All-time Fantasy World Snooker Championship

In Group E, Graeme Dott. He has been further drawn into position E4 in the group, and will open his campaign at the Alexandra Palace against Peter Ebdon.

Group E
1. Fred Davis
2. n/a
3. Peter Ebdon
4. Graeme Dott

In Group G, Matthew Stevens. He has been further drawn into position G2 in the group, and will open his campaign in Camkin's Hall against Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Group G
1. Ronnie O'Sullivan
2. Matthew Stevens
3. Paul Hunter
4. n/a

In Group H, Mark Williams. He has been further drawn into position H2 in the group, and will open his campaign at the Assembly Rooms against John Pulman.

Group H
1. John Pulman
2. Mark Williams
3. n/a
4. Stuart Bingham

We now move on to phase four of the draw, which will see players from Pot Four (the Rest of the World players) drawn.

In Group A, Eddie Charlton. He has been further drawn into position three in the group. He will play his opening match at Norbreck Castle against Shaun Murphy.

Group A
1. Joe Davis
2. Walter Donaldson
3. Eddie Charlton
4. Shaun Murphy

In Group B, Ding Junhui. He has been further drawn into position B4 in the group, and will open his campaign at Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, against Doug Mountjoy.

Group B
1. Steve Davis
2. Mark Selby
3. Doug Mountjoy
4. Ding Junhui

In Group C, Alex Higgins. He has been further drawn into position C4 in the group, and will open his campaign at the Assembly Rooms against John Parrott.

Group C
1. Stephen Hendry
2. Terry Griffiths
3. John Parrott
4. Alex Higgins

In Group D, Dennis Taylor. He has been further drawn into position D2 in the group, and will open his campaign at Wembley Conference Centre against Ray Reardon.

Group D
1. Ray Reardon
2. Dennis Taylor
3. Joe Johnson
4. Judd Trump

In Group E, Cliff Thorburn. He has been further drawn into position E2 in the group, and will open his campaign at the Hexagon in Reading against Fred Davis.

Group E
1. Fred Davis
2. Cliff Thorburn
3. Peter Ebdon
4. Graeme Dott

In Group F, Horace Lindrum. He was further drawn into position F2 and will open his campaign at The Crucible against John Higgins.

Group F
1. John Higgins
2. Horace Lindrum
3. John Spencer
4. Jimmy White

In Group G, Neil Robertson. He has been further drawn into position G4 in the group, and will open his campaign at the Tempodrom against Paul Hunter.

Group G
1. Ronnie O'Sullivan
2. Matthew Stevens
3. Paul Hunter
4. Neil Robertson

In Group H, and concluding the draw, Ken Doherty. He has been further drawn into position H3 in the group, and will open his campaign at Wembley Conference Centre against Stuart Bingham.

Group H
1. John Pulman
2. Mark Williams
3. Ken Doherty
4. Stuart Bingham

That brings the draw to an end. We look forward to seeing you at the Crucible next Thursday for our opening match between Joe Davis and Walter Donaldson!

Pink Ball wrote:In Group E, Cliff Thorburn. He has been further drawn into position E2 in the group, and will open his campaign at the Hexagon in Reading against Fred Davis.

Group E
1. Fred Davis
2. Cliff Thorburn
3. Peter Ebdon
4. Graeme Dott

Don’t make plans. This group could take a while...

This looks like it should be fun. I have a questions about cloths and pockets - will these hypothetical matches take place under modern tournament conditions or will this vary from venue to venue? Obviously modern conditions will favour modern players.

McManusFan wrote:This looks like it should be fun. I have a questions about cloths and pockets - will these hypothetical matches take place under modern tournament conditions or will this vary from venue to venue? Obviously modern conditions will favour modern players.

I believe they’ll be played on Bravo tables which should make for open, high scoring games.

This is a fantastic little initiative, can't wait for it to start. Thank you Pinkball.

Ok, just booked the month off work to watch this.
Does anyone know how to buy tickets?

Pink Ball wrote:In Group F, Horace Lindrum. He was further drawn into position F2 and will open his campaign at The Crucible against John Higgins.

Group F
1. John Higgins
2. Horace Lindrum
3. John Spencer
4. Jimmy White

I'm most looking forward to this group. Seems the tightest, should be some crackers.

Pink Ball wrote:In Group H, and concluding the draw, Ken Doherty. He has been further drawn into position H3 in the group, and will open his campaign at Wembley Conference Centre against Stuart Bingham.

Group H
1. John Pulman
2. Mark Williams
3. Ken Doherty
4. Stuart Bingham

The so-called Group of Death. There's always one, isn't there.

McManusFan wrote:This looks like it should be fun. I have a questions about cloths and pockets - will these hypothetical matches take place under modern tournament conditions or will this vary from venue to venue? Obviously modern conditions will favour modern players.

The cloths and pockets will vary from match to match, but I will not be denoting what kind of cloths and pockets we'll be going with from match to match. You can just assume that whatever cloths and pockets would least affect the result is being used.

Making a few changes to the venues. The Waterfront, Motherwell Civic Centre and Newport Centre will be dropped.

Instead I will use the spiritual home of the Classic and qualifiers, The Norbreck Castle in Blackpool; and the spiritual home of the British Open, the Assembly Rooms in Derby.

The highly rated Barbican Centre in York will also be added.

I’d have gone for the other Blackpool venue, Tower Circus - venue of five World Championship finals, the inaugural UK Championship, Shoot Out and several English Amateur finals.