World Snooker Championship qualifiers - Latest results, scores, schedule and order of play ahead of Crucible

The 2022 edition of the World Championship is set to get underway in April, but before that, we have the crucial qualifiers taking place. It will be the 46th consecutive year the World Championship is held in Sheffield, United Kingdom, and it will be the 16th and final ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season. Ad/> Mark Selby is the defending champion, having won the 2021 final 18–15 against Shaun Murphy.

However, Judd Trump is the bookies' favourite to win the competition with Neil Robertson in second and Ronnie O'Sullivan third. Tour Championship'The best player in the world' — O’Sullivan lauds Robertson after epic clash02/04/2022 AT 08:57 The event begins on April 16, 2022 with the final taking place on May 2. But before that, the qualifiers run from April 4-13 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

HOW CAN I WATCH THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR? You can stream the World Championship and the qualifiers on discovery+ in the UK and across Europe. You can also watch the World Championship on Eurosport. Reports and reaction from the best of the action will be available on the Eurosport website and app.

Why unique pressures of snooker's longer formats make it ultimate challenge The joy that O'Sullivan still provides is needed now more than ever QUALIFYING FORMAT Some 128 players will be vying to qualify at the English Institute of Sport the week before the tournament is due to start. That group will be whittled down to just 16 across a week, where the victors will join the 16 top players in the snooker rankings in the draw for the first round. Qualifying matches will be best-of-11 frames in the first, second and third preliminary rounds, before best-of-19 matches on 'Judgement Day' in the fourth and final