2022 World Snooker Championship Qualifiers: Schedule, prize money and TV channel ahead of Crucible Theatre showdown

With the 2022 World Snooker Championship approaching in the coming weeks, we first have 10 days of drama at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield as the 16 qualifiers get underway.

The top 16 in the world rankings go straight to the Crucible, with another 16 progressing through the qualifying rounds.

The qualifiers kicked off today and will lead right up to the Championship that begins on Saturday 16 April, ending just over two weeks later.

Here is all you need to know about this month’s qualifiers...

How to watch on TV

You can watch the World Snooker Championship qualifiers through the Eurosport Player and the Eurosport app.

You can stream it through discovery+, which costs £6.99 p/m for a subscription.

Prize money

Here is the prize money breakdown for the 2022 World Snooker Championship...

Winner: £500,000 Runner-up: £200,000 Semi-finals: £100,000 Quarter-finals: £50,000 Last 16: £30,000 Last 32: £20,000 Last 48: £15,000 Last 80: £10,000 Last 112: £5,000 High break: £15,000 Total: £2,395,000

Schedule

Monday 4 April – chronological order

Round One

• Zhao Jianbo v Michael Judge – 10:30am • Xu Si v Michael Collumb – 10:30am • Zhang Jiankang v John Astley - 10:30am • Zhang Anda v Anton Kazakov – 10:30am • Alfie Burden v Robbie McGuigan – 3:30pm • Duane Jones v N Wongharuthai – 3:30pm • Fraser Patrick v Michael White – 3:30pm • Aaron Hill v Liam James Davies – 3:30pm • Lukas Kleckers v Soheil Vahedi – 8:30pm • Andrew Pagett v Jimmy White – 8:30pm • Hammad Miah v Chen Zifan – 8:30pm • Louis Heathcote v Ben Mertens – 8:30pm

Tuesday 5 April

• Rory McLeod v Ng On Yee – 10:30am • Barry Pinches v Lee Stephens – 10:30am • Chang Bingyu v Daniel Wells – 10:30am • Yuan Sijun v Ross Muir – 10:30am • Ian Burns v Marco Fu – 3:30pm • Peter Devlin v Yorrit Hoes – 3:30pm • Jamie Wilson v Jake Crofts – 3:30pm • Peter Lines v Sanderson Lam – 3:30pm • Craig Steadman v David Lilley – 8:30pm • Lee Walker v Reanne Evans – 8:30pm • Ben Hancorn v Dean Young – 8:30pm • Jamie O’Neill v James Cahill – 8:30pm

Wednesday 6 April

• Farakh Ajaib v Mark Lloyd – 10:30am • Zak Surety v Si Jiahui – 10:30am • Lei Peifan v Sean Maddocks – 10:30am • Wu Yize v Bai Langning – 10:30am • Mitchell Mann v Dylan Emery – 3:30pm • Gerard Greene v Rebecca Kenna – 3:30pm • Jackson Page v Sean O’Sullivan – 3:30pm • Iulian Boiko v Michael Georgiou – 3:30pm

Round Two – draw order

• Allan Taylor v Zhao Jianbo / M Judge – 8:30pm • Scott Donaldson v Burden / McGuigan – 8:30pm • Dominic Dale v D Jones / N Wongharuthai – 8:30pm • Lyu Haotian v Xu Si / Collumb – 8:30pm

Thursday 7 April

• Sunny Akani v Zhang Jiankang/John Astley – 10:30am • Andy Hicks v Zhang Anda / Kazakov – 10:30am • Martin O’Donnell v Patrick / Michael White – 10:30am • Fergal O’Brien v A Hill / L J Davies – 10:30am • Nigel Bond v Kleckers / Vahedi – 8:30pm • Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Pagett / J White – 8:30pm • Michael Holt v Hammad Miah / Chen Zifan – 8:30pm • Mark Joyce v Heathcote / Mertens – 8:30pm • Robbie Williams v Steadman / D Lilley – 3:30pm • Tian Pengfei v L Walker / R Evans – 3:30pm • Joe O’Connor v B Pinches / L Stephens – 3:30pm • Ashley Hugill v Hancorn / D Young – 3:30pm

Friday 8 April

• Ken Doherty v R McLeod / Ng On Yee – 8:30pm • Elliot Slessor v I Burns / Marco Fu – 8:30pm • Oliver Lines v P Devlin / Hoes – 8:30pm • Chris Wakelin v Jamie Wilson/Crofts – 8:30pm • Andrew Higginson v Chang Bingyu/Wells – 10:30am • Cao Yupeng v P Lines / S Lam – 10:30am • Mark Davis v Jamie O’Neill / Cahill – 10:30am • Steven Hallworth v Yuan Sijun / Muir – 10:30am • Gao Yang v M Mann / Emery – 3:30pm • Matthew Stevens v Gerard Greene / Kenna – 3:30pm • Ashley Carty v J Page / Sean O’Sullivan – 3:30pm • David Grace v Boiko / Georgiou – 3:30pm

Saturday 9 April

• Pang Junxu v Ajaib/Lloyd – Apr 10:30am • Jamie Clarke v Surety / Si Jiahui – 10:30am • Stuart Carrington v Lei Peifan/Maddocks – 10:30am • Simon Lichtenberg v Wu Yize/Bai Langning – 10:30am

Round Three

• Ricky Walden v A Taylor/Judge/Jianbo – 3:30pm • Li Hang v Donaldson/Burden/Mcguigan – 3:30pm • Lu Ning v Lyu Haotian/Xu/Collumb – 3:30pm • Stephen Maguire v Akani/Jiankang/Astley – 8:30pm • Zhou Yuelong v Hicks/Anda/Kazakov – 8:30pm • Mark King v O’Donnell/Patrick/M White – 8:30pm • Jordan Brown v F O’Brien/Hill/Davies – 8:30pm

Sunday 10 April • Matthew Selt v N Bond/Kleckers/Vahedi – 10:30am • Jak Jones v Un-Nooh /Pagett/J White – 10:30am • Tom Ford v Holt/Miah/Chen – 10:30am • Jamie Jones v Joyce/Heathcote/Mertens – 10:30am • Kurt Maflin v R Williams/Steadman/Lilley – 8:30pm • Ding Junhui v Tian Pengfei/Walker/Evans – 8:30pm • Ben Woollaston v J O’Connor/Pinches/L Stephens – 8:30pm • Martin Gould v Hugill/Hancorn/Young – 8:30pm • David B Gilbert v K Doherty/McLeod/On Yee – 3:30pm • Anthony Hamilton v Slessor/Burns/Fu – 3:30pm • Jimmy Robertson v O Lines/Devlin/Hoes – 3:30pm • Fan Zhengyi v C Wakelin/J Wilson/Crofts – 3:30pm

Monday 11 April

• Noppon Saengkham v Higginson/Chang/Wells – 3:30pm • Robert Milkins v Cao Yupeng/P Lines/Lam – 3:30pm • Liam Highfield v Mark Davis/O’Neill/Cahill – 3:30pm • Ryan Day v Hallworth/yuan/Muir – 3:30pm • Allister Carter v Gao Yang/Mann/Emery – 8:30pm • Sam Craigie v M Stevens/Greene/Kenna – 8:30pm • Joe Perry v Carty/Page/S O’Sullivan – 8:30pm • Xiao Guodong v Grace/Boiko/Georgiou – 8:30pm • Graeme Dott v Pang Junxu/Ajaib/Lloyd – 10:30am • Gary Wilson v J Clarke/Surety/Si – 10:30am • Alexander Ursenbacher v Carrington/Lei/Maddocks -10:30am • Hossein Vafaei v Lichtenberg/Wu/Bai – 10:30am

Round Four – 12-13 Apr

TBD. After three rounds of best-of-11, the 32 players that emerge face one more round over a best-of-19 to reach the Crucible.