2018 UK Championship

[JimMalone]

If Mark Williams wins the UK Championship while Mark Selby loses in the first round, Selby would lose the #1 ranking for the first time since January 2015.

[the lone wolf]

I'm starting to get withdrawal symptoms...
No snooker on TV for 8 days!

[Billy]

I'm starting to get withdrawal symptoms...
No snooker on TV for 8 days!

Do the Beeb still cover this, or is it another one they've dropped?

[DeanH]

Do the Beeb still cover this, or is it another one they've dropped?

I think the BBC are scheduled to show this event but not for the first few days I think.

[Billy]

I think the BBC are scheduled to show this event but not for the first few days I think.

Mmm. Thanks. Has that always been the case? They usually begin coverage 7 days from the final, but is this something different?

[bobmikeking]

Just saw this on twitter, looks like it's not on BBC until December 1st

[DeanH]

Mmm. Thanks. Has that always been the case? They usually begin coverage 7 days from the final, but is this something different?

nope been their usual scheduling for many years

[Billy]

Just saw this on twitter, looks like it's not on BBC until December 1st

It's always been this way.

nope been their usual scheduling for many years

Yes, seven days coverage. Eight, in fact.

I thought when you said 'not for the first few days' you were suggesting they'd trimmed their coverage.

[JimMalone]

I'd like to hear some thoughts about the draw:

Do you like the way the draw is made at the UK Championship with them going strictly by the ranking even down to the amateurs (so that world number 8 plays world number 121, world number 44 plays world number 85 and world number 64 plays world number 65 and in the next round if world number 64 would win, he would play #1 and #32 would play #33) or would you just prefer 16 (or even 32) seeds and have the rest of the tableau just drawn?

[fkhan]

If Mark Williams wins the UK Championship while Mark Selby loses in the first round, Selby would lose the #1 ranking for the first time since January 2015.

How many points are on grabs for the winner of this tournament?

[DeanH]

How many points are on grabs for the winner of this tournament?

The winner gets £170,000

[fkhan]

The winner gets £170,000

Thanks. Are ranking points earned equal to the prize money?

[DeanH]

Thanks. Are ranking points earned equal to the prize money?

it is based on Money now, not points

[SnookerFan]

First round draw;

http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-conte...r-the-draw.pdf

Order the matches are on.

Tuesday 27th November.

2.30pm
Yun Sijun vs Ken Doherty
Zhou Yuelong vs Soheil Vahedi
Michael Georgiou vs Luo Honghao
Jack Lisowski v Zhang Jiankan
Lyu Haotian vs Tian Pengfei
Martin O’Donnel vs Xu Si
Ding Junhui vs Adam Stefanow
Neil Robertson vs Kishan H Hirani

7.30pm
Ben Woollaston vs Alfie Burden
Matthew Selt vs Zhang Yong
Judd Trump vs David Lilley
Dominic Dale vs Gerard Greene
Michael Holt vs Chen Zifan
Robert Milkins vs Sanderson Lam
Ricky Walden vs Jak Jones
Kyren Wilson vs Andy Lee

Wednesday 28th November

9:30am
Jimmy Robertson vs Jordan Brown
Li Hang vs Lee Walker
Andrew Higginson vs Nigel Bond
Mark Joyce vs Niu Zhuang
Liam Highfield vs Robin Hull
Stuart Bingham vs James Wattana
Anthony Hamilton vs Rod Lawler

2.30pm
Shaun Murphy vs Chen Feilong
Ryan Day vs Joe O’Connor
Joe Perry vs John Astley
Tom Ford vs Craig Steadman
Alan McManus vs Alexander Ursenbacher
Akani Songsermsawad vs Eden Sharav
Michael White vs Joes Swail
Graeme Dott vs Oliver Lines

7:30pm
John Higgins vs Dechawat Poomjaeng
Dave Gilbert vs Ashley Carty
Stuart Carrington vs Paul S Davison
Mike Dunn vs Allan Taylor
Gary Wilson vs Billy Joe Castle
Mark Allen vs Basem Eltabhan
Martin Gould vs Harvey Chandler
Thepchaiaya Un-Nooh vs Jimmy White

Thursday 29th November

9:30 am

Xiao Guodong vs Sean O’Sullivan
Luca Brecel vs Fan Zhengyi
Yan Bingtao vs Lukas Kleckers
Robbie Williams vs Ian Burns
Rory McLeod vs Peter Lines
Hossein Vafaei vs Ashley Hugill
Matthew Stevens vs Ross Muir
Stephen Maguire vs Simon Lichtenberg

2.30pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Luke Simmonds
Mark Davis vs Sam Craigie
Fergal O’Brien vs Mei Xi Wen
Mark King vs Elliott Slessor
Peter Ebdon vs Chris Totten
Liang Wenbo vs Sam Baird
Barry Hawkins vs Jamie Clarke
Chris Wakelin vs Duane Jones

7.30pm
Anthony McGill vs Lu Ning
Mark Selby vs James Cahill
Kurt Maflin vs Zhang Anda
Ali Carter vs The Mighty Thor Chuan Leong
Scott Donaldson vs Li Yuan
Noppon Saengham vs Hamza Akbar
Daniel Wells vs Zhao Xintong
Mark Williams vs Adam Duffy

[Hey]

Sullivan, Murphy, Trump, Higgins, Ding in the top half

Selby, Williams, Hawkins, Allen, Robertson in the bottom half