Northern Ireland Open 2023 snooker: How to watch and who is playing? What's the schedule? Is Ronnie O'Sullivan playing?

Updated 20/10/2023 at 21:20 GMT

When is the 2023 Northern Ireland Open snooker event? Who's playing? How to watch and live stream in the UK? Are Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump playing the tournament? The snooker season continues as Mark Allen looks to win the title in Belfast for the third consecutive year. Stream top snooker action live on discovery+, the Eurosport app and at eurosport.com.

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The 2023 Northern Ireland Open is the second event in the season of snooker's Home Nations Series.

The tournament will be held at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall, with qualifying taking place at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.

The event will feature most of the top players in the world, including world No. 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan and in-form Judd Trump, who has won his last two tournaments.

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However, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, John Higgins, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Ali Carter have withdrawn after entering an exhibition event in Macau, which was scheduled to coincide with the Northern Ireland Open but has now been postponed.

World Snooker Tour said that a "mutually agreeable solution" was reached but "the players who have withdrawn from the Northern Ireland Open will remain unentered for this event".

Here’s everything you need to know about who’s playing the 2023 Northern Ireland Open and how can you watch and live stream the tournament...

When is the Northern Ireland Open?

The 2023 Northern Ireland Open runs from October 22-29.

Qualifying is from October 17 to 20.

How to watch and stream the Northern Ireland Open

You can watch every day of the 2023 Northern Ireland Open live on Eurosport 1, while you can enjoy all the action ad-free on discovery+, the Eurosport app and eurosport.com.

Who is playing in the Northern Ireland Open?

World No. 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan will be looking to win his first ranking event of the season in Belfast.

However, he could face strong competition from Judd Trump and Mark Allen.

Trump followed up his English Open victory by lifting the Wuhan Open title and will be aiming to keep his winning run going.

Allen has won the last two editions of his home tournament and will have his sights on a hat-trick.

Neil Robertson, Mark Williams, Kyren Wilson and Jimmy White are also playing.

Stephen Hendry, Marco Fu, Ken Doherty and Stephen Maguire are among those looking to qualify.

What is the Northern Ireland Open schedule?

Play will start at 10am UK time for the first round, with the evening sessions getting under way at 7pm.

All matches up to the quarter-finals will be best-of-seven frames. The quarters will be best-of-nine frames, the semi-finals best-of-11 frames, and the final will be best-of-17 frames.

The daily schedule is yet to be announced.