Riyadh Season World Masters of Snooker: Who has qualified for lucrative event in Saudi Arabia? Ronnie O'Sullivan draw

ByEurosport

Updated 26/02/2024 at 21:58 GMT

Professional snooker will cover new ground next week when the first major event in the sport's history is staged in Saudi Arabia. The World Masters of Snooker event is scheduled between March 4-6 at Boulevard City in Riyadh with world champion Luca Brecel, world No. 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan and German Masters champion Judd Trump among the major attractions in the eight-player field.

Mark Williams and Ali Carter will have the honour of playing in the opening matches of the first professional snooker event to be staged in Saudi Arabia next week.

The World Masters of Snooker event is scheduled between March 4-6 at Boulevard City in Riyadh with Williams and Carter taking on two local wildcards on Monday evening.

Four quarter-finals will be staged on Tuesday with the semi-finals and final taking place on Wednesday.

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Carter claimed the final spot in the event after Zhang Anda's 10-8 loss to Mark Allen in the final of the Players Championship on Sunday in Telford.

The event will also feature a 23rd ball which has been titled the Riyadh Season ball worth 20 points that can only be potted if a player makes a 147 break.

The World Snooker Tour (WST) has already announced a "fourth major" later this year in Saudi Arabia with a prize pot of more than £2 million.

The inaugural Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters will take place in Riyadh from August 31 to September 7.

It will be a world ranking event open to all 128 WST players, as well as six local wildcards from the Saudi Arabian Billiard & Snooker Federation.

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World Masters of Snooker qualifiers

• Ronnie O'Sullivan
• Judd Trump
• Mark Allen
• Luca Brecel
• Mark Selby
• Shaun Murphy
• Mark Williams
• Ali Carter

World Masters of Snooker quarter-final draw

• Luca Brecel v Ali Carter/wild card
• Mark Allen v Mark Selby
• Judd Trump v Shaun Murphy
• Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Williams/wild card

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