World Snooker Championship 2025: Results, draw and final schedule in full

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The World Snooker Championship has reached its climax at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield with the 2025 final the only match left to be played at the iconic venue.

Veteran Welshman Mark Williams has made it to the showpiece at the age of 50, becoming the oldest Crucible finalist in history, where controversial Chinese star Zhao Xintong will be his opponent – competing as an amateur, fresh from returning from a ban for being party to match-fixing in snooker.

Various top contenders have fallen over the past fortnight in Sheffield, with defending champion Kyren Wilson pipped by Lei Peifan in the first round, four-time winner Mark Selby knocked out by training partner Ben Woollaston and world No 1 Judd Trump going down to Williams in a captivating semi-final.

Plus, the greatest of all time, Ronnie O’Sullivan spectacularly crashed out in the last four. The seven-time champion made a mockery of his recent period of inactivity, beating Ali Carter, Pang Junxu and Si Jiahui, but was demolished in a semi-final contest with Zhao, who beat him 17-7 with a session to spare.

Ronnie O’Sullivan exited at the semi-final stage (PA Wire)

The World Snooker Championship got underway on Saturday 19 April and now the final will be played over two days starting on Sunday 4 May.