2024 World Snooker Championship

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2024 Cazoo World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates20 April – 6 May 2024 (2024-04-20 – 2024-05-06)
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)World Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£2,395,000
Winner's share£500,000
Highest break Noppon Saengkham (THA) (147)
Final
Champion Kyren Wilson (ENG)
Runner-up Jak Jones (WAL)
Score18‍–‍14
2023
2025

The 2024 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament. It was played from 20 April to 6 May 2024. It was organised by the World Snooker Tour. It was the 17th and final ranking event of the 2023‍–‍24 season.

The tournament was played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 48th World Snooker Championship to be staged at the venue since 1977. The qualifying rounds were played from 8 to 17 April at the English Institute of Sport, also in Sheffield.

Kyren Wilson won the event, defeating qualifier Jak Jones 18‍–‍14 in the final and becoming the 28th snooker world champion. On his way to the final, Wilson eliminated Dominic Dale, Joe O'Connor, John Higgins and David Gilbert in the earlier rounds of the tournament.

The defending champion was Luca Brecel who had defeated Mark Selby in the 2023 final; Brecel lost in the first round to David Gilbert.

Main draw[change | change source]

The draw for the main tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding for the 16 seeded players, and the rankings (in italics) for the unseeded players. Players in bold denote match winners.[1][2]

Round 1 (Last 32)
Best of 19 frames
Round 2 (Last 16)
Best of 25 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 25 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 33 frames
Final
Best of 35 frames
20 April
 Luca Brecel (BEL) (1) 9
25 & 26 April
 David Gilbert (ENG) (31) 10
England David Gilbert (31) 13
22 & 23 April
England Robert Milkins (16) 4
 Robert Milkins (ENG) (16) 10
30 April & 1 May
 Pang Junxu (CHN) (27) 9
England David Gilbert (31) 13
20 & 21 April
Scotland Stephen Maguire (28) 8
 Ali Carter (ENG) (9) 7
26, 27 & 28 April
 Stephen Maguire (SCO) (28) 10
Scotland Stephen Maguire (28) 13
21 & 22 April
England Shaun Murphy (8) 9
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) (8) 10
2, 3 & 4 May
 Lyu Haotian (CHN) (26) 5
England David Gilbert (31) 11
21 & 22 April
England Kyren Wilson (12) 17
 Mark Selby (ENG) (5) 6
27, 28 & 29 April
 Joe O'Connor (ENG) (30) 10
England Joe O'Connor (30) 6
23 & 24 April
England Kyren Wilson (12) 13
 Kyren Wilson (ENG) (12) 10
30 April & 1 May
 Dominic Dale (WAL) (40) 1
England Kyren Wilson (12) 13
24 & 25 April
Scotland John Higgins (13) 8
 John Higgins (SCO) (13) 10
27, 28 & 29 April
 Jamie Jones (WAL) (41) 6
Scotland John Higgins (13) 13
23 & 24 April
Northern Ireland Mark Allen (4) 12
 Mark Allen (NIR) (4) 10
5 & 6 May
 Robbie Williams (ENG) (45) 6
England Kyren Wilson (12) 18
20 & 21 April
Wales Jak Jones (44) 14
 Judd Trump (ENG) (3) 10
25, 26 & 27 April
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (19) 5
England Judd Trump (3) 13
20 & 21 April
England Tom Ford (14) 7
 Tom Ford (ENG) (14) 10
30 April & 1 May
 Ricky Walden (ENG) (32) 6
England Judd Trump (3) 9
20 & 21 April
Wales Jak Jones (44) 13
 Zhang Anda (CHN) (11) 4
26 & 27 April
 Jak Jones (WAL) (44) 10
Wales Jak Jones (44) 13
22 & 23 April
China Si Jiahui (23) 9
 Mark Williams (WAL) (6) 9
2, 3 & 4 May
 Si Jiahui (CHN) (23) 10
Wales Jak Jones (44) 17
23 & 24 April
England Stuart Bingham (29) 12
 Ding Junhui (CHN) (7) 9
27, 28 & 29 April
 Jack Lisowski (ENG) (17) 10
England Jack Lisowski (17) 11
22 April
England Stuart Bingham (29) 13
 Gary Wilson (ENG) (10) 5
30 April & 1 May
 Stuart Bingham (ENG) (29) 10
England Stuart Bingham (29) 13
23 & 24 April
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 10
 Barry Hawkins (ENG) (15) 8
28 & 29 April
 Ryan Day (WAL) (18) 10
Wales Ryan Day (18) 7
24 & 25 April
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 13
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2) 10
 Jackson Page (WAL) (43) 1

Final[change | change source]

Final: (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 5 & 6 May 2024
Referee: Paul Collier[3]
Kyren Wilson (12)
 England
18–14 Jak Jones (44)
 Wales
Session 1: 7–1 (7–1)
Frame 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Wilson 129† (129) 87† (52) 76 109† (66) 84† (62) 125† (125) 90† (90) 11 N/A N/A
Jones 0 35 14 7 0 4 11 72† (65) N/A N/A
Session 2: 4–5 (11–6)
Frame 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Wilson 18 0 129† (125) 78† (60) 22 122† (122) 32 0 66 N/A
Jones 75† (75) 80† (52) 0 41 74 0 68 90† (90) 64 (64) N/A
Session 3: 4–4 (15–10)
Frame 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Wilson 39 0 67† (50) 83† (83) 23 22 106† (87) 81 N/A N/A
Jones 72† (64) 67† (59) 7 0 105† (90) 74† (73) 1 9 N/A N/A
Session 4: 3–4 (18–14)
Frame 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Wilson 67 16 80 8 0 22 71 N/A N/A N/A
Jones 35 105† (105) 73 88† (67) 96† (96) 82 4 N/A N/A N/A
129 Highest break 105
4 Century breaks 1
12 50+ breaks 12
England Kyren Wilson wins the 2024 Cazoo World Snooker Championship[4]

† = Winner of frame

References[change | change source]

  1. "Matches [main draw]". World Snooker Tour. 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. "Flowchart (World Championship 2024)". snooker.org. 7 May 2024. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  3. "Paul Collier to referee Crucible final". World Snooker Tour. 5 April 2024. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  4. https://www.wst.tv/match-centre/fa23f5e4-1526-424d-9c6a-619c2b24d15b