World Snooker Championship 2023 qualifying: Jimmy White faces potential Marco Fu clash, Stephen Henry v James Cahill

Jimmy White faces a potential showdown against Marco Fu in the second qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship. The draw for the four qualifying rounds, which take place from April 3 to April 12 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, will see the field of 128 players whittled down to the final 32 for the Crucible showpiece event.

Ad The World Championship main draw begins on April 15 with the final on May 1 and all the action can be seen live on discovery+ and Eurosport. World Championship'He will win tournaments' – Moody handed world title shot after O'Sullivan praise14/03/2023 AT 10:15 Former two-time semi-finalist Fu faces Martin O’Donnell in the first qualifying round with the winner going on to face six-time runner-up White, who has been given a bye.

The draw also pits fellow veteran and seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry against James Cahill, who famously beat Ronnie O’Sullivan on his Crucible debut in 2019. The winner of that match will then take on the talented Chinese youngster Lei Peifan.

Ken Doherty, who beat Hendry in the 1997 final, will take on 12-time women’s world champion Reanne Evans, while 16-year-old Stan Moody faces Andres Petrov, who became Estonia’s first ever professional snooker player last year. Barry Hawkins, Stephen Maguire and Hossein Vafaei are among the names who have been given a bye through to the third qualifying round, as well as the winner of the ongoing Tour Championship.