UK Championship qualifiers: 2024 draw and schedule

The draw for the 2024 UK Championship qualifiers has been made with 128 players set to compete in Leicester.

There are 16 spots at the venue stages of this season’s first Triple Crown event still up for grabs.

The top 16 seeds have already been confirmed through the official world rankings list.

Ronnie O’Sullivan is the defending champion and will feature in the last 32 alongside the likes of world champion Kyren Wilson and world number one Judd Trump.

Former UK champions John Higgins, Mark Williams, Ding Junhui, Shaun Murphy, Mark Selby, and Mark Allen are safely in the main draw in addition to Luca Brecel, Ali Carter, Gary Wilson, Zhang Anda, and Si Jiahui.

By reaching the final of the recent International Championship, Chris Wakelin secured his maiden membership among the top 16 and with it automatic qualification for York.

Wuhan Open champion Xiao Guodong’s recent form has also seen the Chinese cueist join the elite bracket of the rankings for the first time in his career.

The latter pair’s rise has demoted a couple of high-profile players to the 2024 UK Championship qualifiers draw.

Despite his success in this season’s English Open, three-time UK champion Neil Robertson has dropped back out of the top 16 and is therefore forced to attend the preliminaries next week.

World Championship finalist Jak Jones will also participate in addition to the likes of Barry Hawkins, Ryan Day, Jack Lisowski, and Tom Ford.

As has been the case in recent seasons, a tiered qualifying format will be utilised to determine the 16 qualifiers.

The lowest seeds, including various amateur top-ups like 2021 UK champion Zhao Xintong who is making his way back following the end of his ban, enter in round one.

Jimmy White, who won the UK Championship title 32 years ago, is also in the lineup and will need to win four matches to qualify again.

The 32 highest seeds – those ranked from 17 to 48 in the world – enter in the third round and will need to win two matches in order to reach the main stages.

The 2024 UK Championship qualifiers run from November 16th to 21st at the Mattioli Arena.

Proceedings in York will commence on November 23rd with the final scheduled for December 1st and £250,000 being awarded to this year’s champion.

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2024 UK Championship qualifiers draw

Round of 144 (bo11)

Saturday, November 16th

9:30am UTC
Gong Chenzhi vs Daniel Womersley
Jonas Luz vs Florian Nüßle
Liam Graham vs Baipat Siripaporn
Artemijs Zizins vs Mark Joyce
Haris Tahir vs Craig Steadman
Ben Mertens vs Oliver Sykes
Mostafa Dorgham vs Huang Jiahao
Liam Pullen vs Joshua Thomand

2:30pm UTC
Zak Surety vs Simon Blackwell
Farakh Ajaib vs Bai Yulu
Dean Young vs Mohammed Shehab
Haydon Pinhey vs Reanne Evans
Liam Davies vs Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Bulcsu Revesz vs Iulian Boiko
Wang Yuchen vs Lewis Ullah
Alexander Ursenbacher vs Joshua Cooper

7:30pm UTC
Lei Peifan vs Vladislav Gradinari
Mink Nutcharut vs Hatem Yassen
Amir Sarkhosh vs Anton Kazakov
Cheung Ka Wai vs Harvey Chandler
Antoni Kowalski vs Igor Firgueiredo
Sunny Akani vs Zhao Xintong
Andrew Pagett vs Mitchell Mann
Chris Totten vs Ryan Davies

Sunday, November 17th

10:30am UTC
Julien Leclercq vs Hamza Ilyas
Jimmy White vs Paul Deaville
Duane Jones vs Ryan Thomerson
Robbie McGuigan vs Habib Subah Humood
Allan Taylor vs Kreishh Gurbaxani
Michael Holt vs Steven Hallworth
Manasawin Phetmalaikul vs Andres Petrov
Andrew Higginson vs Dylan Emery

Round of 112 (bo11)

2:30pm UTC
Ian Burns vs Gong/Womersley
Jordan Brown vs Luz/Nüßle
Long Zehuang vs Graham/Siripaporn
David Grace vs Zizins/Joyce
Daniel Wells vs Tahir/Steadman
Stuart Carrington vs Mertens/Sykes
Jamie Clarke vs Dorgham/Huang
Ma Hailong vs Pullen/Thomand

7:30pm UTC
Rory Thor vs Surety/Blackwell
Jamie Jones vs Ajaib/Bai
Louis Heathcote vs Young/Shehab
Sanderson Lam vs Pinhey/Evans
David Lilley vs Davies/Elsayed
Ashley Carty vs Revesz/Boiko
Mark Davis vs Wang/Ullah
Alfie Burden vs Ursenbacher/Cooper

Monday, November 18th

9:30am UTC
Hammad Miah vs Lei/Gradinari
Joe Perry vs Nutcharut/Yassen
Marco Fu vs Sarkhosh/Kazakov
Aaron Hill vs Cheung/Chandler
Anthony Hamilton vs Kowalski/Figueiredo
Jiang Jun vs Akani/Zhao
Graeme Dott vs Leclercq/Iylas
Xing Zihao vs Pagett/Mann

2:30pm UTC
Ross Muir vs White/Deaville
Tian Pengfei vs Totten/Davies
Stan Moody vs D. Jones/Thomerson
He Guoqiang vs McGuigan/Humood
Liu Hongyu vs Taylor/Gurbaxani
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Holt/Hallworth
Matthew Stevens vs Phetmalaikul/Petrov
Oliver Lines vs Higginson/Emery

Round of 80 (bo11)

7:30pm UTC
Jak Jones vs Burns/Gong/Womersley
Fan Zhengyi vs Brown/Luz/Nüßle
Elliot Slessor vs Long/Graham/Siripaporn
Stephen Maguire vs Grace/Zizins/Joyce
Jimmy Robertson vs Wells/Tahir/Steadman
Stuart Bingham vs Carrington/Mertens/Sykes
Jackson Page vs Clarke/Dorgham/Huang
Jack Lisowski vs Thor/Surety/Blackwell

Tuesday, November 19th

9:30am UTC
Scott Donaldson vs Jamie Jones/Ajaib/Bai
Ryan Day vs Heathcote/Young/Shehab
Yuan Sijun vs Lam/Pinhey/Evans
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Lilley/Davies/Elsayed
Wu Yize vs Carty/Revesz/Boiko
Robbie Williams vs Davis/Wang/Ullah
Barry Hawkins vs Burden/Ursenbacher/Cooper
Joe O’Connor vs Chadha/Holt/Hallworth

2:30pm UTC
Tom Ford vs Miah/Lei/Gradinari
Ben Woollaston vs Perry/Nutcharut/Yassen
Zhou Yuelong vs Fu/Sarkhosh/Kazakov
Matthew Selt vs Hill/Cheung/Chandler
Ricky Walden vs Hamilton/Kowalski/Figueiredo
Noppon Saengkham vs Jiang/Akani/Zhao
Dominic Dale vs Dott/Leclercq/Iylas
David Gilbert vs Xing/Pagett/Mann

7:30pm UTC
Hossein Vafaei vs Ma/Pullen/Thomand
Robert Milkins vs Muir/White/Deaville
Xu Si vs Tian/Totten/Davies
Pang Junxu vs Moody/D. Jones/Thomerson
Anthony McGill vs He/McGuigan/Humood
Lyu Haotian vs Liu/Taylor/Gurbaxani
Martin O’Donnell vs Stevens/Phetmalaikul/Petrov
Neil Robertson vs Lines/Higginson/Emery

Round of 48 (bo11)

Wednesday, November 20th and Thursday, November 21st

Dates and times for each match TBC

Jak Jones/Burns/Gong/Womersley
vs Fan/Brown/Luz/Nüßle

Slessor/Long/Graham/Siripaporn
vs Maguire/Grace/Zizins/Joyce

J.Robertson/Wells/Tahir/Steadman
vs Bingham/Carrington/Mertens/Sykes

Page/Clarke/Dorgham/Huang
vs Vafaei/Ma/Pullen/Thomand

Lisowski/Thor/Surety/Blackwell
vs Donaldson/Jamie Jones/Ajaib/Bai

Day/Heathcote/Young/Shehab
vs Yuan/Lam/Pinhey/Evans

Un-Nooh/Lilley/Davies/Elsayed
vs Wu/Carty/Revesz/Boiko

R.Williams/Davis/Wang/Ullah
vs Hawkins/Burden/Ursenbacher/Cooper

Ford/Miah/Lei/Gradinari
vs Woollaston/Perry/Nutcharut/Yassen

Zhou/Fu/Sarkhosh/Kazakov
vs Selt/Hill/Cheung/Chandler

Walden/Hamilton/Kowalski/Figueiredo
vs Saengkham/Jiang/Akani/Zhao

Dale/Dott/Leclercq/Iylas
vs Gilbert/Xing/Pagett/Mann

Milkins/Muir/White/Deaville
vs Xu/Tian/Totten/Davies

Pang/Moody/D. Jones/Thomerson
vs McGill/He/McGuigan/Humood

Lyu/Liu/Taylor/Gurbaxani
vs O’Connor/Chadha/Holt/Hallworth

O’Donnell/Stevens/Phetmalaikul/Petrov
vs N.Robertson/Lines/Higginson/Emery

Click here for up-to-date results
(snooker.org)

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