When does Ronnie O'Sullivan begin European Masters title bid? Judd Trump, Mark Selby discover schedule

ByEurosport

Published 02/08/2022 at 16:23 GMT

Ronnie O'Sullivan will begin his latest bid for a first European Masters title at 7pm (BST) on Tuesday 16 August in the German city of Furth. The world champion faces world No. 101 Sean O'Sullivan in his opening match with ties involving defending champion Fan Zhengyi, Judd Trump and Mark Selby all held over until the final venue. Stream top snooker action live and on-demand on discovery+.

Ronnie O'Sullivan will begin his quest for a first European Masters title against world No. 101 Sean O'Sullivan on the tournament's opening day.

The world champion faces his namesake in a best-of-nine frame opener in the German city of Furth at 7pm on Tuesday 16 August (BST) LIVE on Eurosport.

London professional Sean O'Sullivan regained his tour card after a three-year absence via the WPBSA Q Tour Rankings.

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The 2020 European Masters champion Mark Selby starts out at the same time against talented Chinese player Yuan Sijun.

Defending champion Fan Zhengyi – who defeated O'Sullivan 10-9 in last season's final in Milton Keynes – begins his title defence against Michael Judge earlier in the day at 10am (BST).

The last of the qualifying fixtures held over to the Stadthalle venue will see world No. 2 Judd Trump meet Crucible qualifier Noppon Saengkham at 2:30pm.

Three-time world champion Mark Williams begins his campaign in the last 64 against Sanderson Lam at 7pm (BST) on Wednesday 17 August.

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Qualifying for the season's second ranking event was staged by Leicester's Morningside Arena between 15-24 July with John Higgins losing 5-3 to fellow Scot Scott Donaldson. in a sizable upset.

The tournament runs between Tuesday 16 August with the final on Sunday 21 August.

All matches are the best-of-nine frames with the semi-finals contested over the best of 11 frames before a best-of-17 of frame final.

European Masters winners

• 2016/17 Judd Trump (Eng) 9-8 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) – Bucharest, Romania
• 2017/18 Judd Trump (Eng) 9-7 Stuart Bingham (Eng) – Lommel, Belgium
• 2018/19 Jimmy Robertson (Eng) 9-6 Joe Perry (Eng) – Lommel, Belgium
• 2019/20 Neil Robertson (Aus) 9-0 Zhou Yuelong (Chn) – Dornbirn, Austria
• 2020/21 Mark Selby (Eng) 9-8 Martin Gould (Eng) – Milton Keynes, England
• 2021/22 Fan Zhengyi (Chn) 10-9 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) – Milton Keynes, England

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