This week’s batch of qualifiers continues on Thursday with the preliminary part of the Northern Eire Open going down on the Mattioli Area.
The primary House Nations Sequence occasion of the 2025/26 snooker season would be the English Open beginning subsequent week in Brentwood.
Among the many outright betting favourites on the Betway app are world primary Judd Trump, world champion Zhao Xintong, and reigning Steve Davis Trophy holder Neil Robertson.
However earlier than that over the approaching few days, the opening couple of rounds of the Northern Eire Open will likely be carried out in Leicester.
Who’s taking part in within the qualifiers?
As has grow to be the norm with the House Nations Sequence tournaments, the highest 32 gamers from the official world rankings record have been seeded by way of to venue levels.
The remainder of the World Snooker Tour professionals and some newbie top-ups will likely be trying to hitch them in Belfast throughout the subsequent 4 days.
Gamers seeded from 65 to 128 within the draw will enter the Northern Eire Open qualifiers within the opening spherical.
That features the likes of Jimmy White and Ken Doherty who every meet Chinese language opposition within the type of Huang Jiahao and Yao Pengcheng respectively.
An in-form Reanne Evans will look to proceed her current interval of success on the principle tour when she takes on Stan Moody in spherical two having already obtained a bye from spherical one following the withdrawal of Mohammed Shehab.
Elsewhere, girls’s world champion Bai Yulu encounters David Grace, and there’s an intriguing conflict between two of Northern Eire’s personal in Robbie McGuigan and Fergal Quinn.
The record of early entrants additionally contains Marco Fu, Sam Craigie, Mink Nutcharut, and Liam Pullen – the latter with confidence excessive after his shock defeat of John Higgins within the Xi’an Grand Prix qualifiers on Tuesday.
These seeded from 33 to 64 will subsequently enter the fray in spherical two of the qualifying competitors, duly going through the winners from spherical one.
Luca Brecel, who withdrew mid-match towards Sunny Akani within the Xi’an qualifiers, and Ryan Day are outstanding names concerned right here with the pair having slid down the rankings of late.
Jordan Brown will likely be hoping to win his qualifier to safeguard his return to his residence occasion the place he may have a crack at touchdown the Alex Higgins Trophy.
The likes of Ricky Walden, Anthony McGill, and Matthew Stevens are different acquainted names who will likely be hoping to safe their spots on the venue levels.
All the most recent snooker betting odds will likely be listed on the Betway app, with the matches for the upcoming Northern Eire Open qualifiers listed beneath.
These venue levels for the 2025 Northern Eire Open, in the meantime, are scheduled for October nineteenth to twenty sixth on the Waterfront Corridor.
Northern Eire Open qualifiers draw
Spherical of 128 (bo7)
Ken Doherty vs Yao Pengcheng
Allan Taylor vs Chatchapong Nasa
Antoni Kowalski vs Zak Sheldon
Chris Totten vs Liam Graham
Julien Leclercq vs Florian Nuessle
Farakh Ajaib vs Oliver Brown
Haris Tahir vs Connor Benzey
Haydon Pinhey vs Ian Burns
Ben Mertens vs Liam Pullen
Sunny Akani vs Xu Yichen
Lan Yuhao vs Mahmoud El Hareedy
Amir Sarkhosh vs Marco Fu
Jonas Luz vs Kreishh Gurbaxani
Reanne Evans w/o Mohammed Shehab
Dylan Emery vs Liam Highfield
Bai Yulu vs David Grace
Iulian Boiko vs Alexander Ursenbacher
Steven Hallworth vs Ross Muir
Chang Bingyu vs Jiang Jun
Sam Craigie vs Joel Connolly
Liam Davies vs Ng On Yee
Cheung Ka Wai vs Mink Nutchat
Huang Jiahao vs Jimmy White
Louis Heathcote vs Sahil Nayyar
Robbie McGuigan vs Fergal Quinn
Gao Yang vs Liu Wenwei
Michal Szubarczyk vs Patrick Whelan
Wang Yuchen vs Mateusz Baranowski
Artemijs Zizins vs Zhao Hanyang
Bulcsu Revesz vs Leone Crowley
Hatem Yassen vs Ashley Hugill
Mitchell Mann vs Umut Dikme
Spherical of 96 (bo7)
Oliver Traces vs Doherty/Yao
Ryan Day vs Taylor/Nasa
Scott Donaldson vs Kowalski/Sheldon
He Guoqiang vs Totten/Graham
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Leclercq/Nuessle
Mark Davis vs Ajaib/Brown
Lyu Haotian vs Tahir/Benzey
Sanderson Lam vs Pinhey/Burns
Lengthy Zehuang vs Mertens/Pullen
Daniel Wells vs Akani/Xu
Michael Holt vs Lan/El Hareedy
Jamie Jones vs Sarkhosh/Fu
Jimmy Robertson vs Luz/Gurbaxani
Stan Moody vs Evans/Shehab
Xu Si vs Emery/Highfield
Gong Chenzhi vs Bai/Grace
Anthony McGill vs Boiko/Ursenbacher
Matthew Stevens vs Hallworth/Muir
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Chang/Jiang
Martin O’Donnell vs Craigie/Connolly
Luca Brecel vs Davies/Ng
Liu Hongyu vs Cheung/Nutcharut
Robbie Williams vs Huang/White
Duane Jones vs Heathcote/Nayyar
Zak Surety vs McGuigan/Quinn
Aaron Hill vs Gao/Liu
Robert Milkins vs Szubarczyk/Whelan
Ben Woollaston vs Wang/Baranowski
Fan Zhengyi vs Zizins/Zhao
David Lilley vs Revesz/Crowley
Ricky Walden vs Yassen/Hugill
Jordan Brown vs Mann/Dikme
Click on right here for the up to date draw and outcomes (snooker.org)
Easy methods to watch the Northern Eire Open qualifiers?
Stay protection of the Northern Eire Open qualifiers will likely be accessible on numerous platforms relying in your location on this planet.
Lots of the standard betting websites like Betway present dwell streaming of snooker occasions by way of signing up on their web sites or apps.
As per the World Snooker Tour web site, these are the opposite accessible choices:
Europe
discovery+ within the UK, Germany, Italy, and Austria.
HBO Max in different European territories.
China
Huya.com
Migu
CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel
CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyi
Different Territories
WST Play
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