When is the World Snooker Championship 2025 draw and how can I live stream for FREE?

WORLD Championship Snooker returns for another year of scintillating action at the Crucible this week!

Kyren Wilson will aim to break the Crucible Curse and defend his crown after beating Jak Jones in last year's final.

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Wilson has enjoyed a superb season but only enters the tournament as the third-favourite with the bookies, with World No1 Judd Trump and Mark Selby leading the way.

Sixteen seeds will be joined by 16 qualifiers to make up the round of 32.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is set to return to action, having not played in a snooker tournament since the start of the year, but his recent history of late pull-outs does not guarantee he will appear at the Crucible.

Trump is looking to win his first World Championship since 2019, while four-time winner John Higgins looks to keep his good form going.

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SunSport can reveal all the details of when the World Snooker Championship draw will take place, how to watch it and who will be in it.

When is the draw for the World Snooker Championship 2025?

• The draw will take place on Thursday, April 17.
• The starts at 8.45am BST.

How to watch the draw for the first round of the World Snooker Championship 2025?

• The draw will be available to stream live for FREE on the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer.
• Fans can also listen to the draw on BBC Radio 5 Live.
• Alternatively, SunSport will live blog the draw as it happens and all the reaction in the aftermath.

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Who is in the draw and who is already out of the World Snooker Championship?

There are 16 players who are already into the first round as they are seeded - this includes the world's top players.

1. Kyren Wilson
2. Judd Trump
3. John Higgins
4. Mark Selby
5. Ronnie O'Sullivan
6. Mark Williams
7. Luca Brecel
8. Mark Allen
9. Neil Robertson
10. Ding Junhui
11. Barry Hawkins
12. Zhang Anda
13. Si Jiahui
14. Xiao Guodong
15. Shaun Murphy
16. Jak Jones

Eight players have also completed their four qualifying matches to earn their spot, while there are a further eight matches taking place today to confirm the final eight.

Confirmed

• Daniel Wells
• Zhou Yuelong
• Zak Surety
• Ben Woollaston
• Zhao Xintong
• Ryan Day
• Chris Wakelin
• David Gilbert

Still to Play

• Wang Yuchen vs Hossein Vafaei
• Michael Holt vs Fan Zhengyi
• Joe O'Connor vs Jackson Page
• Jamie Jones vs Pang Junxu
• Matthew Stevens vs Wu Yize
• Gao Yang vs Lei Peifan
• Matthew Selt vs Jimmy Robertson
• He Guoqiang vs Ali Carter

Notable Players Already Out

• Gary Wilson (17)
• Stuart Bingham (19)
• Tom Ford (21)
• Jack Lisowski (25)
• Noppon Saengkham (29)
• Jimmy White
• Stan Moody
• Ken Doherty