World Snooker Championship Qualifiers 2026 | Draw, Live Scores, Results and Schedule

The road to The Crucible culminates with the 2026 World Snooker Championship qualifiers, and you can follow the latest results and schedule here.

A total of 128 players will battle it out for 16 coveted places in the £2.4 million main event alongside the world’s top 16 ranked players.

Qualifying will take place from April 6-15 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, a stone’s throw from The Crucible Theatre, with players required to win a selected number of matches according to their ranking position in order to secure their qualification.

Former World Champions Stuart Bingham, Luca Brecel and Ken Doherty are among the notable names in qualifying action, alongside former finalists Ali Carter, Jak Jones Matthew Stevens and Jimmy White.

A host of former ranking event winners are also bidding to seal a return to The Crucible, including Jack Lisowski, Zhang Anda, Stephen Maguire, David Gilbert, Gary Wilson, Ryan Day, Hossein Vafaei and Anthony McGill.

Top female cueists Reanne Evans, Ng On Yee, Bai Yulu and Mink Nutcharut are also among the hopefuls, as well as 15-year-old sensation – Michał Szubarczyk.

All matches are to be contested over the best of 19 frames, split across two sessions, with the first session comprised of a maximum of nine frames.

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World Snooker Championship Qualifiers 2026 Schedule

*Indicates final session

Monday April 6

Round One

10am & 7pm
Bai Yulu 10-7 Daniel Womersley
Gao Yang 10-9 Jimmy White
Yao Pengcheng 10-9 Ryan Davies
Leone Crowley 10-5 Huang Jiahao
Robbie McGuigan 10-8 Hammad Miah
Michal Szubarczyk 10-7 Ng On Yee
Wang Xinbo 10-4 Mitchell Mann
Peter Lines 10-2 Jonas Luz

Tuesday April 7

Round One

10am & 7pm
Ian Burns 10-6 Sahil Nayyar
Bulcsu Revesz 10-6 Craig Steadman
Chris Totten 10-5 Daniel Boyes
Steven Hallworth 10-6 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Oliver Sykes 10-4 Liam Graham
Xu Yichen 10-4 Stuart Carrington
Marco Fu 10-1 Mink Nutcharut

2.30pm*
Dylan Emery 10-9 Anton Kazakov
Vladislav Gradinari 10-7 Reanne Evans
Ashley Carty 10-9 Cheung Ka Wai
Liam Pullen 10-9 Alfie Burden
Ross Muir 10-5 Mykhailo Larkov
Patrick Whelan 10-5 Ken Doherty
Connor Benzey 10-6 Haris Tahir
Mateusz Baranowski 10-5 Florian Nüßle

Wednesday April 8

Round One

10am & 7pm
David Grace 4-10 Ashley Hugill
Zhao Hanyang 10-3 Mahmoud El Hareedy
Liam Highfield 10-4 Oliver Brown
Liu Wenwei 3-10 Mark Lloyd
Lan Yuhao 10-5 Chatchapong Nasa
Haydon Pinhey 5-10 Jamie Clarke
Hatem Yassen 4-10 Fergal Quinn
Farakh Ajaib 7-10 Umut Dikme

Second Round

2.30pm
Iulian Boiko v Wang Xinbo
Scott Donaldson v Peter Lines
Sanderson Lam v Michal Szubarczyk
Mark Davis v Gao Yang
David Lilley v Yao Pengcheng
Duane Jones v Leone Crowley
Michael Holt v Bai Yulu
Gong Chenzhi v Robbie McGuigan

Thursday April 9

Second Round

10am & 7pm
Jiang Jun 10-3 Ashley Carty
Robbie Williams 10-4 Ross Muir
Antoni Kowalski 10-1 Connor Benzey
Jamie Jones 10-3 Vladislav Gradinari
Robert Milkins 3-10 Patrick Whelan
Artemijs Zizins 6-10 Dylan Emery
Ricky Walden 10-4 Mateusz Baranowski
Amir Sarkhosh 7-10 Liam Pullen

2.30pm*
Iulian Boiko 4-10 Wang Xinbo
Scott Donaldson 8-10 Peter Lines
Sanderson Lam 8-10 Michal Szubarczyk
Mark Davis 6-10 Gao Yang
David Lilley 5-10 Yao Pengcheng
Duane Jones 5-10 Leone Crowley
Michael Holt 10-4 Bai Yulu
Gong Chenzhi 7-10 Robbie McGuigan

Friday April 10

Second Round

10am & 7pm
Liam Davies 9-10 Marco Fu
Chang Bingyu 10-2 Prin Ratmukda
Jordan Brown 10-9 Ian Burns
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 10-5 Chris Totten
Liu Hongyu 10-5 Xu Yichen
Allan Taylor 10-6 Steven Hallworth
Lyu Haotian 8-10 Oliver Sykes
Louis Heathcote 8-10 Bulcsu Revesz

2.30pm
Julien Leclercq 10-7 Ashley Hugill
Martin O’Donnell 10-5 Zhao Hanyang
Wang Yuchen 4-10 Liam Highfield
Oliver Lines 10-2 Mark Lloyd
Fan Zhengyi 10-3 Lan Yuhao
Ben Mertens 10-0 Jamie Clarke
Long Zehuang 10-2 Fergal Quinn
Sam Craigie 9-10 Umut Dikme

Saturday April 11

Third Round

10am & 7pm
Stuart Bingham 10-2 Wang Xinbo
Matthew Stevens 10-8 Peter Lines
Hossein Vafaei 10-2 Michal Szubarczyk
Tom Ford 8-10 Gao Yang
Aaron Hill 10-8 Yao Pengcheng
David Gilbert 10-3 Leone Crowley
Daniel Wells 5-10 Michael Holt
Zhou Yuelong 10-3 Robbie McGuigan

Second Round

2.30pm
Julien Leclercq 10-7 Ashley Hugill
Martin O’Donnell 10-5 Zhao Hanyang
Wang Yuchen 4-10 Liam Highfield
Oliver Lines 10-2 Mark Lloyd
Fan Zhengyi 10-3 Lan Yuhao
Ben Mertens 10-0 Jamie Clarke
Long Zehuang 10-2 Fergal Quinn
Sam Craigie 9-10 Umut Dikme

Sunday April 12

Third Round

10am & 7pm
Elliot Slessor 7-10 Jiang Jun
Stan Moody 10-5 Robbie Williams
Joe O’Connor 8-10 Antoni Kowalski
Matthew Selt 3-10 Jamie Jones
Jackson Page 10-6 Patrick Whelan
Pang Junxu 10-9 Dylan Emery
Noppon Saengkham 10-6 Ricky Walden
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 7-10 Liam Pullen

2.30pm
Jak Jones v Marco Fu
Luca Brecel v Chang Bingyu – *Chang makes a 147*
Lei Peifan v Jordan Brown
Ryan Day v Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Xu Si v Liu Hongyu
Gary Wilson v Allan Taylor
Zak Surety v Oliver Sykes
Zhang Anda v Bulcsu Revesz

Monday April 13

Third Round

10am & 7pm
Ali Carter 10-5 Julian Leclercq
Anthony McGill 10-9 Martin O’Donnell
Stephen Maguire 5-10 Liam Highfield
Ben Woollaston 8-10 Oliver Lines
Jimmy Robertson 4-10 Fan Zhengyi
Yuan Sijun 9-10 Ben Mertens
He Guoqiang 10-8 Long Zehuang
Jack Lisowski 10-7 Umut Dikme

2.30pm*
Jak Jones 10-6 Marco Fu
Luca Brecel 10-8 Chang Bingyu – *Chang makes a 147*
Lei Peifan 10-4 Jordan Brown
Ryan Day 10-8 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Xu Si 10-8 Liu Hongyu
Gary Wilson 10-1 Allan Taylor
Zak Surety 10-3 Oliver Sykes
Zhang Anda 10-6 Bulcsu Revesz

Tuesday April 14

Fourth Round

11am & 5pm
Stuart Bingham 7-10 Matthew Stevens
Hossein Vafaei 10-4 Gao Yang
David Gilbert 10-6 Aaron Hill
Zhou Yuelong 10-4 Michael Holt
Jiang Jun 9-10 Stan Moody
Antoni Kowalski 10-8 Jamie Jones
Jackson Page 8-10 Pang Junxu
Noppon Saengkham 8-10 Liam Pullen

Wednesday April 15

Fourth Round

11am & 5pm
Jak Jones 10-5 Luca Brecel
Lei Peifan 10-5 Ryan Day
Xu Si 9-10 Gary Wilson
Zak Surety 3-10 Zhang Anda
Ali Carter 10-7 Anthony McGill
Liam Highfield 10-2 Oliver Lines
Fan Zhengyi 10-4 Ben Mertens
He Guoqiang 10-5 Jack Lisowski

World Championship Qualifiers 2026 Prize Fund

Last 32 losers: £20,000
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Last 48 losers: £15,000
Last 80 losers: £10,000
Last 112 losers: £5,000
Highest break (qualifying stage included): £15,000