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The world’s top cueists head to The Crucible for the 2023 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 15 to May 1.

A host of decorated stars and exciting emerging talents lock horns at the sport’s spiritual home for the 47th consecutive staging in Sheffield.

Ronnie O’Sullivan is vying to make history by becoming an eight-time World Champion to eclipse the joint record he currently holds with Stephen Hendry.

O’Sullivan defeated rival Judd Trump in an emotional final last May and is aiming to defend the world title for the second time, having done first so in 2013.

Fifth seed Trump is out to atone for last year’s heartbreak and add to his 2019 triumph to become the latest multiple World Champion.

Mark Selby and John Higgins will set out in search of their fifth title, while Mark Williams is targeting his fourth Crucible crown, having last triumphed in 2018.

Other star names aiming to repeat their former glories in Sheffield include Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and Stuart Bingham, while former finalists in action include Ali Carter, Ding Junhui and Kyren Wilson.

UK Champion Mark Allen, six-time ranking event finalist Jack Lisowski and former Crucible semi-finalists David Gilbert and Gary Wilson are among those vying to rule the worlds for the first time.

Fan Zhengyi, Jak Jones, Pang Junxu, Si Jiahui, and Wu Yize are the five debutants in this year’s competition.

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 2023 Schedule of Play

*Indicates final session

Saturday April 15

Round One

10am
1 Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-3 Pang Junxu
10 Stuart Bingham 6-3 David Gilbert

2.30pm
3 Luca Brecel 6-3 Ricky Walden
12 Neil Robertson 6-3 Wu Yize

7pm
1* Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-7 Pang Junxu
11 Ali Carter 4-5 Jak Jones

Sunday April 16

Round One

10am
2 Ding Junhui 5-4 Hossein Vafaei
10* Stuart Bingham 10-4 David Gilbert

2.30pm
4 Mark Williams 4-5 Jimmy Robertson
12* Neil Robertson 10-3 Wu Yize

7pm
3* Luca Brecel 10-9 Ricky Walden
11* Ali Carter 6-10 Jak Jones

Monday April 17

Round One

10am
2* Ding Junhui 6-10 Hossein Vafaei
9 Mark Allen 6-3 Fan Zhengyi

2.30pm
4* Mark Williams 10-5 Jimmy Robertson
14 John Higgins 7-2 David Grace

7pm
7 Robert Milkins P-P Joe Perry
9* Mark Allen 10-5 Fan Zhengyi

Tuesday April 18

Round One

10am
6 Jack Lisowski 6-3 Noppon Saengkham
15 Gary Wilson 7-2 Elliot Slessor

2.30pm
5 Judd Trump 3-6 Anthony McGill
14* John Higgins 10-3 David Grace

7pm
7* Robert Milkins 7-2 Joe Perry
15* Gary Wilson 10-8 Elliot Slessor

Wednesday April 19

Round One

10am
6* Jack Lisowski 10-7 Noppon Saengkham
13 Kyren Wilson 6-3 Ryan Day – *Wilson makes a 147 break*

2.30pm
5* Judd Trump 6-10 Anthony McGill
16 Mark Selby 6-3 Matthew Selt

7pm
8 Shaun Murphy 4-5 Si Jiahui
13* Kyren Wilson 10-5 Ryan Day

Thursday April 20

9.30am
7* Robert Milkins 10-9 Joe Perry

Round One

1pm
16* Mark Selby 10-8 Matthew Selt

Second Round

1pm
18 Luca Brecel 4-4 Mark Williams

7pm
8* Shaun Murphy 9-10 Si Jiahui

Second Round

7pm
21 Mark Allen 5-3 Stuart Bingham

Friday April 21

Second Round

10am
18 Luca Brecel 9-7 Mark Williams
22 Jak Jones 4-4 Neil Robertson

2.30pm
17 Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-2 Hossein Vafaei
21 Mark Allen 12-4 Stuart Bingham

7pm
18* Luca Brecel 13-11 Mark Williams
22 Jak Jones 10-6 Neil Robertson

Saturday April 22

Second Round

10am
19 Anthony McGill 7-1 Jack Lisowski
21* Mark Allen 13-4 Stuart Bingham

2.30pm
17 Ronnie O’Sullivan 13-2 Hossein Vafaei
22* Jak Jones 13-7 Neil Robertson

7pm
20 Robert Milkins 2-6 Si Jiahui
24 Gary Wilson 3-5 Mark Selby

Sunday April 23

Second Round

10am
23 Kyren Wilson 0-8 John Higgins

2.30pm
19 Anthony McGill 11-5 Jack Lisowski
24 Gary Wilson 6-10 Mark Selby

7pm
20 Robert Milkins 5-11 Si Jiahui
23 Kyren Wilson 2-13 John Higgins

Monday April 24

Second Round

1pm
20* Robert Milkins 7-13 Si Jiahui

7pm
19* Anthony McGill 13-8 Jack Lisowski
24* Gary Wilson 7-13 Mark Selby

Tuesday April 25

Quarter-Finals

10am
25 Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-2 Luca Brecel
27 Mark Allen 4-4 Jak Jones

2.30pm
26 Anthony McGill 4-4 Si Jiahui
28 John Higgins 4-4 Mark Selby

7pm
25 Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-6 Luca Brecel
27 Mark Allen 8-8 Jak Jones

Wednesday April 26

Quarter-Finals

10am
26 Anthony McGill 8-8 Si Jiahui
27* Mark Allen 13-10 Jak Jones

2.30pm
25* Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-13 Luca Brecel
28 John Higgins 5-9 Mark Selby

7pm
26* Anthony McGill 12-13 Si Jiahui
28* John Higgins 7-13 Mark Selby

Thursday April 27

Semi-Finals

1pm
29 Luca Brecel 3-5 Si Jiahui

7pm
30 Mark Allen 5-3 Mark Selby

Friday April 28

Semi-Finals

10am
29 Luca Brecel 5-11 Si Jiahui

2.30pm
30 Mark Allen 6-7 Mark Selby

7pm
29 Luca Brecel 10-14 Si Jiahui

Saturday April 29

Semi-Finals

10am
30 Mark Allen 10-11 Mark Selby

2.30pm
29* Luca Brecel 17-15 Si Jiahui

7pm
30* Mark Allen 15-17 Mark Selby

Sunday April 30

Final

1pm & 7pm
Luca Brecel 9-8 Mark Selby

Monday May 1

Final

1pm & 7pm*
Luca Brecel 18-15 Mark Selby

World Snooker Championship 2023 Prize Fund

Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semi-Final losers: £100,000
Quarter-Final losers: £50,000
Last 16 losers: £30,000
First Round losers: £20,000
Highest break (inc qualifying stage): £15,000
Maximum break bonus: £40,000

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