World Snooker Championship 2021: Order of play, live scores and results from the Crucible Theatre

ByEurosport

Updated 03/05/2021 at 21:16 GMT

Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy are the men gunning for glory and the most prestigious trophy in snooker. The World Snooker Championship final will be played at the iconic Crucible Theatre in Sheffield over May 2 and 3. You can watch every match of the World Championship live and ad-free on the Eurosport App and eurosport.co.uk.

Mark Selby steht bei der Snooker-WM 2021 im Finale

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Sunday May 2: the final of the World Snooker Championship. 32 players have been whittled down to two: Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy.

Selby, world champion in 2014, 2016 and 2017, reached the 2021 final courtesy of a 17-15 marathon win against Stuart Bingham that needed five sessions and more than 11 hours to complete. However, the match was not without controversy, with Bingham saying post match that some of the play from Selby during their match amounted to "gamesmanship".

Awaiting the Jester from Leicester in the final will be Shaun Murphy, who won eight frames on the bounce to defeat Kyren Wilson 17-12. Again, Wilson, who lost in last year's final to Ronnie O'Sullivan, was not happy with the conduct of the 2005 champion, telling Eurosport that he found Murphy's "theatrical" behaviour "a bit over the top".

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Selby and Murphy begin their best-of-35 final at 13:00 on Sunday, with a further three sessions set to follow at 19:00 on Sunday and then at 13:00 and 19:00 on Monday.

How to watch the event

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Schedule and dates

First round (best of 19 frames)

Saturday, 17 April

19:00

Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-4 Mark Joyce
David Gilbert 7-2 Chris Wakelin

Sunday, 18 April

10:00

Anthony McGill 5-4 Ricky Walden
Yan Bingtao 10-6 Martin Gould

14:30

John Higgins 4-3 Tian Pengfei
David Gilbert 10-4 Chris Wakelin

19:00

Stephen Maguire 4-10 Jamie Jones
Neil Robertson 10-3 Liang Wenbo

Monday, 19 April

10:00

Ding Junhui 5-4 Stuart Bingham
Kyren Wilson 4-5 Gary Wilson

14:30

John Higgins 10-7 Tian Pengfei
Jack Lisowski 5-4 Ali Carter

19:00

Anthony McGill 10-5 Ricky Walden
Kyren Wilson 10-8 Gary Wilson

Tuesday, 20 April

10:00

Mark Allen 7-2 Lyu Haotian
Jack Lisowski 10-9 Ali Carter

14:30

Ding Junhui 9-10 Stuart Bingham
Judd Trump 7-2 Liam Highfield

19:00

Mark Allen 10-2 Lyu Haotian
Barry Hawkins 6-3 Matthew Selt

Wednesday, 21 April

10:00

Mark Williams 5-4 Sam Craigie
Shaun Murphy 4-5 Mark Davis

14:30

Mark Selby 8-1 Kurt Maflin
Judd Trump 10-4 Liam Highfield

19:00

Mark Williams 10-4 Sam Craigie
Barry Hawkins 10-3 Matthew Selt

Thursday, 22 April

13:00

Shaun Murphy 10-7 Mark Davis

19:00

Mark Selby 10-1 Kurt Maflin

Second round (best of 25 frames)

Thursday, 22 April

13:00

Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-4 Anthony McGill

19:00

Neil Robertson 5-3 Jack Lisowski

Friday, 23 April

10:00

Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-10 Anthony McGill
Barry Hawkins 4-4 Kyren Wilson

14:30

John Higgins 3-5 Mark Williams
Neil Robertson 9-7 Jack Lisowski

19:00

Ronnie O'Sullivan 12-13 Anthony McGill
Barry Hawkins 7-9 Kyren Wilson

Saturday, 24 April

10:00

John Higgins 6-10 Mark Williams
Neil Robertson 13-9 Jack Lisowski

14:30

Mark Allen 2-6 Mark Selby
Barry Hawkins 10-13 Kyren Wilson

19:00

John Higgins 7-13 Mark Williams
Shaun Murphy 6-2 Yan Bingtao

Sunday, 25 April

10:00

Stuart Bingham 4-4 Jamie Jones
David Gilbert 3-5 Judd Trump

14:30

Mark Allen 6-9 Mark Selby
Shaun Murphy 10-6 Yan Bingtao

19:00

Stuart Bingham 10-6 Jamie Jones
David Gilbert 5-11 Judd Trump

Monday, 26 April

13:00

Stuart Bingham 13-6 Jamie Jones
David Gilbert 8-13 Judd Trump

19:00

Mark Allen 7-13 Mark Selby
Shaun Murphy 13-7 Yan Bingtao

Quarter-finals (best of 25 frames)

Tuesday, 27 April

10:00

Anthony McGill 4-4 Stuart Bingham
Neil Robertson 5-3 Kyren Wilson

14:30

Mark Williams 2-6 Mark Selby
Shaun Murphy 4-4 Judd Trump

19:00

Anthony McGill 9-7 Stuart Bingham
Neil Robertson 8-8 Kyren Wilson

Wednesday, 28 April

10:00

Mark Williams 3-13 Mark Selby
Neil Robertson 8-13 Kyren Wilson

14:30

Anthony McGill 12-13 Stuart Bingham
Shaun Murphy 10-6 Judd Trump

19:00

Shaun Murphy 13-11 Judd Trump

Semi-finals (best of 33 frames)

Thursday, 29 April

13:00

Stuart Bingham 4-4 Mark Selby

19:00

Kyren Wilson 6-2 Shaun Murphy

Friday, 30 April

10:00

Stuart Bingham 7-9 Mark Selby

14:30

Kyren Wilson 10-6 Shaun Murphy

19:00

Stuart Bingham 13-11 Mark Selby

Saturday, 1 May

10:00

Kyren Wilson 12-12 Shaun Murphy

14:30

Stuart Bingham 15-16 Mark Selby

19:00

Kyren Wilson 12-17 Shaun Murphy

Post 19:00

Stuart Bingham 15-17 Mark Selby

Final (best of 35 frames)

Sunday, May 2

13:00

Mark Selby 3-5 Shaun Murphy

19:00

Mark Selby 10-7 Shaun Murphy

Monday, May 3

13:00

Mark Selby 13-11 Shaun Murphy

19:00

Mark Selby 18-15 Shaun Murphy

Previous Winners

The World Championship has been running since 1927 and, prior to its move to the Crucible in 1977, it was dominated by Joe Davis, Walter Donaldson, Fred Davis, John Pulman, John Spencer and Ray Reardon, with Alex Higgins and Horace Lundrum winning it once apiece. Since the move to Sheffield, the winners are:

1977: John Spencer
1978: Ray Reardon
1979: Terry Griffiths
1980: Cliff Thorburn
1981: Steve Davis
1982: Alex Higgins
1983: Steve Davis
1984: Steve Davis
1985: Dennis Taylor
1986: Joe Johnson
1987: Steve Davis
1988: Steve Davis
1989: Steve Davis
1990: Stephen Hendry
1991: John Parrott
1992: Stephen Hendry
1993: Stephen Hendry
1994: Stephen Hendry
1995: Stephen Hendry
1996: Stephen Hendry
1997: Ken Doherty
1998: John Higgins
1999: Stephen Hendry
2000: Mark Williams
2001: Ronnie O'Sullivan
2002: Peter Ebdon
2003: Mark Williams
2004: Ronnie O'Sullivan
2005: Shaun Murphy
2006: Graeme Dott
2007: John Higgins
2008: Ronnie O'Sullivan
2009: John Higgins
2010: Neil Robertson
2011: John Higgins
2012: Ronnie O'Sullivan
2013: Ronnie O'Sullivan
2014: Mark Selby
2015: Stuart Bingham
2016: Mark Selby
2017: Mark Selby
2018: Mark Williams
2019: Judd Trump
2020: Ronnie O'Sullivan

What is the format?

There were 128 players vying to qualify at the nearby English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. That group was whittled down to just 16 across a week, where they joined the 16 top players in the snooker rankings in the draw for the first round. As defending champion, O'Sullivan was the only man with his spot guaranteed before a ball was hit in the 2020-21 season.

The first round is best of 19 frames, the second and quarter-final rounds best of 25. The semi-finals are best of 33 and the final best of 35.

What is the draw for the World Championship first round?

Shaun Murphy v Mark Davis
Mark Allen v Lyu Haotian
Judd Trump v Liam Highfield
Ding Junhui v Stuart Bingham
Anthony McGill v Ricky Walden
Mark Williams v Sam Craigie
Stephen Maguire v Jamie Jones
Mark Selby v Kurt Maflin
Kyren Wilson v Gary Wilson
John Higgins v Tian Pengfei
David Gilbert v Chris Wakelin
Jack Lisowski v Ali Carter
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Joyce
Barry Hawkins v Matthew Selt
Neil Robertson v Liang Wenbo
Yan Bingtao v Martin Gould

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