Saturday 17th of April -Monday 3rd of May at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK

Last Year 34 Amateurs took part in the competition this year only 18 because a lot of the Professionals who did not enter like Zhou Yuelong and Xiao Guodong was in the field this year.

Every player wants to play there and every fan wants to be there.

Ronnie O'Sullivan will be defending his title going for title no 7.

The Draw on Thursday and the Countdown to the 45th staging of this Great championship will begin.

Seeds

Ronnie O'Sullivan (29th appearance) Debut 1993
John Higgins (27th appearance) Debut 1995
Mark J Williams (23rd appearance) Debut 1997
Shaun Murphy (19th appearance) Debut 2002
Stephen Maguire (18th appearance) Debut 2004
Mark Selby (17th appearance) Debut 2005
Neil Robertson (17th appearance) Debut 2005
Barry Hawkins (16th appearance) Debut 2006
Ding Junhui (15th appearance) Debut 2007
Mark Allen (15th appearance) Debut 2007
Judd Trump (12th appearance) Debut 2007
David Gilbert (7th appearance) Debut 2007
Kyren Wilson (7th appearance) Debut 2014
Anthony McGill (7th appearance) Debut 2015
Jack Lisowski (5th appearance) Debut 2013
Yan Bingtao (3rd appearance) Debut 2017

Qualifiers

Ali Carter (18th appearance) Debut 2003
Stuart Bingham (15th appearance) Debut 2000
Mark Davis (12th appearance) Debut 1994
Martin Gould (11th appearance) Debut 2009
Liang Wenbo (8th appearance) Debut 2008
Ricky Walden (8th appearance) Debut 2009
Jamie Jones (4th appearance) Debut 2012
Matthew Selt (3rd appearance) Debut 2013
Kurt Maflin (3rd appearance) Debut 2015
Gary Wilson (3rd appearance) Debut 2017
Chris Wakelin (2nd appearance) Debut 2018
Liam Highfield (2nd appearance) Debut 2018
Lyu Haotian (2nd appearance) Debut 2018
Tian Pengfei (2nd appearance) Debut 2019
Mark Joyce (Debut) Debut 2021
Sam Craigie (Debut) Debut 2021

The Draw is Live on Facebook Live ,YouTube and Eurosport App at 11.00am on Thursday 15th of April

Last 32 Draw

Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) v Mark Joyce
Anthony McGill (16) v Ricky Walden
Ding Junhui (9) v Stuart Bingham
Stephen Maguire (8) v Jamie Jones
John Higgins (5) v Tian Pengfei
Mark J Williams (12) v Sam Craigie
Mark Allen (13) v Lyu Haotian
Mark Selby (4) v Kurt Maflin
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Neil Robertson (3) v Liang Wenbo
Jack Lisowski (14) v Allister Carter
Barry Hawkins (11) v Matthew Selt
Kyren Wilson (6) v Gary Wilson
Shaun Murphy (7) v Mark Davis
Yan Bingtao (10) v Martin Gould
David Gilbert (15) v Chris Wakelin
Judd Trump (2) v Liam Highfield

Clock is a bit disappointing.

It's the final countdown.

good to see J Jones qualify, had a very good recovery season.

Hope the draw will gift us with a Joyce - Allen !

If there was no draw and it just went 1v32, 2v31 etc it would look like this.

Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) v Matthew Selt
Anthony McGill (16) v Liam Highfield
Ding Junhui (9) v Lyu Haotian
Stephen Maguire (8) v Kurt Maflin
John Higgins (5) v Jamie Jones
Mark J Williams (12) v Tian Pengfei
Mark Allen (13) v Mark Davis
Mark Selby (4) v Liang Wenbo
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Neil Robertson (3) v Ricky Walden
Jack Lisowski (14) v Mark Joyce
Barry Hawkins (11) v Gary Wilson
Kyren Wilson (6) v Martin Gould
Shaun Murphy (7) v Sam Craigie
Yan Bingtao (10) v Ali Carter
David Gilbert (15) v Stuart Bingham
Judd Trump (2) v Chris Wakelin

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:If there was no draw and it just went 1v32, 2v31 etc it would look like this.

Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) v Matthew Selt
Anthony McGill (16) v Liam Highfield
Ding Junhui (9) v Lyu Haotian
Stephen Maguire (8) v Kurt Maflin
John Higgins (5) v Jamie Jones
Mark J Williams (12) v Tian Pengfei
Mark Allen (13) v Mark Davis
Mark Selby (4) v Liang Wenbo
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Neil Robertson (3) v Ricky Walden
Jack Lisowski (14) v Mark Joyce
Barry Hawkins (11) v Gary Wilson
Kyren Wilson (6) v Martin Gould
Shaun Murphy (7) v Sam Craigie
Yan Bingtao (10) v Ali Carter
David Gilbert (15) v Stuart Bingham
Judd Trump (2) v Chris Wakelin

Is Selt 32nd because he is the lowest ranked of the qualifiers or is it because he's ranked World Number 32?

PLtheRef wrote:

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:If there was no draw and it just went 1v32, 2v31 etc it would look like this.

Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) v Matthew Selt
Anthony McGill (16) v Liam Highfield
Ding Junhui (9) v Lyu Haotian
Stephen Maguire (8) v Kurt Maflin
John Higgins (5) v Jamie Jones
Mark J Williams (12) v Tian Pengfei
Mark Allen (13) v Mark Davis
Mark Selby (4) v Liang Wenbo
-----------------------------------------------------------
Neil Robertson (3) v Ricky Walden
Jack Lisowski (14) v Mark Joyce
Barry Hawkins (11) v Gary Wilson
Kyren Wilson (6) v Martin Gould
Shaun Murphy (7) v Sam Craigie
Yan Bingtao (10) v Ali Carter
David Gilbert (15) v Stuart Bingham
Judd Trump (2) v Chris Wakelin

Is Selt 32nd because he is the lowest ranked of the qualifiers or is it because he's ranked World Number 32?

World No.32. If the whole draw was set in stone at the start it would look like that.

A lot of the players I hoped would qualify didn't, but the players that did are largely good to watch, so I can't complain. The only disappointments are Carter and Selt, more because I don't like them rather than anything to do with the way they play snooker.

I'm very pleased for Mark Joyce who qualifies for the first time after many years of trying. Congratulations!

Will be waking up at 11 to see the draw then back to bed

Alex0paul wrote:Will be waking up at 11 to see the draw then back to bed

Bloody layabout.

Practically lunchtime.

Wild, cheers for the thread There’s a typo regarding Ron’s titles, just so you know.

Two more working days to go.

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/g ... nt=cursive

Stephen Hendry has played 90 matches at the Crucible winning 70

Ronnie O'Sullivan has played 90 Matches at the Crucible winning 68

by breaking off on Saturday Ronnie goes ahead in Matches played and if he reaches the Semis he goes ahead in matches won

I was shocked to see the number of tickets available for this tournament this morning. I booked myself the final semi final session and the first final session on the May weekend.

Can’t wait! A bit of a faff admittedly, but I didn’t think this opportunity would present itself.

Dannyboy wrote:I was shocked to see the number of tickets available for this tournament this morning. I booked myself the final semi final session and the first final session on the May weekend.

Can’t wait! A bit of a faff admittedly, but I didn’t think this opportunity would present itself.

Excited for you! Your first time?

Dannyboy wrote:I was shocked to see the number of tickets available for this tournament this morning. I booked myself the final semi final session and the first final session on the May weekend.

Can’t wait! A bit of a faff admittedly, but I didn’t think this opportunity would present itself.

They could pay me a million pound to go there and i wouldnt.


Not because of the Virus but because of the Covid Rules and wearing condoms on your face for hours id rather stick pins in my eyes than go through that crap.

Almost all of the players I wanted to qualify didn't, Xintong especially, man that's a bummer. Even when Igor beat Thepchaiya, I found myself rooting for him, but nope. Bingyu and langning, nope. Ursenbacher, nope. Ah well, let's hope it's a good tournament.

Dannyboy wrote:I was shocked to see the number of tickets available for this tournament this morning. I booked myself the final semi final session and the first final session on the May weekend.

Can’t wait! A bit of a faff admittedly, but I didn’t think this opportunity would present itself.

Congrats on getting tickets for crucible, are you travelling in daily or managed to find accommodation?

Wildey wrote:

Dannyboy wrote:I was shocked to see the number of tickets available for this tournament this morning. I booked myself the final semi final session and the first final session on the May weekend.

Can’t wait! A bit of a faff admittedly, but I didn’t think this opportunity would present itself.

They could pay me a million pound to go there and i wouldnt.


Not because of the Virus but because of the Covid Rules and wearing condoms on your face for hours id rather stick pins in my eyes than go through that crap.

Wildey my man....great post...buck Covid...buck the masks..

Article online this morning quoted Ronnie not wanting fans near him either going in or coming out of crucible because of covid. Having witnessed players been mobbed for autographs appreciate his concerns.

Running side wrote:Article online this morning quoted Ronnie not wanting fans near him either going in or coming out of crucible because of covid. Having witnessed players been mobbed for autographs appreciate his concerns.

i mean he doesn't really like the rigmarole with the fans in normal times either.

As ever, and simply for sheer fun of it, this is how my randomized draw for the 2021 World Championship looks - done by using RANDOM.ORG list randomizer (one for the seeds and another for the qualifiers)

Some of these ties would be nice!

Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) v Allister Carter
Anthony McGill (16) v Martin Gould
Ding Junhui (9) v Liam Highfield
Stephen Maguire (8) v Mark Joyce
John Higgins (5) v Ricky Walden
Mark J Williams (12) v Tian Pengfei
Mark Allen (13) v Jamie Jones
Mark Selby (4) v Sam Craigie
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Neil Robertson (3) v Liang Wenbo
Jack Lisowski (14) v Lyu Haotian
Barry Hawkins (11) v Mark Davis
Kyren Wilson (6) v Kurt Maflin
Shaun Murphy (7) v Stuart Bingham
Yan Bingtao (10) v Gary Wilson
David Gilbert (15) v Chris Wakelin
Judd Trump (2) v Matthew Selt

Not thrilled that bingo got through. My mum finds him boring

PLtheRef wrote:As ever, and simply for sheer fun of it, this is how my randomized draw for the 2021 World Championship looks - done by using RANDOM.ORG list randomizer (one for the seeds and another for the qualifiers)

Some of these ties would be nice!

Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) v Allister Carter
Anthony McGill (16) v Martin Gould
Ding Junhui (9) v Liam Highfield
Stephen Maguire (8) v Mark Joyce
John Higgins (5) v Ricky Walden
Mark J Williams (12) v Tian Pengfei
Mark Allen (13) v Jamie Jones
Mark Selby (4) v Sam Craigie
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Neil Robertson (3) v Liang Wenbo
Jack Lisowski (14) v Lyu Haotian
Barry Hawkins (11) v Mark Davis
Kyren Wilson (6) v Kurt Maflin
Shaun Murphy (7) v Stuart Bingham
Yan Bingtao (10) v Gary Wilson
David Gilbert (15) v Chris Wakelin
Judd Trump (2) v Matthew Selt

just for fun but you still fixed it for carter o'sullivan.

Carter would win

HappyCamper wrote:

PLtheRef wrote:As ever, and simply for sheer fun of it, this is how my randomized draw for the 2021 World Championship looks - done by using RANDOM.ORG list randomizer (one for the seeds and another for the qualifiers)

Some of these ties would be nice!

Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) v Allister Carter
Anthony McGill (16) v Martin Gould
Ding Junhui (9) v Liam Highfield
Stephen Maguire (8) v Mark Joyce
John Higgins (5) v Ricky Walden
Mark J Williams (12) v Tian Pengfei
Mark Allen (13) v Jamie Jones
Mark Selby (4) v Sam Craigie
-----------------------------------------------------------
Neil Robertson (3) v Liang Wenbo
Jack Lisowski (14) v Lyu Haotian
Barry Hawkins (11) v Mark Davis
Kyren Wilson (6) v Kurt Maflin
Shaun Murphy (7) v Stuart Bingham
Yan Bingtao (10) v Gary Wilson
David Gilbert (15) v Chris Wakelin
Judd Trump (2) v Matthew Selt

just for fun but you still fixed it for carter o'sullivan.

https://twitter.com/PLtheLegend/status/ ... 8835402752 - The order the seeds were drawn and the qualifiers were drawn is on there!

Only 2 Debutants this year

2007 5
2008 3
2009 4
2010 2
2011 2
2012 3
2013 6
2014 4
2015 4
2016 1
2017 5
2018 4
2019 7
2020 5

Morning all!

Excited as ever to see who plays who.

Knowing World Snooker, they'll postpone it at the last minute.