Cazoo World Cup qualification draw
The draw and format for the 2023 Cazoo World Cup qualification rounds is now available, with players such as Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty, Barry Hawkins, Stephen Maguire, Hossein Wafaei, Anthony McGill, Marco Fu, Thepchaya Un-Nooh, Jimmy White. and new Women’s World Champion Baypat Siripaporn on the pitch.
Click here for the 2023 World Cup Draw.
Click here for the 2023 Cazoo World Cup format.
Qualifying rounds are held from 3 to 12 April at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. There will be 128 players in total and they will all compete for one of 16 coveted seats at the famous Crucible Theatre.
Tickets are available for as little as £10 a day and this is an incredible opportunity to see many of the greatest and most promising talents of all time play in snooker’s biggest tournament. Click here for details.
Seven-time champion Hendry will take on James Cahill in the first round, while 1997 Crucible King Doherty will face 12-time Women’s World Champion Rhiann Evans.
Stan Moody, the winner of the WSF junior championship, will face Andres Petrov, while the women’s world No. 1 Mink Nutcharut will face the Thai derby against Dechawat Pumjeng.
The draw will feature “Player 1”, which will be Ding Junhui, Gary Wilson, or Ryan Day, depending on the results of this week’s Duelbits Tour Championship.
Show times: 10:00 am, 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm for the first three rounds, which run from April 3rd to 10th. Then, on April 11 and 12, comes the fourth and final round, known as Judgment Day, when places in the Crucible are determined. Session times on these two days are 11:00 and 17:00.
Details on how to watch Qualifiers on Discovery+, Matchroom Live and more will be available soon.
Format:
In the first round, players ranked 81 to 112 battle players ranked 113 to 144.
In the second round, these 32 winners will face players ranked 49-80.
In the third round, these 32 winners will face the players ranked 17th to 48th.
In the fourth round, these 32 winners play each other, with 16 winners advancing to the Crucible.
The final stages of the Crucible run from April 15 to May 1.
