Tickets are selling fast for this month’s Cazoo UK Championship in York with the whole final weekend as well as two other sessions already sold out.
The tournament runs from November 12 to 20 at the York Barbican, as Zhao Xintong defends the title against all-time greats including Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, Kyren Wilson, Mark Williams, Mark Allen and many more.
The sold out sessions are:
- Saturday November 12th 1pm session
- Friday November 18th 1pm session
- Saturday November 19th 1pm session
- Saturday November 19th 7pm session
- Sunday November 20th 1pm session
- Sunday November 20th 7pm session
Tickets from £20 are still available for other sessions but seats must be booked quickly. For details see the snooker events section here.
Here’s the first round match schedule:
- Zhao Xintong v qualifier
- Mark Allen v qualifier
- Kyren Wilson v qualifier
- Ryan Day v qualifier
- Neil Robertson v qualifier
- Luca Brecel v qualifier
- John Higgins v qualifier
- Barry Hawkins v qualifier
- Ronnie O’Sullivan v qualifier
- Yan Bingtao v qualifier
- Mark Williams v qualifier
- Stuart Bingham v qualifier
- Judd Trump v qualifier
- Jack Lisowski v qualifier
- Mark Selby v qualifier
- Shaun Murphy v qualifier
There’s a new format this year, with all of the top 16 seeded through to the last 32 for the televised phase, and only two tables in the arena throughout.
The top 16 will be drawn at random against the 16 players who come through the qualifying rounds, which will run from November 5 to 10 in Sheffield. Tickets for the qualifying rounds at Ponds Forge are also available and cost just £10 per day.
The Cazoo UK Championship is one of snooker’s Triple Crown events with a history dating back to 1977. It will be televised by BBC, Eurosport, CCTV5, Matchroom.Live and a range of other broadcasters worldwide. Prize money this year has been increased from £1,009,000 to £1,205,000, with the first prize up from £200,000 to £250,000.
Details courtesy of World Snooker