Shaun Murphy vs Stuart Bingham | HD | Final | Session 4 | 2015 World Snooker Championship The 2015 Betfred World Snooker Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament that is taking place from 18 April to 4 May 2015 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It is the 78th edition of the World Snooker Championship and the last ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.[1] Betfred are sponsoring the event for first time in three years, having previously sponsored the tournament from 2009 to 2012.[2][3] The final will be officiated by Olivier Marteel, who will become the first Belgian to do so.[4] Mark Selby is the defending champion.[5] Contents [hide] 1 Tournament summary 1.1 Qualifying 1.2 First round 2 Prize fund 3 Main draw 4 Qualifying 4.1 Round 1 4.2 Round 2 4.3 Round 3 5 Century breaks 5.1 Qualifying stage centuries 5.2 Televised stage centuries 6 References 7 External links Tournament summary[edit] Qualifying[edit] Former world champions Peter Ebdon,[6] Steve Davis,[7] and Ken Doherty[8] lost in the qualifying rounds, as did six-time runner-up Jimmy White.[9] t round debutants at the Crucible will be Craig Steadman,[10] Anthony McGill,[11] Stuart Carrington,[12] and Kurt Maflin.[13] McGill and Carrington have both played at the Crucible before, in the Junior Pot Black in 2006.[14] Prize fund[edit] The total prize money of the event was raised to £1,364,000 from the previous year's £1,214,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[16][17] Winner: £300,000 Runner-up: £125,000 Semi-final: £60,000 Quarter-final: £30,000 Last 16: £20,000 Last 32: £12,000 Last 48: £9,000 Last 80: £6,000 Non-televised highest break: £1,000 Televised highest break: £10,000 Total: £1,364,000 Main draw[edit] Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[18][19][20] The draw for the first round took place at Hallamshire Golf Club on 16 April 2015, one day after the end of last qualifying round.[21][22] First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Best of 19 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 33 frames 18 April England Mark Selby (1) 23 & 24 April Norway Kurt Maflin 18 & 19 April Scotland Scotland Stephen Maguire (16) 28 & 29 April Scotland Anthony McGill 22 April England Joe Perry (9) 26 & 27 April China Zhang Anda 22 & 23 April England Shaun Murphy (8) 30 April, 1 & 2 May Finland Robin Hull 19 & 20 April England Barry Hawkins (5) 24 & 25 April England Matthew Selt England 21 April Northern Ireland Mark Allen (12) 28 & 29 April Wales Ryan Day 20 & 21 April England Ali Carter (13) 25, 26 & 27 April Scotland Alan McManus 19 & 20 April Australia Neil Robertson (4) Wales Jamie Jones 20 & 21 April China Ding Junhui (3) 23, 24 & 25 April England Mark Davis 18 & 19 April Scotland John Higgins (14) 28 & 29 April England Robert Milkins 18 & 19 April Hong Kong Marco Fu (11) 26 & 27 April England Jimmy Robertson 22 & 23 April England England Judd Trump (6) 30 April, 1 & 2 May England Stuart Carrington 18 & 19 April England Ricky Walden (7) 24 & 25 April Scotland Graeme Dott 20 April England England Stuart Bingham (10) 28 & 29 April England Robbie Williams 21 & 22 April Wales Mark Williams (15) 25, 26 & 27 April Wales Matthew Stevens Wales 21 & 22 April England England Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) England Craig Steadman

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