With his comfortable 10-7 victory against debutant Pang Junxu, the reigning world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has qualified for the next round at Snooker World Championship, where he will face the winner of Junhui vs Vafaei, we take a look at the latest results, schedule, draw, dates, time, TV coverage in 2023
In the opening round of the Cazoo Snooker World Championship in Sheffield, Ronnie O’Sullivan defeated Pang Junxu 10-7 to set a new record for appearances in the Crucible. When he was brought back from 9-4 to 9-7 in the final moments, O’Sullivan appeared vulnerable, but he eventually advanced to the second round for the 27th time.
Snooker World Championship 2023 results today, day 2 schedule, dates, time, draw, score, tickets, prize money and live stream on TV coverage
Job done. I gave it all I could today and I’m glad and grateful to be through. Well done to Pang too who played brilliantly pic.twitter.com/kIcoiF35uy
— Ronnie O'Sullivan (@ronnieo147) April 15, 2023
2023 Snooker World Championship day 1 results, score, upcoming schedule, date, & Time
Against 23-year-old rookie Pang, O’Sullivan won the opening five sets to start his title defense. O’Sullivan’s lead after the opening session was cut to 6-3 by Pang, who countered with a 133 clearance in the sixth. In the evening session, O’Sullivan led by 8-3 and 9-4 points before Pang won the next three frames to make it 9-7. However, the reigning world champion held his nerve to bag the 17th frame and clinch 10-7 victory to qualify for the next round.
In another opening round matchup at the Cazoo World Championship in Sheffield, Neil Robertson had a 6-3 advantage over Wu Yize after the first session. After building a 6-3 lead over Ricky Walden, Luca Brecel on the opposite table gave himself a good chance to win his first-ever Crucible match. On his Crucible debut, Jak Jones got off to a strong start, pulling ahead of Ali Carter 5-4.
On Sunday, fans will be able to witness numerous nail-biting matches including Ding Junhui vs Hossein Vafaei. Tickets for the main-draw can be bought here. Additionally, it is conformed that the tickets are priced at 10 pounds/day and full plan can be viewed here.
First Round Update (15th – 20th April)
15 April
Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-7 Pang Junxu
16 & 17 April
Ding Junhui vs Hossein Vafaei
15 & 16 April
Luca Brecel 6-3 Ricky Walden
16 & 17 April
Mark Williams vs Jimmy Robertson
18 & 19 April
Judd Trump vs Anthony McGill
18 & 19 April
Jack Lisowski vs Noppon Saengkham
17 & 18 April
Robert Milkins vs Joe Perry
19 & 20 April
Shaun Murphy vs Si Jiahui
17 April
Mark Allen vs Fan Zhengyi
15 & 16 April
Stuart Bingham vs David Gilbert
15 & 16 April
Ali Carter 4-5 Jak Jones
15 & 16 April
Neil Robertson 6-3 Wu Yize
19 April
Kyren Wilson vs Ryan Day
17 & 18 April
John Higgins vs David Grace
18 April
Gary Wilson vs Elliot Slessor
19 & 20 April
Mark Selby vs Matthew Selt
Snooker World Championship 2023 Prize Money
It is official that the winner of the 2023 Snooker World Championship will get £500,000 from the $2,395,000 total prize fund. In contrast, each losing semifinalist will receive £100,000 and the competition’s runner-up will receive £200,000. Following his first-round elimination at the hands of Ronnie O’Sullivan, debutant Pang Janxu is set to earn approximately £20,000.
- Winner: £500,000
- Runner-up: £200,000
- Semi-finalists: £100,000
- Quarter-finalists: £50,000
- Last 16: £30,000
- Last 32: £20,000
- Last 48: £15,000
- Last 80: £10,000
- Last 112: £5,000
- Highest break (qualifying stage included): £15,000
When & Where To Watch: live stream & TV coverage telecast
Liaoning TV, Superstar Online, Kuaishou, Migu, Youku, & Huya.com will all broadcast the competition live in China. The game will be broadcast live in Europe on Eurosports and Discovery+. In all other locations, Matchroom Sport will stream the competition live.
- UK: BBC, BBC iPlayer and Red Button
- Europe (including UK): Eurosport and discovery+
- China: CCTV5, Superstar online, Migu, Youku, Huya.com
- USA and Brazil: DAZN
- Pakistan: FastsportsHD
- Hong Kong China: Now TV
- Malaysia and Brunei: Astro SuperSport
- Thailand: True Vision
- Philippines: Premier Sports Network
- Singapore: Starhub
- Taiwan and Indonesia: Sportcast
- All Other Territories: Matchroom.Live