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Four players are near successful nan hunt to triumph nan 2024 World Snooker Championship astatine Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.
David Gilbert will look 2020 finalist Kyren Wilson while Jak Jones plays 2015 champion Stuart Bingham.
Bingham ended world number 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan's bid for a grounds eighth world title astatine nan Crucible, while Jones defeated world number 2 Judd Trump successful nan quarter-finals.
The tourney takes spot from 20 April to 6 May and is unrecorded connected nan BBC.
What happened to Ronnie O'Sullivan?
Seven-time champion O'Sullivan completed a 10-1 first-round triumph complete Jackson Page and followed that pinch a 13-7 triumph complete different Welsh player, Ryan Day, successful nan 2nd round.
But he was beaten 13-10 by Bingham successful their quarter-final which vanished connected Wednesday.
Twelfth seed Wilson is nan only seed near successful nan tournament.
Gilbert, Jones and Bingham are each qualifiers - nan first clip 3 qualifiers person reached nan semi-finals since nan first twelvemonth nan tourney was staged astatine nan Crucible successful 1977.
Highest break - 147
Thailand's Noppon Saengkham hit a maximum 147 break successful nan 3rd information of qualifying earlier losing 10-9 to Jackson Page successful nan last round.
Saengkham secured a £10,000 prize for his 147 astatine nan English Institute of Sport. He is successful contention for nan World Championship highest break prize of £15,000, moreover though it was made successful qualifying.
If different subordinate makes a 147, past Saengkham will person to stock nan £15,000 prize money.
But immoderate subordinate scoring a 147 maximum break astatine nan Crucible will gain an further £40,000.
The highest break astatine nan Crucible truthful acold is nan 142 achieved by Ricky Walden, Mark Williams and Page successful nan first round.
How to watch unrecorded connected nan BBC
You tin watch unrecorded connected BBC TV aliases travel uninterrupted sum from your prime of lucifer connected BBC iPlayer, nan BBC Sport website and nan BBC Sport app.
There are besides highlights programmes connected BBC Two successful nan evenings.
The BBC Sport website and mobile app will person unrecorded matter sum each time of selected matches, positive reports and latest scores, and location will besides beryllium updates connected BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.
Match schedule and BBC sum times
All times are BST. Coverage tin beryllium taxable to precocious schedule changes, truthful specifications whitethorn disagree from this page.
* last session
Wednesday, 1 May
Quarter-finals (best of 25)
Highlights
23:15-00:05 - Highlights - BBC Two
00:05-02:05 - World Championship Extra - BBC Two
Thursday, 2 May
Semi-finals (best of 33)
13:00
Kyren Wilson (12) v David Gilbert
19:00
Stuart Bingham v Jak Jones
Live coverage
13:00-23:00 - uninterrupted sum connected BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app
13:00-16:15 - BBC Two
19:00-20:00 - BBC Two
20:00-22:00 - BBC Four
Highlights
23:15-00:05 - BBC Two
Friday, 3 May
Semi-finals (best of 33)
10:00
Kyren Wilson (12) v David Gilbert
14:30
Stuart Bingham v Jak Jones
19:00
Kyren Wilson (12) v David Gilbert
Live coverage
10:00-23:00 - uninterrupted sum connected BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app
10:00-12:15 - BBC Two
13:45-18:00 - BBC Two
19:00-21:00 - BBC Two
21:00-22:00 - BBC Four
Highlights
23:15-00:05 - BBC Two
Saturday, 4 May
Semi-finals (best of 33)
10:00
Stuart Bingham v Jak Jones
14:30
Kyren Wilson (12) v David Gilbert *
19:00
Stuart Bingham v Jak Jones *
Live coverage
10:00-23:00 - uninterrupted sum connected BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app
10:00-12:00 - BBC Two
13:15-16:30 - BBC One
16:30-17:30 - BBC Two
19:00-22:00 - BBC Two
Sunday, 5 May
Final (best of 35)
Live coverage
13:00-16:15 - BBC Two
19:00-23:00 - BBC Two
Coverage besides disposable connected BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app
Monday, 6 May
Final (best of 35)
Live coverage
13:00-16:15 - BBC Two
19:00-23:00 - BBC Two
Coverage besides disposable connected BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app
Who are nan Crucible seeds?
1. Luca Brecel, 2. Ronnie O'Sullivan, 3. Judd Trump, 4. Mark Allen, 5. Mark Selby, 6. Mark Williams, 7. Ding Junhui, 8. Shaun Murphy
9. Ali Carter, 10. Gary Wilson, 11. Zhang Anda, 12. Kyren Wilson, 13. John Higgins, 14. Tom Ford, 15. Barry Hawkins, 16. Robert Milkins
Results
Quarter-finals
(3) Judd Trump 9-13 Jak Jones
David Gilbert 13-8 Stephen Maguire
(12) Kyren Wilson 13-8 John Higgins (13)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-13 Stuart Bingham
Second round
(16) Robert Milkins 4-13 David Gilbert
(3) Judd Trump 13-6 Tom Ford (14)
Si Jiahui 9-13 Jak Jones
(8) Shaun Murphy 9-13 Stephen Maguire
(2) Ronnie O'Sullivan 13-7 Ryan Day
(12) Kyren Wilson 13-6 Joe O'Connor
(4) Mark Allen 12-13 (13) John Higgins
Jack Lisowski 11-13 Stuart Bingham
First round
(1) Luca Brecel 9-10 David Gilbert
(11) Zhang Anda 4-10 Jak Jones
(3) Judd Trump 10-5 Hossein Vafaei
(14) Tom Ford 10-6 Ricky Walden
(9) Ali Carter 7-10 Stephen Maguire
(8) Shaun Murphy 10-5 Lyu Haotian
(5) Mark Selby 6-10 Joe O'Connor
(10) Gary Wilson 5-10 Stuart Bingham
(6) Mark Williams 9-10 Si Jiahui
(16) Robert Milkins 10-9 Pang Junxu
(12) Kyren Wilson 10-1 Dominic Dale
(7) Ding Junhui 9-10 Jack Lisowski
(4) Mark Allen 10-6 Robbie Williams
(15) Barry Hawkins 8-10 Ryan Day
(2) Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-1 Jackson Page
(13) John Higgins 10-6 Jamie Jones
Crucible 147 maximums
Only 14 maximums person been made astatine nan Crucible.
Last year, Kyren Wilson made 1 successful nan opening information and Mark Selby became nan first subordinate to make a 147 successful a world final.
Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry person made 3 147s, pinch Cliff Thorburn, Jimmy White, Mark Williams, Ali Carter, John Higgins and Neil Robertson nan only others to person achieved nan feat.
How overmuch prize money is connected offer?
The victor will person £500,000.
For nan runner-up, location is nan consolation of £200,000.
Semi-finalists gain £100,000 and quarter-finalists £50,000.
Players knocked retired successful nan first information cod £20,000, while £30,000 goes to players beaten successful nan past 16.
What is nan tourney format?
First information - champion of 19 frames played complete 2 sessions
Second information and quarter-finals - champion of 25 frames played complete 3 sessions
Semi-finals - champion of 33 frames complete 4 sessions.
Final - champion of 35 frames complete 4 sessions connected 5 and 6 May.
