2017 World Snooker Championship

The World Snooker Championship is an annual cue sport tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker.{{Cite web |title=Why Sheffield truly is the 'home of snooker' as World Championship gets underway |work=thestar.co.uk |date=18 April 2019 |access-date=1 May 2020 |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/other-sport/why-sheffield-truly-home-snooker-world-championship-gets-underway-39926}} Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India,{{cite web |url=http://www.snookerheritage.co.uk/normans-articles/days-of-old/origins-of-snooker/ |title=Origins of Snooker |first=Peter |last=Clare |year=2008 |work=Billiard & Snooker Heritage Collection |access-date=8 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103150005/http://snookerheritage.co.uk/normans-articles/days-of-old/origins-of-snooker/ |archive-date=3 January 2017}} the sport was popular in Great Britain.Everton, Clive (1991). Snooker and Billiards: Techniques, Tactics and Training (Crowood Sports Guides). The Crowood Press. Chapter 1. {{ISBN|978-1-85223-480-5}} In modern times it has been played worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.{{cite web |title=The Rise Of China – World Snooker |website=World Snooker |access-date=13 March 2019 |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/the-rise-of-china/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419145915/http://www.worldsnooker.com/the-rise-of-china/ |archive-date=19 April 2018 |url-status=live |date=26 February 2018}}

The 2017 tournament featured 32 professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches played over several {{cuegloss|frames}}, using a single elimination format. The 32 players were selected for the event through a mix of the snooker world rankings, and a pre-tournament qualification competition.{{cite web |title=2017 Betfred World Snooker Championship – World Snooker |website=World Snooker |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/betfred-world-championship-2017/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423051051/http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/betfred-world-championship-2017/ |archive-date=23 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Crucible Draw And Format – World Snooker |website=World Snooker |date=9 April 2019 |access-date=17 April 2019 |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/crucible-draw-format/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417192039/http://www.worldsnooker.com/crucible-draw-format/ |archive-date=17 April 2018 |url-status=live}} The first world championship in 1927 was won by Joe Davis, the final being held in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England.{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Chris |title=World Professional Championship |url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html |work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk |publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive |access-date=9 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724180133/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html |archive-date=24 July 2011}}{{cite web |title=1927 World Professional Championship |url=http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/27world.htm |work=globalsnookercentre.co.uk |publisher=Global Snooker Centre |access-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041010103752/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/27world.htm |archive-date=10 October 2004}} Since 1977, the event has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1392311|desc=The Crucible Theatre|access-date=3 December 2013}} {{As of|2022}}, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan are the event's most successful participants in the modern era, having both won the championship seven times.{{cite web|url=https://wpbsa.com/player/stephen-hendry/ |title=Stephen Hendry |work=WPBSA |access-date=20 July 2021}}{{Cite web |title=World Snooker Championship 2020: Ronnie O'Sullivan wins sixth world title |last=Hafez |first=Shamoon |work=BBC Sport |date=16 August 2020 |access-date=16 August 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/53795792 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819113004/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/53795792 |url-status=live }} Mark Selby had won the previous year's championship by defeating China's Ding Junhui in the final 18–14.{{Cite news |title=World Snooker Championship 2016: Complete results and centuries |newspaper=BBC Sport |access-date=29 July 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/36043537 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803011516/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/36043537 |archive-date=3 August 2019 |url-status=live |date=2 May 2016}}{{Cite news |title=Mark Selby beats Ding Junhui to win World Snooker Championship |author=Hafez, Shamoon |newspaper=BBC Sport |access-date=29 July 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/36186995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721225910/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/36186995 |archive-date=21 July 2019 |url-status=live |date=2 May 2016}} This was Selby's second world title, having also won the championship in 2014. The event was organised by World Snooker, a subsidiary of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association,{{Cite web |title=World Snooker Championship Betting Tips & Odds Guide (2020) |last=Digital |first=TLC |work=ThePuntersPage.com |access-date=15 April 2020 |url=https://www.thepunterspage.com/world-snooker-championship-betting-guide/}} and sponsored by sports betting company Betfred.{{cite web |url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=535 |title=Betfred World Championship Qualifiers |website=snooker.org |access-date=2 May 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422211927/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=535 |archive-date=22 April 2017}}

The 2017 World Snooker Championship took place between 15 April and 1 May 2017 in Sheffield, England. The tournament was the last of 19 ranking events in the 2016–17 snooker season on the World Snooker Tour. It featured a 32-player main draw that was held at the Crucible Theatre, as well as a 128-player qualifying draw that was played at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, from 5 to 12 April, concluding three days before the start of the main draw. This was the 41st consecutive year that the tournament had been staged at the Crucible, and it was the 49th successive world championship to be contested using the modern knockout format.

The top 16 players in the latest world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players. Mark Selby was seeded first overall as the defending champion, and the remaining 15 seeds were allocated based on the world rankings released after the China Open. The number of frames required to win a match increased with each proceeding round of the main draw, the first round consisting of best-of-19 frames matches, the final match being played over a maximum of 35 frames.

All 16 non-seeded spots in the main draw were filled with players from the qualifying rounds. The draw for the qualifying competition consisted of 128 players, including 110 of the remaining 112 players on the World Snooker Tour, as well as 18 wildcard places assigned to non-tour players.{{efn|Tour players Jamie Burnett and Rouzi Maimaiti both pulled out from the event.{{cite web |title=Criteria set for World Championship invitations |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/criteria-set-world-championship-invitations/ |website=World Snooker |access-date=17 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318084816/http://www.worldsnooker.com/criteria-set-world-championship-invitations/ |archive-date=18 March 2017 |url-status=live |date=13 March 2017}}}}{{cite web |title=On Yee, Petrov invited to World Championship |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/yee-petrov-invited-world-championship/ |website=World Snooker |access-date=29 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330013052/http://www.worldsnooker.com/yee-petrov-invited-world-championship/ |archive-date=30 March 2017 |date=28 March 2017}} These invited players included the women's world champion and the European junior champion. Half of the participants in the qualifying draw were seeded players: those ranked from 17th to 80th were allocated one of 64 seeds in world ranking order; the other participants were placed randomly into the draw. To reach the main draw at the Crucible, players were required to win three best-of-19 frames qualifying matches.{{Cite web |title=World Championship snooker qualifying results 2017 |work=Sporting Life |location=UK |access-date=1 December 2019 |url=https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/world-championship-qualifying/52998 |quote=Players needed to win through three rounds to earn one of the available 16 spots at the Crucible. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907184243/https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/world-championship-qualifying/52998 |archive-date=7 September 2017 |url-status=live}}

The total prize money for the event was raised to £1,750,000 from the previous year's prize fund of £1,500,100.{{cite web |title=Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2016/2017 Season |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tour-Prize-Money-Ranking-Points-Schedule-2016-17-v1.pdf |website=World Snooker |access-date=10 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104205739/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tour-Prize-Money-Ranking-Points-Schedule-2016-17-v1.pdf |archive-date=4 November 2016}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Click-here-for-the-schedule.pdf |title=Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2015/2016 Season |website=World Snooker |access-date=8 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615223256/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Click-here-for-the-schedule.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2015 |url-status=live}} The winner of the event won £375,000. A breakdown of prize money for the 2017 World Snooker Championship is shown below.

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• Winner: £375,000
• Runner-up: £160,000
• Semi-final: £75,000
• Quarter-final: £37,500
• Last 16: £25,000
• Last 32: £16,000
• Last 48: £12,000
• Last 80: £8,000
• Total: £1,750,000

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The "rolling 147 prize" awarded for a maximum break was £5,000, which was won by Gary Wilson in qualifying.{{cite web |title=Betfred World Championship Qualifiers – Centuries |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13917/betfred-world-championship-qualifiers |website=World Snooker |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406111120/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13917/betfred-world-championship-qualifiers |archive-date=6 April 2017 |access-date=12 April 2017}}

The 2017 World Snooker Championship was broadcast throughout Europe by both BBC TV and Eurosport.{{cite news |title=World Snooker Championship 2017 on the BBC |newspaper=BBC Sport |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39584479 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910180821/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39584479 |archive-date=10 September 2017 |url-status=live |date=21 April 2017}}{{cite web |title=BBC and World Snooker extend broadcast agreement to 2024 |work=BBC Media Centre |date=8 December 2017 |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/world-snooker-broadcast-agreement}} The tournament was streamed internationally on Facebook for the first time, specifically for portions of South America and Asia.{{cite web |title=Watch World Championship On Facebook Live – World Snooker |website=World Snooker |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/world-snooker-broadcast-world-championship-facebook/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505143251/http://www.worldsnooker.com/world-snooker-broadcast-world-championship-facebook/ |archive-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live |date=29 April 2017}} The event was also broadcast in North America on Facebook, and the final was aired on the Eleven Sports Network.{{cite web |title=World Snooker Championship to be broadcast on Facebook Live |date=11 April 2017 |first=Eoin |last=Connolly |work=SportsPro |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/world-snooker-championship-to-be-broadcast-on-facebook-live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719043719/http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/world-snooker-championship-to-be-broadcast-on-facebook-live |archive-date=19 July 2017 |url-status=live}}

File:Fergal O’Brien, Gdynia Open 2014.JPG won the longest frame in the modern era of snooker, which lasted for more than two hours, to reach the main competition.]]

The top 16 ranked players in the world automatically qualified as seeds for the first round of the main stage at the Crucible. Defending champion Mark Selby was seeded first and the other 15 seeding allocations were based on the latest world rankings from after the China Open. The players ranked from 17th position entered the competition in the first round of qualifying and were required to win three best-of-19 frames matches to qualify for the main tournament. The three qualifying rounds were held at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield from 5 to 12 April 2017.

Two-time world champion Mark Williams took part in qualifying, having failed to regain his place in the top 16.{{cite web |url=https://www.vavel.com/en/snooker/777110-judgement-day-who-made-the-world-championships-and-who-missed-out.html |title=Judgement Day: Who made the World Championships and who missed out? |date=12 April 2017 |website=Vavel |access-date=2 May 2017 |last=Lincoln |first=Chris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805140726/https://www.vavel.com/en/snooker/777110-judgement-day-who-made-the-world-championships-and-who-missed-out.html |archive-date=5 August 2017 |url-status=live}} He lost 7–10 to Stuart Carrington in his third qualifying match and missed the knockout stage for only the second time since 1996. Williams qualified at the following year's event, where he defeated John Higgins 18–16 in the final to win his third world title.{{cite web |title=How Williams won 'one of the greatest finals' |last=Emons |first=Michael |date=7 May 2018 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/snooker/43533161 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220045509/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/snooker/43533161 |archive-date=20 December 2018 |url-status=live}}

The deciding frame of the third-round qualifying match between Fergal O'Brien and David Gilbert on 12 April was the longest frame on record in the modern era of the game; lasting for 123 minutes and 41 seconds, it broke the previous record of 100 minutes and 24 seconds set by Alan McManus and Barry Pinches in 2015.{{cite web |title=O'Brien wins record two-hour frame |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/obrien-wins-record-two-hour-frame/ |website=World Snooker |access-date=13 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412232137/http://www.worldsnooker.com/obrien-wins-record-two-hour-frame/ |archive-date=12 April 2017 |date=12 April 2017}} Gary Wilson made the 131st officially recognised maximum break, the second of his career, in the fourth frame of his first-round qualifying match against Josh Boileau on 6 April.{{cite web |title=Gary Wilson makes 147 |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/gary-wilson-makes-147/ |website=World Snooker |date=6 April 2017 |access-date=6 April 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407054421/http://www.worldsnooker.com/gary-wilson-makes-147/ |archive-date=7 April 2017}} Wilson was one of five players to qualify for the main stage of the championship at the Crucible for the first time, the other four debutants being David Grace, Noppon Saengkham, Yan Bingtao, and Zhou Yuelong. The draw for the first round of the main competition took place at 10:00 a.m. BST on 13 April 2017.{{cite web |title=World Snooker Championship: Fergal O'Brien wins longest frame in snooker history to qualify |work=BBC Sport |date=13 April 2017 |access-date=20 April 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39581570 |quote=The championship starts on 15 April with the draw on Thursday at 10:00 BST. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805183846/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39581570 |archive-date=5 August 2018 |url-status=live}}

File:Rory McLeod PHC 2016-2.jpg defeated second seed Judd Trump in the first round.]]

The first round of the championship took place between 15 and 20 April 2017. All matches were played as best-of-19 frames held over two sessions. Having been eliminated in the first round at the Crucible in the four years since his 2012 semi-final appearance, Stephen Maguire defeated fellow Scot Anthony McGill {{nowrap|10–2}} to progress to the second round for the first time in five years.{{cite web |title=Brilliant Selby Eases Through |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/brilliant-selby-eases/ |website=World Snooker |access-date=16 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417072508/http://www.worldsnooker.com/brilliant-selby-eases/ |archive-date=17 April 2017 |date=15 April 2017}} In his 25th consecutive appearance at the World Championship, Ronnie O'Sullivan withstood a fightback from qualifier Gary Wilson—who had recovered from {{nowrap|5–9}} down to {{nowrap|7–9}} down—to win their first round match {{nowrap|10–7}}. In doing so, O'Sullivan secured a place in the last 16 for the 14th year in a row, equalling the record set by Terry Griffiths in 1996.{{cite news |url=https://www.vavel.com/en/snooker/778770-ronnie-o-sullivan-and-kyren-wilson-anything-but-comfortable-as-they-progress-to-the-second-round.html |author=Lincoln, Chris |title=Ronnie O'Sullivan and Kyren Wilson anything but comfortable as they progress to the second round |date=16 April 2017 |website=Vavel |access-date=2 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805162226/https://www.vavel.com/en/snooker/778770-ronnie-o-sullivan-and-kyren-wilson-anything-but-comfortable-as-they-progress-to-the-second-round.html |archive-date=5 August 2017 |url-status=live}}

Elsewhere, Marco Fu trailed Luca Brecel 0–5, 1–7 and 4–8 before winning 10–9 in the first round.{{cite news |title=World Championship 2017: Marco Fu completes comeback against Luca Brecel |author=Phillips, Owen |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39624692 |access-date=18 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418005539/http://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39624692 |archive-date=18 April 2017 |work=BBC Sport |date=17 April 2017}} Third seed Stuart Bingham played 2002 world champion Peter Ebdon, who was appearing at the Crucible for the 24th time since first qualifying in 1992.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39618029 |title=Ebdon's remarkable comeback against Bingham |date=16 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417064729/http://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39618029 |archive-date=17 April 2017 |work=BBC Sport |format=audio/video}} Ebdon won the final frame of the first session despite needing 15 points from {{cuegloss|snooker|foul shots}} with just the colours remaining; he achieved the three snookers needed, and potted the respotted black to bring the score to 4–5. He won just one more frame before losing 5–10 to Bingham.{{cite news |title=World Snooker Championship 2017: Frame scores, complete results & highest break |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39592145 |access-date=1 May 2017 |work=BBC News |date=1 May 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501053749/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39592145 |archive-date=1 May 2017}}

Qualifier Rory McLeod defeated second seed Judd Trump 10–8 after trailing 0–4.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39644265 |title=World Championship 2017: Judd Trump suffers shock defeat by Rory McLeod |date=19 April 2017 |author=Phillips, Owen |work=BBC Sport |access-date=20 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420010519/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39644265 |archive-date=20 April 2017}} Before the tournament Trump had declared that he "honestly believe [he] can play to a standard which is very rare nowadays," and that he was "the best" in the world.{{cite news |title=World Championship 2017: Favourite tag is an 'advantage' – Judd Trump |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39602348 |author=Hafez, Shamoon |access-date=19 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417134417/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39602348 |archive-date=17 April 2017 |work=BBC Sport |date=14 April 2017}} His poor performance in the match, which ran into a third session, was exacerbated by a shoulder injury that was causing him visible pain when down on shots.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/19/judd-trump-crashes-out-world-championship-crucible |title=Judd Trump crashes out of World Championship to qualifier Rory McLeod |agency=Press Association |date=19 April 2017 |work=The Guardian |access-date=20 April 2017 |issn=0261-3077 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419232733/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/19/judd-trump-crashes-out-world-championship-crucible |archive-date=19 April 2017}} This resulted in 46-year-old McLeod becoming the oldest player to reach the last 16 since Steve Davis' quarter-final run in 2010 aged 52.{{cite news |title=Snooker – Legend Steve Davis stuns John Higgins in Crucible epic |work=BBC Sport |date=24 April 2010 |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8641717.stm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825145307/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8641717.stm |archive-date=25 August 2017 |url-status=live}} McLeod commented that his victory was "the best win of [his] career, to beat Judd Trump on centre stage is brilliant."{{Cite web |title=Story of the 2017 Betfred World Championship |work=World Snooker |date=2 May 2017 |access-date=1 December 2019 |url=https://www.worldsnooker.com/story-2017-betfred-world-championship/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902215740/http://www.worldsnooker.com/story-2017-betfred-world-championship/ |archive-date=2 September 2017 |url-status=live}}

In an all-Chinese match, fourth seed Ding Junhui defeated debutant Zhou Yuelong 10–5 to reach the last 16.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39627115 |title=World Championship 2017: John Higgins sees off a Martin Gould fightback to reach round two |date=18 April 2017 |work=BBC Sport |author=Phillips, Owen |access-date=20 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419234304/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39627115 |archive-date=19 April 2017}} Ali Carter lost 7–10 in a tense encounter with 2006 world champion Graeme Dott, which Carter blamed on his poor start to the match.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39648689 |title=World Championship 2017: Ali Carter blames 'nightmare' start for Graeme Dott loss |author=Phillips, Owen |date=19 April 2017 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=20 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419214102/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39648689 |archive-date=19 April 2017}} The 2010 world champion Neil Robertson made his 500th career century during his 10–4 first round win over Noppon Saengkham.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39647761 |title=Robertson racks up 500th century break |date=19 April 2017 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=20 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420033343/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39647761 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |format=audio/video}} In his first-round loss to Liang Wenbo, Stuart Carrington became only the fifth player, after John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mark Selby, and Neil Robertson, to make century breaks in three consecutive frames in a World Championship match; Liang won the match 10–7.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39643492 |title=World Championship 2017: Stuart Carrington 'amazed' to join three-ton group |date=19 April 2017 |author=Phillips, Owen |work=BBC Sport |access-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502111828/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39643492 |archive-date=2 May 2017 |url-status=live}} Xiao Guodong defeated Wales' sole representative Ryan Day 10–4, which Day referred to as "embarrassing".{{Cite web |title=World Championship 2017: Welshman Ryan Day frustrated after Crucible exit |work=BBC Sport |date=20 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/39651352}} This was the first event since 1969 where the second round contained no Welsh players.

Seven former world champions progressed to the second round: Selby, Bingham, O'Sullivan, Higgins, Robertson, Dott and Shaun Murphy. Ebdon was the only former champion in the main draw not to reach the last 16.{{cite web |title=Betfred World Championship – Matches |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13918/betfred-world-championship |website=World Snooker |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417065957/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13918/betfred-world-championship |archive-date=17 April 2017 |access-date=20 April 2017}} None of the five debutants made it to the second round.

File:Stephen Maguire at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2015-02-04 03.jpg reached the last eight for the first time since 2012, the only unseeded player to progress to the quarter-finals.]]

The second round of the championship took place from 20 to 24 April 2017, matches being played as best-of-25 frames over three sessions. At this stage, 12 of the 16 seeded players remained in the competition.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39685931 |title=World Championship: Stephen Maguire beats Rory McLeod 13–3 to reach quarters |date=23 April 2017 |author=Hafez, Shamoon |work=BBC Sport |access-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428051001/http://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39685931 |archive-date=28 April 2017}} Kyren Wilson advanced to his second consecutive World Championship quarter-final by defeating third seed Stuart Bingham 13–10.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39669243 |author=Phillips, Owen |title=World Championship 2017: Kyren Wilson beats Stuart Bingham 13–10 |date=21 April 2017 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=30 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424082211/http://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39669243 |archive-date=24 April 2017 |url-status=live}} Five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Shaun Murphy 13–7, to set up his 18th quarter-final appearance at the Crucible.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/22/ronnie-osullivan-beats-shaun-murphy-world-snooker-championship |title=Ronnie O'Sullivan could keep the hits coming after reaching Crucible last eight |agency=Press Association |date=22 April 2017 |work=The Guardian |access-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426181222/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/22/ronnie-osullivan-beats-shaun-murphy-world-snooker-championship |archive-date=26 April 2017}} Having dispatched Zhou Yuelong in the first round, Ding Junhui played in a second consecutive all-Chinese match, defeating fellow countryman Liang Wenbo 13–12.{{cite news |title=Liang error hands Ding deciding frame |newspaper=BBC Sport |date=22 April 2017 |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/snooker/39681369 |format=audio/video}}

Four-time world champion John Higgins defeated Mark Allen 13–9, having trailed 3–5 after the first session.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39679489 |title=World Snooker Championship: Mark Allen beaten 13–9 by John Higgins |date=22 April 2017 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428050638/http://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39679489 |archive-date=28 April 2017}} Stephen Maguire defeated Rory McLeod 13–3 with a session to spare to reach his first World Championship quarter-final since 2012. Maguire was the only unseeded player to progress to the quarter-finals. Defending champion Mark Selby defeated Xiao Guodong 13–6, commenting afterwards, "I don't feel as though I have peaked".{{Cite news |title=World Championship 2017: Mark Selby warns he is yet to find his best form |author=Phillips, Owen |newspaper=BBC Sport |access-date=29 July 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39697827 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830180803/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39697827 |archive-date=30 August 2017 |url-status=live |date=24 April 2017}} Marco Fu won 13–11, after his opponent Neil Robertson missed the final black in the 24th frame which would have sent their match into a deciding frame.{{Cite news |title=Marco Fu edges out Neil Robertson in thriller to set up Selby quarter-final |newspaper=The Guardian |agency=Press Association |access-date=29 July 2019 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/24/marco-fu-neil-robertson-world-snooker-championship |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505155816/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/24/marco-fu-neil-robertson-world-snooker-championship |archive-date=5 May 2017 |url-status=live |date=24 April 2017}}

File:Barry Hawkins at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2013-02-02 16.jpg reached the World Championship semi-finals for the fourth time in five years.]]

The quarter-finals were played on 25 and 26 April 2017, as best-of-25 frames matches divided over three sessions. John Higgins won all three sessions of his match against Kyren Wilson and triumphed 13–6, to advance to his first semi-final since winning the event in 2011. With the score tied at 3–3 in the first session, Wilson miscued and split his cue tip, requiring a 15-minute break to carry out the repair.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/scotland/39720944 |title=World Championship 2017: John Higgins believes he can win fifth title |date=26 April 2017 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427195629/http://www.bbc.com/sport/scotland/39720944 |archive-date=27 April 2017}} The two players would meet in the semi-finals of the following year's tournament, which Higgins won 17–13.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/snooker-higgins-world-championship-final-john-higgins-kyren-wilson-crucible-reaches-seventh-final-a8338206.html |title=John Higgins reaches seventh World Championship final after beating Kyren Wilson 17–13 at the Crucible |work=The Independent |date=5 May 2018 |access-date=6 May 2018 |author=Rutzler, Peter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508105055/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/snooker-higgins-world-championship-final-john-higgins-kyren-wilson-crucible-reaches-seventh-final-a8338206.html |archive-date=8 May 2018}}

Defending champion Mark Selby defeated Marco Fu 13–3 with a session to spare.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39720225 |title=World Championship 2017: Mark Selby, John Higgins reach semis |author=Phillips, Owen |date=26 April 2017 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427195627/http://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39720225 |archive-date=27 April 2017}} Selby's victory included a break of 143 in frame 15, which BBC commentator Stephen Hendry described as "one of the best [breaks] I've ever seen."{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39719414 |title=Selby's 143 one of the best breaks I've ever seen – Hendry |work=BBC Sport |date=26 April 2017 |access-date=28 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501010149/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39719414 |archive-date=1 May 2017 |url-status=live |format=audio/video}} After the match, Fu commented that Selby was "unplayable at times" and predicted that he would win the championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championship/2016-2017/mark-selby-demolishes-marco-fu-barry-hawkins-sets-up-john-higgins-clash_sto6143274/story.shtml |author=Bennett, Tom |title=Barry Hawkins sets up John Higgins clash, Mark Selby demolishes Marco Fu |date=26 April 2017 |work=Eurosport |access-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427195142/http://www.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championship/2016-2017/mark-selby-demolishes-marco-fu-barry-hawkins-sets-up-john-higgins-clash_sto6143274/story.shtml |archive-date=27 April 2017}}

Ding Junhui defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 13–10 in their quarter-final encounter. Ding developed an early 3–0 lead, but O'Sullivan fought back to level the first session at 4–4. Ding dominated the second session and opened up a 10–6 overnight lead. O'Sullivan took the first two frames of the final session to reduce his deficit to 8–10; the next four frames were shared equally, before Ding concluded the match in frame 23.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/26/mark-selby-snooker-world-championship-semi-finals-marco-fu-ronnie-o-sullivan-ding-junhui |title=Ronnie O'Sullivan loses to Ding at world championship despite 146 break |date=26 April 2017 |work=The Guardian |agency=Press Association |access-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427022010/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/26/mark-selby-snooker-world-championship-semi-finals-marco-fu-ronnie-o-sullivan-ding-junhui |archive-date=27 April 2017}} O'Sullivan attempted a 147 maximum break in frame 20, but he ran out of position after potting the 13th red and was forced to take the pink instead of the black; his consequent {{cuegloss|clearance}} of 146 was the highest break of the championship.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39724953 |title=O'Sullivan makes 'absolutely incredible' 146 break |date=26 April 2017 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=28 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428141748/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39724953 |archive-date=28 April 2017 |format=audio/video}}

Stephen Maguire was defeated 9–13 by Barry Hawkins, who reached his fourth Crucible semi-final in five years. Hawkins led 9–7 after the first two sessions, but Maguire took the next two frames—including a 135 clearance in frame 17—to tie the match at 9–9. Hawkins then won the next four frames straight to round out the match.{{cite web |title=Barry Hawkins overcomes Stephen Maguire to seal World Snooker Championship Semi-Final spot |first=Jonathan |last=Davies |work=livesnooker |date=26 April 2017 |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=http://www.livesnooker.com/category/major-ranking-events/barry-hawkins-13-9-stephen-maguire-2017-world-snooker-championship-20170426-0007/ |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306161948/http://www.livesnooker.com/category/major-ranking-events/barry-hawkins-13-9-stephen-maguire-2017-world-snooker-championship-20170426-0007/ |url-status=dead }}

File:John Higgins and Olivier Marteel at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2013-01-30 03.jpg defeated Barry Hawkins in the semi-finals to reach his sixth World Championship final.]]

The semi-finals, which took place from 27 to 29 April 2017, were played as best-of-33 frames matches divided over four sessions. A single table was used for both matches, successive sessions of play alternating between the two semi-finals. Defending champion Mark Selby played fourth seed Ding Junhui in the first semi-final, which was a rematch of the previous year's final.{{cite web |title=Mark Selby finally sees off Ding Junhui in Crucible classic to make final |url=http://www.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championship/2016-2017/world-championship-latest-updates-as-mark-selby-looks-to-stretch-lead-against-ding-junhui_sto6147473/story.shtml |first=Tom |last=Adams |website=Eurosport |access-date=29 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503073018/http://www.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championship/2016-2017/world-championship-latest-updates-as-mark-selby-looks-to-stretch-lead-against-ding-junhui_sto6147473/story.shtml |archive-date=3 May 2017 |url-status=live |date=29 April 2017}} Selby held the lead for most of the match, before Ding drew level at 12–12 after three sessions.{{cite news |title=World Championship 2017: Mark Selby & Ding Junhui level at 12–12 in semi-final |author=Hafez, Shamoon |newspaper=BBC Sport |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39748801 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608230201/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39748801 |archive-date=8 June 2017 |url-status=live |date=28 April 2017}} Selby then won four of the next five frames, to lead 16–13, requiring just one more frame to win the match. Ding persevered to win two further frames, before Selby scored a break of 72 to triumph 17–15.{{cite web |title=Mark Selby seals another trip to world snooker final, faces John Higgins |publisher=ESPN |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/snooker/story/_/id/19273134/mark-selby-beats-ding-junhui-seal-another-trip-snooker-world-championship-final-john-higgins |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115074231/http://www.espn.co.uk/snooker/story/_/id/19273134/mark-selby-beats-ding-junhui-seal-another-trip-snooker-world-championship-final-john-higgins |archive-date=15 November 2017 |url-status=live |date=29 April 2017}}

Sixth seed John Higgins played seventh seed Barry Hawkins in the other semi-final.{{cite news |title=World Championship 2017: Barry Hawkins 'needs top game' to beat John Higgins |newspaper=BBC Sport |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39732054 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604032909/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39732054 |archive-date=4 June 2017 |url-status=live |date=27 April 2017}} Higgins held the lead after each of the first three sessions, at 5–3,{{cite news |title=World Championship 2017: John Higgins leads Barry Hawkins 5–3 |author=Phillips, Owen |newspaper=BBC Sport |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39734913 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830125430/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39734913 |archive-date=30 August 2017 |url-status=live |date=27 April 2017}} 10–6, and 16–8, before winning the match 17–8 in the first frame of the final session. World Snooker described his semi-final win as a "demolition".{{cite web |title=Higgins Reaches Sixth World Final |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/higgins-reaches-sixth-world-final/ |website=World Snooker |access-date=30 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508203654/http://www.worldsnooker.com/higgins-reaches-sixth-world-final/ |archive-date=8 May 2017 |url-status=live |date=29 April 2017}} With the victory, Higgins qualified for his first World Championship final in six years and his sixth overall, the first being 19 years previously when he won his first world title in 1998.{{cite web |title=John Higgins clinches victory over Barry Hawkins to reach final |work=Eurosport UK |date=29 April 2017 |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/snooker/world-championship/2016-2017/world-championship-latest-updates-as-mark-selby-looks-to-stretch-lead-against-ding-junhui_sto6147614/story.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002213739/http://www.eurosport.co.uk/snooker/world-championship/2016-2017/world-championship-latest-updates-as-mark-selby-looks-to-stretch-lead-against-ding-junhui_sto6147614/story.shtml |archive-date=2 October 2017 |url-status=live}}

File:Mark Selby at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2013-01-30 15.jpg claimed his third world title in four years by winning the final 18–15.]]

The final was played on 30 April and 1 May 2017 between first seed Mark Selby and sixth seed John Higgins. It was a best-of-35 frames match, spread over four sessions. This final was a rematch of the 2007 World Championship final, where Higgins had defeated Selby 18–13.{{cite news |title=Higgins beats brave Selby in epic |work=BBC Sport |access-date=6 March 2019 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6633177.stm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018131743/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6633177.stm |archive-date=18 October 2007 |url-status=live |date=8 May 2007}} In reaching the 2017 final, Higgins became the second-oldest Crucible world finalist at 41 years and 11 months, behind Ray Reardon who had played in the 1982 final aged 49. The other quadragenarians to have played in a world final at the Crucible were John Spencer and Terry Griffiths.{{efn|Higgins reached the final again the following year, aged 42 (his opponent Mark Williams was aged 43), and again in 2019, aged 43.}}{{cite news |title=Selby sees off Ding to seal place in final |url=http://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-dominion-post/20170501/282187945916769 |date=1 May 2017 |newspaper=The Dominion Post |via=PressReader |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416012623/http://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-dominion-post/20170501/282187945916769 |archive-date=16 April 2018 |url-status=live}}

Higgins led 6–2 after the first session and 10–4 during the second, before finishing the first day 10–7 ahead.{{cite web |first=Shamoon |last=Hafez |title=Mark Selby beats John Higgins to retain his World Championship title |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39773552 |access-date=1 May 2017 |work=BBC Sport |date=1 May 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501170926/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39773552 |archive-date=1 May 2017}} Selby fought back on the second day to win six of the first seven frames, and he was leading 13–11 by the end of the third session. The next six frames were shared equally and Selby maintained his two-frame lead at 16–14. In frame 31, he played a shot to roll up to the {{cuegloss|black ball}}; despite his conviction that he had made contact, Selby was told by referee Jan Verhaas that he had {{cuegloss|miss|missed}} the ball, for which he received a seven-point penalty. Higgins then won the frame to take the score to 16–15. After compiling a 131 break in frame 32, Selby won the championship with a break of 75 in frame 33, bringing the final match score to 18–15.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/may/01/world-snooker-championship-final-2017-mark-selby-v-john-higgins-live |title=Mark Selby beats John Higgins to win world snooker championship – as it happened |date=1 May 2017 |first=Daniel |last=Harris |work=The Guardian |access-date=3 May 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502233721/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/may/01/world-snooker-championship-final-2017-mark-selby-v-john-higgins-live |archive-date=2 May 2017}}

Selby had achieved his victory after falling behind by six frames at the end of the first day's play. He became the fourth player (after Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, and Ronnie O'Sullivan) to defend the world title in the Crucible era. He also became the third player (after Hendry and Ding Junhui) to win five full ranking titles in a single season, the first player to win the China Open and the world title back-to-back, and the first player to win over £1,000,000 across the two-year rolling prize money list. In reaching the final, Higgins moved to second in the world rankings, behind Selby.

The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks. Match winners are shown in bold.{{snooker.org}}{{snooker.org|fixtures=yes}}

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|19 April|{{flagathlete|Ryan Day|WAL}} (16)|4 |{{flagathlete|Xiao Guodong|CHN}}|10

|19 & 20 April|{{flagathlete|Neil Robertson|AUS}} (9)|10 |{{flagathlete|Noppon Saengkham|THA}}|4

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|15 & 16 April|{{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}} (12)|10 |{{flagathlete|Gary Wilson|ENG}}|7

|18 April|{{flagathlete|Liang Wenbo|CHN}} (13)|10 |{{flagathlete|Stuart Carrington|ENG}}|7

|17 & 18 April|{{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}} (4)|10 |{{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}}|5

|16 & 17 April|{{flagathlete|Stuart Bingham|ENG}} (3)|10 |{{flagathlete|Peter Ebdon|ENG}}|5

|15 & 16 April|{{flagathlete|Kyren Wilson|ENG}} (14)|10 |{{flagathlete|David Grace|ENG}}|6

|16 & 17 April|{{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}} (11)|10 |{{flagathlete|Jimmy Robertson|ENG}}|8

|17 & 18 April|{{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}} (6)|10 |{{flagathlete|Martin Gould|ENG}}|6

|19 & 20 April|{{flagathlete|Barry Hawkins|ENG}} (7)|10 |{{flagathlete|Tom Ford|ENG}}|3

|18 & 19 April|{{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}} (10)|7 |{{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}}|10

|15 April|{{flagathlete|Anthony McGill|SCO}} (15)|2 |{{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}}|10

|18 & 19 April|{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} (2)|8 |{{flagathlete|Rory McLeod|ENG}}|10

|22, 23 & 24 April|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (1)|13 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong|6

|23 & 24 April|{{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson (9)|11 |{{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu (8)|13

|20, 21 & 22 April|{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy (5)|7 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (12)|13

|21 & 22 April|{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo (13)|12 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui (4)|13

|20 & 21 April|{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham (3)|10 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson (14)|13

|21 & 22 April|{{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen (11)|9 |{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins (6)|13

|23 & 24 April|{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins (7)|13 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott|6

|22 & 23 April|{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire|13 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeod|3

|25 & 26 April|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (1)|13 |{{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu (8)|3

|25 & 26 April|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (12)|10 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui (4)|13

|25 & 26 April|{{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson (14)|6 |{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins (6)|13

|25 & 26 April|{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins (7)|13 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire|9

|27, 28 & 29 April|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (1)|17 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui (4)|15

|27, 28 & 29 April|{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins (6)|17 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins (7)|8

|30 April & 1 May|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (1)|18|{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins (6)|15

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|(Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 30 April & 1 May. Referee: Jan Verhaas

| Mark Selby (1)
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| 18–15

| John Higgins (6)
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| {{nowrap|76–34 (76),}} {{nowrap|7–50,}} {{nowrap|121–8 (62, 58),}} {{nowrap|0–141 (141),}} {{nowrap|40–99 (63),}} {{nowrap|1–126 (95),}} {{nowrap|54–59 (58),}} {{nowrap|33–68}}

| Session 1
{{nowrap|Session score: (2–6), Match score: 2–6}}

| {{nowrap|76–34 (76),}} {{nowrap|7–50,}} {{nowrap|121–8 (62, 58),}} {{nowrap|0–141 (141),}} {{nowrap|40–99 (63),}} {{nowrap|1–126 (95),}} {{nowrap|54–59 (58),}} {{nowrap|33–68}}

| {{nowrap|86–0 (86),}} {{nowrap|8–60,}} {{nowrap|44–74,}} {{nowrap|69–22,}} {{nowrap|1–68,}} {{nowrap|0–76 (76),}} {{nowrap|81–9 (81),}} {{nowrap|121–12 (121),}} {{nowrap|96–17}}

| Session 2
{{nowrap|Session score: (5–4), Match score: 7–10}}

| {{nowrap|86–0 (86),}} {{nowrap|8–60,}} {{nowrap|44–74,}} {{nowrap|69–22, 1–68,}} {{nowrap|0–76 (76),}} {{nowrap|81–9 (81),}} {{nowrap|121–12 (121),}} {{nowrap|96–17}}

| {{nowrap|76–1,}} {{nowrap|53–2,}} {{nowrap|29–107 (78),}} {{nowrap|63–40,}} {{nowrap|68–19 (67),}} {{nowrap|82–0 (58),}} {{nowrap|72–0 (72)}}

| Session 3
{{nowrap|Session score: (6–1), Match score 13–11}}

| {{nowrap|76–1,}} {{nowrap|53–2,}} {{nowrap|29–107 (78),}} {{nowrap|63–40,}} {{nowrap|68–19 (67),}} {{nowrap|82–0 (58),}} {{nowrap|72–0 (72)}}

| {{nowrap|72–22,}} {{nowrap|36–74,}} {{nowrap|76–1 (71),}} {{nowrap|134–4 (54, 70),}} {{nowrap|34–88 (88),}} {{nowrap|0–119 (111),}} {{nowrap|47–74,}} {{nowrap|132–0 (131),}} {{nowrap|80–19 (75)}}

| Session 4
{{nowrap|Session score: (5–4), Match score 18–15}}

| {{nowrap|72–22,}} {{nowrap|36–74,}} {{nowrap|76–1 (71),}} {{nowrap|134–4 (54, 70),}} {{nowrap|34–88 (88),}} {{nowrap|0–119 (111),}} {{nowrap|47–74,}} {{nowrap|132–0 (131),}} {{nowrap|80–19 (75)}}

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| 131

| Highest break

| 141

| 2

| Century breaks

| 2

| 14

| 50+ breaks

| 8

| Mark Selby wins the 2017 Betfred World Snooker Championship.

|Best of 19 frames

|Best of 25 frames

|Best of 25 frames

|Best of 33 frames

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Qualifying for the 2017 World Snooker Championship took place from 5 to 12 April 2017, at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield. There were 128 competitors who took part in the three qualifying rounds; the 16 winners of the third round matches progressed to the main stage of the tournament at the Crucible Theatre, also in Sheffield. All qualifying matches were played as best-of-19 frames. The 128 players that entered the qualifying competition included tour players ranked outside the top 16, and 16 amateur players, all of whom achieved success through the WPBSA qualifying criteria. The following amateur players were invited to compete:

• Home Nations NGB qualifiers: Jackson Page, Tyler Rees, Ross Vallance, Chris Totten, Jordan Brown, Patrick Wallace, Jamie Bodle, Wayne Townsend
• 2016 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: Xu Si
• 2017 EBSA European Snooker Championship runner-up: Andres Petrov (tournament won by Chris Totten, who had already qualified)
• 2017 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: Alexander Ursenbacher
• EBSA Order of Merit 2016/17: Gerard Greene, Zack Richardson
• 2017 World Seniors Championship winner: Peter Lines
• 2016 WLBS World Women's Championship winner: Reanne Evans
• 2017 WLBS World Women's Championship winner: Ng On-yee

The winner of the 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship, Soheil Vahedi of Iran, was also invited but could not obtain a visa in time to compete. Two amateur players, England's Andy Hicks and Poland's Adam Stefanów, were invited to replace the absent professional players Jamie Burnett and Rouzi Maimaiti.{{cite web |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13917/betfred-world-championship-qualifiers |title=Betfred World Championship Qualifiers |website=livescores.worldsnookerdata.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409021122/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13917/betfred-world-championship-qualifiers |archive-date=9 April 2017 |access-date=8 April 2017}} Hicks and Stefanów were selected from the 2016 Q School Order of Merit, as the top-ranked players that had not already qualified for the tournament.{{cite web |url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=46&season=2015 |title=Q School Order of Merit |website=snooker.org |access-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523150953/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=46&season=2015 |archive-date=23 May 2016 |url-status=live}}

The results of the three rounds of qualifying are given below. Of the 128 players that entered, 64 progressed to the second round; 32 players progressed to the third and final qualifying round. The 16 winners of the third round advanced to the main stages of the competition, where they met the 16 seeded players in the first round.

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| RD2 = Round 2
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| RD3 = Round 3
Best of 19 frames

| RD1-team01= {{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}} | RD1-score01= 10

| RD1-team02= {{flagathlete|Zhao Xintong|CHN}} | RD1-score02= 7

| RD1-team03= {{flagathlete|Liam Highfield|ENG}} | RD1-score03= 10

| RD1-team04= {{flagathlete|Andres Petrov|EST}} | RD1-score04= 2

| RD1-team05= {{flagathlete|Stuart Carrington|ENG}} | RD1-score05= 10

| RD1-team06= {{flagathlete|Alex Borg|MLT}} | RD1-score06= 2

| RD1-team07= {{flagathlete|Andrew Higginson|ENG}} | RD1-score07= 10

| RD1-team08= {{flagathlete|Michael Georgiou|CYP}} | RD1-score08= 8

| RD1-team09= {{flagathlete|Tom Ford|ENG}} | RD1-score09= 10

| RD1-team10= {{flagathlete|Jamie Bodle|ENG}} | RD1-score10= 2

| RD1-team11= {{flagathlete|Chris Wakelin|ENG}} | RD1-score11= 10

| RD1-team12= {{flagathlete|Elliot Slessor|ENG}} | RD1-score12= 5

| RD1-team13= {{flagathlete|Matthew Selt|ENG}} | RD1-score13= 10

| RD1-team14= {{flagathlete|David John|WAL}} | RD1-score14= 4

| RD1-team15= {{flagathlete|Hossein Vafaei|IRI}} | RD1-score15= 10

| RD1-team16= {{flagathlete|Hatem Yassen|EGY}} | RD1-score16= 1

| RD1-team17= {{flagathlete|Robin Hull|FIN}} | RD1-score17= 8

| RD1-team18= {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | RD1-score18= 10

| RD1-team19= {{flagathlete|Matthew Stevens|WAL}} | RD1-score19= 8

| RD1-team20= {{flagathlete|Lee Walker|WAL}} | RD1-score20= 10

| RD1-team21= {{flagathlete|Noppon Saengkham|THA}} | RD1-score21= 10

| RD1-team22= {{flagathlete|Jak Jones|WAL}} | RD1-score22= 5

| RD1-team23= {{flagathlete|Anthony Hamilton|ENG}} | RD1-score23= 10

| RD1-team24= {{flagathlete|Craig Steadman|ENG}} | RD1-score24= 5

| RD1-team25= {{flagathlete|Li Hang|CHN}} | RD1-score25= 10

| RD1-team26= {{flagathlete|Fraser Patrick|SCO}} | RD1-score26= 9

| RD1-team27= {{flagathlete|Mike Dunn|ENG}} | RD1-score27= 10

| RD1-team28= {{flagathlete|Andy Hicks|ENG}} | RD1-score28= 6

| RD1-team29= {{flagathlete|Nigel Bond|ENG}} | RD1-score29= 10

| RD1-team30= {{flagathlete|Ng On-yee|HKG}} | RD1-score30= 1

| RD1-team31= {{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}} | RD1-score31= 10

| RD1-team32= {{flagathlete|Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn|THA}} | RD1-score32= 7

| RD1-team33= {{flagathlete|Mark King|ENG}} | RD1-score33= 10

| RD1-team34= {{flagathlete|Paul Davison|ENG}} | RD1-score34= 4

| RD1-team35= {{flagathlete|Zhang Anda|CHN}} | RD1-score35= 7

| RD1-team36= {{flagathlete|Fang Xiongman|CHN}} | RD1-score36= 10

| RD1-team37= {{flagathlete|Xiao Guodong|CHN}} | RD1-score37= 10

| RD1-team38= {{flagathlete|Tyler Rees|WAL}} | RD1-score38= 2

| RD1-team39= {{flagathlete|Sam Baird|ENG}} | RD1-score39= 10

| RD1-team40= {{flagathlete|Ross Vallance|SCO}} | RD1-score40= 2

| RD1-team41= {{flagathlete|Ben Woollaston|ENG}} | RD1-score41= 10

| RD1-team42= {{flagathlete|Chris Totten|SCO}} | RD1-score42= 4

| RD1-team43= {{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}} | RD1-score43= 10

| RD1-team44= {{flagathlete|Jason Weston|ENG}} | RD1-score44= 4

| RD1-team45= {{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}} | RD1-score45= 10

| RD1-team46= {{flagathlete|Christopher Keogan|ENG}} | RD1-score46= 5

| RD1-team47= {{flagathlete|Ian Burns|ENG}} | RD1-score47= 7

| RD1-team48= {{flagathlete|Ian Preece|WAL}} | RD1-score48= 10

| RD1-team49= {{flagathlete|Alfie Burden|ENG}} | RD1-score49= 10

| RD1-team50= {{flagathlete|Adam Duffy|ENG}} | RD1-score50= 6

| RD1-team51= {{flagathlete|Jamie Jones|WAL}} | RD1-score51= 10

| RD1-team52= {{flagathlete|Jamie Curtis-Barrett|ENG}} | RD1-score52= 0

| RD1-team53= {{flagathlete|Dechawat Poomjaeng|THA}} | RD1-score53= 10

| RD1-team54= {{flagathlete|Chen Zhe|CHN}} | RD1-score54= 7

| RD1-team55= {{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}} | RD1-score55= 10

| RD1-team56= {{flagathlete|Allan Taylor|ENG}} | RD1-score56= 3

| RD1-team57= {{flagathlete|Tian Pengfei|CHN}} | RD1-score57= 10

| RD1-team58= {{flagathlete|Zhang Yong|CHN}} | RD1-score58= 4

| RD1-team59= {{flagathlete|Fergal O'Brien|IRL}} | RD1-score59= 10

| RD1-team60= {{flagathlete|Gerard Greene|NIR}} | RD1-score60= 6

| RD1-team61= {{flagathlete|Rhys Clark|SCO}} | RD1-score61= 10

| RD1-team62= {{flagathlete|Wayne Townsend|ENG}} | RD1-score62= 1

| RD1-team63= {{flagathlete|David Gilbert|ENG}} | RD1-score63= w/o

| RD1-team64= {{flagathlete|Patrick Wallace|NIR}} | RD1-score64= w/d

| RD1-team65= {{flagathlete|Joe Perry|ENG}} | RD1-score65= 10

| RD1-team66= {{flagathlete|Zack Richardson|ENG}} | RD1-score66= 3

| RD1-team67= {{flagathlete|Mei Xiwen|CHN}} | RD1-score67= 5

| RD1-team68= {{flagathlete|Sunny Akani|THA}} | RD1-score68= 10

| RD1-team69= {{flagathlete|Mark Joyce|ENG}} | RD1-score69= 10

| RD1-team70= {{flagathlete|Jordan Brown|NIR}} | RD1-score70= 3

| RD1-team71= {{flagathlete|David Grace|ENG}} | RD1-score71= 10

| RD1-team72= {{flagathlete|Thor Chuan Leong|MAS}} | RD1-score72= 6

| RD1-team73= {{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}} | RD1-score73= 10

| RD1-team74= {{flagathlete|Sean O'Sullivan|ENG}} | RD1-score74= 4

| RD1-team75= {{flagathlete|Joe Swail|NIR}} | RD1-score75= 10

| RD1-team76= {{flagathlete|Sanderson Lam|ENG}} | RD1-score76= 8

| RD1-team77= {{flagathlete|Dominic Dale|WAL}} | RD1-score77= 10

| RD1-team78= {{flagathlete|Boonyarit Keattikun|THA}} | RD1-score78= 2

| RD1-team79= {{flagathlete|Daniel Wells|WAL}} | RD1-score79= 10

| RD1-team80= {{flagathlete|Adam Stefanów|POL}} | RD1-score80= 7

| RD1-team81= {{flagathlete|Gary Wilson|ENG}} | RD1-score81= 10

| RD1-team82= {{flagathlete|Josh Boileau|IRL}} | RD1-score82= 9

| RD1-team83= {{flagathlete|Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|THA}} | RD1-score83= 9

| RD1-team84= {{flagathlete|Peter Lines|ENG}} | RD1-score84= 10

| RD1-team85= {{flagathlete|Ross Muir|SCO}} | RD1-score85= 10

| RD1-team86= {{flagathlete|Gareth Allen|WAL}} | RD1-score86= 7

| RD1-team87= {{flagathlete|Michael White|WAL}} | RD1-score87= 10

| RD1-team88= {{flagathlete|Aditya Mehta|IND}} | RD1-score88= 3

| RD1-team89= {{flagathlete|Rory McLeod|ENG}} | RD1-score89= 10

| RD1-team90= {{flagathlete|Darryl Hill|IOM}} | RD1-score90= 7

| RD1-team91= {{flagathlete|Kurt Maflin|NOR}} | RD1-score91= 6

| RD1-team92= {{flagathlete|Sydney Wilson|ENG}} | RD1-score92= 10

| RD1-team93= {{flagathlete|Martin O'Donnell|ENG}} | RD1-score93= 10

| RD1-team94= {{flagathlete|Jackson Page|WAL}} | RD1-score94= 9

| RD1-team95= {{flagathlete|Ricky Walden|ENG}} | RD1-score95= 7

| RD1-team96= {{flagathlete|Hammad Miah|ENG}} | RD1-score96= 10

| RD1-team97= {{flagathlete|Michael Holt|ENG}} | RD1-score97= 10

| RD1-team98= {{flagathlete|Hamza Akbar|PAK}} | RD1-score98= 2

| RD1-team99= {{flagathlete|Jamie Cope|ENG}} | RD1-score99= 5

| RD1-team100= {{flagathlete|Eden Sharav|SCO}} | RD1-score100= 10

| RD1-team101= {{flagathlete|Peter Ebdon|ENG}} | RD1-score101= 10

| RD1-team102= {{flagathlete|Michael Wild|ENG}} | RD1-score102= 3

| RD1-team103= {{flagathlete|Jack Lisowski|ENG}} | RD1-score103= 10

| RD1-team104= {{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}} | RD1-score104= 7

| RD1-team105= {{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}} | RD1-score105= 10

| RD1-team106= {{flagathlete|Kurt Dunham|AUS}} | RD1-score106= 1

| RD1-team107= {{flagathlete|Rod Lawler|ENG}} | RD1-score107= 10

| RD1-team108= {{flagathlete|Xu Si|CHN}} | RD1-score108= 5

| RD1-team109= {{flagathlete|Jimmy Robertson|ENG}} | RD1-score109= 10

| RD1-team110= {{flagathlete|Cao Yupeng|CHN}} | RD1-score110= 8

| RD1-team111= {{flagathlete|Oliver Lines|ENG}} | RD1-score111= 10

| RD1-team112= {{flagathlete|Duane Jones|WAL}} | RD1-score112= 6

| RD1-team113= {{flagathlete|Yan Bingtao|CHN}} | RD1-score113= 10

| RD1-team114= {{flagathlete|Sam Craigie|ENG}} | RD1-score114= 8

| RD1-team115= {{flagathlete|Mark Davis|ENG}} | RD1-score115= 10

| RD1-team116= {{flagathlete|Mitchell Mann|ENG}} | RD1-score116= 3

| RD1-team117= {{flagathlete|Scott Donaldson|SCO}} | RD1-score117= 10

| RD1-team118= {{flagathlete|Wang Yuchen|CHN}} | RD1-score118= 2

| RD1-team119= {{flagathlete|Robert Milkins|ENG}} | RD1-score119= 6

| RD1-team120= {{flagathlete|Alexander Ursenbacher|SUI}} | RD1-score120= 10

| RD1-team121= {{flagathlete|Robbie Williams|ENG}} | RD1-score121= 10

| RD1-team122= {{flagathlete|James Cahill|ENG}} | RD1-score122= 1

| RD1-team123= {{flagathlete|Yu Delu|CHN}} | RD1-score123= 10

| RD1-team124= {{flagathlete|Itaro Santos|BRA}} | RD1-score124= 0

| RD1-team125= {{flagathlete|John Astley|ENG}} | RD1-score125= 10

| RD1-team126= {{flagathlete|Igor Figueiredo|BRA}} | RD1-score126= 7

| RD1-team127= {{flagathlete|Martin Gould|ENG}} | RD1-score127= 10

| RD1-team128= {{flagathlete|James Wattana|THA}} | RD1-score128= 2

| RD2-team01= {{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams | RD2-score01= 10

| RD2-team02= {{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Highfield | RD2-score02= 9

| RD2-team03= {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carrington | RD2-score03= 10

| RD2-team04= {{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson | RD2-score04= 6

| RD2-team05= {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford | RD2-score05= 10

| RD2-team06= {{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Wakelin | RD2-score06= 6

| RD2-team07= {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt | RD2-score07= 6

| RD2-team08= {{flagicon|IRI}} Hossein Vafaei | RD2-score08= 10

| RD2-team09= {{flagicon|ENG}} Reanne Evans | RD2-score09= 6

| RD2-team10= {{flagicon|WAL}} Lee Walker | RD2-score10= 10

| RD2-team11= {{flagicon|THA}} Noppon Saengkham | RD2-score11= 10

| RD2-team12= {{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton | RD2-score12= 9

| RD2-team13= {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang | RD2-score13= 10

| RD2-team14= {{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Dunn | RD2-score14= 4

| RD2-team15= {{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond | RD2-score15= 3

| RD2-team16= {{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire | RD2-score16= 10

| RD2-team17= {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King | RD2-score17= 10

| RD2-team18= {{flagicon|CHN}} Fang Xiongman | RD2-score18= 4

| RD2-team19= {{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong | RD2-score19= 10

| RD2-team20= {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Baird | RD2-score20= 4

| RD2-team21= {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston | RD2-score21= 10

| RD2-team22= {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty | RD2-score22= 4

| RD2-team23= {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong | RD2-score23= 10

| RD2-team24= {{flagicon|WAL}} Ian Preece | RD2-score24= 8

| RD2-team25= {{flagicon|ENG}} Alfie Burden | RD2-score25= 8

| RD2-team26= {{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Jones | RD2-score26= 10

| RD2-team27= {{flagicon|THA}} Dechawat Poomjaeng | RD2-score27= 4

| RD2-team28= {{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott | RD2-score28= 10

| RD2-team29= {{flagicon|CHN}} Tian Pengfei | RD2-score29= 9

| RD2-team30= {{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien | RD2-score30= 10

| RD2-team31= {{flagicon|SCO}} Rhys Clark | RD2-score31= 6

| RD2-team32= {{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert | RD2-score32= 10

| RD2-team33= {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry | RD2-score33= 9

| RD2-team34= {{flagicon|THA}} Sunny Akani | RD2-score34= 10

| RD2-team35= {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joyce | RD2-score35= 6

| RD2-team36= {{flagicon|ENG}} David Grace | RD2-score36= 10

| RD2-team37= {{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel | RD2-score37= 10

| RD2-team38= {{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail | RD2-score38= 8

| RD2-team39= {{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale | RD2-score39= 10

| RD2-team40= {{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells | RD2-score40= 6

| RD2-team41= {{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson | RD2-score41= 10

| RD2-team42= {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Lines | RD2-score42= 7

| RD2-team43= {{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir | RD2-score43= 4

| RD2-team44= {{flagicon|WAL}} Michael White | RD2-score44= 10

| RD2-team45= {{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeod | RD2-score45= 10

| RD2-team46= {{flagicon|ENG}} Sydney Wilson | RD2-score46= 7

| RD2-team47= {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell | RD2-score47= 7

| RD2-team48= {{flagicon|ENG}} Hammad Miah | RD2-score48= 10

| RD2-team49= {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt | RD2-score49= 10

| RD2-team50= {{flagicon|SCO}} Eden Sharav | RD2-score50= 4

| RD2-team51= {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon | RD2-score51= 10

| RD2-team52= {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski | RD2-score52= 9

| RD2-team53= {{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus | RD2-score53= 5

| RD2-team54= {{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Lawler | RD2-score54= 10

| RD2-team55= {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson | RD2-score55= 10

| RD2-team56= {{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Lines | RD2-score56= 4

| RD2-team57= {{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao | RD2-score57= 10

| RD2-team58= {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis | RD2-score58= 7

| RD2-team59= {{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson | RD2-score59= 9

| RD2-team60= {{flagicon|SUI}} Alexander Ursenbacher | RD2-score60= 10

| RD2-team61= {{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williams | RD2-score61= 7

| RD2-team62= {{flagicon|CHN}} Yu Delu | RD2-score62= 10

| RD2-team63= {{flagicon|ENG}} John Astley | RD2-score63= 6

| RD2-team64= {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould | RD2-score64= 10

| RD3-team01= {{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams | RD3-score01= 7

| RD3-team02= {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carrington | RD3-score02= 10

| RD3-team03= {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford | RD3-score03= 10

| RD3-team04= {{flagicon|IRI}} Hossein Vafaei | RD3-score04= 8

| RD3-team05= {{flagicon|WAL}} Lee Walker | RD3-score05= 8

| RD3-team06= {{flagicon|THA}} Noppon Saengkham | RD3-score06= 10

| RD3-team07= {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang | RD3-score07= 5

| RD3-team08= {{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire | RD3-score08= 10

| RD3-team09= {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King | RD3-score09= 4

| RD3-team10= {{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong | RD3-score10= 10

| RD3-team11= {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston | RD3-score11= 9

| RD3-team12= {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong | RD3-score12= 10

| RD3-team13= {{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Jones | RD3-score13= 8

| RD3-team14= {{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott | RD3-score14= 10

| RD3-team15= {{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien | RD3-score15= 10

| RD3-team16= {{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert | RD3-score16= 9

| RD3-team17= {{flagicon|THA}} Sunny Akani | RD3-score17= 3

| RD3-team18= {{flagicon|ENG}} David Grace | RD3-score18= 10

| RD3-team19= {{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel | RD3-score19= 10

| RD3-team20= {{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale | RD3-score20= 5

| RD3-team21= {{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson | RD3-score21= 10

| RD3-team22= {{flagicon|WAL}} Michael White | RD3-score22= 3

| RD3-team23= {{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeod | RD3-score23= 10

| RD3-team24= {{flagicon|ENG}} Hammad Miah | RD3-score24= 7

| RD3-team25= {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt | RD3-score25= 9

| RD3-team26= {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon | RD3-score26= 10

| RD3-team27= {{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Lawler | RD3-score27= 6

| RD3-team28= {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson | RD3-score28= 10

| RD3-team29= {{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao | RD3-score29= 10

| RD3-team30= {{flagicon|SUI}} Alexander Ursenbacher | RD3-score30= 4

| RD3-team31= {{flagicon|CHN}} Yu Delu | RD3-score31= 7

| RD3-team32= {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould | RD3-score32= 10

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There were 74 century breaks made by 23 players in the main stage of the event. Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled the highest break of the tournament, a 146, in his quarter-final loss to Ding Junhui.{{cite web |title=Betfred World Championship – Centuries |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13918/betfred-world-championship |website=World Snooker |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518111621/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13918/betfred-world-championship |archive-date=18 May 2017 |access-date=2 May 2017}}

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• 146, 128, 124, 122, 111, 104 {{ndash}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 143, 139, 132, 131, 128, 121, 101, 100 {{ndash}} Mark Selby
• 141, 135, 129, 127, 124, 120, 120, 111 {{ndash}} John Higgins
• 139, 136, 132, 132, 128, 128, 120, 117, 117, 113, 111, 110, 103 {{ndash}} Ding Junhui
• 137, 122 {{ndash}} Stuart Bingham
• 135, 114 {{ndash}} Stephen Maguire
• 132, 126, 115 {{ndash}} Barry Hawkins
• 131 {{ndash}} Xiao Guodong
• 130 {{ndash}} Liang Wenbo
• 129, 116, 105, 102, 100, 100 {{ndash}} Mark Allen
• 125 {{ndash}} Ryan Day
• 124, 107, 101 {{ndash}} Stuart Carrington
• 118, 115, 109, 105 {{ndash}} Marco Fu
• 118, 112, 109 {{ndash}} Shaun Murphy
• 113, 105 {{ndash}} Neil Robertson
• 111, 104 {{ndash}} Ali Carter
• 110 {{ndash}} Kyren Wilson
• 109 {{ndash}} Luca Brecel
• 109 {{ndash}} Yan Bingtao
• 108, 100 {{ndash}} Martin Gould
• 105 {{ndash}} Graeme Dott
• 104 {{ndash}} David Grace
• 103, 100 {{ndash}} Gary Wilson

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There were 84 century breaks made by 51 players in the qualifying stages of the championship. The highest was a maximum break compiled by Gary Wilson in frame four of his first qualifying round win over Josh Boileau.

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• 147, 130, 113, 109, 107, 102, 102, 101 {{ndash}} Gary Wilson
• 144, 104 {{ndash}} Michael White
• 140, 103 {{ndash}} Joe Perry
• 140 {{ndash}} Sam Craigie
• 137, 128, 111 {{ndash}} Xiao Guodong
• 137, 107, 103 {{ndash}} David Grace
• 137 {{ndash}} Jack Lisowski
• 136, 129, 108 {{ndash}} Martin Gould
• 135, 104 {{ndash}} Hossein Vafaei
• 135, 102 {{ndash}} Yu Delu
• 134, 122 {{ndash}} Noppon Saengkham
• 133, 105 {{ndash}} Jamie Jones
• 133 {{ndash}} Peter Lines
• 132 {{ndash}} Liam Highfield
• 131, 129, 104 {{ndash}} Stephen Maguire
• 131, 106 {{ndash}} Chris Wakelin
• 131 {{ndash}} Zhou Yuelong
• 130, 100 {{ndash}} Fergal O'Brien
• 129 {{ndash}} Ben Woollaston
• 128, 115, 100 {{ndash}} Mark Davis
• 127 {{ndash}} Anthony Hamilton
• 127 {{ndash}} Tian Pengfei
• 125, 109 {{ndash}} Sanderson Lam
• 123 {{ndash}} Paul Davison
• 122, 121, 120, 106 {{ndash}} Dominic Dale
• 122 {{ndash}} Jimmy White
• 120, 105 {{ndash}} Sunny Akani
• 119 {{ndash}} Peter Ebdon
• 118 {{ndash}} Robin Hull
• 117, 105 {{ndash}} Yan Bingtao
• 114 {{ndash}} Alexander Ursenbacher
• 112 {{ndash}} Mei Xiwen
• 112 {{ndash}} Mark Williams
• 111, 102 {{ndash}} Zhang Anda
• 108 {{ndash}} Ken Doherty
• 108 {{ndash}} Michael Wild
• 107 {{ndash}} Jamie Cope
• 107 {{ndash}} Li Hang
• 107 {{ndash}} Robert Milkins
• 106 {{ndash}} Jimmy Robertson
• 105 {{ndash}} Tom Ford
• 105 {{ndash}} David Gilbert
• 105 {{ndash}} Robbie Williams
• 104 {{ndash}} Stuart Carrington
• 103 {{ndash}} Michael Georgiou
• 103 {{ndash}} Alan McManus
• 102 {{ndash}} Nigel Bond
• 101, 101 {{ndash}} Michael Holt
• 101 {{ndash}} Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
• 101 {{ndash}} Sydney Wilson
• 100 {{ndash}} Luca Brecel

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