When is the World Snooker Championship draw and how to watch it?

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Ronnie O’Sullivan will discover his first round foe on Thursday morning (Picture: Getty Images)

World Snooker Championship qualifying comes to an end on Wednesday night, with the 16 players set to take on the seeds confirmed.

Eight men won through on Tuesday evening, with the likes of Jack Lisowski, Stephen Maguire and Stuart Bingham booking their Crucible spots.

There are more big-hitters hoping to join them on Wednesday, with Neil Robertson, Hossein Vafaei, Dave Gilbert and Si Jiahui all in action in the final two sessions of qualifying.

The 16 seeded players – including world number one Ronnie O’Sullivan and defending champion Luca Brecel – await the qualifiers, with their schedule already confirmed.

When is the World Snooker Championship draw?

The draw for the first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship is expected to be held at 8.45am on Thursday 18 April.

How to listen and watch the Crucible draw

BBC Radio Five Live will broadcast the draw, with Mark Allen in the studio. It will be available to watch on the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer.

Judgement Days Schedule

Tuesday 16 April

All matches over two sessions at 11am & 5pm

Jack Lisowski 10-3 Matthew Stevens

Ricky Walden 10-9 Mark Davis

Dominic Dale 10-8 He Guoqiang

Zhou Yuelong 4-10 Jak Jones

Stephen Maguire 10-6 Yuan Sijun

Louis Heathcote 8-10 Stuart Bingham

Robbie Williams 10-9 Chris Wakelin

Lyu Haotian 10-7 Jenson Kendrick

Wednesday 17 April

Jamie Jones vs Neil Robertson

Hossein Vafaei vs Jiang Jun

Joe O’Connor vs Matt Selt

Cao Yupeng vs Pang Junxu

Jackson Page vs Noppon Saengkham

Si Jiahui vs Wu Yize

Xiao Guodong vs David Gilbert

Scott Donaldson vs Ryan Day

how to, when is the world snooker championship draw and how to watch it?

Luca Brecel is defending champion and gets his campaign underway on Saturday (Picture: Getty Images)

2024 World Snooker Championship seeds

  1. Luca Brecel
  2. Ronnie O’Sullivan
  3. Judd Trump
  4. Mark Allen
  5. Mark Selby
  6. Mark Williams
  7. Ding Junhui
  8. Shaun Murphy
  9. Ali Carter
  10. Gary Wilson
  11. Zhang Anda
  12. Kyren Wilson
  13. John Higgins
  14. Tom Ford
  15. Barry Hawkins
  16. Robert Milkins

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