The final of the 2026 World Snooker Championship will be played on Sunday, 3 May and Monday, 4 May
Seven-time winner Ronnie O'Sullivan will begin his bid for a record-breaking eighth World Snooker Championship title with a match against China's debutant He Guoqiang at the Crucible.
O'Sullivan, 50, will start his first-round tie at the Sheffield theatre on Tuesday and conclude the match on Wednesday.
Sixteen players came through qualifying this week at the English Institute of Sport and will join the world's top 16 ranked players at the tournament.
He, ranked 47th in the world, qualified for the Crucible for the first time with a win over England's Jack Lisowski on Wednesday.
