Betfred World Championship

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 17 Apr - 3 May 2021; Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also live scores (3), upcoming matches (20) and results (121); All times in CEST

Final (Best of 35; Winner: £500,000; Runner-up: £200,000)
		To be decided		v		To be decided	Sun 2 May 2pm Sun 2 May 8pm Mon 3 May 2pm Mon 3 May 8pm
	Referee: Paul Collier						Sun 2 May 2pm Sun 2 May 8pm Mon 3 May 2pm Mon 3 May 8pm
Semifinals (Best of 33; Losers receive £100,000)
		To be decided		v		To be decided	Thu 29 Apr 2pm Fri 30 Apr 11am Fri 30 Apr 8pm Sat 1 May 3:30pm
		To be decided		v		To be decided	Thu 29 Apr 8pm Fri 30 Apr 3:30pm Sat 1 May 11am Sat 1 May 8pm
Quarterfinals (Best of 25; Losers receive £50,000)
		R O'Sullivan / McGill		v		tbd / Jamie Jones	Tue 27 Apr 11am Tue 27 Apr 8pm Wed 28 Apr 3:30pm
		J Higgins / tbd		v		To be decided	Tue 27 Apr 3:30pm Wed 28 Apr 11am Wed 28 Apr 8pm
		N Robertson / Lisowski		v		tbd / K Wilson	Tue 27 Apr 11am Tue 27 Apr 8pm Wed 28 Apr 11am
		tbd / Yan Bingtao		v		D B Gilbert / tbd	Tue 27 Apr 3:30pm Wed 28 Apr 3:30pm Wed 28 Apr 8pm
Round 2 (Last 16; Best of 25; Losers receive £30,000)
1		Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]		v		Anthony McGill [16]	Thu 22 Apr 2pm Fri 23 Apr 11am Fri 23 Apr 8pm
2		Ding Junhui / Bingham		v		Jamie Jones [69]	Sun 25 Apr 11am Sun 25 Apr 8pm Mon 26 Apr 2pm
3		John Higgins [5]		v		M J Williams / Sam Craigie	Fri 23 Apr 3:30pm Sat 24 Apr 11am Sat 24 Apr 8pm
4		M Allen / Lü Haotian		v		Selby / K Maflin	Sat 24 Apr 3:30pm Sun 25 Apr 3:30pm Mon 26 Apr 8pm
5		Neil Robertson [3]		v		Jack Lisowski [14]	Thu 22 Apr 8pm Fri 23 Apr 3:30pm Sat 24 Apr 11am
6		Hawkins / Selt		v		Kyren Wilson [6]	Fri 23 Apr 11am Fri 23 Apr 8pm Sat 24 Apr 3:30pm
7		S Murphy / Mark Davis		v		Yan Bingtao [10]	Sat 24 Apr 8pm Sun 25 Apr 3:30pm Mon 26 Apr 8pm
8		David B Gilbert [15]		v		Judd Trump / Highfield	Sun 25 Apr 11am Sun 25 Apr 8pm Mon 26 Apr 2pm
Round 1 (Last 32; Losers receive £20,000 / £0)
1		Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]	10	-	4	Mark Joyce [46]
2		Anthony McGill [16]	10	-	5	Ricky Walden [35]
3		Ding Junhui [9]	7	-	8	Stuart Bingham [18]
	Watch on BBC, Eurosport, Matchroom and More
4		Jamie Jones [69]	10	-	4	Stephen Maguire [8]
5		John Higgins [5]	10	-	7	Tian Pengfei [52]
	re-spotted black in frame 8. Higgins was 4-7 down.
6		Mark J Williams [12]		v		Sam Craigie [58]	Wed 21 Apr 11am Wed 21 Apr 8pm
7		Mark Allen [13]	7	-	2	Lü Haotian [56]	Today 8pm
	Match will resume later Watch on BBC, Eurosport, Matchroom and More						Today 8pm
8		Mark Selby [4]		v		Kurt Maflin [25]	Wed 21 Apr 3:30pm Thu 22 Apr 8pm
9		Neil Robertson [3]	10	-	3	Liang Wenbo [29]
10		Jack Lisowski [14]	10	-	9	Allister Carter [23]
11		Barry Hawkins [11]		v		Matthew Selt [32]	Today 8pm Wed 21 Apr 8pm
	Watch on BBC, Eurosport, Matchroom and More						Today 8pm Wed 21 Apr 8pm
12		Kyren Wilson [6]	10	-	8	Gary Wilson [22]
	Kyren was 5-1 down.
13		Shaun Murphy [7]		v		Mark Davis [45]	Wed 21 Apr 11am Thu 22 Apr 2pm
14		Yan Bingtao [10]	10	-	6	Martin Gould [27]
	Yan won frame 14 after having needed a snooker
15		David B Gilbert [15]	10	-	4	Chris Wakelin [63]
16		Judd Trump [2]	6	-	2	Liam Highfield [49]	Today 3:30pm Wed 21 Apr 3:30pm
	Watch on BBC, Eurosport, Matchroom and More						Today 3:30pm Wed 21 Apr 3:30pm

World Championship Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 5-14 Apr 2021; Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (112)

Qual Round 4 (Last 48; Losers receive £15,000)
1		Liam Highfield [49]	10	-	7	Zhou Yuelong [17]
2		Matthew Selt [32]	10	-	3	Scott Donaldson [33]
3		Kurt Maflin [25]	10	-	4	Robert Milkins [40]
4		Lü Haotian [56]	10	-	6	Chang Bingyu [73]
5		Tian Pengfei [52]	10	-	7	Graeme Dott [21]
	Tian was 8-1 up.
6		Jamie Jones [69]	10	-	5	Li Hang [37]
7		Liang Wenbo [29]	10	-	7	Lu Ning [36]
8		Mark Davis [45]	10	-	8	Jamie Clarke [84]
	Clarke was 7-2 up after the first session. Davis won seven frames in a row in the beginning of the second session.
9		Mark Joyce [46]	10	-	7	Igor Figueiredo [83]
10		Ricky Walden [35]	10	-	5	Ryan Day [30]
11		Martin Gould [27]	10	-	5	Bai Langning [115]
	From 5-2 down, Gould won the last eight frames.
12		Gary Wilson [22]	10	-	3	Steven Hallworth [107]
13		Allister Carter [23]	10	-	4	Alexander Ursenbacher [55]
14		Sam Craigie [58]	10	-	9	Zhao Xintong [26]
15		Chris Wakelin [63]	10	-	7	Xiao Guodong [31]
16		Stuart Bingham [18]	10	-	5	Luca Brecel [47]
Qual Round 3 (Last 80; Losers receive £10,000 / £0)
1		Zhou Yuelong [17]	6	-	5	Xu Si [80]
	Zhou was 5-4 and 67-0 down. He then made a 73 to force the decider which he won with a 71.
2		Liam Highfield [49]	6	-	5	Elliot Slessor [48]	Re-rack in the decider
3		Matthew Selt [32]	6	-	5	Nigel Bond [65]
4		Scott Donaldson [33]	6	-	5	Dominic Dale [64]
5		Robert Milkins [40]	6	-	5	Joe O'Connor [57]
6		Kurt Maflin [25]	6	-	4	Jak Jones [72]
7		Lü Haotian [56]	w/o			Noppon Saengkham [41]
	Saengkham tested positive for COVID-19 and was withdrawn from the tournament.
8		Chang Bingyu [73]	6	-	4	Tom Ford [24]
9		Graeme Dott [21]	6	-	3	Eden Sharav [76]
10		Tian Pengfei [52]	6	-	4	Akani Songsermsawad [44]
11		Jamie Jones [69]	6	-	3	Michael Holt [28]
12		Li Hang [37]	6	-	2	Andrew Higginson [60]
13		Lu Ning [36]	6	-	5	Jimmy Robertson [61]
14		Liang Wenbo [29]	6	-	3	Rod Lawler [93]
15		Mark Davis [45]	6	-	4	Stuart Carrington [54]
	143 by Davis in frame 2 is the highest break of the qualifiers so far
16		Jamie Clarke [84]	6	-	2	Joe Perry [20]
17		Igor Figueiredo [83]	6	-	5	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [19]
18		Mark Joyce [46]	6	-	3	Anthony Hamilton [51]
19		Ryan Day [30]	6	-	5	Louis Heathcote [67]
20		Ricky Walden [35]	6	-	1	Peter Lines [99]
21		Bai Langning [115]	6	-	5	Ben Woollaston [38]
22		Martin Gould [27]	6	-	4	Duane Jones [91]
23		Steven Hallworth [107]	6	-	5	Jordan Brown [43]
24		Gary Wilson [22]	6	-	4	Gerard Greene [75]
25		Allister Carter [23]	6	-	4	Pang Junxu [74]
26		Alexander Ursenbacher [55]	6	-	5	Martin O'Donnell [42]
27		Zhao Xintong [26]	6	-	3	Kacper Filipiak [90]
	Filipiak won frame 3 on a respotted black
28		Sam Craigie [58]	6	-	0	Hossein Vafaei [39]
29		Chris Wakelin [63]	6	-	3	Matthew Stevens [34]
30		Xiao Guodong [31]	6	-	1	Ian Burns [66]
31		Luca Brecel [47]	6	-	3	Mark King [50]
32		Stuart Bingham [18]	6	-	1	Chen Zifan [79]
Qual Round 2 (Last 112; Losers receive £5,000 / £0)
1		Xu Si [80]	6	-	1	Stephen Hendry [125]
2		Liam Highfield [49]	6	-	5	Fan Zhengyi [122]
3		Nigel Bond [65]	6	-	4	Lee Walker [120]
4		Dominic Dale [64]	6	-	4	Oliver Lines [97]
5		Joe O'Connor [57]	6	-	2	Fraser Patrick [104]
6		Jak Jones [72]	6	-	4	Jamie Wilson [117]
7		Lü Haotian [56]	6	-	5	Gao Yang [105]
8		Chang Bingyu [73]	6	-	2	Julien Leclercq (a)
9		Eden Sharav [76]	6	-	1	Andy Hicks [85]
10		Tian Pengfei [52]	6	-	3	Billy Joe Castle [108]
11		Jamie Jones [69]	6	-	4	David Lilley [94]
12		Andrew Higginson [60]	6	-	3	Brandon Sargeant [100]
13		Jimmy Robertson [61]	6	-	5	Zhao Jianbo [101]
14		Rod Lawler [93]	6	-	5	Yuan Sijun [68]	Decided on the final black. 105 by Yuan in the seventh frame was a maximum attempt.
15		Stuart Carrington [54]	6	-	2	Fergal O'Brien [109]
16		Jamie Clarke [84]	6	-	5	Jamie O'Neill [77]
	Clarke was 5-0 down
17		Igor Figueiredo [83]	6	-	5	Robbie Williams [78]
18		Anthony Hamilton [51]	6	-	1	Rory McLeod [110]
19		Louis Heathcote [67]	6	-	2	Ashley Carty [92]
20		Peter Lines [99]	6	-	3	Luo Honghao [62]
21		Bai Langning [115]	6	-	3	Alan McManus [59]
	McManus announced his retirement after the match
22		Duane Jones [91]	6	-	4	Daniel Wells [70]
23		Steven Hallworth [107]	6	-	3	David Grace [53]
24		Gerard Greene [75]	6	-	5	James Cahill [86]
25		Pang Junxu [74]	6	-	4	Si Jiahui [87]
26		Alexander Ursenbacher [55]	6	-	2	Lukas Kleckers [113]
27		Kacper Filipiak [90]	6	-	5	Jackson Page [71]
28		Sam Craigie [58]	6	-	3	Ashley Hugill [114]	Hugill lost the first frame because of the three misses rule
29		Chris Wakelin [63]	6	-	5	Lei Peifan [98]
30		Ian Burns [66]	6	-	4	Simon Lichtenberg [96]
31		Mark King [50]	6	-	3	Florian Nüßle (a)
32		Chen Zifan [79]	6	-	5	Mitchell Mann [81]
Qual Round 1 (Last 144; Losers receive £0)
1		Stephen Hendry [125]	6	-	3	Jimmy White [82]	Hendry won the third frame despite having needed a snooker with only pink and black on the table.
2		Fan Zhengyi [122]	6	-	4	Zak Surety [112]	Fan's 96 in frame 7 was a maximum attempt
3		Lee Walker [120]	6	-	4	Ken Doherty [95]
4		Oliver Lines [97]	6	-	1	Dylan Emery (a)
5		Fraser Patrick [104]	6	-	4	Leo Fernandez (a)	Patrick won the last frame on respotted black despite having needed two snookers.
6		Jamie Wilson [117]	6	-	0	Barry Pinches [88]
7		Gao Yang [105]	6	-	3	Paul S Davison (a)
8		Julien Leclercq (a)	6	-	5	Sohail Vahedi [89]	Leclercq was 5-2 down
9		Andy Hicks [85]	6	-	2	Reanne Evans (af)
10		Billy Joe Castle [108]	6	-	3	Connor Benzey (a)
11		David Lilley [94]	w/o			Amine Amiri [118]
12		Brandon Sargeant [100]	6	-	4	Rebecca Kenna (af)
13		Zhao Jianbo [101]	6	-	3	Ross Muir (a)
14		Rod Lawler [93]	6	-	1	Alex Borg [119]
15		Fergal O'Brien [109]	6	-	3	Fergal Quinn (a)
16		Jamie Clarke [84]	6	-	4	Iulian Boiko [123]
17		Igor Figueiredo [83]	6	-	0	Farakh Ajaib [121]
18		Rory McLeod [110]	6	-	5	Brian Ochoiski (a)
19		Ashley Carty [92]	6	-	4	Michael White (a)
20		Peter Lines [99]	6	-	5	Mark Lloyd (a)
21		Bai Langning [115]	6	-	4	Allan Taylor [102]
22		Duane Jones [91]	6	-	5	Hayden Staniland (a)
23		Steven Hallworth [107]	6	-	2	Dean Young (a)
24		James Cahill [86]	6	-	1	Sean Maddocks [124]
25		Si Jiahui [87]	6	-	1	Hamim Hussain (a)
26		Lukas Kleckers [113]	6	-	1	Peter Devlin [106]
27		Kacper Filipiak [90]	6	-	4	Riley Parsons [116]
28		Ashley Hugill [114]	6	-	4	Aaron Hill [103]
29		Lei Peifan [98]	6	-	5	Ben Mertens (a)	Lei was 5-1 down
30		Simon Lichtenberg [96]	6	-	3	Ivan Kakovskii (a)
31		Florian Nüßle (a)	6	-	2	Ben Hancorn [111]
32		Mitchell Mann [81]	6	-	5	Robbie McGuigan (a)	Mann was 5-2 down

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