Who has qualified for 2022 World Snooker Championship? Judd Trump, Ronnie O'Sullivan chase £150,000 bonus, Crucible odds

Judd Trump lifted the largest trophy in snooker, in size rather than stature, with a 10-4 victory over Matthew Selt at the inaugural Turkish Masters on Sunday, but it is largesse that matters in the race to qualify for the 46th World Championship in Sheffield. The Gibraltar Open (24-26 March LIVE on Eurosport) and elite Tour Championship (28 March-3 April), involving the top eight players on the one-year ranking list, will again define the top 16 seeds for the Crucible Theatre – and who will need to endure the mental minefield of qualifiers at the nearby English Institute of Sport (4-13 April).

Ad/> Former Masters champion Yan Bingtao provisionally holds down the 16th and final spot, but picked up £7,500 from losing 5-4 to Oliver Lines in the last 16 in Turkey and remains at real risk of having to qualify for the sport's biggest event after oddly opting out of travelling to Gibraltar. Turkish MastersTurkish Masters LIVE – Trump and Murphy enjoy whitewash victories in Antalya07/03/2022 AT 21:32 He is £26,000 clear of Ricky Walden in 17th spot, but a rejuvenated Walden has entered Gibraltar entertaining ambitions of qualifying for the Tour Championship in Llandudno a week later.

Which brings with it a minimum £20,000 for qualification. Such happenings would force 22-year-old Yan to draw up a qualifying plan.

John Higgins occupies the eighth and final spot for the Tour Championship, having so far amassed £144,500, but Shoot Out winner Hossein Vafaei (£130,000) and Walden (£125,500) could overtake him with a run to the final in Gibraltar. The three-day event is worth a relatively modest £50,000 for the winner and £20,000 for the runner-up with Trump chasing a third straight GIbralar title at the Europa Point Sports Complex,