How to watch UK Championship snooker 2022, draw, schedule and live stream with Ronnie O’Sullivan in action
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Updated 11/11/2022 at 08:22 GMT
A week on from his triumph at the Champion of Champions, Ronnie O’Sullivan is back in action as the first of snooker’s Triple Crown events is here – the UK Championship. Zhao Xintong stunned everyone last year by taking the title when he beat Luca Brecel 10-5 in the final. Here is all you need to know about the UK Championship, which will be held at the Barbican Centre.
‘Bigger and better things!’ - Zhao seals UK Championship with another flourish
The first of this season’s Triple Crown events is here as Zhao Xintong looks to defend his UK Championship title.
Zhao will face stiff competition from snooker’s biggest names including Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Neil Robertson and Mark Selby, in what should be an exciting nine days of action in York.
Four different names have won the last four editions of the UK Championship – O’Sullivan in 2018, Ding Junhui in 2019, Robertson in 2020, and Zhao in 2021.
O’Sullivan half-joked about winning this year's title after his triumph at the Champion of Champions against Trump.
"I've got seven of them [UK Championship titles] so I suppose eight would sound good,” he said.
The big story is Jimmy White's return to the UK Championship main draw, in this format, after he won his four qualifying matches to reach York at the age of 60.
Here is all you need to know about the first Triple Crown event of the 2022/23 season.
When is the UK Championship 2022? And where?
The UK Championship will be held in York from November 12 to November 20 at the Barbican Centre.
The venue has hosted the UK Championship for the majority of this century and has a seating capacity of 1,500.
How to watch the UK Championship 2022?
Live coverage of the UK Championship can be found on Eurosport and discovery+.
Discovery+ have exclusive rights for the qualifying matches and will feature every match of the UK Championship, so you can see every single shot.
Eurosport pundits O’Sullivan, White and Alan McManus will provide analysis before and after each session from Saturday November 12 all the way to the final.
When is the UK Championship draw?
The draw for the UK Championship was made on Thursday, November 10 - see full details here.
When are O’Sullivan and White playing?
Jimmy White will face British Open winner Ryan Day in the last 32 at 7pm GMT on Saturday, November 12.
Before that, defending champion Zhao will open proceedings at 1pm against his good friend Jordan Brown, with Mark Allen and Kyren Wilson also in action on the first day.
Ronnie O'Sullivan begins his quest for an eighth title on Monday at 1pm against Matthew Stevens.
World No. 2 Trump will play his first match on Tuesday, November 14 against Xiao Guodong.
What is the format at the UK Championship 2022?
Qualifying for the UK Championship is still ongoing after a format change meant the top 16-ranked players automatically progress to the last 32, which begins on Saturday.
All of the big names are in the tournament and they are eagerly awaiting who they will play in the opening round of the main draw.
Since 2014, every round of the UK Championship is best of 11 up to and including the semi-finals. There is a mid-session interval after four frames, before the match is played to a finish.
The final on November 20 is best of 19 frames.
UK Championship 2022 Schedule (All times GMT)
Saturday November 12
13:00
Zhao Xintong v Sam Craigie
Mark Allen v Jordan Brown
19:00
Kyren Wilson v Matthew Selt
Ryan Day v Jimmy White
Sunday November 13
13:00
Neil Robertson v Joe Perry
Luca Brecel v Lyu Haotian
19:00
John Higgins v Tom Ford
Barry Hawkins v Ding Junhui
Monday November 14
13:00
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Matthew Stevens
Yan Bingtao v Zhou Yuelong
19:00
Mark Williams v Jamie Clarke
Stuart Bingham v Liam Highfield
Tuesday November 15
13:00
Judd Trump v Xiao Guodong
Jack Lisowski v Xu Si
19:00
Mark Selby v Hossein Vafaei
Shaun Murphy v David Gilbert
Wednesday November 16
13:00
Two last 16 matches
19:00
Two last 16 matches
Thursday November 17
13:00
Two last 16 matches
19:00
Two last 16 matches
Friday November 18
13:00
Two quarter-finals
19:00
Two quarter-finals
Saturday November 19
13:00
Semi-final 1
19:00
Semi-final 2
Sunday November 20
13:00
Final (eight frames played)
19:00
Final (Up to 11 frames played)
UK Championship prize money
- Winner: £250,000
- Runner-up: £100,000
- Semi-final: £50.00
- Quarter-final: £25,000
- Last 16: £15,000
- Last 32: £10,000
- Last 48: £7,500
- Laas 80: £5,000
- Last 112: £2,500
- Highest break: £15,000
- Total: £1,205,000
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