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Riyadh Season Snooker Championship: Tournament information and the famous golden ball
Mark Allen won the equivalent event last season beating Luca Brecel, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Selby along the way and picked up a winner's cheque for £250,000.
The Riyadh Season Snooker Championship will take place at a different time of year for the 25/26 season with the event scheduled for the 19th to the 21st of November and takes place at the Global Theatre in Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The event will be televised for free by DAZN worldwide.
The field comprises the top ten players on the world rankings plus two local wildcards.
The ninth and tenth seeds (Ding Junhui and Shaun Murphy) will play the wild cards in the opening round and the winners of those matches will go on to face John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan in Round Two.
All matches in this event will be played over seven frames up to and including the semi-finals. The final will be played over nine frames.
The Riyadh Season Snooker Championship sees the return of the innovative rule change for this event where a golden ball will be in play and the players have an opportunity to make a 167 break and pocket a cool $1,000,000!
WST have released a video, narrated by Jack Lisowski, which explains how the golden ball will be used.
OLBG's expert snooker tipsters will have tips on all the matches at the World Masters.
Riyadh Season Snooker Championship 2025: Draw and Results
Quarter-FInals - Best of seven frames:
- Mark Allen v John Higgins or Ding Junhui or Ayman Alamri
- Kyren Wilson v Neil Robertson
- Judd trump v Mark Williams
- Zhao Xintong v Ronnie O'Sullivan or Shaun Murphy or Ziyad Alqabbani
Second Round - Best of seven frames:
- John Higgins v Ding Junhui or Ayman Alamri
- Ronnie O'Sullivan v Shaun Murphy or Ziyad Alqabbani
First Round - Best of seven frames:
- Ding Junhui v Ayman Alamri
- Shaun Murphy v Ziyad Alqabbani
Riyadh Season Snooker Championship December 2024: Draw and Results
Mark Allen knocked in two centuries on his way to a comfortable 5-1 victory over former World Champion, Luca Brecel, to collect the trophy and the £250,000 first prize.
Final - Best of nine frames
Luca Brecel v Mark Allen 1-5
Semi-Finals - Best of seven frames
Mark Williams v Luca Brecel 3-4
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Allen
Quarter-Finals - Best of seven frames:
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ding Junhui 4-0
Mark Selby v Mark Allen 2-4
Judd Trump v Mark Williams 3-4
Kyren Wilson v Luca Brecel 3-4
Round Two - Best of seven frames
Shaun Murphy v Ding Junhui 0-4
Luca Brecel v Zhang Anda 4-0
Round One - best of seven frames
Ding Junhui v Abdulraouf Sayegh 4-0
Zhang Anda v Ahmed Aseeri 4-0
World Masters March 2024: Draw and results
Round One: Best of seven:
Ding Junhui v Omar Alajlani 4-0
John Higgins v Ali Alobaidli 4-0
Round Two Best of seven:
Ali Carter v Ding Junhui 4-3
Mark Williams v John Higgins 2-4
Quarter Finals Best of seven:
Luca Brecel v Ali Carter 4-1
Mark Allen v Mark Selby 4-3 (decided on the final black)
Judd Trump v Shaun Murphy 4-3
Ronnie O'Sullivan v John Higgins 4-0
Semi-finals: Best of seven frames:
Luca Brecel v Mark Allen 4-2
Judd Trump v Ronnie O'Sullivan 1-4
Final - Best of nine frames:
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Luca Brecel 5-2
