Former champion Luca Brecel was amongst those that certified for the 2026 Scottish Open as the ultimate outcomes from the qualifiers wrapped up on Wednesday.
A protracted batch of qualifiers on the Mattioli Enviornment in Leicester noticed the preliminary phases for 3 tournaments happen throughout 11 days.
Brecel confirmed indicators of a welcome return to type by safely negotiating his approach by way of to the venue phases of every occasion.
The 2023 world snooker champion is languishing fairly far down the provisional end-of-season rankings, however his hat-trick of victories within the qualifiers have eased any tour survival issues slightly.
Brecel, the Scottish Open champion in 2021, confirmed his return to the Dwelling Nations Collection match with a 4-0 defeat of Gong Chenzhi.
The Belgian Bullet beforehand safeguarded his spot at each the Northern Eire Open and the Worldwide Championship in current days.
Elsewhere, there was success for a few Scots with each Anthony McGill and Scott Donaldson reserving their tickets to Edinburgh for the 2026 Scottish Open.
In a optimistic signal for the event of youth within the recreation, Stan Moody, Liam Davies, Liam Pullen, Aaron Hill, Dylan Emery, and Iulian Boiko every certified.
There have been victories for a number of seasoned professionals as properly, although, with the likes of Matthew Stevens, Ryan Day, Matthew Selt, and Jimmy Robertson progressing unscathed.
As traditional, China was properly represented with Xi Si, Fan Zhengyi, Lyu Haotian, Gao Yang, Yao Pengcheng, Jiang Jun, and Liu Hongyu all shifting ahead.
The latter earned a dramatic 4-3 defeat of Jimmy White to disclaim the Whirlwind, who had compiled a 131 break within the fifth body to guide 3-2.
The 32 qualifiers be part of the highest 32 seeds from the world rankings who’re robotically within the draw on the last-64 level, with the match correct operating from December 14 to twenty.
The total record of outcomes from the 2026 Scottish Open qualifiers is under.
2026 Scottish Open qualifiers: outcomes
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Chatchapong Nasa 4-1 Allan Taylor
Gong Chenzhi 4-3 Sahil Nayyar
Dylan Emery 4-1 Ashley Hugill
Florian Nuessle 4-3 Deng Haohui
Alexander Ursenbacher 4-0 Panchaya Channoi
Oliver Brown 4-2 Michael Larkov
Jack Borwick 4-1 Ross Muir
Steven Wardropper 4-3 Xu Yichen
Yao Pengcheng 4-2 Hammad Miah
Michal Szubarczyk 4-2 Cheung Ka Wai
Mitchell Mann 4-2 Stuart Carrington
Gao Yang 4-2 Huang Jiahao
Steven Hallworth 4-2 Alfie Burden
Ashley Carty 4-1 Mina Awad
Oliver Sykes 4-3 Reanne Evans
Mateusz Baranowski 4-0 Patrick Whelan
Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 4-0 Paul Norris
Liam Davies 4-1 Julien Leclercq
Liu Wenwei 4-3 Andrew Higginson
Wang Xinbo 4-2 Luo Zetao
Onyee Ng 4-0 Marco Fu
Artemijs Zizins 4-2 Craig Steadman
David Grace 4-1 Sean O’Sullivan
Iulian Boiko 4-2 Mahmoud El Hareedy
Connor Benzey 4-3 Anton Kazakov
Antoni Kowalski 4-3 Sam Craigie
Lan Yuhao 4-2 Joshua Thomond
Liam Graham 4-3 Bai Yulu
Jamie Clarke 4-3 Fergal Quinn
Zhao Hanyang 4-1 Phil O’Kane
Ian Burns 4-1 Liu Yang
Jimmy White 4-2 Leone Crowley
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Chatchapong Nasa 4-3 Louis Heathcote
Luca Brecel 4-0 Gong Chenzhi
Dylan Emery 4-2 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Matthew Stevens 4-3 Florian Nuessle
Ben Woollaston 4-3 Alexander Ursenbacher
Jiang Jun 4-1 Oliver Brown
Stan Moody 4-1 Jack Borwick
Jordan Brown 4-0 Steven Wardropper
Yao Pengcheng 4-1 Liam Highfield
Ryan Day 4-3 Michal Szubarczyk
Scott Donaldson 4-2 Mitchell Mann
Gao Yang 4-0 He Guoqiang
Jimmy Robertson 4-2 Steven Hallworth
Oliver Traces 4-1 Ashley Carty
Daniel Wells 4-2 Oliver Sykes
Mateusz Baranowski 4-1 Ricky Walden
Robbie Williams 4-3 T Tirapongpaiboon
Liam Davies 4-3 Lengthy Zehuang
David Lilley 4-1 Liu Wenwei
Anthony McGill 4-2 Wang Xinbo
Xu Si 4-2 Onyee Ng
Liam Pullen 4-0 Artemijs Zizins
Fan Zhengyi 4-2 David Grace
Iulian Boiko 4-3 Ben Mertens
Lyu Haotian 4-1 Connor Benzey
Aaron Hill 4-2 Antoni Kowalski
Martin O’Donnell 4-2 Lan Yuhao
Matthew Selt 4-1 Liam Graham
Jamie Clarke 4-2 Zak Surety
Zhao Hanyang 4-2 Jamie Jones
Ian Burns 4-2 Michael Holt
Liu Hongyu 4-3 Jimmy White
Featured photograph credit score: WST
