World Snooker Championship 2022 | Draw, Live Scores and Schedule of Play
The sport’s elite assemble in Sheffield (Photo by PA/Alamy Stock)
The world’s top cueists descend on The Crucible for the 2022 World Snooker Championship, and you can follow the latest results and schedule of play here.
The sport’s annual show-piece features the world’s top 16 ranked players alongside a further 16 qualifiers as they battle it out for £2.4 million in prize money from April 16 to May 2.
A host of decorated stars and exciting emerging talents lock horns at the sport’s spiritual home for the 46th consecutive staging in Sheffield.
Mark Selby is the defending champion after he defeated Shaun Murphy 18-15 in last year’s final to claim the crown for a fourth time, and ‘The Jester’ is bidding to become only the fifth player to win five or more world titles.
World number one Ronnie O’Sullivan returns to The Crucible in search of a record-equalling seventh world title, having claimed the World Grand Prix crown this season.
Judd Trump, the reigning Champion of Champions and Turkish Masters winner, is out to double his world title tally following his maiden triumph in 2019.
Neil Robertson, who first tasted Crucible success in 2010, has racked up three ranking titles this season as well as The Masters crown and is the pre-tournament favourite to round off a dominant campaign in style.
Four-time World Champion John Higgins is aiming to end a run of four consecutive ranking final defeats this season, while three-time World Champion Mark Williams leads a group of six Welshmen vying for glory this year.
Other former champions looking to reign again include 2015 winner Stuart Bingham and 2005 champion Shaun Murphy, while former finalists Kyren Wilson, Ding Junhui, Barry Hawkins and Matthew Stevens also return in search of the sport’s top prize.
First Round matches are to be contested over the best of 19 frames, with Second Round and Quarter-Final ties best of 25, Semi-Finals best of 33 and the final best of 35.
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World Snooker Championship 2022 Schedule
*Indicates final session
Saturday April 16
Round One
10am
1 Mark Selby 6-3 Jamie Jones
13 Zhao Xintong 7-2 Jamie Clarke
2.30pm
3 Barry Hawkins 3-6 Jackson Page
16 Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-3 David Gilbert
7pm
1* Mark Selby 10-7 Jamie Jones
14 Shaun Murphy 3-6 Stephen Maguire
Sunday April 17
Round One
10am
7 Anthony McGill 6-3 Liam Highfield
13* Zhao Xintong 10-2 Jamie Clarke
2.30pm
4 Mark Williams 7-2 Michael White
16* Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-5 David Gilbert
7pm
3* Barry Hawkins 7-10 Jackson Page
14* Shaun Murphy 8-10 Stephen Maguire
Monday April 18
Round One
10am
7 Anthony McGill 10-7 Liam Highfield
15 Mark Allen 5-4 Scott Donaldson
2.30pm
4* Mark Williams 10-3 Michael White
9 Neil Robertson 6-3 Ashley Hugill
7pm
6 Stuart Bingham 6-3 Lyu Haotian
15* Mark Allen 10-6 Scott Donaldson
Tuesday April 19
Round One
10am
2 Yan Bingtao 5-4 Chris Wakelin
9* Neil Robertson 10-5 Ashley Hugill
2.30pm
6* Stuart Bingham 10-5 Lyu Haotian
12 John Higgins 4-5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
7pm
2* Yan Bingtao 10-6 Chris Wakelin
10 Jack Lisowski 6-3 Matthew Stevens
Wednesday April 20
Round One
10am
5 Kyren Wilson 4-5 Ding Junhui
12* John Higgins 10-7 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
2.30pm
8 Judd Trump 6-3 Hossein Vafaei
10* Jack Lisowski 10-8 Matthew Stevens
7pm
5* Kyren Wilson 10-8 Ding Junhui
11 Luca Brecel 3-6 Noppon Saengkham
Thursday April 21
Round One / Last 16
1pm
11* Luca Brecel 5-10 Noppon Saengkham
18 Jackson Page 1-7 Mark Williams (L16)
7pm
8* Judd Trump 10-4 Hossein Vafaei
23* Zhao Xintong 3-5 Stephen Maguire (L16)
Friday April 22
Last 16
10am
18 Jackson Page 3-13 Mark Williams
24 Mark Allen 2-6 Ronnie O’Sullivan
2.30pm
17 Mark Selby 4-4 Yan Bingtao
23 Zhao Xintong 5-11 Stephen Maguire
7pm
24 Mark Allen 4-12 Ronnie O’Sullivan
Saturday April 23
Last 16
10am
17 Mark Selby 7-9 Yan Bingtao
23* Zhao Xintong 9-13 Stephen Maguire
2.30pm
20 Anthony McGill 4-4 Judd Trump
24* Mark Allen 4-13 Ronnie O’Sullivan
7pm
17* Mark Selby 10-13 Yan Bingtao
21 Neil Robertson 4-4 Jack Lisowski
Sunday April 24
Last 16
10am
19 Kyren Wilson 3-5 Stuart Bingham
22 Noppon Saengkham 4-4 John Higgins
2.30pm
20 Anthony McGill 6-10 Judd Trump
21 Neil Robertson 7-9 Jack Lisowski
7pm
19 Kyren Wilson 8-8 Stuart Bingham
22 Noppon Saengkham 5-11 John Higgins
Monday April 25
Last 16
1pm
19* Kyren Wilson 9-13 Stuart Bingham
22* Noppon Saengkham 7-13 John Higgins
7pm
20* Anthony McGill 11-13 Judd Trump
21* Neil Robertson 12-13 Jack Lisowski
Tuesday April 26
Quarter-Finals
10am
25 Yan Bingtao 2-6 Mark Williams
28 Stephen Maguire 2-6 Ronnie O’Sullivan
2.30pm
26 Stuart Bingham 3-5 Judd Trump
27 Jack Lisowski 3-5 John Higgins
7pm
25 Yan Bingtao 8-8 Mark Williams
28 Stephen Maguire 5-11 Ronnie O’Sullivan
Wednesday April 27
Quarter-Finals
10am
26 Stuart Bingham 8-8 Judd Trump
28* Stephen Maguire 5-13 Ronnie O’Sullivan
2.30pm
25* Yan Bingtao 11-13 Mark Williams
27 Jack Lisowski 7-8 John Higgins
7pm
26* Stuart Bingham 8-13 Judd Trump
27* Jack Lisowski 12-13 John Higgins
Thursday April 28
Semi-Finals
1pm
29 Mark Williams 1-7 Judd Trump
7pm
30 John Higgins 4-4 Ronnie O’Sullivan
Friday April 29
Semi-Finals
10am
29 Mark Williams 5-11 Judd Trump
2.30pm
30 John Higgins 6-10 Ronnie O’Sullivan
7pm
29 Mark Williams 11-13 Judd Trump
Saturday April 30
Semi-Finals
10am
30 John Higgins 9-15 Ronnie O’Sullivan
2.30pm
29* Mark Williams 16-17 Judd Trump
7pm
30* John Higgins 11-17 Ronnie O’Sullivan
Sunday May 1
Final
1pm & 7pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan 12-5 Judd Trump
Monday May 2
Final
1pm & 7pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan 18-13 Judd Trump
Prize Fund
Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semi-finalists: £100,000
Quarter-finalists: £50,000
Last 16: £30,000
Last 32: £20,000
Last 48: £15,000
Last 80: £10,000
Last 112: £5,000
Highest break (qualifying stage included): £15,000