Betfred World Championship

Date: 21 Apr - 7 May 2018; Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Mark Selby; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also live scores (3), upcoming matches (15) and results (128); All times in CEST

Final (Best of 35; Winner: £425,000; Runner-up: £180,000)
		To be decided		v		To be decided	Sun 6 May 3pm Sun 6 May 8pm Mon 7 May 3pm Mon 7 May 8pm
	Referee: Brendan Moore						Sun 6 May 3pm Sun 6 May 8pm Mon 7 May 3pm Mon 7 May 8pm
Semifinals (Best of 33; Losers receive £85,000)
		To be decided		v		To be decided	Thu 3 May 2pm Fri 4 May 11am Fri 4 May 8pm Sat 5 May 3:30pm
		To be decided		v		To be decided	Thu 3 May 8pm Fri 4 May 3:30pm Sat 5 May 11am Sat 5 May 8:30pm
Quarterfinals (Best of 25; Losers receive £42,500)
		Perry / M Allen		v		K Wilson / Jamie Jones	Tue 1 May 11am Tue 1 May 8pm Wed 2 May 3:30pm
		J Higgins / Lisowski		v		Walden / Trump	Tue 1 May 3:30pm Wed 2 May 11am Wed 2 May 8pm
		Ding Junhui / McGill		v		Lü Haotian / Hawkins	Tue 1 May 11am Tue 1 May 8pm Wed 2 May 11am
		M J Williams / Milkins		v		Carter / R O'Sullivan	Tue 1 May 3:30pm Wed 2 May 3:30pm Wed 2 May 8pm
Round 2 (Last 16; Best of 25; Losers receive £27,500)
1		Joe Perry [22]	3	-	5	Mark Allen [16]	Today 11am Today 8pm
	Match will resume later Watch on BBC, Eurosport, Facebook and selected betting sites						Today 11am Today 8pm
2		Kyren Wilson [9]		v		Jamie Jones [51]	Today 3:30pm Sat 28 Apr 11am Sat 28 Apr 8pm
	Watch on BBC, Eurosport, Facebook and selected betting sites						Today 3:30pm Sat 28 Apr 11am Sat 28 Apr 8pm
3		John Higgins [5]		v		Jack Lisowski [30]	Sat 28 Apr 3:30pm Sun 29 Apr 3:30pm Mon 30 Apr 8pm
	Watch on BBC, Eurosport, Facebook and selected betting sites						Sat 28 Apr 3:30pm Sun 29 Apr 3:30pm Mon 30 Apr 8pm
4		Ricky Walden [27]		v		Judd Trump [4]	Sun 29 Apr 11am Sun 29 Apr 8pm Mon 30 Apr 2pm
	Watch on BBC, Eurosport, Facebook and selected betting sites						Sun 29 Apr 11am Sun 29 Apr 8pm Mon 30 Apr 2pm
5		Ding Junhui [3]		v		Anthony McGill [14]	Sun 29 Apr 11am Sun 29 Apr 8pm Mon 30 Apr 2pm
	Watch on BBC, Eurosport, Facebook and selected betting sites						Sun 29 Apr 11am Sun 29 Apr 8pm Mon 30 Apr 2pm
6		Lü Haotian [68]	3	-	5	Barry Hawkins [6]	Today 3:30pm Sat 28 Apr 11am
	Match will resume later Watch on BBC, Eurosport, Facebook and selected betting sites						Today 3:30pm Sat 28 Apr 11am
7		Mark J Williams [7]		v		Robert Milkins [37]	Sat 28 Apr 8pm Sun 29 Apr 3:30pm Mon 30 Apr 8pm
	Watch on BBC, Eurosport, Facebook and selected betting sites						Sat 28 Apr 8pm Sun 29 Apr 3:30pm Mon 30 Apr 8pm
8		Allister Carter [15]		v		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	Today 11am Today 8pm Sat 28 Apr 3:30pm
	Watch on BBC, Eurosport, Facebook and selected betting sites						Today 11am Today 8pm Sat 28 Apr 3:30pm
Round 1 (Last 32; Losers receive £18,000 / £0)
1		Joe Perry [22]	10	-	4	Mark Selby [1]
2		Mark Allen [16]	10	-	5	Liam Highfield [64]
3		Kyren Wilson [9]	10	-	3	Matthew Stevens [52]
4		Jamie Jones [51]	10	-	9	Shaun Murphy [8]
5		John Higgins [5]	10	-	7	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58]
	Higgins missed the 14th red in frame 8 on his way to a maximum. Un-Nooh missed the 15th red in frame 12 on his way to a maximum.
6		Jack Lisowski [30]	10	-	7	Stuart Bingham [12]	3 centuries in the first 4 frames
	Bingham missed the 12th red in frame 9 on his way to a maximum						3 centuries in the first 4 frames
7		Ricky Walden [27]	10	-	6	Luca Brecel [13]
	Re-spotted black (63-63) in frame 3 after Walden needed 2 snookers. Brecel won the frame though.
8		Judd Trump [4]	10	-	9	Chris Wakelin [55]
9		Ding Junhui [3]	10	-	3	Xiao Guodong [25]
10		Anthony McGill [14]	10	-	8	Ryan Day [17]
	145 by Day in frame 9 is the new highest break of the tournament. McGill was 3-7 down.
11		Lü Haotian [68]	10	-	5	Marco Fu [11]
12		Barry Hawkins [6]	10	-	7	Stuart Carrington [56]
13		Mark J Williams [7]	10	-	5	Jimmy Robertson [34]	Re-rack in frame 12
14		Robert Milkins [37]	10	-	5	Neil Robertson [10]
15		Allister Carter [15]	10	-	8	Graeme Dott [21]
16		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	10	-	7	Stephen Maguire [18]	O'Sullivan was 0-4 down
	When O'Sullivan went 9-7 up, he had won 1,000 frames at the Crucible. Only Stephen Hendry has won more with 1,068.						O'Sullivan was 0-4 down

Betfred World Championship Qualifiers

Date: 11-18 Apr 2018; Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (112)

Qual Round 3 (Last 48; Losers receive £13,500)
1		Ryan Day [17]	10	-	6	Peter Ebdon [49]
2		Liam Highfield [64]	10	-	4	Daniel Wells [65]
3		Xiao Guodong [25]	10	-	1	Adam Duffy [99]
4		Stuart Carrington [56]	10	-	8	Zhang Anda [73]
5		Graeme Dott [21]	10	-	7	Mike Dunn [53]
6		Robert Milkins [37]	10	-	3	Michael Holt [28]
7		Lü Haotian [68]	10	-	2	Rory McLeod [61]
8		Matthew Stevens [52]	10	-	2	Ken Doherty [77]
9		Jamie Jones [51]	10	-	0	Liang Wenbo [19]
10		Jack Lisowski [30]	10	-	3	Alan McManus [35]
11		Ricky Walden [27]	10	-	6	Andrew Higginson [59]
12		Joe Perry [22]	10	-	7	Mark Davis [43]
13		Chris Wakelin [55]	10	-	1	Tian Pengfei [74]
14		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58]	10	-	8	Alfie Burden [71]
15		Jimmy Robertson [34]	10	-	7	Michael White [31]
16		Stephen Maguire [18]	10	-	7	Hossein Vafaei [47]
Qual Round 2 (Last 80; Losers receive £9,000)
1		Ryan Day [17]	10	-	1	Mitchell Mann [80]	Mann conceded the match after the first session due to illness. He was 7-1 down.
2		Peter Ebdon [49]	10	-	5	Robbie Williams [48]
3		Daniel Wells [65]	10	-	8	Zhou Yuelong [32]
4		Liam Highfield [64]	10	-	6	Tom Ford [33]
5		Adam Duffy [99]	10	-	6	Matthew Selt [57]
6		Xiao Guodong [25]	10	-	4	Mei Xiwen [72]
7		Stuart Carrington [56]	10	-	8	Ben Woollaston [41]
8		Zhang Anda [73]	10	-	4	Martin Gould [24]
9		Graeme Dott [21]	10	-	2	Akani Songsermsawad [76]
10		Mike Dunn [53]	10	-	3	Dominic Dale [44]
11		Michael Holt [28]	10	-	7	Elliot Slessor [69]
12		Robert Milkins [37]	10	-	8	Scott Donaldson [60]
13		Rory McLeod [61]	10	-	9	Li Hang [36]
14		Lü Haotian [68]	10	-	9	Martin O'Donnell [84]
	O'Donnell was 6-1 and 9-5 up
15		Matthew Stevens [52]	10	-	9	Yuan Sijun [100]
16		Ken Doherty [77]	10	-	4	Gerard Greene [90]
17		Liang Wenbo [19]	10	-	5	Zhao Xintong [78]
18		Jamie Jones [51]	10	-	7	Yu Delu [46]	Jones was 9-1 up
19		Jack Lisowski [30]	10	-	3	David Grace [67]
20		Alan McManus [35]	10	-	9	Oliver Lines [62]
21		Andrew Higginson [59]	10	-	5	Robin Hull [109]
22		Ricky Walden [27]	10	-	7	Lee Walker [70]
23		Mark Davis [43]	10	-	0	Michael Georgiou [54]
24		Joe Perry [22]	10	-	5	Jimmy White [101]
	Jimmy White equaled Steve Davis' record of 101 World Championship matches
25		Tian Pengfei [74]	10	-	9	Yan Bingtao [23]	Yan was 6-1 up
26		Chris Wakelin [55]	10	-	4	Kurt Maflin [42]
27		Alfie Burden [71]	10	-	9	David B Gilbert [26]
28		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58]	10	-	4	Adam Stefanow (a)
29		Jimmy Robertson [34]	10	-	7	Sam Baird [63]
30		Michael White [31]	10	-	7	John Astley [66]
31		Hossein Vafaei [47]	10	-	5	Noppon Saengkham [50]
32		Stephen Maguire [18]	10	-	4	Hammad Miah [79]
Qual Round 1 (Last 144; Losers receive £0)
1		Ryan Day [17]	10	-	2	Igor Figueiredo (a)
2		Mitchell Mann [80]	10	-	5	Peter Lines [94]
3		Robbie Williams [48]	10	-	8	Jak Jones [81]
4		Peter Ebdon [49]	10	-	4	James Wattana [85]
5		Zhou Yuelong [32]	10	-	1	Ian Preece [83]
6		Daniel Wells [65]	10	-	6	Kurt Dunham [117]
7		Tom Ford [33]	10	-	2	Leo Fernandez [124]
8		Liam Highfield [64]	10	-	3	Chen Zhe [104]
9		Matthew Selt [57]	10	-	1	Ng On Yee (af)
10		Adam Duffy [99]	10	-	4	Mark Joyce [40]
11		Mei Xiwen [72]	10	-	8	Basem Eltahhan [128]
12		Xiao Guodong [25]	10	-	3	Chris Totten [108]
13		Stuart Carrington [56]	10	-	9	Nigel Bond [103]
14		Ben Woollaston [41]	10	-	5	Kacper Filipiak (a)
15		Zhang Anda [73]	10	-	6	Zhang Yong [92]
16		Martin Gould [24]	10	-	4	Paul S Davison [112]
17		Graeme Dott [21]	10	-	1	Adrian Ridley (a)
18		Akani Songsermsawad [76]	10	-	4	Lukas Kleckers [127]
19		Dominic Dale [44]	10	-	7	Reanne Evans (af)
20		Mike Dunn [53]	10	-	8	Duane Jones [98]
21		Michael Holt [28]	10	-	7	Thor Chuan Leong [97]
22		Elliot Slessor [69]	10	-	7	Eden Sharav [110]
23		Robert Milkins [37]	10	-	1	Aaron Canavan (a)
24		Scott Donaldson [60]	10	-	5	Tyler Rees (a)
25		Rory McLeod [61]	10	-	8	Ian Burns [91]
26		Li Hang [36]	10	-	9	Ashley Hugill [107]
27		Lü Haotian [68]	10	-	8	Fang Xiongman [88]
28		Martin O'Donnell [84]	10	-	7	Anthony Hamilton [29]
29		Matthew Stevens [52]	10	-	5	Ryan Thomerson (a)
30		Yuan Sijun [100]	10	-	5	Fergal O'Brien [45]
31		Ken Doherty [77]	10	-	8	Josh Boileau [111]
32		Gerard Greene [90]	10	-	9	Mark King [20]
33		Liang Wenbo [19]	10	-	2	Rod Lawler [123]
	Liang made a 147 in frame 10. Watch on YouTube. He missed the final black in frame 12 for a second 147 in the match. Watch on YouTube.
34		Zhao Xintong [78]	10	-	8	Aditya Mehta [82]	Mehta won the seventh frame despite having needed four snookers.
35		Yu Delu [46]	10	-	8	Sean O'Sullivan [122]
36		Jamie Jones [51]	10	-	5	Craig Steadman [87]
37		Jack Lisowski [30]	10	-	4	Christopher Keogan [119]
38		David Grace [67]	10	-	6	Wang Yuchen [93]
39		Alan McManus [35]	10	-	2	Rhys Clark [125]
40		Oliver Lines [62]	10	-	6	Harvey Chandler (a)
41		Andrew Higginson [59]	10	-	4	David John [126]
42		Robin Hull [109]	10	-	7	Cao Yupeng [38]
43		Lee Walker [70]	10	-	6	Kristjan Helgason (a)
44		Ricky Walden [27]	10	-	8	Joe Swail [120]
45		Michael Georgiou [54]	10	-	4	Matthew Bolton
46		Mark Davis [43]	10	-	1	Sanderson Lam [121]
47		Jimmy White [101]	10	-	6	Sam Craigie [75]
48		Joe Perry [22]	10	-	1	Ross Muir [118]
49		Yan Bingtao [23]	10	-	7	Jackson Page (a)
50		Tian Pengfei [74]	10	-	1	Li Yuan [95]
51		Kurt Maflin [42]	10	-	7	Hamza Akbar [116]
52		Chris Wakelin [55]	10	-	4	Xu Si [89]
53		David B Gilbert [26]	10	-	8	Billy Joe Castle [114]
54		Alfie Burden [71]	10	-	6	Jamie Curtis-Barrett [115]
55		Adam Stefanow (a)	10	-	8	Gary Wilson [39]
56		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58]	10	-	8	Alexander Ursenbacher [86]	Ursenbacher was late after the mid-session interval and was docked a frame.
57		Sam Baird [63]	10	-	5	Soheil Vahedi [113]
58		Jimmy Robertson [34]	10	-	2	Alex Borg [102]
59		John Astley [66]	10	-	1	Marvin Lim Chun Kiat (a)
60		Michael White [31]	10	-	9	Niu Zhuang [106]
61		Noppon Saengkham [50]	10	-	1	Chen Zifan [105]
62		Hossein Vafaei [47]	10	-	8	Jamie Cope (a)
63		Hammad Miah [79]	10	-	9	Jordan Brown (a)
64		Stephen Maguire [18]	10	-	5	Allan Taylor [96]