WST has published the draw and format for the 2024 World Snooker Championship at the Crucible:

CRUCIBLE MATCH SCHEDULE

The draw and match schedule for the top 16 seeds at the 2024 Cazoo World Championship is now available.

CAZOO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 DRAW

CAZOO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 FORMAT

Luca Brecel will get the defence of his title underway at the Crucible on 10am on Saturday April 20^th, and he’ll conclude his opening match on the same day from 7pm.

Judd Trump will also be in action on the first day, he starts his campaign at 2.30pm, and his match concludes at 2.30pm on Sunday April 21^st.

Mark Williams, the man in form having won the Johnstone’s Paint Tour Championship, gets underway on Monday April 22^nd at 2.30pm and plays to a finish the following afternoon.

World number three Mark Allen plays on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, while world number one Ronnie O’Sullivan enters the fray at 2.30pm on Wednesday April 24^th and concludes the following afternoon.

The draw for the last 32 will be made on Thursday April 18^th around 8.45am on BBC Radio 5 Live, streamed on the BBC Sport website. The top 16 seeds will be drawn at random against the 16 qualifiers.