The 2024 Johnstone’s Paint Gamers Championship commences on Monday with the highest 16 gamers from the one-year rankings record within the draw.

The lineup for Telford was solely finalised late on Sunday night following the conclusion of the Welsh Open.

Gary Wilson beat Martin O’Donnell 9-4 to disclaim his fellow Englishman a spot within the Gamers Championship draw this week.

Prize, historical past, and format

In its present guise, the Gamers Championship has been round since 2017, however the competitors advanced from a earlier incarnation because the Gamers Tour Championship Grand Last that ran between 2011 and 2016.

For the primary six editions, the sphere was decided by the order of advantage on the now defunct minor-ranking PTC sequence.

Throughout these years, there have been six totally different winners together with the inaugural champion Shaun Murphy, Ding Junhui, and Mark Allen.

Nevertheless, since 2017 the occasion was altered to boast the top-16 earners from the one-year rankings record general, with Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump sharing two wins apiece from the primary 4 stagings.

John Higgins snapped that pattern with a memorable triumph in 2021, with Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy rising with the titles in the latest editions.

The format is just like the one used on the Masters, with best-of-11 fixtures utilised for the primary three rounds earlier than a 19-frame closing showdown for the silverware.

Providing a high prize value £125,000, it represents one of many extra profitable weeks on the calendar.

Prize cash
champion: £125,000
runner-up: £50,000
semi-finalist: £30,000
quarter-finalist: £15,000
final 16: £10,000
highest break: £10,000

Gamers Championship draw

Judd Trump is the event’s high seed following a season by which he has already captured 4 rating titles from six closing appearances.

The Englishman encounters Chris Wakelin within the first spherical on the opening night on the Telford Worldwide Centre.

Wakelin can be a relieved man having simply scraped into the competitors in sixteenth spot on the one-year standings due to O’Donnell’s defeat on the Venue Cymru on Sunday.

The draw continues in comparable style, with second seed Ronnie O’Sullivan in motion in opposition to fifteenth seed Zhou Yuelong, and so forth.

Highlights from the primary spherical embrace a blockbuster battle between Marks Allen and Williams, and one other heavyweight showdown that includes John Higgins and Ding Junhui.

Zhang Anda and Noppon Saengkham signify the one two debutants on this yr’s Gamers Championship draw and have mockingly been paired to face each other.

There are all-English duels between Mark Selby and Barry Hawkins, and Ali Carter and Tom Ford.

Gary Wilson, recent off his victory within the Welsh Open, performs Iranian Hossein Vafaei.

World champion Luca Brecel, reigning Gamers Championship winner Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson, and Kyren Wilson are among the many high-profile rivals who didn’t qualify.

2024 Gamers Championship draw

Spherical of 16 (bo11)

Occasions in UTC

Judd Trump vs Chris Wakelin
(Mon, 7pm)
Tom Ford vs Ali Carter
(Tues, 7pm)
Mark Williams vs Mark Allen
(Tues, 1pm)
Gary Wilson vs Hossein Vafaei
(Tues, 1pm)

Zhang Anda vs Noppon Saengkham
(Wed, 1pm)
Ding Junhui vs John Higgins
(Mon, 7pm)
Barry Hawkins vs Mark Selby
(Wed, 1pm)
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Zhou Yuelong
(Tues, 7pm)

Quarter-Finals (bo11)

Matches to be performed from Wednesday night to Friday afternoon.
Schedule to be confirmed.

TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC

Semi-Finals (bo11)

Matches to be performed on Friday night and Saturday night.
Schedule to be confirmed.

TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC

Last (bo19)

Match to be performed on Sunday at 1pm and 7pm.

TBC vs TBC

Easy methods to watch the 2024 Gamers Championship

There can be stay protection of the Gamers Championship for UK and Irish viewers on ITV.

Followers watching from the remainder of Europe can avail of the service offered by Eurosport and discovery+.

The complete record of worldwide broadcasters is beneath, as printed on the World Snooker Tour web site:

UK and Eire
ITV
For the primary time, desk two can be streamed stay with commentary on ITVX
Europe (excluding UK and Eire)
Eurosport and discovery+
China
Liaoning TV
Migu
Huya.com
Hong Kong China
Now TV
Malaysia and Brunei
Astro SuperSport
Thailand
True Imaginative and prescient
Taiwan
Sportcast
Philippines
Premier Sports activities Community
Pakistan
Fastsports
All different territories
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