On April 14, the draw ceremony for the Snooker World Championship main draw was successfully concluded, the regular draw and schedule were released, the Chinese team played four people, Ding Junhui played against the world's 5th Karen Wilson, Zhao Xintong faced the dark horse Jamie Clark, Yan Bingtao encountered the elimination of Fan Zhengyi's Chris Wakelin, and Lu Haotian challenged world champion Stuart Bingham. Among them, Zhao Xintong will start the opening match with the defending champion on April 16, and Ding Junhui will appear at 17:00 on April 20, and the specific signing and schedule can be found in the following table.
The following table gives the specific schedule of the first round, the first round of the main round adopts a 19-game 10-win system, played in two stages, the first stage plays 9 rounds, the second stage theoretically plays up to 10 rounds, the second round and the third round uses a 25-inning 13-win system, divided into 8, 8, 9 innings, the semi-finals are carried out in 33 innings and 17 wins, divided into 8, 8, 8, 9 innings, and the final is played in 35 rounds with 18 wins, divided into 8, 9, 8, 10 innings. Due to the longer time of the World Championships, the second round and the rest of the schedule are not given here and will be added in real time in later reports.
The World Championships is the highest standard and prize money event in snooker sports, the champion enjoys the supreme honor, Hendry still stands out with 7 world championship titles, O'Sullivan is tied for second with Davis in 6, Higgins is tied for third with Selby for 4, Williams is fourth alone in 3, post-80s players have never won two World Championships in addition to Selby, post-90s and post-00s players have never touched the World Championship championship, And Chinese players have only reached the final. This is the closest Chinese player to the world championship, the other 3 Chinese players participating in this competition, Yan Bingtao has played the best 16 in the 4th time, Lu Haotian has played the best in the 3rd time to reach the top 16, and Zhao Xintong has participated in the best 32nd for the second time.