Kyren Wilson starts the defense of his 2024 World Snooker Championship against 21-year-old Lei Peifan; an immediately stern test for the defending champion.
Peifan won his first ranking title in December 2024 at the Scottish Open, and will be hoping to cause an upset in his World Championship debut.
Elsewhere in the first round, Ronnie O’Sullivan takes on Ali Carter in one of the ties of the round, and last year’s finalist Jak Jones faces Zhao Xintong.
Tournament favourite Judd Trump starts his World Championship campaign against Zhou Yuelong on Tuesday (April 22) night.
The Sporting News will be providing updates with the scores and following all the action.
STREAM: World Snooker Championship 2025 on Discovery+ in the UK
World Snooker Championship 2025, schedule, scores and latest results:
All times are BST
Round 1
| Match Start Date / Time | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| April 19, 10:00 | Xiao Guodong vs Matthew Selt | TBC |
| April 19, 10:00 | Kyren Wilson vs Lei Peifan | TBC |
| April 19, 14:30 | Neil Robertson vs Chris Wakelin | TBC |
| April 19, 14:30 | Mark Williams vs Wu Yize | TBC |
| April 19, 19:00 | Barry Hawkins vs Hossein Vafaei | TBC |
| April 20, 10:00 | Jak Jones vs Zhao Xintong | TBC |
| April 20, 14:30 | Mark Allen vs Fan Zhengyi | TBC |
| April 21, 10:00 | John Higgins vs Joe O’Connor | TBC |
| April 21, 14:30 | Ding Junhui vs Zak Surety | TBC |
| April 21, 19:00 | Si Jiahui vs David Gilbert | TBC |
| April 22, 10:00 | Zhang Anda vs Pang Jungxu | TBC |
| April 22, 10:00 | Shaun Murphy vs Daniel Wells | TBC |
| April 22, 14:30 | Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Ali Carter | TBC |
| April 22, 19:00 | Judd Trump vs Zhou Yuelong | TBC |
| April 23, 14:30 | Luca Brecel vs Ryan Day | TBC |
| April 23, 19:00 | Mark Selby vs Ben Woollaston | TBC |
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World Snooker Championship 2025 round dates, schedule
World Snooker Championship 2025 TV channel, live stream online
The World Snooker Championship is also the jewel in the crown for broadcasters as the sport’s most prestigious and must-see event, and as such the BBC in the U.K. are providing plenty of coverage in 2025. They will be showing matches across multiple channels (One, Two, Four and the Red Button), as well as on BBC iPlayer.
TNT Sports subscribers can also watch the action live and on catch up, either on TV or streaming via Discovery+. Across the Pond, U.S. and Canada-based fans can watch the action on World Snooker Tour’s own online channel via a matchroom.live subscription.
| TV channel | Live Stream | |
| UK | BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC Red Button, TNT Sports | BBC iPlayer, Discovery+, matchroom.live |
| Canada | — | matchroom.live |
| US | — | matchroom.live |
World Snooker Championship list of previous champions
1941–1945: No tournaments were held
1958–1963: No tournaments were held
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1927 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1928 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1929 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1930 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1931 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1932 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1933 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1934 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1935 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1936 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1937 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1938 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1939 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1940 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1946 | Joe Davis (ENG) |
| 1947 | Walter Donaldson (SCO) |
| 1948 | Fred Davis (ENG) |
| 1949 | Fred Davis (ENG) |
| 1950 | Walter Donaldson (SCO) |
| 1951 | Fred Davis (ENG) |
| 1952 | Horace Lindrum (AUS) |
| 1952 | Fred Davis (ENG) |
| 1953 | Fred Davis (ENG) |
| 1954 | Fred Davis (ENG) |
| 1955 | Fred Davis (ENG) |
| 1956 | Fred Davis (ENG) |
| 1957 | John Pulman (ENG) |
| 1964 | John Pulman (ENG) |
| 1964 | John Pulman (ENG) |
| 1965 | John Pulman (ENG) |
| 1965 | John Pulman (ENG) |
| 1965 | John Pulman (ENG) |
| 1966 | John Pulman (ENG) |
| 1968 | John Pulman (ENG) |
| 1969 | John Spencer (ENG) |
| 1970 | Ray Reardon (WAL) |
| 1971 | John Spencer (ENG) |
| 1972 | Alex Higgins (NIR) |
| 1973 | Ray Reardon (WAL) |
| 1974 | Ray Reardon (WAL) |
| 1975 | Ray Reardon (WAL) |
| 1976 | Ray Reardon (WAL) |
| 1977 | John Spencer (ENG) |
| 1978 | Ray Reardon (WAL) |
| 1979 | Terry Griffiths (WAL) |
| 1980 | Cliff Thorburn (CAN) |
| 1981 | Steve Davis (ENG) |
| 1982 | Alex Higgins (NIR) |
| 1983 | Steve Davis (ENG) |
| 1984 | Steve Davis (ENG) |
| 1985 | Dennis Taylor (NIR) |
| 1986 | Joe Johnson (ENG) |
| 1987 | Steve Davis (ENG) |
| 1988 | Steve Davis (ENG) |
| 1989 | Steve Davis (ENG) |
| 1990 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| 1991 | John Parrott (ENG) |
| 1992 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| 1993 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| 1994 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| 1995 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| 1996 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| 1997 | Ken Doherty (IRL) |
| 1998 | John Higgins (SCO) |
| 1999 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| 2000 | Mark Williams (WAL) |
| 2001 | Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG) |
| 2002 | Peter Ebdon (ENG) |
| 2003 | Mark Williams (WAL) |
| 2004 | Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG) |
| 2005 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
| 2006 | Graeme Dott (SCO) |
| 2007 | John Higgins (SCO) |
| 2008 | Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG) |
| 2009 | John Higgins (SCO) |
| 2010 | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| 2011 | John Higgins (SCO) |
| 2012 | Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG) |
| 2013 | Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG) |
| 2014 | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| 2015 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) |
| 2016 | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| 2017 | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| 2018 | Mark Williams (WAL) |
| 2019 | Judd Trump (ENG) |
| 2020 | Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG) |
| 2021 | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| 2022 | Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG) |
| 2023 | Luca Brecel (BEL) |
| 2024 | Kyren Wilson |
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