It’s that time of the year when Paddy goes snooker loopy as the World Championship rolls into town.
The top 16 players in the world rankings and 16 qualifiers will descend on the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield dreaming of winning the biggest prize in the sport.
Ronnie O’Sullivan was the top dog 12 months ago and ‘The Rocket’ is back again in a bid to claim the World Snooker Championship for a record eighth time
World Snooker Championship odds are on the Paddy Power website and Paddy Power app, otherwise everything you need to know about this year’s tournament can be found below.
World Snooker Championship 2023 schedule
ROUND ONE
Saturday, April 15 to Thursday, April 20
Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-7 Pang Junxu
Stuart Bingham 10-4 David Gilbert
Luca Brecel 10-9 Ricky Walden
Neil Robertson 10-3 Wu Yize
Ali Carter 6-10 Jak Jones
Ding Junhui 6-10 Hossein Vafaei
Mark J Williams 10-5 Jimmy Robertson
Mark Allen 10-5 Fan Zhengyi
John Higgins 10-3 David Grace
Robert Milkins 10-9 Joe Perry
Jack Lisowski 10-7 Noppon Saengkham
Gary Wilson 10-8 Elliot Slessor
Judd Trump 6-10 Anthony McGill
Kyren Wilson 10-5 Ryan Day
Mark Selby 10-8 Matthew Selt
Shaun Murphy 9-10 Si Jiahui
ROUND TWO
Thursday, April 20 to Monday, April 24
Brecel 13-11 Williams
Allen 13-4 Bingham
Jones 13-7 Robertson
O’Sullivan 13-2 Vafaei
McGill 13-8 Lisowski
Milkins 7-13 Jiahui
G Wilson 7-13 Selby
K Wilson 2-13 Higgins
QUARTER-FINALS
Tuesday, April 25 to Wednesday, April 26
O’Sullivan 10-13 Brecel
Allen 13-10 Jones
McGill 12-13 Jiahui
Higgins 7-13 Selby
SEMI-FINALS
Thursday, April 27 to Saturday, April 29
Brecel 17-15 Jiahui
Allen 15-17 Selby
FINAL
Sunday, April 30 to Monday, May 1
Brecel v Selby
World Snooker Championship 2023 prize money
The World Snooker Championship is the most lucrative event on the World Snooker Tour and it’s fair to say there’s plenty of money on offer at the Crucible. The winner of this year’s tournament will head home with a cheque – hopefully novelty sized – worth a tidy £500,000.
Winner – £500,000
Finalist – £200,000
Semi-Finalist – £100,000
Quarter-Finalist – £50,000
Second Round – £30,000
First Round – £20,000
World Snooker Championship 2023 odds
World Snooker Championship odds are on paddypower.com and prices for the leading contenders can be seen on our snazzy widgets below.
Mark Selby is the favourite with Paddy Power to win the World Snooker Championship as the four-time winner is in fine form this campaign with two tournament successes under this belt.
*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change
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