World Championship snooker qualifying 2019: Draw, schedule, results & Eurosport TV coverage times

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The race to qualify for the Crucible is over, as 16 players came through a field of 128 to claim a spot at snooker's most prestigious event.

Jimmy White, Marco Fu, Liang Wenbo, Matthew Stevens, Ken Doherty, Joe Perry, Ali Carter, rising Chinese star Yan Bingtao and 11-time women's champion Reanne Evans were among those hoping to make it - but which ones made it?

Scroll down to find out who won the three qualifying matches required to be in the World Championship draw.

World Championship Qualifying Draw & Results

Players need to win through three rounds to earn one of the available 16 spots at the Crucible. So one player from each of the 16 sections below will qualify

First Round (Played from Wednesday to Saturday)

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Section One (Friday to Saturday)

• Ryan Day 10-6 Oliver Lines
• Tian Pengfei 10-5 Soheil Vahedi
• Matthew Stevens 10-3 Thor Chuan Leong
• Chris Wakelin 10-5 Fan Zhengyi

Section Two (Wednesday to Thursday)

• Gary Wilson 10-5 Sanderson Lam
• Dominic Dale 10-5 Chris Totten
• Liang Wenbo 10-0 Basem Eltahhan
• David Grace 10-8 Rory McLeod

Section Three (Friday morning and evening)

• Robbie Williams 10-8 Sam Baird
• Marco Fu 7-10 Luo Honghao
• Sam Craigie 10-2 Rhys Clark
• Tom Ford 10-3 Ross Muir

Section Four (Wednesday to Thursday)

• Akani Songsermsawad 10-6 Chen Zifan
• Robert Milkins 10-4 Luke Simmonds
• Duane Jones 10-5 Kishan Hirani
• Anthony McGill 10-8 Ashley Hugill

Section Five (Saturday morning and evening)

• Graeme Dott 10-2 Hamza Akbar
• Xu Si 10-2 Sean O'Sullivan
• Stuart Carrington 4-5 Pang Junxu
• Kurt Maflin 8-3 Mitchell Mann

Section Six (Friday to Saturday)

• Li Hang 10-5 Niu Zhuang
• Ian Burns 10-7 Farakh Ajaib
• Ben Woollaston 10-7 Elliot Slessor
• Mike Dunn 5-8 Nigel Bond

Section Seven (Wednesday to Thursday)

• Daniel Wells 10-5 Jamie Clarke
• Hossein Vafaei 10-4 Zhang Anda
• Gerard Greene 10-7 Aaron Hill
• Martin Gould 10-0 Mostafa Dorgham

Section Eight (Wednesday to Thursday)

• Michael Georgiou 10-7 Lee Walker
• Peter Ebdon 10-4 Harvey Chandler
• Mei Xiwen 10-3 Florian Nüßle
• Yan Bingtao 10-3 Lukas Kleckers

Section Nine (Friday to Saturday)

• Allister Carter 10-1 Paul S Davison
• Jimmy White 10-5 Ross Bulman
• Michael White 10-4 Andy Hicks
• John Astley 10-8 Yuan Sijun

Section 10 (Wednesday to Thursday)

• Ricky Walden 10-7 Alfie Burden
• Eden Sharav 10-7 David Lilley
• Zhou Yuelong 10-7 Robin Hull
• Liam Highfield 10-7 Hammad Miah

Section 11 (Wednesday morning and evening)

• Fergal O'Brien 10-4 Jackson Page
• Mark Davis 10-6 Rod Lawler
• Jordan Brown 10-4 Alexander Ursenbacher
• Lu Haotian 10-5 Ashley Carty

Section 12 (Thursday to Friday)

• Mark Joyce 10-2 Billy Joe Castle
• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10-4 Johnathan Bagley
• Joe O'Connor 10-1 Joe Swail
• Jimmy Robertson 10-0 Chen Feilong

Section 13 (Wednesday to Thursday)

• Xiao Guodong 10-5 Jak Jones
• Michael Judge 10-9 Peter Lines
• Michael Holt 10-5 Brandon Sargeant
• James Cahill 10-9 Andrew Higginson

Section 14 (Saturday morning and evening)

• Mark King 10-4 Igor Figueiredo
• Lu Ning 10-4 Allan Taylor
• Scott Donaldson 10-8 Craig Steadman
• Ken Doherty 10-8 Andy Lee

Section 15 (Wednesday to Thursday)

• Anthony Hamilton 10-9 James Wattana
• Matthew Selt 10-3 Dylan Emery
• Zhao Xintong 10-2 Adam Lilley
• Noppon Saengkham 10-3 Adam Stefanow

Section 16 (Friday morning and evening)

• Alan McManus 10-6 Ng On Yee
• Martin O'Donnell 10-6 Adam Duffy
• Zhang Yong 10-2 Reanne Evans
• Joe Perry 10-1 Simon Lichtenberg

Second Round (All played Sunday to Monday)

Having won their first-round games, players now only need two more wins to earn one of the available 16 spots at the Crucible. So one player from each of the 16 sections below will qualify

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Section One

• Ryan Day 3-10 Tian Pengfei
• Matthew Stevens 10-7 Chris Wakelin

Section Two

• Gary Wilson 10-3 Dominic Dale
• Liang Wenbo 10-7 David Grace

Section Three

• Robbie Williams 8-10 Luo Honghai
• Sam Craigie 8-10 Tom Ford

Section Four

• Akani Songsermsawad 5-10 Robert Milkins
• Duane Jones 5-10 Anthony McGill

Section Five

• Graeme Dott 10-4 Xu Si
• Pang Junxu 7-10 Kurt Maflin

Section Six

• Li Hang 10-8 Ian Burns
• Ben Woollaston 10-4 Nigel Bond

Section Seven

• Daniel Wells 10-6 Hossein Vafaei
• Gerard Greene 6-10 Martin Gould

Section Eight

• Michael Georgiou 10-8 Peter Ebdon
• Mei Xiwen 8-10 Yan Bingtao

Section Nine

• Allister Carter 10-4 Jimmy White
• Michael White 6-10 John Astley

Section 10

• Ricky Walden 9-10 Eden Sharav
• Zhou Yuelong 10-5 Liam Highfield

Section 11

• Fergal O'Brien 4-10 Mark Davis
• Jordan Brown 0-10 Lu Haotian

Section 12

• Mark Joyce 5-10 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• Joe O'Connor 10-9 Jimmy Robertson

Section 13

• Xiao Guodong 9-10 Michael Judge
• Michael Holt 7-10 James Cahill

Section 14

• Mark King 5-10 Lu Ning
• Scott Donaldson 10-4 Ken Doherty

Section 15

• Anthony Hamilton 7-10 Matthew Selt
• Zhao Xintong 10-5 Noppon Saengkham

Section 16

• Alan McManus 8-10 Martin O'Donnell
• Zhang Yong 1-10 Joe Perry

Third Round (All played Tuesday to Wednesday)

The winners of these 16 games qualify for the World Snooker Championship.

Best of 19 frames.

• Tian Pengfei 10-8 Matthew Stevens
• Gary Wilson 10-6 Liang Wenbo
• Luo Honghao 10-8 Tom Ford
• Robert Milkins 8-10 Anthony McGill
• Graeme Dott 10-2 Kurt Maflin
• Li Hang 10-8 Ben Woollaston
• Daniel Wells 8-10 Martin Gould
• Michael Georgiou 10-8 Yan Bingtao
• Allister Carter 10-4 John Astley
• Eden Sharav 6-10 Zhou Yuelong
• Mark Davis 10-7 Lu Haotian
• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10-6 Joe O'Connor
• Michael Judge 6-10 James Cahill
• Lu Ning 9-10 Scott Donaldson
• Matthew Selt 4-10 Zhao Xintong
• Martin O'Donnell 3-10 Joe Perry

Can I watch the qualifying rounds on TV or the internet?

You can watch the qualifiers on the Eurosport Player, with live coverage of two tables throughout the eight days. To sign up to the Eurosport Player and enjoy live coverage of many of the biggest tournaments throughout the year, head to http://www.eurosportplayer.com or click here.

World Championship Top 16 Seeds

1. Mark Williams
2. Ronnie O'Sullivan
3. Mark Selby
4. Neil Robertson
5. John Higgins
6. Mark Allen
7. Judd Trump
8. Kyren Wilson
9. Barry Hawkins
10. Ding Junhui
11. Jack Lisowski
12. Stuart Bingham
13. Shaun Murphy
14. Luca Brecel
15. Stephen Maguire
16. David Gilbert

The draw for the World Championship takes place on Thursday April 18 at 1000 BST at the Crucible, with the event itself running from April 20 to May 6. 

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