Only 32 players remain on course to qualify for the 2026 “Crucible” … They still have a match to win to achieve that though. Who are they and who do they face in that last qualifying match? You will find the answers on snooker.org … as always …

Fourteen of those players neither British nor Irish. That’s nearly half of that remaining field. Nine of those players are Chinese. Mainland Europe is represented by three players, two of them Belgians… which is quite remarkable given that Belgium is a such a small country. The third one is Polish.

Gao Yang is the “lowest ranked” qualifier still in the qualifiers draw. He started as “number 97” and beat Jimmy White, Mark Davis and Tom Ford to get this far. He now faces Hossein Vafaei.

Unless I’m mistaken, Stan Moody, 19, is the youngest player and the only teenager still in the qualifiers draw.