The 2025 UK Championship takes place at York Barbican from 29 November to 7 December.
World primary Judd Trump is bidding to retain the title he received by beating Barry Hawkins 10-8 in final yr’s last.
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World quantity 5 Ronnie O’Sullivan, who celebrates his fiftieth birthday on 5 December, begins his bid for a report ninth title – 32 years after his first success – on Tuesday.
Different former champions in motion embody John Higgins, Mark Williams, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Zhao Xintong.
The championship is the primary Triple Crown event of the season, with the opposite two – the Masters and the World Championship – each happening in 2026.
You’ll be able to watch each shot of the event dwell on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport web site and the BBC Sport app, and there’s additionally intensive protection on community TV.
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All matches in York are better of 11 frames aside from the ultimate, which is performed over 19 frames and two classes.
Who’re the highest seeds?
The highest 16 on the planet rankings after the Worldwide Championship robotically assured their place within the final 32.
Defending champion Trump is the primary seed, with world quantity 10 Zhao moved as much as the second seeding resulting from his standing as world champion.
Sixth seed O’Sullivan is in the identical half of the draw as Zhao, who he misplaced to within the semi-finals of the World Championship, and third seed Kyren Wilson.
China’s Wu Yize clinched his place within the high 16 by profitable his first rating title on the Worldwide Championship.
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They tackle 16 gamers from the qualifying competitors in Wigan.
Full seedings:
Most breaks on the UK Championship
There have been 23 most 147 breaks made throughout 48 earlier editions of the UK Championship and qualifying in 2025.
Willie Thorne compiled the primary one in opposition to Tommy Murphy in 1987.
O’Sullivan displayed unbelievable composure to make a 147 within the last body of his semi-final match in opposition to Selby in 2007.
Australian Robertson holds the excellence of being the one participant to attain a 147 in a UK Championship last, doing so within the sixth body of his 2015 triumph in opposition to Liang Wenbo.
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The 2012 championship featured three 147s with Andy Hicks, Lisowski and John Higgins all reaching the utmost.
There have additionally been report 16 147 breaks to date this season – may there be one other title so as to add to the record of UK Championship maximum-makers?
The complete record is as follows (consists of qualifying matches):
Willie Thorne (1987), Peter Ebdon (1992), Stephen Hendry (1995, 1999), Nick Dyson (2000), David Grey (2004), Ronnie O’Sullivan (2007, 2014), Ding Junhui (2008), Andy Hicks, Jack Lisowski and John Higgins (all 2012), Mark Selby (2013), Neil Robertson (2015), Mark Allen (2016), Barry Hawkins (2019), Kyren Wilson, Stuart Bingham (each 2020), Gary Wilson (2021), Xu Si (2023), Zhang Anda (2024), Liam Pullen, Chang Bingyu (2025).
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Match schedule and BBC protection occasions
All occasions GMT. Fixtures and begin occasions are topic to vary. The BBC will not be chargeable for any modifications which may be made.
Monday, 1 December
Match schedule
First spherical
13:00 – Ding Junhui 6-4 Xu Si
13:00 – Zhao Xintong 6-1 Lengthy Zehuang
19:00 – Gary Wilson 5-6 Zhang Anda
19:00 – Mark Allen 1-6 Scott Donaldson
Dwell protection
13:00-17:15 – BBC Two
13:00-18:00 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site, BBC Sport app and Purple Button
19:00-21:00 – BBC 4
19:00-23:00 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site, BBC Sport app and Purple Button
UK Championship Further
00:05-02:05 – BBC Two
Tuesday, 2 December
Match schedule
First spherical
13:00 – Mark Selby v Lei Peifan
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13:00 – Ronnie O’Sullivan v Zhou Yuelong
19:00 – Kyren Wilson v Elliot Slessor
19:00 – Barry Hawkins v David Lilley
Dwell protection
13:00-17:15 – BBC Two
13:00-18:00 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site, BBC Sport app and Purple Button
19:00-21:00 – BBC 4
19:00-23:00 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site, BBC Sport app and Purple Button
UK Championship Further
23:10-01:10 – BBC Two
Wednesday, 3 December
Match schedule
Second spherical
Matches TBC
Dwell protection
13:00-17:15 – BBC Two
13:00-18:00 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site, BBC Sport app and Purple Button
19:00-21:00 – BBC Two
19:00-23:00 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site, BBC Sport app and Purple Button
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21:00-22:00 – BBC 4
UK Championship Further
00:00-02:00 – BBC Two
Thursday, 4 December
Second spherical
Matches TBC
Dwell protection
13:00-17:15 – BBC Two
13:00-18:00 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site, BBC Sport app and Purple Button
19:00-21:00 – BBC Two
19:00-23:00 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site, BBC Sport app and Purple Button
21:00-22:00 – BBC 4
UK Championship Further
00:00-02:00 – BBC Two
Friday, 5 December
Quarter-finals
Matches TBC
Dwell protection
13:00-17:00 – BBC Two
13:00-18:00 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site, BBC Sport app and Purple Button
19:00-22:00 – BBC Two & BBC 4
19:00-23:00 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site, BBC Sport app and Purple Button
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Saturday, 6 December
Semi-finals
Matches TBC
Dwell protection
13:00-16:30 – BBC One
13:00-18:00 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site and BBC Sport app
16:30-17:30 – BBC Two
19:00-22:00 – BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site, BBC Sport app
Sunday, 7 December
Remaining
13:00 & 19:00
Dwell protection
13:00-16:15 – BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site and BBC Sport app
19:00-22:00 – BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site, BBC Sport app
Outcomes
First spherical
Judd Trump 6-4 Stephen Maguire
Si Jiahui 6-0 Ryan Day
John Higgins 6-2 Ben Woollaston
Shaun Murphy 6-2 Lyu Haotian
Neil Robertson 6-2 Julien Leclercq
Wu Yize 6-4 Michael Holt
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Mark Williams 6-4 David Gilbert
Xiao Guodong 2-6 Pang Junxu
Ding Junhui 6-4 Xu Si
Zhao Xintong 6-1 Lengthy Zehuang
Mark Allen 1-6 Scott Donaldson
Gary Wilson 5-6 Zhang Anda
What is the prize cash?
Winner: £250,000
Runner-up: £100,000
Semi-finalist: £50,000
Quarter-finalist: £25,000
Final 16: £15,000
Final 32: £10,000
Highest break: £15,000
Complete prize fund: £1,205,000
Earlier winners
O’Sullivan leads the best way with eight titles, having received his first Triple Crown occasion by beating Hendry as a 17-year-old in 1993.
O’Sullivan additionally lifted the trophy in 1997, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2023.
Fellow Englishman Steve Davis has received the title six occasions – another than Scottish rival Hendry.
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Higgins, Ding and Robertson have three titles to their names, whereas Mark Williams, Trump, Selby and Doug Mountjoy have received it twice.
Previous 5 finals:
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2024: Judd Trump 10-8 Barry Hawkins
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2023: Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-7 Ding Junhui
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2022: Mark Allen 10-7 Ding Junhui
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2021: Zhao Xintong 10-5 Luca Brecel
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2020: Neil Robertson 10-9 Judd Trump
