World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 2026)
Main Tour, Ranking
18 Apr - 4 May 2026, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England
Previous champion: Zhao Xintong (2025)
Final
(Winner: £500,000; Runner-up: £200,000)
China Wu Yize [10] 18-17 England Shaun Murphy [8]
Session 1:
72-50 (51), 60-50 (SM 50), 86-53 (61), 0-95 (85)
0-98 (98), 24-90 (77), 1-118 (109), 74-32 (65)
Session 2:
82-1 (82), 106-16 (103), 32-80 (72), 72-8
89-8 (89), 0-83 (70), 97-29 (66), 1-66, 91-39 (91)
Session 3:
37-103, 9-76 (76), 13-55, 2-120 (59)
37-67 (60), 93-0 (64), 73-1, 121-5 (61)
Session 4:
88-1 (88), 0-82 (82), 26-75, 60-56
70-73 (WY 70, SM 65), 65-0 (56), 1-131 (131)
91-45 (91), 43-75 (75), 85-8 (85)
Referee: Rob Spencer
This was Wu's first World Championship title. It's his second ranking win after winning the International Championship earlier this season.
Semifinals
(Losers receive £100,000)
England Shaun Murphy [8] 17-15 Scotland John Higgins [5]
Session 1:
110-1 (68), 27-65, 97-24 (69), 100-0 (100)
18-61, 41-63, 71-15, 9-90 (50)
Session 2:
49-72 (72), 88-1 (88), 8-93 (67), 60-2
44-69 (57), 40-86 (86), 64-40, 66-36
Session 3:
104-1 (60), 3-109 (55), 54-66, 82-0 (82)
15-82 (63), 105-0 (105), 33-74 (70), 0-101 (101)
Session 4:
133-0 (132), 133-0 (127), 15-69, 11-88 (88)
105-0 (105), 78-3 (78), 64-8, 61-50 (JH 50)
China Wu Yize [10] 17-16 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [14]
Session 1:
77-0 (77), 75-59 (MA 59, WY 55), 0-103 (91), 1-76
91-40 (57), 78-0 (78), 64-0 (64), 91-42
Session 2:
36-64, 60-65 (WY 51), 0-145 (145), 17-63
0-122 (121), 88-66
Session 3:
142-0 (142), 20-77 (56), 76-0 (76), 121-14 (121)
9-95 (85), 0-130 (99), 140-0 (140), 39-76
Session 4:
62-66 (WY 50), 103-0, 39-82 (82), 126-0 (126)
23-73 (57), 81-0 (74), 0-70 (65), 58-66 (WY 58), 67-45 (67), 79-68 (WY 52), 93-47 (71)
Frame 14 is the longest frame played at the Crucible at 100 minutes and 19 secondst
Quarterfinals
(Losers receive £50,000)
England Shaun Murphy [8] 13-10 China Zhao Xintong [1]
Zhao potted three reds in one shot in frame 10. Watch on YouTube.
Scotland John Higgins [5] 13-10 Australia Neil Robertson [4]
Northern Ireland Mark Allen [14] 13-11 England Barry Hawkins [11]
China Wu Yize [10] 13-8 Iran Hossein Vafaei [32]
Round 2
(Last 16; Losers receive £30,000)
1 China Zhao Xintong [1] 13-9 China Ding Junhui [16]
2 England Shaun Murphy [8] 13-3 China Xiao Guodong [9]
3 Scotland John Higgins [5] 13-12 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [12]
4 Australia Neil Robertson [4] 13-7 England Chris Wakelin [13]
5 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [14] 13-9 England Kyren Wilson [3]
6 England Barry Hawkins [11] 13-9 Wales Mark J Williams [6]
7 China Wu Yize [10] 13-11 England Mark Selby [7]
8 Iran Hossein Vafaei [32] 13-12 England Judd Trump [2]
Round 1
(Last 32; Losers receive £20,000 / £0)
1 China Zhao Xintong [1] 10-7 England Liam Highfield [90]
2 China Ding Junhui [16] 10-5 England David Gilbert [25]
3 China Xiao Guodong [9] 10-6 China Zhou Yuelong [24]
4 England Shaun Murphy [8] 10-9 China Fan Zhengyi [63]
5 Scotland John Higgins [5] 10-7 England Ali Carter [23]
6 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [12] 10-2 China He Guoqiang [47]
7 England Chris Wakelin [13] 10-6 England Liam Pullen [84]
8 Australia Neil Robertson [4] 10-6 China Pang Junxu [29]
9 England Kyren Wilson [3] 10-7 England Stan Moody [44]
10 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [14] 10-6 China Zhang Anda [22]
11 England Barry Hawkins [11] 10-4 Wales Matthew Stevens [48]
12 Wales Mark J Williams [6] 10-4 Poland Antoni Kowalski [69]
13 England Mark Selby [7] 10-2 Wales Jak Jones [19]
14 China Wu Yize [10] 10-2 China Lei Peifan [30]
15 Iran Hossein Vafaei [32] 10-3 China Si Jiahui [15]
16 England Judd Trump [2] 10-5 England Gary Wilson [27]
World Championship Qualifiers
6‑15 Apr 2026, English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England
Qual Round 4
(Last 48; Losers receive £15,000)
1 Wales Matthew Stevens [48] 10-7 England Stuart Bingham [17]
Bingham missed the 12th black on a max in frame 10
2 Iran Hossein Vafaei [32] 10-4 China Gao Yang [97]
Vafaei won the last nine frames from 4-1 down.
3 England David Gilbert [25] 10-6 Ireland Aaron Hill [40]
4 China Zhou Yuelong [24] 10-4 England Michael Holt [56]
5 England Stan Moody [44] 10-9 China Jiang Jun [76]
Moody will now make his debut at the Crucible.
6 Poland Antoni Kowalski [69] 10-8 Wales Jamie Jones [60]
Kowalski secured his Tour card by winning this match. He will be the first player from Poland at the Crucible.
7 China Pang Junxu [29] 10-8 Wales Jackson Page [36]
8 England Liam Pullen [84] 10-8 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [45]
Pullen missed the 14th black on a max. He would have earnt a bonus of 147,000 pounds. He will now make his debut at the Crucible.
9 Wales Jak Jones [19] 10-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [46]
10 China Lei Peifan [30] 10-5 Wales Ryan Day [35]
11 England Gary Wilson [27] 10-9 China Xu Si [38]
12 China Zhang Anda [22] 10-3 England Zak Surety [43]
13 England Ali Carter [23] 10-7 Scotland Anthony McGill [42]
14 England Liam Highfield [90] 10-2 England Oliver Lines [58]
15 China Fan Zhengyi [63] 10-4 Belgium Ben Mertens [66]
16 China He Guoqiang [47] 10-5 England Jack Lisowski [18]
He will now make his debut at the Crucible.
Qual Round 3
(Last 80; Losers receive £10,000 / £0)
1 England Stuart Bingham [17] 10-2 China Wang Xinbo (a)
2 Wales Matthew Stevens [48] 10-8 England Peter Lines (a)
3 Iran Hossein Vafaei [32] 10-2 Poland Michal Szubarczyk [96]
4 China Gao Yang [97] 10-8 England Tom Ford [33]
5 Ireland Aaron Hill [40] 10-3 China Yao Pengcheng [104]
6 England David Gilbert [25] 10-3 Ireland Leone Crowley [114]
Gilbert made a 50+ break in 12 consecutive frames (incl four centuries).
7 England Michael Holt [56] 10-5 Wales Daniel Wells [41]
8 China Zhou Yuelong [24] 10-3 Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan [88]
9 China Jiang Jun [76] 10-7 England Elliot Slessor [21]
10 England Stan Moody [44] 10-5 England Robbie Williams [53]
11 Poland Antoni Kowalski [69] 10-8 England Joe O'Connor [28]
12 Wales Jamie Jones [60] 10-3 England Matthew Selt [37]
13 Wales Jackson Page [36] 10-6 England Patrick Whelan (a)
14 China Pang Junxu [29] 10-9 Wales Dylan Emery [93]
15 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [45] 10-6 England Ricky Walden [52]
16 England Liam Pullen [84] 10-7 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [20]
17 Wales Jak Jones [19] 10-6 Hong Kong Marco Fu [83]
18 Belgium Luca Brecel [46] 10-8 China Chang Bingyu [51]
147 by Chang in frame 9. It's his second max and the 241st in pro snooker. It's the record-extending 24th of this season. Since his first max came in the 2025 UK Championship qualifiers, he earns a 147,000 pounds season bonus for two maximums in majors.
19 China Lei Peifan [30] 10-4 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [67]
20 Wales Ryan Day [35] 10-8 India Ishpreet Singh Chadha [62]
21 China Xu Si [38] 10-8 China Liu Hongyu [59]
22 England Gary Wilson [27] 10-1 England Allan Taylor [70]
23 England Zak Surety [43] 10-3 England Oliver Sykes (a)
24 China Zhang Anda [22] 10-6 Hungary Bulcsu Revesz [86]
25 England Ali Carter [23] 10-5 Belgium Julien Leclercq [74]
26 Scotland Anthony McGill [42] 10-9 England Martin O'Donnell [55]
McGill came back From 9-4 and 69-0 down
27 England Liam Highfield [90] 10-5 Scotland Stephen Maguire [26]
28 England Oliver Lines [58] 10-8 England Ben Woollaston [39]
29 China Fan Zhengyi [63] 10-4 England Jimmy Robertson [34]
30 Belgium Ben Mertens [66] 10-9 China Yuan Sijun [31]
31 China He Guoqiang [47] 10-8 China Long Zehuang [50]
32 England Jack Lisowski [18] 10-7 Germany Umut Dikme (a)
Qual Round 2
(Last 112; Losers receive £5,000 / £0)
1 China Wang Xinbo (a) 10-4 Ukraine Iulian Boiko [80]
2 England Peter Lines (a) 10-8 Scotland Scott Donaldson [49]
3 Poland Michal Szubarczyk [96] 10-8 England Sanderson Lam [65]
4 China Gao Yang [97] 10-6 England Mark Davis [64]
5 China Yao Pengcheng [104] 10-5 England David Lilley [57]
6 Ireland Leone Crowley [114] 10-5 Wales Duane Jones [72]
7 England Michael Holt [56] 10-4 China Bai Yulu (f) [105]
8 Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan [88] 10-7 China Gong Chenzhi [73]
9 China Jiang Jun [76] 10-3 England Ashley Carty (a)
10 England Robbie Williams [53] 10-4 Scotland Ross Muir [108]
11 Poland Antoni Kowalski [69] 10-1 England Connor Benzey [116]
12 Wales Jamie Jones [60] 10-3 Moldova Vladislav Gradinari (a)
13 England Patrick Whelan (a) 10-3 England Robert Milkins [61]
14 Wales Dylan Emery [93] 10-6 Latvia Artemijs Zizins [68]
15 England Ricky Walden [52] 10-4 Poland Mateusz Baranowski [109]
16 England Liam Pullen [84] 10-7 Iran Amir Sarkhosh [77]
17 Hong Kong Marco Fu [83] 10-9 Wales Liam Davies [78]
18 China Chang Bingyu [51] 10-2 Thailand Prin Ratmukda (a)
19 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [67] 10-9 England Ian Burns [94]
20 India Ishpreet Singh Chadha [62] 10-5 Scotland Chris Totten [99]
21 China Liu Hongyu [59] 10-5 China Xu Yichen [102]
22 England Allan Taylor [70] 10-6 England Steven Hallworth [91]
23 England Oliver Sykes (a) 10-8 China Lyu Haotian [54]
24 Hungary Bulcsu Revesz [86] 10-8 England Louis Heathcote [75]
25 Belgium Julien Leclercq [74] 10-7 England Ashley Hugill (a)
26 England Martin O'Donnell [55] 10-5 China Zhao Hanyang [106]
27 England Liam Highfield [90] 10-4 Hong Kong Wang Yuchen [71]
28 England Oliver Lines [58] 10-2 England Mark Lloyd (a)
29 China Fan Zhengyi [63] 10-3 China Lan Yuhao [98]
30 Belgium Ben Mertens [66] 10-0 Wales Jamie Clarke (a)
31 China Long Zehuang [50] 10-2 Northern Ireland Fergal Quinn [123]
32 Germany Umut Dikme (a) 10-9 England Sam Craigie [79]
Qual Round 1
(Last 144; Losers receive £0)
1 China Wang Xinbo (a) 10-4 England Mitchell Mann [81]
2 England Peter Lines (a) 10-2 Brazil Jonas Luz [112]
3 Poland Michal Szubarczyk [96] 10-7 Hong Kong Ng On Yee (f) [120]
4 China Gao Yang [97] 10-9 England Jimmy White [119]
5 China Yao Pengcheng [104] 10-9 England Ryan Davies (a)
6 Ireland Leone Crowley [114] 10-5 China Huang Jiahao [89]
7 China Bai Yulu (f) [105] 10-7 England Daniel Womersley (a)
8 Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan [88] 10-8 England Hammad Miah (a)
9 England Ashley Carty (a) 10-9 Hong Kong Cheung Ka Wai [85]
10 Scotland Ross Muir [108] 10-5 Ukraine Mykhailo Larkov (a)
11 England Connor Benzey [116] 10-6 Pakistan Haris Tahir [92]
12 Moldova Vladislav Gradinari (a) 10-7 England Reanne Evans (f) [101]
13 England Patrick Whelan (a) 10-5 Ireland Ken Doherty [100]
14 Wales Dylan Emery [93] 10-9 Ukraine Anton Kazakov (a)
15 Poland Mateusz Baranowski [109] 10-5 Austria Florian Nüßle [118]
16 England Liam Pullen [84] 10-9 England Alfie Burden (a)
17 Hong Kong Marco Fu [83] 10-1 Thailand Mink Nutcharut (f) [117]
18 Thailand Prin Ratmukda (a) w/o Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [110]
19 England Ian Burns [94] 10-6 Canada Sahil Nayyar [121]
20 Scotland Chris Totten [99] 10-5 England Daniel Boyes (a)
21 China Xu Yichen [102] 10-4 England Stuart Carrington (a)
22 England Steven Hallworth [91] 10-6 India Kreishh Gurbaxani [122]
23 England Oliver Sykes (a) 10-4 Scotland Liam Graham [107]
24 Hungary Bulcsu Revesz [86] 10-6 England Craig Steadman (a)
25 England Ashley Hugill (a) 10-4 England David Grace [87]
26 China Zhao Hanyang [106] 10-3 Egypt Mahmoud El Hareedy [124]
27 England Liam Highfield [90] 10-4 England Oliver Brown [115]
28 England Mark Lloyd (a) 10-3 China Liu Wenwei [103]
29 China Lan Yuhao [98] 10-5 Thailand Chatchapong Nasa [113]
30 Wales Jamie Clarke (a) 10-5 England Haydon Pinhey [95]
31 Northern Ireland Fergal Quinn [123] 10-4 Egypt Hatem Yassen [111]
32 Germany Umut Dikme (a) 10-7 Pakistan Farakh Ajaib [82]
