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Home / Snooker / 2025 Riyadh Season Snooker Championship Schedule & Draw - Matches & Format

2025 Riyadh Season Snooker Championship Schedule & Draw - Matches & Format

Quick Read

  • 12 players featuring top-ranked professionals and local wildcards.
  • Competition runs from Nov 19-21, culminating in a Best of 9 Frames final.
  • Riyadh hosts third edition showcasing top snooker talent.
Gary Emmerson
Written by Gary Emmerson
Sports Editor • 30+ Years Experience In Sports & Betting
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Mark Allen is the reigning champion (Getty Images)


The 2025 Riyadh Season Snooker Championship is taking place from November 19-21 and will be the third edition of the snooker tournament.

The tournament features 12 players - 10 having qualified on rankings and past performance and two local wildcards featuring in Saudi Arabia.

The 10 qualified players have been seeded with the lowest two ranked playing the local qualifiers in round one. The winners progress to round 2 where the seventh and eighth seeds await.

The winners of those two ties join the top six ranked players in the quarter-finals in Riyadh, including number one seed and defending champion Mark Allen.

Riyadh Season Snooker Championship Schedule & Format


StageDate
Round 1 & 2November 19 (Best of 7 Frames)
Quarter-FinalsNovember 20 (Best of 7 Frames)
Semi-FinalsNovember 21 (Best of 7 Frames)
FinalNovember 21 (Best of 9 Frames)


Riyadh Season Snooker Championship Players & Seedings


  • Mark Allen (1)
  • Zhao Xintong (2)
  • Judd Trump (3)
  • Kyren Wilson (4)
  • Neil Robertson (5)
  • Mark Williams (6)
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan (7)
  • John Higgins (8)
  • Ding Junhui (9)
  • Shaun Murphy (10)
  • Ayman Alamri (Local Wildcard)
  • Ziyad Alqabbani (Local Wildcard)

Riyadh Season Snooker Championship Draw


Round 1

  • Ding Junhui vs Ayman Alamri
  • Shaun Murphy vs Ziyad Alqabbani

Round 2

  • John Higgins vs Ding Junhui / Ayman Alamri
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Shaun Murphy / Ziyad Alqabbani

Quarter-Finals

  • Mark Allen vs John Higgins / Ding Junhui / Ayman Alamri
  • Kyren Wilson vs Neil Robertson
  • Judd Trump vs Mark Williams
  • Zhao Xintong vs Ronnie O'Sullivan / Shaun Murphy / Ziyad Alqabbani
Gary Emmerson
Gary Emmerson

Sports Editor • 30+ Years Experience In Sports & Betting

Gary has been writing about sport for more than 30 years and graduated with a degree in media and journalism from the University of Bedfordshire.


He has worked for newspapers including the Daily Telegraph, agencies including Reuters and many online sites covering a range of sports including Atlas F1 and Bleacher Report.

A senior editor, he covers all major sports, betting industry news from across the world and loves a weekend bet.

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