World Snooker Championship 2024: Semi-final schedule, results and latest scores
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump are both out of the 2024 World Snooker Championship after suffering shock quarter-final exits.
O’Sullivan lost to 2015 champion Stuart Bingham in a dramatic thriller at the Crucible on Wednesday night, after Trump - whom he could have faced in a blockbuster last-four tie - was also dumped out by a qualifier in Wales’ Jak Jones.
2020 runner-up Kyren Wilson has advanced to the semis after eliminating John Higgins, while Stephen Maguire was bested by David Gilbert to make it three qualifiers in the last four of snooker’s signature global event since all the way back in 1977.
It had already been a tournament full of surprises, with Luca Brecel, the defending champion, departing in the first round on day one and the likes of Mark Selby, Mark Williams and Ali Carter also making early exits.
World Snooker Championship 2024 schedule, scores and results
Order of play (all times BST)
Semi-finals
Thursday, May 2
1pm: David Gilbert 1-2 Kyren Wilson (latest score)
7pm: Jak Jones vs Stuart Bingham
Final
Sunday, May 5
1pm: David Gilbert or Kyren Wilson vs Jak Jones or Stuart Bingham
First round
Saturday, April 20
Zhang Anda 4-10 Jak Jones
Luca Brecel 9-10 David Gilbert
Judd Trump 10-5 Hossein Vafaei
Ali Carter 7-10 Stephen Maguire
Tom Ford 10-6 Ricky Walden
Sunday, April 21
Shaun Murphy 10-5 Lyu Haotian
Monday, April 22
Mark Selby 6-10 Joe O'Connor
Gary Wilson 5-10 Stuart Bingham
Robert Milkins 10-9 Pang Junxu
Tuesday, April 23
Kyren Wilson 10-1 Dominic Dale
Mark Williams 9-10 Si Jiahui
Wednesday, April 24
Ding Junhui 9-10 Jack Lisowski
Mark Allen 10-6 Robbie Williams
Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-1 Jackson Page
John Higgins 10-6 Jamie Jones
Barry Hawkins 8-10 Ryan Day
Second round
Friday, April 26
David Gilbert 13-4 Robert Milkins
Jak Jones 13-9 Si Jiahui
Saturday, April 27
Stephen Maguire 13-9 Shaun Murphy
Judd Trump 13-7 Tom Ford
Monday, April 29
Joe O’Connor 6-13 Kyren Wilson
Ryan Day 7-13 Ronnie O'Sullivan
John Higgins 13-12 Mark Allen
Jack Lisowski 11-13 Stuart Bingham
Quarter-finals
Wednesday, May 1
Kyren Wilson 13-8 John Higgins
Stuart Bingham 13-10 Ronnie O'Sullivan
David Gilbert 13-8 Stephen Maguire
Judd Trump 9-13 Jak Jones
How to watch World Snooker Championship 2024
TV channel: In the UK, the World Snooker Championship is being broadcast live on the BBC and also via Eurosport.
The BBC will have free coverage of the different daily sessions across BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four, while the afternoon and evening sessions will also be shown live on Eurosport 1.
Live stream: Fans can also tune in for free online via the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website, while subscribers can also follow along via the Discovery+ app and website.
World Snooker Championship 2024 prize money
The total prize pot this year is worth more than £2.3million, with the winner set to pocket £500,000 of that overall fund.
The runner-up will take home £200,000, while the players beaten in the semi-finals will still claim £100,000.
Quarter-finalists get £50,000, while those knocked out in the second round receive £30,000. First-round losers still take home £20,000, while there is a £15,000 reward for the highest break.
An extra bonus will see any player who manages to make two maximum 147 breaks across two of this season’s Triple Crown events - the World Championship, Masters and UK Championship - get a cool £147,000.
World Snooker Championship 2024 format
It’s best-of-19 frames in the first round at The Crucible, increased to best-of-25 in the second round and quarter-finals.
That goes up to best-of-33 in the semi-finals, while the final is a best-of-35 frame affair.
First-round matches are generally contested over two sessions, with three sessions thereafter apart from the semi-finals and final, which are typically spread over four separate sessions.
Where is the World Snooker Championship 2024?
Though there remains plenty of debate about the future location of the World Snooker Championship, for now it remains at its legendary home at the 980-capacity Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, which has hosted the event since 1977.
