Halo World Championship 2026: The Draw

The draw for the final stages of the 2026 Halo World Championship has been made, with defending champion Zhao Xintong facing Liam Highfield.

It was conducted on BBC 5 Live Breakfast by presenters Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards, with 2010 World Champion Neil Robertson in attendance. The 16 seeded players were drawn out at random against the 16 qualifiers.

Other highlights include 2024 World Champion Kyren Wilson being pitted against teenage star Stan Moody, Poland’s first Crucible competitor Antoni Kowalski facing Mark Williams and Ronnie O’Sullivan going up against He Guoqiang.

The match schedule is here and will be updated to include the qualifiers shortly. Don’t forget there’s still time to buy tickets for certain sessions including the fabulous new Legends Walk Premium seats – for all details click here.

Zhao Xintong v Liam Highfield
Ding Junhui v David Gilbert

Xiao Guodong v Zhou Yuelong
Shaun Murphy v Fan Zhengyi

John Higgins v Ali Carter
Ronnie O’Sullivan v He Guoqiang

Chris Wakelin v Liam Pullen
Neil Robertson v  Pang Junxu

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Kyren Wilson v Stan Moody
Mark Allen v Zhang Anda

Barry Hawkins v Matthew Stevens
Mark Williams v Antoni Kowalski

Mark Selby v Jak Jones
Wu Yize v Lei Peifan

Si Jiahui v Hossein Vafaei
Judd Trump v  Gary Wilson