The 2025 Champion of Champions commences on Monday with 16 confirmed winners from the final 12-month interval within the draw.
This yr’s version of the celebrated invitational will likely be staged on the Mattioli Area in Leicester with a prime prize of £150,000 up for grabs.
Champion of Champions Prize Cash
Champion: £150,000
Runner-up: £60,000
Semi-Finals: £30,000
Group Remaining (QF): £17,500
Group semi-final (L16): £12,500
Complete: £440,000
Who’s within the 2025 Champion of Champions draw?
Mark Williams returns because the defending champion having received his fingers on the trophy for the primary time in 2024 by beating Xiao Guodong within the remaining.
UK champion Judd Trump, Masters winner Shaun Murphy, and world champion Zhao Xintong will likely be joined by Neil Robertson – a winner of the so-called fourth main in Saudi Arabia in the summertime.
Xiao is again for a second crack having efficiently defended his Wuhan Open crown, whereas fellow Chinese language potters Lei Peifan and Bai Yulu are additionally concerned after their respective victories within the Scottish Open and the World Girls’s Championship.
Marquee names Mark Selby, John Higgins, Kyren Wilson, and Mark Allen have been invited as properly after elevating silverware aloft in the newest interval.
Stephen Maguire is again at a Champion of Champions for the primary time since 2021 courtesy of his triumph on the rating occasion model of Championship League Snooker.
Leicester’s personal Tom Ford can also be within the draw due to his first rating glory on the Snooker Shoot Out whereas Jack Lisowski will equally make his maiden look after profitable on the Northern Eire Open.
Reigning world seniors champion Alfie Burden, who’s assured a £12,500 payday, completes the record of names within the draw.
Sadly, there is no such thing as a room for Wu Yize, who captured his maiden rating title on Sunday with victory within the Worldwide Championship.
The event had normally been included within the qualifying standards however for some motive was taken away this yr.
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ding Junhui are different high-profile gamers who didn’t handle to qualify having every not received a trophy within the final yr.
Like in earlier years, the 16 gamers will contest mini sections often called teams, with one group offering a semi-finalist on every of the primary 4 days of motion.
The semi-finals will then happen on Friday and Saturday night earlier than the ultimate is on the schedule for Sunday.
2025 Champion of Champions Schedule
Monday
Group 2
Shaun Murphy vs Lei Peifan (1pm)
Judd Trump vs Bai Yulu (not earlier than 2pm)
Group 2 Remaining (7pm)
Tuesday
Group 3
Kyren Wilson vs Jack Lisowski (1pm)
Mark Allen vs Zhao Xintong (not earlier than 2pm)
Group 3 Remaining (7pm)
Wednesday
Group 1
Mark Williams vs Alfie Burden (TBC)
Mark Selby vs Stephen Maguire (TBC)
Group 1 Remaining (7pm)
Thursday
Group 4
Neil Robertson vs Tom Ford (TBC)
John Higgins vs Xiao Guodong (TBC)
Group 4 Remaining (7pm)
Friday
Semi-Remaining
Winner of Group 2 vs Winner of Group 3 (7pm)
Saturday
Semi-Remaining
Winner of Group 1 vs Winner of Group 4 (7pm)
Sunday
Remaining
(1pm and 7pm)
How one can watch
There are a number of choices out there to look at the upcoming snooker stay, relying in your location.
Lots of the fashionable betting websites present stay streaming of snooker occasions by means of signing up on their web sites or apps.
Under is a full record of the official choices, as printed on the Champion of Champions web site:
ITV4 – United Kingdom and Eire
AMC Community – Hungary
DAZN – Germany
Fox Sports activities – Australia
Maincast – Ukraine
Nova – Czech Republic & Slovakia
BG Sports activities – Thailand
Rigour – China
Sky Community – New Zealand
FanDuel – USA
StarHub – Singapore
TV3 – Baltics
Viaplay – Iceland, Netherlands & Scandinavia
Different territories – Matchroom Pool YouTube Channel
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