The final round of qualifiers for the Snooker World Championship saw some big surprises, as former World Champion Luca Brecel and star player Jack Lisowski were brutally sent to watch this year's tournament from the stands.
The Snooker World Championship qualifiers came to an end yesterday on Wednesday. The most anticipated match of Judgement Day was the clash between 2023 World Champion
Luca Brecel and the 2024 finalist
Jak Jones.
However, this heavyweight bout didn't quite live up to expectations, as Jones ran out a convincing 10-5 winner. The Belgian Brecel hasn't really found that sam edge since winning his title, and has fallen down to #46 in the world rankings.
Welshman Jones on the other hand put up a vintage performance, making an impressive five breaks that broke over the centrury mark.
- I played well and already felt good in the morning.
- I like this format, as there's plenty of time to get into your game properly. Today I played my best snooker all season. I enjoy playing at the Crucible - you can fall apart there, but I love the atmosphere. It's an unbelievable arena, and it never fails to light up something special in me, Jones commented on the WST broadcast following the match.
Jack Lisowski's season is another that ends in disappointment. The Englishman who took his first ranking victory this season fell 10-5 to
He Guoqiang of China, who in turn gets to make his first trip to the World Championship proper.
The experienced
Ali Carter secured his 22nd visit to the Crucible by coming from 5-7 down to defeat
Anthony McGill with a scoreline of 10-7. Carter took the final 5 frames of the match.
- I'm extremely pleased. It's fantastic to still be able to battle it out at the top of our game at my age, the 46-year old commented.
Other winners on Wednesday included China's
Zhang Anda and Englishmen
Liam Highfield and
Gary Wilson. Wilson took victory in dramatic fashion over
Xu Si, as the match went all the way to a 10-9 decider.
The
World Snooker Championship 2026 starts properly at 10am British time on Saturday the 18th of April. Below are all the results from the final round of qualifiers and all the players who made the World Championship via the qualifiers.
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Snooker World Qualifiers: Round 4
| Date | Time | Match | Result |
| 14 April 2026 | 17:00 | Stuart Bingham 🏴 - Matthew Stevens 🏴 | 7-10 |
| 14 April 2026 | 17:00 | Hossein Vafaei 🇮🇷 - Gao Yang 🇨🇳 | 10-4 |
| 14 April 2026 | 17:00 | Aaron Hill 🇮🇪 - David Gilbert 🏴 | 6-10 |
| 14 April 2026 | 17:00 | Michael Holt 🏴 - Zhou Yuelong 🇨🇳 | 4-10 |
| 14 April 2026 | 17:00 | Jiang Jun 🇨🇳 - Stan Moody 🏴 | 9-10 |
| 14 April 2026 | 17:00 | Antoni Kowalski 🇵🇱 - Jamie Jones 🏴 | 10-8 |
| 14 April 2026 | 17:00 | Jackson Page 🏴 - Pang Junxu 🇨🇳 | 8-10 |
| 14 April 2026 | 17:00 | Noppon Saengkham 🇹🇭 - Liam Pullen 🏴 | 8-10 |
| 15 April 2026 | 17:00 | Jak Jones 🏴 - Luca Brecel 🇧🇪 | 10-5 |
| 15 April 2026 | 17:00 | Lei Peifan 🇨🇳 - Ryan Day 🏴 | 10-5 |
| 15 April 2026 | 17:00 | Xu Si 🇨🇳 - Gary Wilson 🏴 | 9-10 |
| 15 April 2026 | 17:00 | Zak Surety 🏴 - Zhang Anda 🇨🇳 | 3-10 |
| 15 April 2026 | 17:00 | Ali Carter 🏴 - Anthony McGill 🏴 | 10-7 |
| 15 April 2026 | 17:00 | Liam Highfield 🏴 - Oliver Lines 🏴 | 10-2 |
| 15 April 2026 | 17:00 | Fan Zhengyi 🇨🇳 - Ben Mertens 🇧🇪 | 10-4 |
| 15 April 2026 | 17:00 | He Guoqiang 🇨🇳 - Jack Lisowski 🏴 | 10-5 |
Source:
WST 
