2025 German Masters Snooker: Full draw, results, format, schedule, prize money, how to watch


This ranking event has been a permanent fixture on the professional snooker circuit every year since its introduction to the calendar in 2011. The 2025 edition will be its 15th staging.
The iconic Tempodrom venue in Germany’s capital city has always been the home of the German Masters, except for 2021 when the event was held behind closed doors in Milton Keynes, England due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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In terms of the 2024/25 World Snooker Tour season, this will be the 12th ranking event of the campaign.
What is the format and schedule for the 2025 German Masters Snooker?
There is a format change for this year’s German Masters, as the event reverts to using a tiered draw system for the first time since the 2013 edition.
The top 32 players who entered the competition were all seeded through to the main venue, televised stages in Berlin, while all the other entrants had to take part in qualifying which was held in Sheffield, England just before Christmas.
Four days and two rounds of qualifying took place at Ponds Forge, which yielded 32 players who join the seeds in the first round (last 64) at the Tempodrom.
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All rounds up to and including the quarter-finals are the best of 9 frames, the semi-finals are the best of 11 frames, and the two-session final is the best of 19 frames.
Tournament schedule for the 2025 German Masters:
- Monday 27th & Tuesday 28th: Round One
- Wednesday 29th: Round Two
- Thursday 30th: Round Three
- Friday 31st: Quarter-Finals
- Saturday 1st: Semi-Finals
- Sunday 2nd: Final
Who is playing at the 2025 German Masters Snooker?
A seriously impressive star cast is set to feature at the event, including reigning and defending champion and world number one Judd Trump who is going for a record-extending fourth German Masters title. Trump has won three of the last five editions.
Current World Champion Kyren Wilson - who lifted the trophy here in 2019 - is on the programme, as too is recent Masters champion Shaun Murphy.
In fact, 14 of the world’s top 16 are headed for action at the Tempodrom - Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ding Junhui entered the event and were in the draw, but both have subsequently withdrawn, for O’Sullivan it was because of medical reasons.
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As well as Trump and Wilson, former champions Mark Williams, Ali Carter and Mark Selby are also scheduled to compete.
There is a very intriguing mix of qualifiers for the tournament, which includes several younger players from various nations.
2025 German Masters Snooker - Main draw and results:
Seeding numbers in brackets
Judd Trump (1) 5-2 David Grace
Stephen Maguire (32) 1-5 Joe O'Connor
Chris Wakelin (16) 2-5 Hammad Miah
Neil Robertson (17) 5-1 Antoni Kowalski
Hossein Vafaei (24) o/w Yuan Sijun
Ding Junhui (9) o/w Ross Muir
Stuart Bingham (25) 0-5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Shaun Murphy (8) 5-0 Liam Graham
Mark Allen (5) 5-0 David Lilley
Wu Yize (28) 5-1 Jackson Page
Ali Carter (12) w/o He Guoqiang
Jack Lisowski (21) 3-5 Alexander Ursenbacher
David Gilbert (20) 0-5 Ben Woollaston
Barry Hawkins (13) 5-4 Alfie Burden
Ryan Day (29) 3-5 Ricky Walden
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) o/w Dylan Emery
Mark Selby (3) 5-2 Liu Hongyu
Elliot Slessor (30) 5-1 Lyu Haotian
Si Jiahui (14) 5-0 Ken Doherty
Xiao Guodong (19) 5-3 Fan Zhengyi
Tom Ford (22) w/o Dominic Dale
Gary Wilson (11) 4-5 Daniel Wells
Noppon Saengkham (27) 4-5 Jimmy Robertson
Mark Williams (6) 2-5 Aaron Hill
Luca Brecel (7) 5-2 Jiang Jun
Pang Junxu (26) 4-5 Anthony McGill
Zhang Anda (10) 5-4 Graeme Dott
Robert Milkins (23) 5-4 Xu Si
Jak Jones (18) 5-3 Allan Taylor
John Higgins (15) 5-3 Mark Davis
Zhou Yuelong (31) 5-2 Artemijs Zizins
Kyren Wilson (2) 5-3 Ka Wai Cheung
Round Two (Last 32)
Trump 5-0 O'Connor
Miah 4-5 N. Robertson
Yuan 5-2 Muir
Un-Nooh 0-5 Murphy
Allen 4-5 Wu
Carter 0-5 Ursenbacher
Woollaston 3-5 Hawkins
Walden 5-3 Emery
Selby 4-5 Slessor
Si 4-5 Xiao
Ford 5-2 Wells
J. Robertson 1-5 Hill
Brecel 2-5 McGill
Zhang 5-2 Milkins
Jones 5-3 Higgins
Zhou 3-5 K. Wilson
Round Three (Last 16)
Trump 2-5 N. Robertson
Yuan 5-4 Murphy
Wu 5-2 Ursenbacher
Hawkins w/o Walden (withdrew due to illness)
Slessor 1-5 Xiao
Ford 3-5 Hill
McGill 5-2 Zhang
Jones 3-5 K. Wilson
Quarter-Finals
N. Robertson 4-5 Yuan
Wu 3-5 Hawkins
Xiao 5-0 Hill
McGill 4-5 K. Wilson
Semi-Finals
Yuan 2-6 Hawkins
Xiao 2-6 K. Wilson
Final
Barry Hawkins 9-10 Kyren Wilson
CHAMPION: KYREN WILSON
What is the prize money for the 2025 German Masters Snooker?
There has been a big increase in prize money for the latest edition of the German Masters with a boosted overall fund and first prize.
For the first time, mainland Europe’s flagship snooker event will carry a total pot of over half-a-million pound, with the winner to claim six figures for the first time, too:
- Champion: £100,000
- Runner-up: £45,000
- Losing semi-finalists: £21,000 each
- Losing quarter-finalists: £13,200 each
- Losers in the last 16: £9,000 each
- Losers in the last 32: £5,400 each
- Losers in the last 64: £3,600 each
- Losers in the last 96 (final qualifying round): £1,000 each
- Tournament highest break: £5,000
- Overall prize fund: £5,000
How can I watch the 2025 German Masters Snooker?
- Europe (including UK and Ireland): Eurosport, discovery+
- China: Huya.com, Migu, CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
- Hong Kong China: Now TV
- Malaysia and Brunei: Astro
- Philippines: Tap
- Taiwan: Sportcast
- Thailand: True Sport
- All other territories (that are not listed above): WST Play
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