Qualifying action returns this week with the preliminary phase of the Scottish Open draw taking place in Wigan from Tuesday.
The Home Nations Series began last month with Mark Allen triumphing at the English Open in Brentwood.
Next week, the second Home Nations Series event of the 2025/26 snooker season will see the Northern Ireland Open return to Belfast.
But before that over the coming few days, the opening couple of rounds of the Scottish Open will be conducted at the Robin Park Leisure Centre.
Who is playing in the qualifiers?
As has become the norm with the Home Nations Series tournaments, the top 32 players from the official world rankings list have been seeded through to the venue stages.
The rest of the World Snooker Tour professionals and a few amateur top-ups will be attempting to join them in Edinburgh across the next four days.
Players seeded from 65 to 128 in the draw will enter the Scottish Open qualifiers in the opening round.
That includes the likes of Jimmy White and Ken Doherty who each meet Iulian Boiko and Ross Muir respectively.
Record 12-time women’s world champion Reanne Evans faces Jiang Jun while reigning queen of the game Bai Yulu is in action against Kreishh Gurbaxani.
The list of early entrants also includes Sam Craigie, Mink Nutcharut, and Liam Pullen – the latter with confidence high after reaching the quarter-finals of the recent Xi’an Grand Prix in China.
Those seeded from 33 to 64 will enter the fray in round two of the qualifying competition, duly facing the winners from round one.
Luca Brecel and Ryan Day are prominent names involved here with the experienced pair having slid down the rankings of late.
British Open runner-up Anthony McGill and Scott Donaldson are among the Scottish contingent attempting to qualify for their home event on the calendar.
The likes of Ricky Walden, Matthew Stevens, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, and Aaron Hill are other familiar names who will be hoping to secure their spots at the venue stages.
All the latest snooker betting odds will be listed on the BoyleSports app which also has a Boyle Casino list of online games to enjoy.
The venue stages for the 2025 Scottish Open, meanwhile, are scheduled for December 15th to 21st at the Meadowbank Sports Centre.
The full draw for the qualifiers is below.
Scottish Open qualifiers draw
Round of 128 (bo7)
Amir Sarkhosh vs Amaan Iqbal
Liam Highfield vs Michal Szubarczyk
Haris Tahir vs Stuart Carrington
Liam Davies vs Hatem Yassen
Artemijs Zizins vs Mateusz Baranowski
Huang Jiahao vs Ng On Yee
Sam Craigie vs Florian Nuessle
Chris Totten vs Ryan Davies
Julien Leclercq vs Umut Dikme
Marco Fu vs Chatchapong Nasa
Reanne Evans vs Jiang Jun
Zhao Hanyang vs Ashley Hugill
Mitchell Mann vs Ian Burns
Lan Yuhao vs Liu Wenwei
Louis Heathcote vs Yao Pengcheng
Bulcsu Revesz vs Alexander Ursenbacher
Gao Yang vs Connor Benzey
Bai Yulu vs Kreishh Gurbaxani
Allan Taylor vs Liam Graham
Chang Bingyu vs Xu Yichen
David Grace vs Sahil Nayyar
Robbie McGuigan vs Oliver Brown
Farakh Ajaib vs Liam Pullen
Antoni Kowalski vs Leone Crowley
Dylan Emery vs Jack Borwick
Wang Yuchen vs Jonas Luz
Cheung Ka Wai vs Fergal Quinn
Haydon Pinhey vs Mink Nutcharut
Steven Hallworth vs Mahmoud El Hareedy
Duane Jones vs Patrick Whelan
Ken Doherty vs Ross Muir
Iulian Boiko vs Jimmy White
Round of 96 (bo7)
Jordan Brown vs Sarkhosh/Iqbal
Ben Woollaston vs Highfield/Szubarczyk
Oliver Lines vs Tahir/Carrington
Anthony McGill vs Davies/Yassen
Jimmy Robertson vs Zizins/Baranowski
Liu Hongyu vs Huang/Ng
Jamie Jones vs Craigie/Nuessle
Michael Holt vs Totten/Davies
Ben Mertens vs Leclercq/Dikme
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Fu/Nasa
Long Zehuang vs Evans/Jiang
Martin O’Donnell vs Zhao/Hugill
Aaron Hill vs Mann/Burns
Sanderson Lam vs Lan/Liu
Ryan Day vs Heathcote/Yao
He Guoqiang vs Revesz/Ursenbachr
Scott Donaldson vs Gao/Benzey
Robbie Williams vs Bai/Gurbaxani
Mark Davis vs Taylor/Graham
Xu Si vs Chang/Xu
Lyu Haotian vs Grace/Nayyar
Gong Chenzhi vs McGuigan/Brown
Daniel Wells vs Ajaib/Pullen
David Lilley vs Kowalski/Crowley
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Emery/Borwick
Ricky Walden vs Wang/Luz
Fan Zhengyi vs Cheung/Quinn
Matthew Stevens vs Pinhey/Nutcharut
Luca Brecel vs Hallworth/El Hareedy
Zak Surety vs Jones/Whelan
Stan Moody vs Doherty/Muir
Robert Milkins vs Boiko/White
Click here for the updated draw and results (snooker.org)
How to watch the Scottish Open qualifiers?
Live coverage of the Scottish Open qualifiers will be available on various platforms depending on your location in the world.
Many of the popular betting sites like BoyleSports provide live streaming of snooker events through signing up on their websites or apps.
As per the World Snooker Tour website, these are the other available options:
Europe
discovery+ in the UK, Germany, Italy, and Austria.
HBO Max in other European territories.
China
Huya.com
Migu
CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel
CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
Other Territories
WST Play
Featured photo credit: WST
