Usually, I would have a thoroughly detailed preview, analysing over who I think will win each section to qualify for the Field of Dreams known as the County Gro- the Crucible. I mean the Crucible.
Unfortunately, I am unable to do that, so I plan to use the knowledge/randomness on Twitter instead. Because of various things happening (nothing serious, don’t worry!) I cannot be so in-depth, apart from deciding who I think will win. Also, I’ve been invited to watch some football and I could do with a drink.
The qualifying will take place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield from 11th to 18th April 2018. This is bloody exciting so I can’t wait! Be sure to check the #PeopleWhoStareAtLiveScores with a couple of German bloggers who will randomly chat about the scores till late. We survived the longest match in history with Fergal O’Brien and David Gilbert – I’m sure we can manage!
Looking at the draw you can really see the strength in depth now in Snooker.
— Joe Perry (@joegentlemanjoe) April 9, 2018
BELOW! The winners are in bold and the overall winner is bold and underlined.
QUARTER 1
Ryan Day vs. Igor Figueiredo
Mitchell Mann vs. Peter Lines
Robbie Williams vs. Jak Jones
Peter Ebdon vs. James Wattana
QUARTER 1 QUALIFIER: RYAN DAY vs. Peter Ebdon
QUARTER 2
Zhou Yuelong vs. Ian Preece
Daniel Wells vs. Kurt Dunham
Tom Ford vs. Leo Fernandez
Liam Highfield vs. Chen Zhe
QUARTER 2 QUALIFIER: ZHOU YUELONG vs. Tom Ford
QUARTER 3
Matthew Selt vs. Ng On-yee
Mark Joyce vs. Adam Duffy
Mei Xiwen vs. Basem Eltahhan
Xiao Guodong vs. Chris Totten
QUARTER 3 QUALIFIER: Mark Joyce vs. XIAO GUODONG
QUARTER 4
Stuart Carrington vs. Nigel Bond
Ben Woollaston vs. Kacper Filipiak
Zhang Anda vs. Zhang Yong
Martin Gould vs. Paul Davison
QUARTER 4 QUALIFIER: Ben Woollaston vs. MARTIN GOULD
QUARTER 5
Graeme Dott vs. Adrian Ridley
Sunny Akani vs. Lukas Kleckers
Dominic Dale vs. Reanne Evans
Mike Dunn vs. Duane Jones
QUARTER 5 QUALIFIER: GRAEME DOTT vs. Dominic Dale
QUARTER 6
Michael Holt vs. Thor Chuan Leong
Elliot Slessor vs. Eden Sharav
Robert Milkins vs. Aaron Canavan
Scott Donaldson vs. Tyler Rees
QUARTER 6 QUALIFIER: ELLIOT SLESSOR vs. Scott Donaldson
QUARTER 7
Rory McLeod vs. Ian Burns
Li Hang vs. Ashley Hugill
Lyu Haotian vs. Fang Xiongman
Anthony Hamilton vs. Martin O’Donnell
QUARTER 7 QUALIFIER: LI HANG vs. Lyu Haotian
QUARTER 8
Matthew Stevens vs. Ryan Thomerson
Fergal O’Brien vs. Yuan Sijun
Ken Doherty vs. Josh Boileau
Mark King vs. Gerard Greene
QUARTER 8 QUALIFIER: Fergal O’Brien vs. MARK KING
QUARTER 9
Liang Wenbo vs. Rod Lawler
Zhao Xintong vs. Aditya Mehta
Yu Delu vs. Sean O’Sullivan
Jamie Jones vs. Craig Steadman
QUARTER 9 QUALIFIER: Liang Wenbo vs. JAMIE JONES
QUARTER 10
Jack Lisowski vs. Christopher Keogan
David Grace vs. Wang Yuchen
Alan McManus vs. Rhys Clark
Oliver Lines vs. Harvey Chandler
QUARTER 10 QUALIFIER: JACK LISOWSKI vs. Alan McManus
QUARTER 11
Andrew Higginson vs. David John
Cao Yupeng vs. Robin Hull
Lee Walker vs. Kristijan Helgason
Ricky Walden vs. Joe Swail
QUARTER 11 QUALIFIER: CAO YUPENG vs. Ricky Walden
QUARTER 12
Michael Georgiou vs. Matthew Bolton
Mark Davis vs. Sanderson Lam
Sam Craigie vs. Jimmy White
Joe Perry vs. Ross Muir
QUARTER 12 QUALIFIER: Mark Davis vs. JOE PERRY
QUARTER 13
Yan Bingtao vs. Jackson Page
Tian Pengfei vs. Li Yuan
Kurt Maflin vs. Hamza Akbar
Chris Wakelin vs. Xu Si
QUARTER 13 QUALIFIER: YAN BINGTAO vs. Chris Wakelin
QUARTER 14
David Gilbert vs. Billy Joe Castle
Alfie Burden vs. Jamie Curtis-Barrett
Gary Wilson vs. Adam Stefanow
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs. Alexander Ursenbacher
QUARTER 14 QUALIFIER: David Gilbert vs. GARY WILSON
QUARTER 15
Sam Baird vs. Soheil Vahedi
Jimmy Robertson vs. Alex Borg
John Astley vs. Marvin Lim
Michael White vs. Niu Zhuang
QUARTER 15 QUALIFIER: JIMMY ROBERTSON vs. Michael White
QUARTER 16
Noppon Saengkham vs. Chen Zifan
Hossein Vafaei vs. Jamie Cope
Hammad Miah vs. Jordan Brown
Stephen Maguire vs. Allan Taylor
QUARTER 16 QUALIFIER: Noppon Saengkham vs. STEPHEN MAGUIRE
