The tournament will use a tiered format first implemented for the Home Nations Series in the 2024–25 snooker season.[13] In the first qualifying round, players seeded 65–96 will face those seeded 97 and under, including selected amateurs. In the second qualifying round, the 32 winners from the first qualifying round will face players seeded 33–64. At the last-64 stage, the 32 winners from the second qualifying round will face the top 32 seeds.
All matches will be played as the best of seven frames until the quarter‑finals, which will be the best of nine. The semi‑finals will be the best of 11, and the final will be a best‑of‑17-frame match played over two sessions .
Broadcasters
The qualifying rounds were broadcast in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Austria by Discovery+ and in other European territories by HBO Max. They were broadcast in mainland China by the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy Douyin, Huya Live, and Migu[zh]. In all other territories (including Ireland) they were streamed by WST Play.[14]
Prize fund
The prize fund for the tournament is detailed below.[3] In addition, the player who wins the most cumulative prize money across the season's four Home Nations Series events will receive a bonus of £150,000.[15]
The results of the main draw are shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeds, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners.
↑Turner, Chris. "Welsh Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Mark Selby (ENG)
