Snooker's most prestiguous tournament is here at last! April is the month of the World Championship, one of the sports' elite events and the longest lasting in its history, in which the entire World Snooker Tour makes the annual pilgrimage to Sheffield and the famous Crucible Theatre, for a chance to achieve their dream of becoming "Champion of the World". Snooker's ultimate marathon of the mind and of stamina sees 16 qualifiers do battle with the Top 16 of the world in multi-session matches: whoever can win 71 frames takes half-a-million pounds in prize money and almost assuredly will become the World Number One.
The defending champion was Luca Brecel, who won his first world title last year by defeating Mark Selby in the final 18-15, having previously never won any match in the World Championship. Like all first-time champions, he succumbed to the Curse of the Crucible and lost in a decider 10-9 to Dave Gilbert in Round One.
Eyes will also be focused on the progress of Ronnie O'Sullivan in this tournament: having already won an 8th UK Championship and an 8th Masters title this season, can he become the first player since Mark Williams to complete a Season Triple Crown, and also become the undisputed record holder with an 8th World Championship title this year?
The World Championship is unique in that the matches played on each table is determined by the matches' position in the draw: simply put, any match in the top half of the draw will play on Table 1 (which is on the right-side as seen from the commentary boxes), and any match in the bottom half of the draw will play on Table 2 (which is on the left-side).
With the Last 16 concluded, its another rollercoaster of emotions and stamina, because the Quarter-Finals don't give our remaining eight players a rest: another best-of-25 frames match over three individual sessions, but who will make it through this monumental trial to get to the one-table set up?
This thread is for discussions of Quarter-Final matches only: separate threads will be made for discussion of the subsequent rounds.
The host broadcaster is BBC Sport, with full uninterrupted coverage on the BBC's digital platforms, plus coverage on the BBC's TV channels (including BBC One, Two, Four and the Red Button Channel). For a full list of broadcasters wherever you are in the world, head to https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/april/17/how-to-watch-the-cazoo-world-championship-/
For those who are watching the event via the BBC, the TV channel scheduling and some other information can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/68775898
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