When is the Welsh Open 2024? Results, schedule, TV channel, stream FREE and is Ronnie O’Sullivan playing?
SNOOKER is BACK once again and with more silverware on the line at the Welsh Open 2024.
Robert Milkins won last year’s event, beating Shaun Murphy 9-7 in the final as Ronnie O’Sullivan crashed out in the quarter-finals.
Llandudno is hosting once again, having done so for the first time in the competition’s history last year.
Is Ronnie O’Sullivan playing at the Welsh Open?
The Rocket appears set to appear at the tournament, with no official word that he won’t be playing.
The Essex star is scheduled to play Scot Liam Graham in a held-over pre-qualifying match on February 12 – the winner will then face Dominic Dale in the last 64.
O’Sullivan, 48, has been on a brilliant run of form, winning the UK Championship and Masters in recent weeks.
Judd Trump has withdrawn but big-name players such as world champion Luca Brecel, John Higgins, Mark Allen, Neil Robertson, Mark Williams and Mark Selby are all set to play.
Welsh Open 2024 schedule
Top half (last 64) – February 12-14
- Robert Milkins/Jamie Jones vs Allan Taylor
- David Gilbert vs Oliver Lines
- Jack Lisowski/Oliver Brown vs Liam Pullen
- Gary Wilson vs Iulian Boiko
- Long Zehuang vs Anthony McGill
- Sanderson Lam vs Mark Williams/John Astley
- Matthew Stevens vs Ricky Walden
- Stuart Carrington vs Neil Robertson/Jackson Page
- Mark Allen/Cao Yupeng vs Ma Hailong
- Si Jiahui vs Andrew Pagett
- Ding Junhui/Kendrick vs Robbie Williams
- Adam Duffy vs Jamie Clarke
- David Lilley vs Ryan Day
- Tian Pengfei vs John Higgins/Mohamed Ibrahim
- Ross Muir vs Matthew Selt
- Ursenbacher/Powell/Davies vs Trump/Highfield
Bottom half (last 64)
- Ronnie O’Sullivan/Liam Graham vs Dominic Dale
- Jordan Brown vs Stan Moody
- Zhang Anda/Ahmed Aly Elsayed vs Jak Jones
- Hossein Vafaei vs Julien Leclercq
- Dylan Emery vs Noppon Saengkham
- Andrew Higginson vs Ali Carter/Elliot Slessor
- Ben Mertens vs Fan Zhengyi
- Aaron Hill vs Mark Selby/Yuan Sijun
- Shaun Murphy/David Grace vs Daniel Wells
- Marco Fu vs Zak Surety
- Kyren Wilson/Ashley Carty vs Anthony Hamilton
- Chris Wakelin vs Martin O’Donnell
- Ian Burns vs Tom Ford
- Xiao Guodong vs Barry Hawkins/He Guoqiang
- Wu Yize vs Graeme Dott
- Joe O’Connor vs Luca Brecel/Jiang Jun
Last 32 – February 14-15
Last 16 – February 15
Quarter-finals – February 16
Semi-finals – February 17
Final – February 18
When is the Welsh Open 2024?
- The Welsh Open will begin on Monday, February 12 and conclude on Sunday, February 18.
- The tournament will be held at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, marking just the second time the competition hasn’t been held in Cardiff or Newport.
What channel is it and can it be live streamed?
The Welsh Open 2024 will be shown live on BBC Two in the UK.
You can live stream all the action from the BBC iPlayer, which is available for download onto your mobile or tablet device.
The Welsh Open 2024 is FREE to watch on the BBC, so long as you have a TV licence.