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Welsh Open snooker: Results, schedule & how to follow

The 2026 Welsh Open tournament is the sport's longest running ranking event after the World Championship and UK Championship.

The week-long event has featured on the global sporting calendar every year since 1992, establishing itself as one of the most historic tournaments in snooker.

The tournament runs from 23 February to 1 March at Venue Cymru in Llandudno in north Wales.

The decision to keep the event in north Wales has been questioned by Welshman Jackson Page with English players - Mark Selby, Gary Wilson and Robert Milkins - winning each year at the venue.

A Welshman has not won the event since Mark Williams lifted the trophy in both 1996 and 1999.

Defending champion Mark Selby was knocked out in the first round by China's Jiang Jun on Monday, losing 4-3.

Results

Round of 64 results:

Monday, 23 February

Lei Peifan 3-4 Dylan Emery

Jak Jones 4-1 Liam Highfield

Yuan Sijun 4-3 Julien Leclercq

Si Jiahui 2-4 Robbie Williams

Mark Williams 4-2 Michael Holt

Pang Junxu 4-2 Antoni Kowalski

Mark Selby 3-4 Jun Jiang

Stephen Maguire 4-3 Ricky Walden

Barry Hawkins 4-3 David Lilley

Hossein Vafaei 4-1 Artemijs Zizins

Joe O'Connor 4-0 Aaron Hill

Wu Yize 4-0 Ben Mertens

Tom Ford 2-4 Martin O'Donnell

Neil Robertson 4-1 Michal Szubarczyk

Mark Allen 2-4 David Grace

Ali Carter 3-4 Anthony McGill

Tuesday, 24 February

Shaun Murphy 0-4 Chang Bingyu

Xiao Guodong 4-3 Long Zehuang

Zhou Yuelong 4- 0 Alexander Ursenbacher

Ryan Day 3-4 Bulcsu Revesz

Jack Lisowski 4-2 Louis Heathcote

Zhao Xintong 4- 3 Fan Zhengyi

Gary Wilson 4-0 Amir Sarkhosh

Zhang Anda 4-2 Mitchell Mann

Jackson Page 4-0 Luca Brecel

Jimmy Robertson 0-4 Stan Moody

Elliot Slessor 3-4 Sam Craigie

Chris Wakelin 3-4 Liam Pullen

John Higgins 4-1 Wenwei Liu

David Gilbert 4-1 Robbie McGuigan

Kyren Wilson 4-1 Liu Hongyu

Stuart Bingham 4-2 Yang Gao

Round of 32 results:

Wednesday, 25 February

Anthony McGill 2-4 Jak Jones

Xiao Guodong 3-4 Jack Lisowski

Barry Hawkins 4-2 Pang Junxu

Jun Jiang 4-0 Yuan Sijun

Mark Williams 4-1 Martin O'Donnell

Dylan Emery 1-4 David Grace

Robbie Williams 4-3 Stephen Maguire

Hossein Vafaei 1-4 Neil Robertson

Joe O'Connor 2-4 Wu Yize

Chang Bingyu 3-4 Jackson Page

Stan Moody 2-4 Zhao Xintong

Zhang Anda 4-2 Liam Pullen

Gary Wilson 1-4 Sam Craigie

David Gilbert 2-4 Stuart Bingham

Bulcsu Revesz 3-4 John Higgins

Kyren Wilson 1-4 Zhou Yuelong

Schedule

Round three fixtures, Thursday, 26 February:

Jiang Jun v Robbie Williams 13:00 GMT

Mark Williams v Barry Hawkins 13:00 GMT

Jak Jones v Neil Robertson 15:00 GMT

Yize Wu v David Grace 15:00 GMT

Jackson Page v Jack Lisowski 19:00 GMT

Anda Zhang v John Higgins

Stuart Bingham v Xintong Zhao 21:00 GMT

Yuelong Zhou v Sam Craigie 21:00 GMT

All matches are best-of-seven frames until the quarter‑finals, at which stage the games become best-of-nine.

The semi‑finals will be the best-of-11, and the final will be best‑of‑17.

Matches are available to watch on the BBC Sport website and app, BBC iPlayer and live on BBC Two Wales - with the final shown on BBC One Wales.

There are also highlights from the best of each day's action on BBC Two Wales every evening.

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