China Open 2026 - Schedule, Results & Info

The China Open makes a much-anticipated return to the World Snooker Tour (WST) calendar for the first time since 2019. The tournament is held between the 8th and 16th of August a week after the Shanghai Masters and a week before the Wuhan Open, and it's located in Taiyuan, which is the capital of the Shanx province in northern China.

The total prize money pool for the tournament is a whopping 1 205 000 pounds, which lifts it up amongst the highest paid ranking tournaments of the year. The winner will pocket a tidy 250 000 pounds.

China Open 2026 - Schedule, timetables & bracket

The China Open 2026 takes place during 9 days from the 8th to the 16th of August. There are 32 players who have made the cut for the tournament. The qualifiers for the event took place in Leicester from the 10th to the 14th of June.

Tournament schedule

All of the matches until the semi-finals will be played in a best of 11 format. The final will be a best of 19 affair over two sessions.

• Qualifiers: 10.-14.6.2026
• 1st Round (round of 32): 9.–11.8.2026
• Round of 16: 12.–13.8.2026
• Quarter-finals: Friday 14.8.2026
• Semi-finals: Saturday 15.8.2026
• Final: Sunday 16.8.2026

Timetable of matches / full schedule

All times are UK times.

Saturday 8.8.2026 – 1st Round (best of 11)
07.00: Mark J. Williams (WAL) – Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
07.00: Ding Junhui (CHN) – David Gilbert (ENG)
12.30: Barry Hawkins (ENG) – Liu Hongyu (CHN)
12.30: Wu Yize (CHN) – Yao Pengcheng (CHN)

Sunday 9.8.2026 – 1st Round (best of 11)
07.00: Judd Trump (ENG) – Noppon Saengkham (THA)
07.00: Xiao Guodong (CHN) – Anthony McGill (SCO)
12.30: Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) – Jackson Page (WAL)
12.30: Shaun Murphy (ENG) – Matthew Selt (ENG)

Monday 10.8.2026 – 1st Round (best of 11)
07.00: Neil Robertson (AUS) – Chang Bingyu (CHN)
07.00: Si Jiahui (CHN) – Jiang Jun (CHN)
12.30: Mark Selby (ENG) – Pang Junxu (CHN)
12.30: Kyren Wilson (ENG) – Aaron Hill (IRL)

Tuesday 11.8.2026 – 1st Round (best of 11)
07.00: John Higgins (SCO) – Stuart Bingham (ENG)
07.00: Mark Allen (NIR) – Hossein Vafaei (IRN)
12.30: Chris Wakelin (ENG) – Tom Ford (ENG)
12.30: Zhao Xintong (CHN) – Zhang Anda (CHN)

Wednesday 12.8.2026 - Round of 16 (best of 11)
07:00 David Gilbert (ENG) – Wu Yize (CHN)
07:00 Zhou Yuelong (CHN) – Liu Hongyu (CHN)
12:30 Noppon Saengkham (THA) – Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
12:30 Xiao Guodong (CHN) – Shaun Murphy (ENG)

Thursday 13.8.2026 - Round of 16 (best of 11)
07:00 Neil Robertson (AUS) – Si Jiahui (CHN)
07:00 Stuart Bingham (ENG) – Hossein Vafaei (IRA)
12:30 Chris Wakelin (ENG) – Zhang Anda (CHN)
12:30 Mark Selby (ENG) – Kyren Wilson (ENG)

Friday 14.8.2026 - Quarter-finals (best of 11)
07:00 Zhou Yuelong – David Gilbert
07:00 Noppon Saengkham – Shaun Murphy
12:30 Mark Selby – Neil Robertson
12:30 Stuart Bingham – Zhang Anda

Saturday 15.8.2026 - Semi-finals (best of 11)
07:00 Noppon Saengkham (THA) – Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
12:30 Mark Selby (ENG) – Stuart Bingham (ENG)

Sunday 16.8.2026 - Final (best of 19)
07:00 Mark Selby (ENG) – Noppon Saengkham (THA)
12:30 Mark Selby (ENG) - Noppon Saengkham (THA)

Bracket

You can find live updated bracket information for snooker's China Open also at the WST home page here.

Snooker China Open 2026 - Results

We will update the results from the China Open snooker tournament 2026 here once the competition has started.

China Open 2026 - TV & Livestream

You can watch the snooker China Open 2026 on tv in the UK on TNT Sports, or enjoy the full tournament via livestream thanks to HBO Max - even the qualifiers!

China Open 2026 - Prize money

Snooker's China Open 2026 sports a hefty total prize pool of 1 205 000 pounds, with the winner taking home £250 000.

China Open - History

The China Open is one of the most prestigious overseas ranking events in the calendar.

The first edition of the tournament took place in 1999, when living legend Ronnie O'Sullivan was crowned the winner of the inaugural event.

In 2005 the tournament moved to Beijing, where to the home crowd's delight Ding Junhui took the title. The then 18-year old toppled the legendary Stephen Hendry in the final, turning Ding into a national hero overnight in one of the greatest nights in Chinese snooker history.

Mark Selby and Mark Williams are the most successful players at the China Open, with both collecting an impressive 3 titles here across their careers.