tour is back in Saudi Arabia for the third staging of the lucrative invitational event, with the world’s top 10 players (after the Xi’an Grand Prix) joining two local wildcards at the Global Theatre in Boulevard City, Riyadh from November 19-21.
A top prize of £250,000 is on offer to the winner, which will be played under traditional snooker rules, but with the introduction of a new gold ball – the Riyadh Season ball – worth 20 points.
This means players will have the opportunity to compile a break of 167 by potting the golden ball, which will be positioned at the centre of the baulk cushion, for a bumper prize of $1million – but only after completing a 147. Once the 147 is no longer possible, the additional ball will be removed from the table.
Mark Allen is the reigning champion after beating Luca Brecel 5-1 in the final of the 2024-25 event.
The Pistol’s title defence faces competition from the likes of world number one Judd Trump, World champion Zhao Xintong and Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Five more former Crucible kings are involved in a stellar line-up – Kyren Wilson, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy – along with Ding Junhui, while local wildcards Ziyad Al-Qabbani and Ayman Alamri complete the 12-man field.
Matches up to and including the semi-finals will be played over the best of seven frames, with the final contested over the best of nine.
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Riyadh Season Snooker Championship 2025 Schedule
All times GMT (local time +3 hours)
Wednesday November 19
Round One
2pm
Shaun Murphy 4-0 Ziyad Alqabbani
3pm
Ding Junhui 4-0 Ayman Alamri
Round Two
7pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan 0-4 Shaun Murphy
8pm
John Higgins 4-0 Ding Junhui
Thursday November 20
Quarter-Finals
2pm
Kyren Wilson 0-4 Neil Robertson
3pm
Mark Allen 4-2 John Higgins
7pm
Judd Trump 4-0 Mark Williams
8pm
Zhao Xintong 4-2 Shaun Murphy
Friday November 21
Semi-Finals
2pm
Neil Robertson 4-1 Mark Allen
3pm
Judd Trump 3-4 Zhao Xintong
Final
7pm
Neil Robertson 2-5 Zhao Xintong