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Excitement is building for the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out!
Riding high in form, Neil Robertson is making his comeback to this remarkable tournament after a 13-year hiatus, aiming to seize the significant £50,000 prize.
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The reigning champion, Mark Allen, will strive to defend his title after triumphing over Cao Yupeng 65-4 to earn his 10th ranking title last year.
Other prominent players in the highly competitive 128-player lineup include Shaun Murphy, Mark Selby, and Jimmy White, while Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump will not be competing in Leicester.
SunSport has all the details you need for the 2024 edition of the Snooker Shoot Out.
When is the Snooker Shoot Out 2024?
- The Snooker Shoot Out 2024 began on Wednesday, December 4.
- The fast-paced tournament concludes on Saturday, December 7.
- It is hosted at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester.
What TV channel will broadcast the Snooker Shoot Out 2024, and is it available for live streaming?
Rules and Format of the Snooker Shoot Out 2024
The Snooker Shoot Out features a distinctive format that tests players against a ticking clock.
Each match is restricted to a maximum of 10 minutes, with a 15-second shot clock during the first half and a 10-second shot clock in the second half.
Key rules include:
- Frames have a maximum duration of 10 minutes.
- A shot clock ensures players do not delay.
- For the first five minutes, players have 15 seconds per shot.
- During the final five minutes, players have just 10 seconds per shot.
- Failing to play a shot in time incurs a five-point penalty (or the equivalent of the pink or black if attempted).
- Each shot must strike a cushion or pot a ball.
- Non-compliance with the rules results in the ball being awarded to the opponent.
- Players determine the opening break by “lagging” the white ball against the top cushion from the baulk line.
- The player who gets closest to the baulk cushion wins the lag.
- Tied matches are resolved with a shoot-out involving the blue ball, requiring players to pot the blue to a top pocket.
- Flukes on the final blue do not count.
2024 Snooker Shoot Out Schedule
Here is the full schedule for the Snooker Shoot Out 2024:
Play begins each day at 1pm GMT
- Wednesday, December 4: Opening round
- Thursday, December 5: Opening round
- Friday, December 6: Second round
- Saturday, December 7: Third round, fourth round, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final
2024 Snooker Shoot Out Draw
Wednesday, December 4
From 1pm GMT (match winners in bold)
- Ross Muir 0-68 Mark Allen
- Hossein Vafaei 46-34 Julien Leclercq
- Jiang Jun 7-58 Antoni Kowalski
- Lyu Haotian 65-28 Tian Pengfei
- Robert Milkins 45-42 Joe Shannon
- Louis Heathcote 65-31 Ahmed Elsayed
- Jonas Luz 20-23 Paul Deaville
- David Gilbert 74-1 David Grace
- Matthew Selt 33-46 Ryan Day
- Dean Young 1-51 Florian Nuessle
- Fan Zhengyi 66-18 Wang Yuchen
- Anthony McGill 40-7 Sophie Nix
- Daniel Boyes 13-80 Wu Yize
- Joel Connolly 12-39 Aaron Hill
- Joe Perry 8-33 Gong Chenzhi
- Reanne Evans 8-79 Gary Wilson
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 75-30 Jimmy White
- Zhou Yuelong 57-49 Andrew Pagett
- Pang Junxu 33-65 Zak Surety
- Haris Tahir 16-40 David Lilley
- Jordan Brown 0-97 Si Jiahui
- Ka Wai Cheung 14-72 Andrew Higginson
- Huang Jiahao 74-15 Hammad Miah
- Xiao Guodong 23-11 Anthony Hamilton
- Matthew Stevens 24-18 Yuan Sijun
- Daniel Womersley 1-42 Long Zehuang
- Chris Totten 33-36 Duane Jones
- Ian Burns 28-60 Ma Hailong
- Joe O’Connor 46-44 Sanderson Lam
- Haydon Pinhey 34-3 Mitchell Mann
- Noppon Saengkham 30-17 Liu Hongyu
- Ashley Carter 43-13 Kayden Brierley
Thursday, December 5
From 1pm GMT
- Mark Selby 85-17 Baipat Siripaporn
- Stan Moody 11-14 Riley Powell
- Lewis Ullah 18-7 Steven Wardropper
- Jackson Page 37-3 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
- Mink Nutcharut 13-24 Liam Graham
- Zhang Anda 101-0 Hatem Yassen
- Sion Stuart 12-27 Martin O’Donnell
- Alfie Burden 71-26 Ben Woollaston
- Graeme Dott 56-40 Ben Mertens
- Yulu Bai 47-36 Jamie Clarke
- Vladislav Gradinari 52-2 Daniel Wells
- Tom Ford 69-31 Xing Zihao
- Robbie Williams 44-30 Michael Holt
- Bulcsu Revesz 35-23 Farakh Ajaib
- Jimmy Robertson 13-21 Liam Pullen
- Sean O’Sullivan 13-69 Shaun Murphy
- Neil Robertson 59-14 Simon Blackwell
- Oliver Lines 33-50 Allan Taylor
- Stuart Carrington 13-62 Dylan Emery
- Mark Davis 1-27 Liam Davies
- Julian Boiko 66-1 Jack Lisowski
- Ishpreet Singh Chadha 31-0 Amir Sarkhosh
- Mark Joyce 36-0 Joshua Thomond
- Gerard Greene 62-16 Robbie McGuigan
- He Guoqiang 29-39 Stuart Bingham
- Jamie Jones 45-1 Rory Thor
- Anton Kazakov 33-8 Artemijs Zizins
- Kreishh Gurbaxani 37-21 Lei Peifan
- Mostafa Dorgham 1-7 Elliot Slessor
- Alexander Ursenbacher 48-74 Xu Si
- Joshua Cooper 15-51 Jak Jones
- Ali Carter 7-1 Chris Wakelin
Friday, December 6
From 1pm GMT
- Graeme Dott vs Robert Milkins
- Iulian Boiko vs Florian Nuessle
- Bulcsu Revesz vs Fan Zhengyi
- Artemijs Zizins vs Ashley Carty
- Zhang Anda vs Bai Yulu
- Antoni Kowalski vs Riley Powell
- Gong Chenzhi vs Huang Jiahao
- Hossein Vafaei vs Andrew Higginson
- Wu Yize vs Matthew Stevens
- Ryan Day vs Dylan Emery
- David Lilley vs Noppon Saengkham
- Anthony McGill vs Duane Jones
- He Guoqiang vs Liam Graham
- Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Jamie Jones
- Neil Robertson vs Jackson Page
- Mark Allen vs Si Jiahui
- Shaun Murphy vs David Gilbert
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Aaron Hill
- Liam Pullen vs Zak Surety
- Gary Wilson vs Liam Davies
- Elliot Slessor vs Mark Joyce
- Alfie Burden vs Robbie Williams
- Kreishh Gurbaxani vs Xu Si
- Xiao Guodong vs Martin O’Donnell
- Joe O’Connor vs Allan Taylor
- Long Zehuang vs Vladislav Gradinari
- Haydon Pinhey vs Gerard Greene
- Tom Ford vs Paul Deaville
- Ma Hailong vs Lewis Ullah
- Zhou Yuelong vs Louis Heathcote
- Ali Carter vs Lyu Haotian
- Mark Selby vs Jak Jones
