Cazoo World Championship

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 15 Apr - 1 May 2023; Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Twitter: #WorldSnookerChampionship ; Notes: See also results (143)

Final (Winner: £500,000; Runner-up: £200,000)
		Luca Brecel [9]	18	-	15	Mark Selby [2]
	Session 1: 77-0 (77), 79-39, 90-28 (90), 38-94 (54) 90-23 (67), 71-55, 9-66 (62), 70-6 (70) Session 2: 0-134 (134), 126-14 (99), 12-96 (96), 50-67 72-4 (72), 67-19 (67), 1-76 (61), 0-147 (147), 48-71 Session 3: 113-24 (113), 73-0, 101-35 (101), 141-0 (141) 35-86 (63), 56-78 (MS 54), 119-0 (119), 60-40 Session 4: 67-0 (67), 20-78 (78), 36-50, 0-122 (122) 0-81 (50), 0-95 (52), 66-2 (51), 112-0 (112) Referee: Brendan Moore (his third World final) This was Brecel's first world title and fourth ranking title. He's the first player from continental Europe to win the title. 147 by Selby in frame 16. It's his fifth maximum and the 189th in pro snooker. It's the 14th at the Crucible but the first in a final. The maximum was the second of the tournament after Kyren Wilson's 147 in the first round. Watch on YouTube.
Semifinals (Losers receive £100,000)
		Luca Brecel [9]	17	-	15	Si Jiahui [74]
	Session 1: 72-19 (50), 0-133 (125), 33-102 (102), 29-103 (97) 3-103, 72-53 (72, 53), 107-33 (69), 60-62 Session 2: 36-68 (52), 70-8 (65), 7-123 (122), 0-89 (89) 0-96 (58), 72-41, 0-66 (55), 39-85 (71) Session 3: 18-109 (90), 0-136 (132), 1-115 (97), 123-0 (108) 82-23, 103-0 (60), 78-33 (66), 78-34 (53) Session 4: 70-13 (70), 76-26, 81-0 (81), 64-40 81-0, 80-10 (73), 0-91 (91), 61-40 First ranking semifinal for Si. He was the youngest World Championship semi-finalist since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1996 and the first Crucible debutant to reach the last four in 28 years. Brecel was 14-5 down before winning 11 consecutive frames. He is the first player to turn a 9-frame deficit at the Crucible.
		Mark Selby [2]	17	-	15	Mark Allen [3]	Selby won frame 10 after having needed a snooker. Re-rack in frame 12 and 20. Players were pulled-off after just 5 frames in session 2.
	Session 1: 126-0 (123), 22-72 (63), 41-100 (66), 75-0 68-0 (68), 1-71 (64), 0-85 (60), 0-78 (78) Session 2: 54-62, 72-67 (MA 60), 95-33 (95), 67-0, 73-44 Session 3: 97-33 (63), 112-13 (112), 30-69, 81-0 (53) 57-67 (MS 57), 47-70 (58), 65-1 (65), 0-92 (92) Session 4: 73-1, 68-17, 122-0 (64, 57), 85-22 (57) 103-21 (103), 4-82, 39-91, 20-60, 41-66 51-63, 92-0 (64)
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £50,000)
		Luca Brecel [9]	13	-	10	Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]
	Brecel won the last seven frames. This was O'Sullivan's 100th match at the Crucible.
		Si Jiahui [74]	13	-	12	Anthony McGill [19]
		Mark Allen [3]	13	-	10	Jak Jones [50]
		Mark Selby [2]	13	-	7	John Higgins [10]	Re-spotted black in the first frame (67-67), won by Higgins.
	Selby's 100 in frame 14 was his 100th century at the Crucible.
Round 2 (Last 16; Losers receive £30,000)
1		Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]	13	-	2	Hossein Vafaei [21]	Match ended with a session to spare. O'Sullivan's 102 in frame 6 was his 200th century at the Crucible. 107 in frame 14 was his 1200th career century.
2		Luca Brecel [9]	13	-	11	Mark J Williams [8]
3		Anthony McGill [19]	13	-	8	Jack Lisowski [12]
4		Si Jiahui [74]	13	-	7	Robert Milkins [13]
5		Mark Allen [3]	13	-	4	Stuart Bingham [14]	A total of 166 points in the fifth frame which Bingham won 87-79.
6		Jak Jones [50]	13	-	7	Neil Robertson [6]
7		John Higgins [10]	13	-	2	Kyren Wilson [7]	Match ended with a session to spare. Higgins won frame 12 after having needed a snooker.
8		Mark Selby [2]	13	-	7	Gary Wilson [15]
Round 1 (Last 32; Losers receive £20,000 / £0)
1		Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]	10	-	7	Pang Junxu [33]	This was Pang's first Crucible appearance
2		Hossein Vafaei [21]	10	-	6	Ding Junhui [16]
3		Luca Brecel [9]	10	-	9	Ricky Walden [22]
	This was Brecel's first win at the Crucible.
4		Mark J Williams [8]	10	-	5	Jimmy Robertson [25]
5		Anthony McGill [19]	10	-	6	Judd Trump [5]
6		Jack Lisowski [12]	10	-	7	Noppon Saengkham [30]
7		Robert Milkins [13]	10	-	9	Joe Perry [29]	Milkins was 7-2 down
	The match was suspended in the first frame of the first session when an activist emptied a bag of orange powder on the table. Watch footage from Eurosport. The match was rescheduled, with an extra session added.						Milkins was 7-2 down
8		Si Jiahui [74]	10	-	9	Shaun Murphy [4]	This was Si's first Crucible appearance. A total of 169 points in the sixth frame which Si won 109-60.
9		Mark Allen [3]	10	-	5	Fan Zhengyi [34]	Fan's first Crucible appearance
10		Stuart Bingham [14]	10	-	4	David Gilbert [20]
11		Jak Jones [50]	10	-	6	Ali Carter [11]	Jones' first Crucible appearance
12		Neil Robertson [6]	10	-	3	Wu Yize [58]	Wu's first Crucible appearance
	Two 146 breaks by Robertson, in frames 11 and 13. They are only the fifth and sixth 146 at the Crucible.						Wu's first Crucible appearance
13		Kyren Wilson [7]	10	-	5	Ryan Day [17]
	147 by Wilson in frame 5. It was his fourth maximum, the 188th in professional snooker and the 13th at the Crucible. Watch on YouTube.
14		John Higgins [10]	10	-	3	David Grace [60]
15		Gary Wilson [15]	10	-	8	Elliot Slessor [56]
16		Mark Selby [2]	10	-	8	Matthew Selt [27]

World Championship Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 3-12 Apr 2023; Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #WorldSnookerChampionship ; Notes: See also results (112)

Qual Round 4 (Last 48; Losers receive £15,000)
1		Ryan Day [17]	10	-	0	Scott Donaldson [49]
	Donaldson withdrew during the interval after four frames citing health reasons. 146 by Day in the first frame.
2		Pang Junxu [33]	10	-	5	Xu Si [65]
	This will be Pang's first Crucible appearance
3		Jimmy Robertson [25]	10	-	2	Anthony Hamilton [40]
4		Elliot Slessor [56]	10	-	5	Zhou Yuelong [24]
5		Hossein Vafaei [21]	10	-	6	Jackson Page [53]
6		David Grace [60]	10	-	5	Andrew Higginson (a)
7		Joe Perry [29]	10	-	9	Mark Davis [61]	re-rack in frame 18
	Decided on the final black						re-rack in frame 18
8		David Gilbert [20]	10	-	7	Matthew Stevens [52]	Re-racks in frame 14 and 17
9		Anthony McGill [19]	10	-	6	Cao Yupeng [46]
10		Noppon Saengkham [30]	10	-	9	Zhang Anda [62]
	Decided on the final black
11		Matthew Selt [27]	10	-	6	Graeme Dott [38]
12		Ricky Walden [22]	10	-	9	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43]
13		Si Jiahui [74]	10	-	7	Jordan Brown [42]
	This will be Si's first Crucible appearance
14		Wu Yize [58]	10	-	8	Chris Wakelin [26]
	This will be Wu's first Crucible appearance
15		Fan Zhengyi [34]	10	-	6	Stephen Maguire [31]
	This will be Fan's first Crucible appearance
16		Jak Jones [50]	10	-	8	Barry Hawkins [18]
	This will be Jones' first Crucible appearance
Qual Round 3 (Last 80; Losers receive £10,000 / £0)
1		Ryan Day [17]	10	-	8	Ashley Hugill [81]
2		Scott Donaldson [49]	10	-	7	Yuan Sijun [48]
3		Xu Si [65]	10	-	7	Jamie Jones [32]
4		Pang Junxu [33]	10	-	6	Ken Doherty [97]
5		Anthony Hamilton [40]	10	-	9	Oliver Lines [57]
6		Jimmy Robertson [25]	10	-	6	Ben Mertens [89]
7		Elliot Slessor [56]	10	-	9	Liam Highfield [41]
8		Zhou Yuelong [24]	10	-	4	James Cahill [88]
9		Hossein Vafaei [21]	10	-	4	Andrew Pagett [85]	Re-spotted black in frame 1 (64-64)
10		Jackson Page [53]	10	-	6	Martin Gould [44]
11		Andrew Higginson (a)	10	-	8	Joe O'Connor [28]
12		David Grace [60]	10	-	8	Sam Craigie [37]
13		Mark Davis [61]	10	-	8	Lyu Haotian [36]
14		Joe Perry [29]	10	-	8	Sanderson Lam [93]
15		Matthew Stevens [52]	10	-	3	Jamie Clarke [45]
16		David Gilbert [20]	10	-	3	Barry Pinches [84]
17		Anthony McGill [19]	10	-	9	John Astley [83]	Re-spotted black in frame 16
18		Cao Yupeng [46]	10	-	6	Ben Woollaston [51]
19		Noppon Saengkham [30]	10	-	6	Martin O'Donnell (a)
20		Zhang Anda [62]	10	-	5	Xiao Guodong [35]
21		Graeme Dott [38]	10	-	6	Andy Hicks [59]
22		Matthew Selt [27]	10	-	7	Peter Lines [70]
23		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43]	10	-	5	Mark Joyce [54]
24		Ricky Walden [22]	10	-	6	Ian Burns [75]
25		Si Jiahui [74]	10	-	5	Tom Ford [23]	Re-rack in frame 9
26		Jordan Brown [42]	10	-	7	Dominic Dale [55]
27		Chris Wakelin [26]	10	-	2	Aaron Hill [90]
28		Wu Yize [58]	10	-	2	Tian Pengfei [39]
29		Fan Zhengyi [34]	10	-	8	Iulian Boiko (a)
30		Stephen Maguire [31]	10	-	4	Alfie Burden [95]
31		Jak Jones [50]	10	-	9	Robbie Williams [47]
32		Barry Hawkins [18]	10	-	4	David Lilley [82]
Qual Round 2 (Last 112; Losers receive £5,000 / £0)
1		Ashley Hugill [81]	10	-	8	Lukas Kleckers [80]
2		Scott Donaldson [49]	10	-	1	Liam Davies (a)	Re-rack in frame 8
3		Xu Si [65]	10	-	4	Zak Surety [96]
4		Ken Doherty [97]	10	-	6	Hammad Miah [64]
5		Oliver Lines [57]	10	-	9	Michael Holt (a)	Re-rack in frame 8
6		Ben Mertens [89]	10	-	6	Julien Leclercq [72]
7		Elliot Slessor [56]	10	-	3	Ian Martin (a)	Re-spotted black in frame 6
8		James Cahill [88]	10	-	6	Lei Peifan [73]
9		Andrew Pagett [85]	10	-	7	Duane Jones [76]	Pagett trailed 3-6 but won 7 of the next 8 frames.
10		Jackson Page [53]	10	-	2	Ross Muir (a)
11		Andrew Higginson (a)	10	-	7	Louis Heathcote [69]
12		David Grace [60]	10	-	8	Sean O'Sullivan [101]
	O'Sullivan had a total clearance with all blacks in frame 3. Unfortunately no max though as he potted two reds after the 10th black. So "only" 140. :-( Watch on Twitter: Part 1 and Part 2. Amazingly it's not a first. Liang Wenbo did the same in the 2018 Riga Masters. Watch on Twitter.
13		Mark Davis [61]	10	-	8	Michael Georgiou (a)
14		Sanderson Lam [93]	10	-	5	Mitchell Mann [68]
15		Matthew Stevens [52]	10	-	8	Dechawat Poomjaeng [109]	Stevens won the final frame after needing two snookers
16		Barry Pinches [84]	10	-	6	Fraser Patrick [77]
17		John Astley [83]	10	-	8	Craig Steadman [78]
18		Ben Woollaston [51]	10	-	6	Daniel Wells (a)
19		Martin O'Donnell (a)	10	-	4	Jimmy White [67]	Re-rack in frame 14
20		Zhang Anda [62]	10	-	3	Stan Moody (a)
21		Andy Hicks [59]	10	-	7	Jamie O'Neill [102]
22		Peter Lines [70]	10	-	6	Haydon Pinhey (a)	Pinhey conceded frame 12 when 54-1 down with 59 points remaining
23		Mark Joyce [54]	10	-	3	Anton Kazakov [118]
24		Ian Burns [75]	10	-	9	Dylan Emery [86]
25		Si Jiahui [74]	10	-	7	Florian Nüßle (a)	N��le was 1-9 down.
26		Dominic Dale [55]	10	-	6	Asjad Iqbal [106]
27		Aaron Hill [90]	10	-	3	Michael White [71]
28		Wu Yize [58]	10	-	7	Allan Taylor [103]
29		Iulian Boiko (a)	10	-	5	Stuart Carrington [63]
30		Alfie Burden [95]	10	-	7	Alexander Ursenbacher [66]
31		Jak Jones [50]	10	-	6	Adam Duffy [111]
32		David Lilley [82]	10	-	9	Gerard Greene [79]
Qual Round 1 (Last 144; Losers receive £0)
1		Ashley Hugill [81]	10	-	8	George Pragnell (a)
2		Liam Davies (a)	10	-	8	Fergal O'Brien [112]	Davies won frame 16 on a respotted black. He'd already needed foul points to force the respot.
3		Zak Surety [96]	10	-	6	Farakh Ajaib (a)
4		Ken Doherty [97]	10	-	5	Reanne Evans (f) [115]
5		Michael Holt (a)	10	-	8	Ng On Yee (f) [104]	Re-spotted black in frame 15.
	Ng's 115 in frame 2 is the highest break ever by a woman in the World Championship. It's also her first century at the World Snooker Tour.						Re-spotted black in frame 15.
6		Ben Mertens [89]	10	-	3	Victor Sarkis [116]
7		Ian Martin (a)	10	-	8	Ryan Thomerson [105]
8		James Cahill [88]	10	-	4	Stephen Hendry [119]
9		Andrew Pagett [85]	10	-	9	Gao Yang (a)
10		Ross Muir (a)	10	-	5	Oliver Brown [108]
11		Andrew Higginson (a)	10	-	3	Andy Lee [92]
12		Sean O'Sullivan [101]	10	-	9	Liam Graham (a)	Seven times foul and a miss against O'Sullivan in frame 18
13		Michael Georgiou (a)	10	-	4	Peng Yisong [100]
14		Sanderson Lam [93]	10	-	7	Liam Pullen (a)
15		Dechawat Poomjaeng [109]	10	-	7	Mink Nutcharut (f) [113]
	Mink's 100 in frame 13 was her first century break as a professional, and the first by a woman at the World Championship since Kelly Fisher in 2002
16		Barry Pinches [84]	10	-	6	Ross Bulman (a)
17		John Astley [83]	10	-	9	Steven Hallworth (a)	Hallworth was 7-3 down
18		Daniel Wells (a)	10	-	2	Himanshu Jain [110]
19		Martin O'Donnell (a)	10	-	5	Marco Fu [94]
20		Stan Moody (a)	10	-	7	Andres Petrov [99]
21		Jamie O'Neill [102]	10	-	5	Bulcsu Revesz (a)
22		Haydon Pinhey (a)	10	-	5	Dean Young [91]
23		Anton Kazakov [118]	10	-	6	Mohamed Ibrahim [107]
24		Dylan Emery [86]	10	-	4	Ma Hailong (a)
25		Florian Nüßle (a)	10	-	2	Michael Judge [87]
26		Asjad Iqbal [106]	10	-	3	Jenson Kendrick [114]
27		Aaron Hill [90]	10	-	3	Baipat Siripaporn (af)
28		Allan Taylor [103]	10	-	0	Filips Kalnins (a)
29		Iulian Boiko (a)	10	-	2	Muhammad Asif [98]
30		Alfie Burden [95]	10	-	3	Rebecca Kenna (f) [117]
31		Adam Duffy [111]	10	-	8	Billy Castle (a)
32		David Lilley [82]	10	-	7	Rory McLeod (a)	Frame 16 was re-racked but postponed due to the imminent subsequent session.

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