The draw for the 2024 UK Championship qualifiers has been made with 128 gamers set to compete in Leicester.
There are 16 spots on the venue levels of this season’s first Triple Crown occasion nonetheless up for grabs.
The highest 16 seeds have already been confirmed by way of the official world rankings record.
Ronnie O’Sullivan is the defending champion and can function within the final 32 alongside the likes of world champion Kyren Wilson and world primary Judd Trump.
Former UK champions John Higgins, Mark Williams, Ding Junhui, Shaun Murphy, Mark Selby, and Mark Allen are safely in the primary draw along with Luca Brecel, Ali Carter, Gary Wilson, Zhang Anda, and Si Jiahui.
By reaching the remaining of the latest Worldwide Championship, Chris Wakelin secured his maiden membership among the many prime 16 and with it automated qualification for York.
Wuhan Open champion Xiao Guodong’s latest kind has additionally seen the Chinese language cueist be part of the elite bracket of the rankings for the primary time in his profession.
The latter pair’s rise has demoted a few high-profile gamers to the 2024 UK Championship qualifiers draw.
Regardless of his success on this season’s English Open, three-time UK champion Neil Robertson has dropped again out of the highest 16 and is subsequently compelled to attend the preliminaries subsequent week.
World Championship finalist Jak Jones may also take part along with the likes of Barry Hawkins, Ryan Day, Jack Lisowski, and Tom Ford.
As has been the case in latest seasons, a tiered qualifying format will likely be utilised to find out the 16 qualifiers.
The bottom seeds, together with varied newbie top-ups like 2021 UK champion Zhao Xintong who’s making his method again following the top of his ban, enter in spherical one.
Jimmy White, who received the UK Championship title 32 years in the past, can also be within the lineup and might want to win 4 matches to qualify once more.
The 32 highest seeds – these ranked from 17 to 48 on this planet – enter within the third spherical and might want to win two matches to be able to attain the primary levels.
The 2024 UK Championship qualifiers run from November sixteenth to twenty first on the Mattioli Area.
Proceedings in York will start on November twenty third with the ultimate scheduled for December 1st and £250,000 being awarded to this yr’s champion.
2024 UK Championship qualifiers draw
Spherical of 144 (bo11)
Saturday, November sixteenth
9:30am UTC
Gong Chenzhi vs Daniel Womersley
Jonas Luz vs Florian Nüßle
Liam Graham vs Baipat Siripaporn
Artemijs Zizins vs Mark Joyce
Haris Tahir vs Craig Steadman
Ben Mertens vs Oliver Sykes
Mostafa Dorgham vs Huang Jiahao
Liam Pullen vs Joshua Thomand
2:30pm UTC
Zak Surety vs Simon Blackwell
Farakh Ajaib vs Bai Yulu
Dean Younger vs Mohammed Shehab
Haydon Pinhey vs Reanne Evans
Liam Davies vs Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Bulcsu Revesz vs Iulian Boiko
Wang Yuchen vs Lewis Ullah
Alexander Ursenbacher vs Joshua Cooper
7:30pm UTC
Lei Peifan vs Vladislav Gradinari
Mink Nutcharut vs Hatem Yassen
Amir Sarkhosh vs Anton Kazakov
Cheung Ka Wai vs Harvey Chandler
Antoni Kowalski vs Igor Firgueiredo
Sunny Akani vs Zhao Xintong
Andrew Pagett vs Mitchell Mann
Chris Totten vs Ryan Davies
Sunday, November seventeenth
10:30am UTC
Julien Leclercq vs Hamza Ilyas
Jimmy White vs Paul Deaville
Duane Jones vs Ryan Thomerson
Robbie McGuigan vs Habib Subah Humood
Allan Taylor vs Kreishh Gurbaxani
Michael Holt vs Steven Hallworth
Manasawin Phetmalaikul vs Andres Petrov
Andrew Higginson vs Dylan Emery
Spherical of 112 (bo11)
2:30pm UTC
Ian Burns vs Gong/Womersley
Jordan Brown vs Luz/Nüßle
Lengthy Zehuang vs Graham/Siripaporn
David Grace vs Zizins/Joyce
Daniel Wells vs Tahir/Steadman
Stuart Carrington vs Mertens/Sykes
Jamie Clarke vs Dorgham/Huang
Ma Hailong vs Pullen/Thomand
7:30pm UTC
Rory Thor vs Surety/Blackwell
Jamie Jones vs Ajaib/Bai
Louis Heathcote vs Younger/Shehab
Sanderson Lam vs Pinhey/Evans
David Lilley vs Davies/Elsayed
Ashley Carty vs Revesz/Boiko
Mark Davis vs Wang/Ullah
Alfie Burden vs Ursenbacher/Cooper
Monday, November 18th
9:30am UTC
Hammad Miah vs Lei/Gradinari
Joe Perry vs Nutcharut/Yassen
Marco Fu vs Sarkhosh/Kazakov
Aaron Hill vs Cheung/Chandler
Anthony Hamilton vs Kowalski/Figueiredo
Jiang Jun vs Akani/Zhao
Graeme Dott vs Leclercq/Iylas
Xing Zihao vs Pagett/Mann
2:30pm UTC
Ross Muir vs White/Deaville
Tian Pengfei vs Totten/Davies
Stan Moody vs D. Jones/Thomerson
He Guoqiang vs McGuigan/Humood
Liu Hongyu vs Taylor/Gurbaxani
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Holt/Hallworth
Matthew Stevens vs Phetmalaikul/Petrov
Oliver Traces vs Higginson/Emery
Spherical of 80 (bo11)
7:30pm UTC
Jak Jones vs Burns/Gong/Womersley
Fan Zhengyi vs Brown/Luz/Nüßle
Elliot Slessor vs Lengthy/Graham/Siripaporn
Stephen Maguire vs Grace/Zizins/Joyce
Jimmy Robertson vs Wells/Tahir/Steadman
Stuart Bingham vs Carrington/Mertens/Sykes
Jackson Web page vs Clarke/Dorgham/Huang
Jack Lisowski vs Thor/Surety/Blackwell
Tuesday, November nineteenth
9:30am UTC
Scott Donaldson vs Jamie Jones/Ajaib/Bai
Ryan Day vs Heathcote/Younger/Shehab
Yuan Sijun vs Lam/Pinhey/Evans
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Lilley/Davies/Elsayed
Wu Yize vs Carty/Revesz/Boiko
Robbie Williams vs Davis/Wang/Ullah
Barry Hawkins vs Burden/Ursenbacher/Cooper
Joe O’Connor vs Chadha/Holt/Hallworth
2:30pm UTC
Tom Ford vs Miah/Lei/Gradinari
Ben Woollaston vs Perry/Nutcharut/Yassen
Zhou Yuelong vs Fu/Sarkhosh/Kazakov
Matthew Selt vs Hill/Cheung/Chandler
Ricky Walden vs Hamilton/Kowalski/Figueiredo
Noppon Saengkham vs Jiang/Akani/Zhao
Dominic Dale vs Dott/Leclercq/Iylas
David Gilbert vs Xing/Pagett/Mann
7:30pm UTC
Hossein Vafaei vs Ma/Pullen/Thomand
Robert Milkins vs Muir/White/Deaville
Xu Si vs Tian/Totten/Davies
Pang Junxu vs Moody/D. Jones/Thomerson
Anthony McGill vs He/McGuigan/Humood
Lyu Haotian vs Liu/Taylor/Gurbaxani
Martin O’Donnell vs Stevens/Phetmalaikul/Petrov
Neil Robertson vs Traces/Higginson/Emery
Spherical of 48 (bo11)
Wednesday, November twentieth and Thursday, November twenty first
Dates and instances for every match TBC
Jak Jones/Burns/Gong/Womersley
vs Fan/Brown/Luz/Nüßle
Slessor/Lengthy/Graham/Siripaporn
vs Maguire/Grace/Zizins/Joyce
J.Robertson/Wells/Tahir/Steadman
vs Bingham/Carrington/Mertens/Sykes
Web page/Clarke/Dorgham/Huang
vs Vafaei/Ma/Pullen/Thomand
Lisowski/Thor/Surety/Blackwell
vs Donaldson/Jamie Jones/Ajaib/Bai
Day/Heathcote/Younger/Shehab
vs Yuan/Lam/Pinhey/Evans
Un-Nooh/Lilley/Davies/Elsayed
vs Wu/Carty/Revesz/Boiko
R.Williams/Davis/Wang/Ullah
vs Hawkins/Burden/Ursenbacher/Cooper
Ford/Miah/Lei/Gradinari
vs Woollaston/Perry/Nutcharut/Yassen
Zhou/Fu/Sarkhosh/Kazakov
vs Selt/Hill/Cheung/Chandler
Walden/Hamilton/Kowalski/Figueiredo
vs Saengkham/Jiang/Akani/Zhao
Dale/Dott/Leclercq/Iylas
vs Gilbert/Xing/Pagett/Mann
Milkins/Muir/White/Deaville
vs Xu/Tian/Totten/Davies
Pang/Moody/D. Jones/Thomerson
vs McGill/He/McGuigan/Humood
Lyu/Liu/Taylor/Gurbaxani
vs O’Connor/Chadha/Holt/Hallworth
O’Donnell/Stevens/Phetmalaikul/Petrov
vs N.Robertson/Traces/Higginson/Emery
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