2026 Welsh Open (snooker)
| Part of the Home Nations Series | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 February – 1 March 2026 |
| Venue | Venue Cymru |
| City | Llandudno |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Defending champion | Mark Selby (ENG) |
← 2025 | |
The 2026 Welsh Open (officially the 2026 BetVictor Welsh Open) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 23 February to 1 March 2026 at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales.[1] Qualifying will take place from 9 to 10 January 2026 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.[1][2] The 35th consecutive edition of the Welsh Open since it was first staged in 1992, the tournament will be the 15th ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2026 Players Championship and preceding the 2026 World Open.[3] It will be the fourth and final tournament in the season's Home Nations Series, following the 2025 English Open, the 2025 Northern Ireland Open, and the 2025 Scottish Open.
Mark Selby will be the defending champion, having defeated Stephen Maguire 9–6 in the 2025 final.[4]
Qualifying rounds
The results of the early rounds will be shown below.
| Round 1 (Last 128) Best of 7 frames | Round 2 (Last 96) Best of 7 frames | |||||
| Jiang Jun (CHN) (84) | Oliver Lines (ENG) (58) | |||||
| Florian Nuessle (AUT) (128) | ||||||
| Julien Leclercq (BEL) (79) | Ben Woollaston (ENG) (36) | |||||
| Ashley Hugill (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Marco Fu (HKG) (96) | Robbie Williams (ENG) (55) | |||||
| Xu Yichen (CHN) (112) | ||||||
| Liam Davies (WAL) (77) | Ricky Walden (ENG) (48) | |||||
| Umut Dikme (GER) (a) | ||||||
| Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) (88) | Aaron Hill (IRL) (42) | |||||
| Mateusz Baranowski (POL) (107) | ||||||
| Iulian Boiko (UKR) (83) | Ben Mertens (BEL) (67) | |||||
| Chatchapong Nasa (THA) (115) | ||||||
| Dylan Emery (WAL) (95) | Xu Si (CHN) (39) | |||||
| Yao Pengcheng (CHN) (106) | ||||||
| David Grace (ENG) (97) | Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) (65) | |||||
| Liam Graham (SCO) (108) | ||||||
| Huang Jiahao (CHN) (86) | Michael Holt (ENG) (61) | |||||
| Patrick Whelan (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Wang Yuchen (CHN) (69) | Martin O'Donnell (ENG) (45) | |||||
| Mink Nutcharut (THA) (120) | ||||||
| Sunny Akani (THA) (73) | David Lilley (ENG) (52) | |||||
| Jimmy White (ENG) (124) | ||||||
| Antoni Kowalski (POL) (72) | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (40) | |||||
| Connor Benzey (ENG) (119) | ||||||
| Haris Tahir (PAK) (89) | Anthony McGill (SCO) (47) | |||||
| Bai Yulu (CHN) (103) | ||||||
| Liam Highfield (ENG) (94) | Sanderson Lam (ENG) (66) | |||||
| Ng On-yee (HKG) (122) | ||||||
| Artemijs Žižins (LVA) (76) | He Guoqiang (CHN) (44) | |||||
| Ross Muir (SCO) (109) | ||||||
| Michal Szubarczyk (POL) (98) | Jamie Jones (WAL) (60) | |||||
| Hatem Yassen (EGY) (113) | ||||||
| Round 1 (Last 128) Best of 7 frames | Round 2 (Last 96) Best of 7 frames | |||||
| Duane Jones (WAL) (70) | Liu Hongyu (CHN) (59) | |||||
| Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) (123) | ||||||
| Steven Hallworth (ENG) (93) | Matthew Selt (ENG) (37) | |||||
| Alexander Ursenbacher (SWI) (117) | ||||||
| Amir Sarkhosh (IRN) (78) | Scott Donaldson (SCO) (53) | |||||
| Riley Powell (WAL) (a) | ||||||
| Sam Craigie (ENG) (91) | Lyu Haotian (CHN) (51) | |||||
| Zhao Hanyang (CHN) (110) | ||||||
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) (81) | Matthew Stevens (WAL) (49) | |||||
| Fergal Quinn (NIR) (125) | ||||||
| Liam Pullen (ENG) (85) | Robert Milkins (ENG) (57) | |||||
| Ken Doherty (IRL) (104) | ||||||
| Bulcsú Révész (HUN) (87) | Noppon Saengkham (THA) (38) | |||||
| Oliver Briffett-Payne (WAL) (a) | ||||||
| Gong Chenzhi (CHN) (71) | Mark Davis (ENG) (63) | |||||
| Liu Wenwei (CHN) (111) | ||||||
| Lan Yuhao (CHN) (101) | Chang Bingyu (CHN) (62) | |||||
| Mohammed Shehab (UAE) (121) | ||||||
| Farakh Ajaib (PAK) (80) | Luca Brecel (BEL) (43) | |||||
| Leone Crowley (IRL) (116) | ||||||
| Allan Taylor (ENG) (75) | Long Zehuang (CHN) (54) | |||||
| Oliver Brown (ENG) (118) | ||||||
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) (74) | Zak Surety (ENG) (46) | |||||
| Jonas Luz (BRA) (114) | ||||||
| Robbie McGuigan (NIR) (90) | Daniel Wells (WAL) (41) | |||||
| Reanne Evans (ENG) (102) | ||||||
| Haydon Pinhey (ENG) (92) | Jordan Brown (NIR) (64) | |||||
| Gao Yang (CHN) (105) | ||||||
| Ian Burns (ENG) (99) | Stan Moody (ENG) (50) | |||||
| Mahmoud El Hareedy (EGY) (129) | ||||||
| Chris Totten (SCO) (100) | Fan Zhengyi (CHN) (56) | |||||
| Sahil Nayyar (CAN) (126) | ||||||
References
- ^ a b "Tournaments 2025–26". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "Welsh Open Qualifiers 2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "Mark Selby beats Stephen Maguire to win second Welsh Open title". BBC Sport. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.