There is another bumper week of snooker on the main tour to look forward to with the 2026 German Masters beginning on Monday.
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the first edition of the German Masters at the iconic Tempodrom in Berlin.
Most of the game’s leading players will be in action as they chase the season’s 12th ranking crown and a top prize worth £100,000.
2025 German Masters prize money
Champion: £100,000
Runner-up: £45,000
Semi-final: £21,000
Quarter-final: £13,200
Last 16: £9,000
Last 32: £5,400
Last 64: £3,600
Last 96: £1,000
Highest Break: £5,000
Total: £550,400
Who are the former champions?
Kyren Wilson is the defending German Masters champion, the Warrior getting his hands on the Brandon Parker Trophy for the second time last year with a 10-9 defeat of Barry Hawkins.
Wilson is one of four multiple winners of the event since 2011, with Mark Williams and Ali Carter representing other two-time champions.
World number one Judd Trump has emerged triumphantly a record three times, claiming back-to-back crowns in 2020 and 2021 before completing the hat-trick in 2024.
Ronnie O’Sullivan, Ding Junhui, Mark Selby, Martin Gould, Anthony Hamilton, and Zhao Xintong have each etched their names onto the silverware on one occasion.
How does the 2026 German Masters draw work?
The German Masters draw works in a similar way to the format adopted on the Home Nations series, although there has been another tweak to the scheduling this year.
For the 2026 edition, only the top 16 seeds have been guaranteed a spot at the venue stages where they will enter at the round-of-64 stage.
A preliminary phase was already held earlier this month in Sheffield, with 16 players having already secured their spots in the last 32.
That includes 2013 and 2023 champion Ali Carter, former world champion Stuart Bingham, and this season’s Northern Ireland Open winner Jack Lisowski.
The seeds will kick start the action at the Tempodrom with their held-over matches from the last 64.
Kyren Wilson will launch his defence against Robert Milkins, a two-time former ranking event winner who is battling tour survival this season.
Priced at 7/2, three-time champion Trump is the pre-tournament favourite in the outright market with more snooker odds available on the ComeOn sportsbook.
Trump entertains Cheung Ka Wai, Zhao faces an all-Chinese clash against Jiang Jun, while O’Sullivan is due to meet Sanderson Lam.
2026 German Masters Draw
Round of 64 (bo9)
Kyren Wilson vs Robert Milkins (held over)
Anthony McGill 5–3 Hossein Vafaei
Barry Hawkins vs Mark Davis (held over)
Zhang Anda 5–0 Matthew Stevens
Gao Yang 5–4 Stephen Maguire
Mark Allen vs Oliver Lines (held over)
Julien Leclercq 5–3 Yuan Sijun
Shaun Murphy vs Zak Surety (held over)
Mark J Williams vs Sanderson Lam (held over)
Jimmy Robertson 5–0 Jackson Page
Jordan Brown w/o Wu Yize
Jak Jones 5–2 Marco Fu
Elliot Slessor 5–0 Liam Highfield
Chris Wakelin vs Ishpreet Singh Chadha (held over)
Pang Junxu 5–3 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Neil Robertson w/o Chang Bingyu
Judd Trump vs Cheung Ka Wai (held over)
Ryan Day 5–3 Joe O’Connor
Si Jiahui vs Fan Zhengyi (held over)
David Gilbert 5–4 Luca Brecel
Jack Lisowski 5–1 Lan Yuhao
Xiao Guodong vs Robbie Williams (held over)
Zhou Yuelong 5–4 Daniel Wells
John Higgins vs Jamie Jones (held over)
Mark Selby vs Liu Hongyu (held over)
Xu Si 5–2 Lei Peifan
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Long Zehuang (held over)
Ali Carter 5–2 Ricky Walden
Stuart Bingham 5–0 Ken Doherty
Gary Wilson vs Scott Donaldson (held over)
Tom Ford 5–1 Noppon Saengkham
Zhao Xintong vs Jiang Jun (held over)
Round of 32 (bo9)
K. Wilson/Milkins vs Anthony McGill
Hawkins/Davis vs Zhang Anda
Gao Yang vs Allen/Lines
Julien Leclercq vs Murphy/Surety
M. Williams/Lam vs Jimmy Robertson
Jordan Brown vs Jak Jones
Elliot Slessor vs Wakelin/Singh Chadha
Pang Junxu vs Neil Robertson
Trump/Cheung vs Ryan Day
Si/Fan vs David Gilbert
Jack Lisowski vs Xiao/R. Williams
Zhou Yuelong vs Higgins/Jamie Jones
Selby/Liu vs Xu Si
O’Sullivan/Long vs Ali Carter
Stuart Bingham vs G. Wilson/Donaldson
Tom Ford vs Zhao/Jiang
Click here for the updated draw and results (snooker.org)
How to watch the 2026 German Masters
There are several options available to watch the upcoming snooker live, depending on your location.
Many of the popular betting sites provide live streaming of snooker events through signing up on their websites or apps.
Below is a full list of official options, as published on the World Snooker Tour website:
UK & Ireland: TNT Sports, discovery+
Mainland Europe: Eurosport; discovery+ (Germany, Italy, Austria); HBO Max (all other markets)
China: Huya.com, Migu, CBSA-WPBSA Academy (WeChat & Douyin)
Hong Kong China: Now TV
Malaysia & Brunei: Astro Supersport
Taiwan: Sportcast
Thailand: True Sport
Philippines: TAP Sports
All Other Territories: WST Play
Featured photo credit: WST
