2024 Northern Ireland Open Snooker Information: Draw, results, format, prize money, schedule, how to watch

The main venue and televised stages of the 2024 Northern Ireland Open take place at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast between October 20-27.

Rounds one and two of the event - involving the lower ranked players in the competition - were played at Ponds Forge in Sheffield, England on September 28 & 29. The winners from those round two matches will meet the top 32 seeds in round three (last 64) in Belfast.

Three tables will initially be in operation for the eight-day event at the Waterfront and hopefuls aim to lift The Alex Higgins Trophy.

The 2024 Northern Ireland Open is the second Home Nations Series event of the season. Neil Robertson won the opening HNS event of the current campaign - the 2024 English Open - and therefore leads the race for the £150,000 BetVictor bonus.

A permanent fixture on the professional snooker circuit every season since the 2016/17 term, the 2024 staging of the Northern Ireland Open will be its ninth edition.

Judd Trump is the reigning Northern Ireland Open champion and the most successful player in the event's history with four title triumphs. A potted history on the competition is here.

As is the case with all Home Nations Series events this season, there is an increased total prize fund (£550,400) and first prize (£100,000).

Please note, Oliver Lines’ round one and potentially round two matches have been held over to the main venue in Belfast, as when he was due to play in Sheffield he was still competing in the overlapping British Open.

What is the format for the 2024 Northern Ireland Open Snooker?

All professional tour card holders were eligible to enter the Northern Ireland Open (and all Home Nations Series events).

A total of 128 contestants entered the tournament, this included professional players, two ‘local’ amateur wildcards, and Q School top-ups who were invited to fill the remaining spaces.

As with all Home Nations Series events for the 2024/25 season, there is a tiered draw in place meaning the top 32 seeds don’t start their campaigns until round three (last 64).

Rounds 1 to 5: all matches are the best of 7 frames
Quarter-finals: best of 9 frames (with mid-session interval)
Semi-finals: best of 11 frames (with mid-session interval)
Final: best of 17 frames - two sessions with scheduled mid-session intervals

Who is playing in the 2024 Northern Ireland Open and who has qualified for the tournament?

A star-studded cast of players is set to compete in Belfast during the final rounds of the 2024 Northern Ireland Open.

Reigning champion and world number one Judd Trump is poised to defend his title and faces an intriguing opening assignment against India's Ishpreet Singh Chadha.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is scheduled to return to Belfast, as too are several other big-hitters such as World Champion Kyren Wilson, Mark Selby, Mark Williams, John Higgins and Luca Brecel.

Local hero Mark Allen - back-to-back winner in 2021 and 2022 - is also looking forward to performing on home soil again.

Several very well-known names emerged from the initial rounds in Sheffield to meet the top ranked players, including 10-time ranking event winner Jimmy White who has a date with Hossein Vafaei.

Former Welsh Open champion Jordan Brown has made it to his home professional event, while Triple Crown event winners Graeme Dott and Matthew Stevens are also expected to be present at the Waterfront having qualified.

2024 Northern Ireland Open Snooker: Draw and results

Round One (Last 128)

Ishpreet Singh Chadha 4-1 Florian Nuessle

Michael Holt 4-0 Reanne Evans

Liam Pullen 4-1 Mink Nutcharut

Gong Chenzhi 4-0 Ahmed Elsayed

Artemijs Zizins 2-4 Duane Jones

Alfie Burden 4-3 Mitchell Mann

Zak Surety 3-4 Haris Tahir

Jiang Jun 4-3 Huang Jiahao

Louis Heathcote 4-3 Anton Kazakov

Amir Sarkhosh 4-2 Ka Wai Cheung

Hammad Miah 3-4 Antoni Kowalski

Dean Young 2-4 Liam Davies

Lei Peifan 4-3 Jamie Gardiner

Rory Thor 4-3 Mark Joyce

Robbie McGuigan 3-4 Chris Totten

Long Zehuang 4-3 Haydon Pinhey

Stuart Carrington 3-4 Simon Blackwell

Oliver Lines v Joshua Cooper - held over to main venue

Andrew Higginson 1-4 Kreishh Gurbaxani

Andrew Pagett 1-4 Wang Yuchen

Jimmy White 4-3 Paul Deaville

Ian Burns 3-4 Joel Connolly

Liam Graham 4-3 Baipat Siripaporn

Ross Muir 3-4 Manasawin Phetmalaikul

Xing Zihao w/o Ken Doherty

Ben Mertens 1-4 Daniel Womersley

Ma Hailong 4-0 Allan Taylor

Bulcsu Revesz 4-3 Iulian Boiko

Stan Moody 4-2 Dylan Emery

Alexander Ursenbacher 4-1 Mostafa Dorgham

Julien Leclercq 3-4 Farakh Ajaib

Marco Fu o/w Bai Yulu

Round Two (Last 96)

Ashley Carty 1-4 Ishpreet Singh Chadha

Matthew Selt 4-1 Michael Holt

Fan Zhengyi 4-2 Liam Pullen

Matthew Stevens 4-1 Gong Chenzhi

Scott Donaldson 4-0 Duane Jones

Mark Davis 4-2 Alfie Burden

Dominic Dale 4-2 Haris Tahir

David Lilley 3-4 Jiang Jun

Aaron Hill 3-4 Louis Heathcote

Jimmy Robertson 4-0 Amir Sarkhosh

Tian Pengfei 4-0 Antoni Kowalski

Jordan Brown 4-1 Liam Davies

Jamie Jones 3-4 Lei Peifan

Daniel Wells 2-4 Rory Thor

Elliot Slessor 4-2 Chris Totten

Sanderson Lam 0-4 Long Zehaung

Liu Hongyu 4-1 Simon Blackwell

Ricky Walden v Lines/Cooper - held over to main venue

Graeme Dott 4-2 Kreishh Gurbaxani

Joe Perry 2-4 Wang Yuchen

Jackson Page 3-4 Jimmy White

Martin O'Donnell 4-0 Joel Connolly

Yuan Sijun 4-0 Liam Graham

He Guoqiang 4-0 Manasawin Phetmalaikul

Jamie Clarke 4-2 Xing Zihao

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-0 Daniel Womersley

Anthony Hamilton 3-4 Ma Hailong

Robbie Williams 0-4 Bulcsu Revesz

Ben Woollaston 3-4 Stan Moody

Xu Si 3-4 Alexander Ursenbacher

Anthony McGill 4-2 Farakh Ajaib

David Grace 4-0 Bai Yulu

Round Three (Last 64)

Judd Trump v Ishpreet Singh Chadha

Lyu Haotian v Matthew Selt

John Higgins v Fan Zhengyi

Barry Hawkins v Matthew Stevens

Stuart Bingham v Scott Donaldson

Gary Wilson v Mark Davis

Zhou Yuelong v Dominic Dale

Shaun Murphy v Jiang Jun

Mark Selby v Louis Heathcote

Xiao Guodong v Jimmy Robertson

Si Jiahui v Tian Pengfei

Robert Milkins v Jordan Brown

David Gilbert v Lei Peifan

Tom Ford v Rory Thor

Joe O'Connor v Elliot Slessor

Ronnie O'Sullivan v Long Zehuang

Mark Allen v Liu Hongyu

Wu Yize v Lines/Cooper/Walden

Neil Robertson v Graeme Dott

Jack Lisowski v Wang Yuchen

Hossein Vafaei v Jimmy White

Zhang Anda v Martin O'Donnell

Pang Junxu v Yuan Sijun

Luca Brecel v He Guoqiang

Mark Williams v Jamie Clarke

Noppon Saengkham v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Ali Carter v Ma Hailong

Chris Wakelin v Bulcsu Revesz

Ryan Day v Stan Moody

Jak Jones v Alexander Ursenbacher

Stephen Maguire v Anthony McGill

Kyren Wilson v David Grace

What is the prize money for the 2024 Northern Ireland Open Snooker?

Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £45,000
Semi-finals: £21,000
Quarter-finals: £13,200
Last 16: £9,000
Last 32: £5,400
Last 64: £3,600
Last 96: £1,000
Highest Break: £5,000
Total prize fund: £550,400

How can I watch the 2024 Northern Ireland Open Snooker?

The televised stages of the 2024 English Open begin on Sunday 20th October on Eurosport and the discovery+ platform.

Information on further television broadcasters will be released here in due course, as too details for coverage of the opening two rounds.