It is expected that this year, the unpredictable nature of Snooker Shootout 2023 will continue as the tournament will feature 128 players including some of the ambitious amateurs, here, we look at the participants, the schedule, the draw, prize money, dates, timings, & the TV coverage details of this upcoming tournament
From 25th January, Snooker Shoot Out is scheduled to kick-off featuring a field of 128 players including the reigning champion Hossein Vafaei. According to schedule, the first-round of this tournament will be played on Wednesday and Thursday before it culminates with the final on Saturday.
Snooker Shoot Out 2023 schedule, date, time, draw, players lineup, fixtures, prize money, live stream on TV coverage
RT to win:
Two all-day tickets for Saturday 28th (final day) and a backstage tour!
Do it before 12pm Tuesday (24th) 🚨 pic.twitter.com/UX9148VUCM
— World Snooker Tour (@WeAreWST) January 23, 2023
2023 Snooker Shoot Out schedule, date, time, venue, format, & list of participants
All games in the BetVictor Shoot Out are unique on the schedule because they are all limited to ten minutes. The players are pushed to their physical and mental limitations as the shot clock, which runs for 15 seconds for the first five minutes and 10 seconds for the final five, builds pressure. It is a global ranking competition and is known for turning forth new champions.
The event takes place from Wednesday, January 25 through Saturday, January 28 in Leicester’s outstanding Morningside Arena, which has already played host to a number of World Snooker Tour tournaments. There will be 128 players competing for the championship in total, including top athletes, aspiring tour professionals, and top amateurs. Amazingly, despite the tournament being held 12 times since 2011, no player inside the top 16 in the world has ever won it. Last season, Hossein Vafaei followed that trend by defeating Mark Williams in the championship match to become the first Iranian player to win a ranking title.
2023 Snooker Shoot Out: first-round draw
25th January (1:00 PM)
- Hossein Vafaei vs Shaun Murphy
- Vladislav Gradinari vs Ng On-yee
- Jamie O’Neill vs Ryan Thomerson
- Liam Graham vs Cao Yupeng
- Ian Martin vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- Graeme Dott vs Sam Craigie
- Robbie McGuigan vs Hammad Miah
- James Cahill vs Jordan Brown
- Joe Perry vs Luca Brecel
- Lukas Kleckers vs Rod Lawler
- Joe O’Connor vs Dylan Emery
- Barry Pinches vs Michael Judge
- Anthony Hamilton vs Ben Mertens
- Andy Hicks vs Fraser Patrick
- Jack Borwick vs Ali Carter
- Mark Williams vs Craig Steadman
25th January (7:00 PM)
- Jack Lisowski vs Mark Allen
- Martin Gould vs Jamie Clarke
- Alexander Ursenbacher vs Aaron Hill
- Robbie Williams vs Mink Nutcharut
- Mark Joyce vs Victor Sarkis
- Robert Milkins vs Andy Lee
- Sean O’Sullivan vs Dean Young
- Andrew Pagett vs Ashley Hugill
- Stephen Maguire vs Ken Doherty
- Jamie Jones vs Jenson Kendrick
- Ben Woollaston vs Sanderson Lam
- Mohammad Asif vs Gerard Greene
- Louis Heathcote vs Oliver Lines
- Jimmy White vs Adam Duffy
- Peng Yisong vs Daniel Wells
- Barry Hawkins vs Jackson Page
26th January (1:00 PM)
- Riley Powell vs Kyren Wilson
- Andres Petrov vs Noppon Saengkham
- Zak Surety vs Fergal O’Brien
- Fan Zhengyi vs Ding Junhui
- Michael Georgiou vs Tian Pengfei
- Matthew Stevens vs Dominic Dale
- John Astley vs Pang Junxu
- Peter Lines vs Julien Leclercq
- David Grace vs Lyu Haotian
- Mark King vs Jak Jones
- Lei Peifan vs Michael Holt
- Yuan Sijun vs Rebecca Kenna
- Zhang Anda vs Callum Beresford
- Duane Jones vs Zhou Yuelong
- Dechawat Poomjaeng vs Si Jiahui
- Jimmy Robertson vs Ryan Day
26th January (7:00 PM)
- Mark Davis vs Mark Selby
- Alfie Burden vs Ian Burns
- Liam Highfield vs Florian Nüßle
- Michael White vs Mitchell Mann
- David Lilley vs Oliver Brown
- Asjad Iqbal vs David Gilbert
- Stuart Bingham vs Reanne Evans
- Ricky Walden vs Gary Wilson
- Steven Hallworth vs Stuart Carrington
- Xiao Guodong vs Anton Kazakov
- Elliot Slessor vs Allan Taylor
- Farakh Ajaib vs Chris Wakelin
- Xu Si vs Matthew Selt
- Ross Muir vs Wu Yize
- Himanshu Jain vs Tom Ford
- Mohamed Ibrahim vs Haydon Pinhey
2023 Snooker Shoot Out: prize money distribution
It is known that the winner of this competition will get £50,000 in prize money from the $171,000 total prize pool. Meanwhile, the event’s runner-up will bag £20,000 compared to £8,000 of each semi-final loser. It is known that the player with highest break will be rewarded with £5,000.
- Winner: £50,000
- Runner-up: £20,000
- Semi-final: £8,000
- Quarter-final: £4,000
- Last 16: £2,000
- Third-Round Losers: £1,000
- Second-Round losers: £500
- Last 128: £250
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £171,000
When and where to watch: live stream & TV coverage telecast
The action will be broadcast live on Eurosport or Discovery+ for fans who can’t attend this renowned event. Fans must buy tickets from this site if they wish to attend this event at the Morningside Arena.
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