2018 World Snooker Championship Draw: Ronnie O'Sullivan to play Stephen Maguire at The Crucible

ByEurosport

Updated 19/04/2018 at 13:21 GMT

The draw has been made for the World Championship at The Crucible, which gets underway on April 21.

Ronnie O'Sullivan in action at the Crucible

Image credit: Imago

Defending champion Mark Selby will face Joe Perry in one of the most notable first-round match-ups, while Ronnie O'Sullivan will play Stephen Maguire.

Selby will open the tournament against Perry on Saturday, and arrives at Sheffield in great form having won the China Open earlier this month.

World Championship

Scullion to referee world final after cancer battle

20/03/2019 at 09:49

Crowd-favourite O'Sullivan has also been in great form this season, with five titles to his name, and the Rocket is the bookies' favourite to make it six with victory in the Steel City.

Have your say on how you think the tournament will unfold by filling in the Eurosport Snooker World Championship Bracket.

Draw in full

Mark Selby v Joe Perry
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Stephen Maguire
Ding Junghui v Xiao Goudong
Judd Trump v Chris Wakelin
John Higgins v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Barry Hawkins v Stuart Carrington
Mark Williams v Jimmy Robertson
Shaun Murphy v Jamie Jones
Kyren Wilson v Matthew Stevens
Neil Robertson v Robert Milkins
Marco Fu v Lyu Haotian
Stuart Bingham v Jack Lisowski
Luca Brecel v Ricky Walden
Anthony McGill v Ryan Day
Ali Carter v Graeme Dott
Mark Allen v Liam Highfield

WATCH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LIVE ON EUROSPORT AND EUROSPORT PLAYER

World Championship

Williams: World title could be start of more glory

08/05/2018 at 21:52

Join 3M+ users on app

Stay up to date with the latest news, results and live sports

Download

Scan me