UK Championship 2016: Draw, TV schedule, results & odds

The UK Championship is snooker's first Triple Crown event of the season and took place at the York Barbican from November 22 to December 4, as 128 players chased the famous trophy and a top prize of £170,000.

Among the sport's biggest names taking part were five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, 2015 winner Neil Robertson, world number one Mark Selby and they were be joined by the likes of Judd Trump, Ding Junhui in what was a memorable fortnight.  

Here, you can look back at how the event unfolded with all the results while we aso have prize fund details and a look back at the prestigious tournament's history and previous winners. 

UK Championship Draw & Tournament Bracket

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Neil Robertson 3-6 Peter Lines (Match 1)
Alfie Burden 2-6 Chris Wakelin (Match 2)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-6 Liam Highfield (Match 3)
Peter Ebdon 5-6 Wang Yuchen (Match 4)
Mark Williams 6-1 Jason Weston (Match 5)
Andrew Higginson 6-4 Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (Match 6)
Ricky Walden 6-0  Fang Xiongman (Match 7)
Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-6 Scott Donaldson (Match 8)
Matthew Stevens 6-1 James Cahill (Match 9)
Michael White 6-5 Fraser Patrick (Match 10)
Xiao Guodong 6-3 John J Astley (Match 11)
Joe Perry 6-3 Jamie Curtis-Barrett (Match 12)
Mike Dunn 6-1 Darryl Hill (Match 13)
Matthew Selt 2-6 Michael Georgiou (Match 14)
Li Hang 5-6 Rhys Clark (Match 15)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-0 Boonyarit Keattikun (Match 16)
Ding Junhui 6-5 Igor Figueiredo (Match 17)
Joe Swail 5-6 Ross Muir (Match 18)
Alan McManus 6-5 Michael Wild (Match 19)
Jamie Jones 6-1 Eden Sharav (Match 20)
Ali Carter 6-1 Christopher Keogan (Match 21)
Robbie Williams 6-1  Akani Songsermsawad (Match 22)
David Gilbert 6-2 Adam Duffy (Match 23)
Mark Joyce 6-3 Lee Walker (Match 24)
Jack Lisowski 5-6 Mei Xi Wen (Match 25)
Martin Gould 6-2 Gareth Allen (Match 26)
Rory McLeod 6-3 Jak Jones (Match 27)
Marco Fu 6-2 Josh Boileau (Match 28)
Jimmy Robertson 6-0 Thor Chaun Leong (Match 29)
Mark Davis 6-3 Sydney Wilson (Match 30)
Oliver Lines 6-5 Martin O'Donnell (Match 31)
Judd Trump 6-2 James Wattana (Match 32)
Stuart Bingham 6-0 Adam Stefanow (Match 33)
Yu De Lu 6-3 Nigel Bond (Match 34)
Luca Brecel 6-0 Aditya Mehta (Match 35)
Mark King 2-6 Sam Craigie (Match 36)
Barry Hawkins 6-0 David John (Match 37)
Fergal O'Brien 6-2 Zhang Yong (Match 38)
Stephen Maguire 6-1 Cao Yupeng (Match 39)
David Grace 2-6 Zhao Xintong (Match 40)
Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Duane Jones (Match 41)
Michael Holt 6-2 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (Match 42)
Stuart Carrington 5-6 Yan Bingtao (Match 43)
Liang Wenbo 6-1 Kurt Dunham (Match 44)
Dominic Dale 6-5 Sanderson Lam (Match 45)
Graeme Dott 6-1 Ian Preece (Match 46)
Robin Hull 6-1 Jamie Cope (Match 47)
Shaun Murphy 6-3 Itaro Santos (Match 48)
John Higgins 6-3 Alex Borg (Match 49)
Ken Doherty 0-6 Noppon Saengkham (Match 50)
Ben Woollaston 6-5 Elliot Slessor (Match 51)
Gary Wilson 3-6 Paul S Davison (Match 52)
Mark Allen 6-4 Chen Zhe (Match 53)
Rod Lawler 6-3 Anthony Hamilton (Match 54)
Ryan Day 6-2 Jimmy White (Match 55)
Kurt Maflin 6-0 Allan Taylor (Match 56)
Tian Pengfei 2-6 Zhang Anda (Match 57)
Anthony McGill 6-5 Craig Steadman (Match 58)
Sam Baird 6-2 Sean O'Sullivan (Match 59)
Kyren Wilson 3-6 Mitchell Mann (Match 60)
Tom Ford v Hammad Miah (Match 61)
Robert Milkins 6-1 Hamza Akbar (Match 62)
Ian Burns 5-6 Daniel Wells (Match 63)
Mark Selby 6-1 Andy Hicks (Match 64)

UK Championship Daily Results

Tuesday November 22
Afternoon Session (1430)
First Round (Best of 11 frames)
Ding Junhui 6-5 Igor Figueiredo (Match 17)
Joe Swail 5-6 Ross Muir (Match 18)
Rory McLeod 6-3 Jak Jones (Match 27)
Marco Fu 6-2 Josh Boileau (Match 28)
Barry Hawkins 6-0 David John (Match 37)
Fergal O'Brien 6-2 Zhang Yong (Match 38)
Ryan Day 6-2 Jimmy White (Match 55)
Kurt Maflin 6-0 Allan Taylor (Match 56)

Evening Session (1930)
First Round (Best of 11 frames)
Oliver Lines 6-5 Martin O'Donnell (Match 31)
Judd Trump 6-2 James Wattana (Match 32)
Tian Pengfei 2-6 Zhang Anda (Match 57)
Anthony McGill 6-5 Craig Steadman (Match 58)
Sam Baird 6-2 Sean O'Sullivan (Match 59)
Kyren Wilson 3-6 Mitchell Mann (Match 60)
Zhou Yuelong 6-3 Duane Jones (Match 41)
Michael Holt 6-2 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (Match 42)

Wednesday November 23
Morning Session (0930)
First Round (Best of 11 frames)
Jack Lisowski 5-6 Mei Xi Wen (Match 25)
Martin Gould 6-2 Gareth Allen (Match 26)
Stuart Carrington 5-6 Yan Bingtao (Match 43)
Liang Wenbo 6-1 Kurt Dunham (Match 44)
John Higgins 6-3 Alex Borg (Match 49)
Ken Doherty 0-6 Noppon Saengkham (Match 50)
Ben Woollaston 6-5 Elliot Slessor (Match 51)
Gary Wilson 3-6 Paul S Davison (Match 52)

Afternoon Session (1430)
First Round (Best of 11 frames)
Ricky Walden 6-0  Fang Xiongman (Match 7)
Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-6 Scott Donaldson (Match 8)
Robin Hull 6-1 Jamie Cope (Match 47)
Shaun Murphy 6-3 Itaro Santos (Match 48)
Luca Brecel 6-0 Aditya Mehta (Match 35)
Mark King 2-6 Sam Craigie (Match 36)
Tom Ford 5-6 Hammad Miah (Match 61)
Robert Milkins 6-1 Hamza Akbar (Match 62)

Evening Session (1930)
First Round (Best of 11 frames)
Mike Dunn 6-1 Darryl Hill (Match 13)
Matthew Selt 2-6 Michael Georgiou (Match 14)
Li Hang 5-6 Rhys Clark (Match 15)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-0 Boonyarit Keattikun (Match 16)
David Gilbert 6-2 Adam Duffy (Match 23)
Mark Joyce 6-3 Lee Walker (Match 24)
Mark Allen 6-4 Chen Zhe (Match 53)
Rod Lawler 6-3 Anthony Hamilton (Match 54)

Thursday November 24
Morning Session (0930)
First Round (Best of 11 frames)
Mark Williams 6-1 Jason Weston (Match 5)
Andrew Higginson 6-4 Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (Match 6)
Ali Carter 6-1 Christopher Keogan (Match 21)
Robbie Williams 6-1  Akani Songsermsawad (Match 22)
Stephen Maguire 6-1 Cao Yupeng (Match 39)
David Grace 2-6 Zhao Xintong (Match 40)
Dominic Dale 6-5 Sanderson Lam (Match 45)
Graeme Dott 6-1 Ian Preece (Match 46)

Afternoon Session (1430)
First Round (Best of 11 frames)
Ian Burns 5-6 Daniel Wells (Match 63)
Mark Selby 6-1 Andy Hicks (Match 64)
Stuart Bingham 6-0 Adam Stefanow (Match 33)
Yu De Lu 6-3 Nigel Bond (Match 34)
Alan McManus 6-5 Michael Wild (Match 19)
Jamie Jones 6-1 Eden Sharav (Match 20)
Jimmy Robertson 6-0 Thor Chaun Leong (Match 29)
Mark Davis 6-3 Sydney Wilson (Match 30)

Evening Session (1930)
First Round (Best of 11 frames)
Neil Robertson 3-6 Peter Lines (Match 1)
Alfie Burden 2-6 Chris Wakelin (Match 2)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-6 Liam Highfield (Match 3)
Peter Ebdon 5-6 Wang Yuchen (Match 4)
Matthew Stevens 6-1 James Cahill (Match 9)
Michael White 6-5 Fraser Patrick (Match 10)
Xiao Guodong 6-3 John J Astley (Match 11)
Joe Perry 6-3 Jamie Curtis-Barrett (Match 12)

Friday November 25
No PlaySaturday November 26
Afternoon Session (1300)
Second Round (Best of 11 frames)
Liam Highfield 6-5 Wang Yuchen (Match 66)
Mark Williams 6-2 Andrew Higginson (Match 67)
Mike Dunn 4-6 Michael Georgiou (Match 71)
Luca Brecel 6-5 Sam Craigie (Match 82)
Stephen Maguire 6-2 Zhao Xintong (Match 84)
Dominic Dale 6-3 Graeme Dott (Match 87)
John Higgins 6-4 Noppon Saengkham (Match 89)
Daniel Wells 4-6 Mark Selby (Match 96)

Evening Session (1900)
Second Round (Best of 11 frames)
Peter Lines 6-4 Chris Wakelin (Match 65)
Matthew Stevens 6-4 Michael White (Match 69)
Alan McManus 2-6 Jamie Jones (Match 74)
Ali Carter 6-2 Robbie Williams (Match 75)
Stuart Bingham 4-6 Yu De Lu (Match 81)
Barry Hawkins 5-6 Fergal O'Brien (Match 83)
Zhou Yuelong 6-1 Michael Holt (Match 85)
Sam Baird 2-6 Mitchell Mann (Match 94)

Sunday November 27
Afternoon Session (1300)
Second Round (Best of 11 frames)
Rhys Clark 0-6 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Match 72)
Ding Junhui 6-2 Ross Muir (Match 73)
David Gilbert 6-2 Mark Joyce (Match 76)
Mei Xi Wen 6-3 Martin Gould (Match 77)
Yan Bingtao 6-4 Liang Wenbo (Match 86)
Ben Woollaston 6-4 Paul S Davison (Match 90)
Mark Allen 6-4 Rod Lawler (Match 91) * MARK ALLEN MAKES 147 BREAK
Hammad Miah 5-6 Robert Milkins (Match 95)

Evening Session (1900)
Second Round (Best of 11 frames)
Xiao Guodong 4-6 Joe Perry (Match 70)
Rory McLeod 0-6 Marco Fu (Match 78)
Jimmy Robertson 6-2 Mark Davis (Match 79)
Oliver Lines 6-2 Judd Trump (Match 80)
Robin Hull 3-6 Shaun Murphy (Match 88)
Ryan Day 6-2 Kurt Maflin (Match 92)
Zhang Anda 6-3 Anthony McGill (Match 93)

Monday November 28
Afternoon Session (1300)
Third Round (Best of 11 frames)
Peter Lines 2-6 Liam Highfield (Match 97)
Michael Georgiou 1-6 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Match 100)
Ali Carter 5-6 David Gilbert (Match 102)
Robert Milkins 1-6 Mark Selby (Match 112)

Evening Session (1900)
Third Round (Best of 11 frames)
Mei Xi Wen 4-6 Marco Fu (Match 103)
Yu De Lu 1-6 Luca Brecel (Match 105)
Zhou Yuelong 6-5 Yan Bingtao (Match 107)
John Higgins 6-2 Ben Woollaston (Match 109)

Tuesday November 29
Afternoon Session (1300)
Third Round (Best of 11 frames)
Mark Williams 6-5 Ricky Walden (Match 98)
Matthew Stevens 6-2 Joe Perry (Match 99)
Jimmy Robertson 0-6 Oliver Lines (Match 104)
Dominic Dale 5-6 Shaun Murphy (Match 108)

Evening Session (1900)
Third Round (Best of 11 frames)
Ding Junhui 2-6 Jamie Jones (Match 101)
Fergal O'Brien 5-6 Stephen Maguire (Match 106)
Mark Allen 6-5 Ryan Day (Match 110)
Zhang Anda 6-3 Mitchell Mann (Match 111)

Wednesday November 30
Afternoon Session (1300)
Fourth Round (Best of 11 frames)
Matthew Stevens 2-6 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Match 114)
Zhou Yuelong 2-6 Shaun Murphy (Match 118)

Evening Session (1900)
Fourth Round (Best of 11 frames)
Marco Fu 6-0 Oliver Lines (Match 116)
Zhang Anda 1-6 Mark Selby (Match 120)

Thursday December 1
Afternoon Session (1300)
Fourth Round (Best of 11 frames)
Jamie Jones 6-2 David Gilbert (Match 115)
John Higgins 6-3 Mark Allen (Match 119)

Evening Session (1900)
Fourth Round (Best of 11 frames)
Liam Highfield 5-6 Mark Williams (Match 113)
Luca Brecel 6-3 Stephen Maguire (Match 117)

Friday December 2
Afternoon Session (1300)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 11 frames)
Luca Brecel 1-6 Shaun Murphy (QF3)
John Higgins 5-6 Mark Selby (QF4)

Evening Session (1900)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 11 frames)
Mark Williams 2-6 Ronnie O'Sullivan (QF1)
Jamie Jones 5-6 Marco Fu (QF2)

Saturday December 3
Afternoon Session (1300)
Semi-Finals (Best of 11 frames)
Shaun Murphy 2-6 Mark Selby (SF2)

Evening Session (1900)
Semi-Finals (Best of 11 frames)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-5 Marco Fu (SF1)

Sunday December 4
Afternoon Session (1300)
Final (Best of 19 frames)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 2-6 Mark Selby

Evening Session (1900)
Final (Best of 19 frames)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 7-10 Mark Selby
Click here for final report

UK Championship: Sky Bet Odds

Ronnie O'Sullivan is 4/1 favourite to win his sixth UK Championship crown even though he is yet to win any ranking event this year while world champion Mark Selby is 6/1.

Judd Trump is next in the running at 7/1 ahead of defending champion Neil Robertson, Ding Junhui and John Higgins, who can all be backed at 10/1.

Mark King comes into this event on the back of winning his first ranking title in 25 years as a professional having beaten Barry Hawkins in the Northern Ireland Open - but he's 200/1 to make it a fairytale double in York.

With a field of 128 players, there's plenty of live outsiders and long shots to potentially back so click here for all Sky Bet's tournament odds.

UK Championship Prize Fund

Winner: £170,000
Runner-up: £75,000
Semi-final: £35,000
Quarter-finals: £22,500
Last-16: £15,000
Last 32: £10,000
Last 64: £5,000

Highest break: £5,000
Total: £850,000

Rolling 147 break prize: £5,000

UK Championship: How to watch

The first three days of the UK Championship will be on the Eurosport Player, before television coverage on Europesport and BBC starts on Saturday.  

UK Championship History

The UK Championship is one of snooker's most prestigious tournaments and is widely considered the second biggest ranking event behind the World Championship at the Crucible.

Along with the World Championship and the Masters, the UK Championship makes up snooker's Triple Crown and any player winning all three tournaments during their careers becomes an undisputed legend of the sport.

The UK Championship was first staged in 1977 in Blackpool, when Ireland's Patsy Fagan defeated Doug Mountjoy, but has since been held in Preston, Bournemouth, Telford and York's Barbican Centre, where the event currently takes place.

In 2014 Ronnie O'Sullivan won the UK Championship for the fifth time by beating Judd Trump 10-9 in a thriller although the Rocket decided not to defend his title in 2015 as Neil Robertson went on to defeat Liang Wenbo in the ginal.

Steve Davis dominated the early years of the event with six titles between 1980 and 1987 before Stephen Hendry took a firm grip on the game with five championships of his own - although he could not stop John Parrott and Jimmy White lifting the trophy in 1991 and 1992.

O'Sullivan famously first triumphed in 1993 at the age of just 17, making him the youngest winner of any ranking snooker event, and he also made history in 2001 when thrashing Ken Doherty 10-1 to record the final's biggest margin of victory. Three years later Stephen Maguire equalled that record against David Gray.

Scotland's John Higgins is among the tournament's most successful players with three UK Championship crowns while Welshmen Mark Williams (twice) and Matthew Stevens are also on the roll of honour alongside English quartet Peter Ebdon, Shaun Murphy, Judd Trump and Mark Selby.

In 2005, teenager Ding Junhui became the first player from outside Britain and Ireland to win the event with a 10-6 victory over a 48-year-old Steve Davis, who was competing in his first UK Championship final since 1990, and the Chinese star repeated the feat in 2009 against John Higgins.

Australia's Neil Robertson became the second non-European winner of the tournament in 2013 when he defeated Mark Selby and he surely won't be the last as the contingent of talented snooker players from around the globe continues to grow. 

UK Championship Most Titles

Steve Davis - 6
Stephen Hendry - 5
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 5
John Higgins - 3
Neil Robertson - 2
Mark Williams - 2
Doug Mountjoy - 2
Ding Junhui - 2
Alex Higgins - 1
Terry Griffiths - 1
Jimmy White - 1
Matthew Stevens - 1
John Parrott - 1
Stephen Maguire - 1
Peter Ebdon - 1
Shaun Murphy - 1
Judd Trump - 1
Mark Selby - 1
Patsy Fagan - 1
John Virgo - 1

UK Championship Snooker Finals

1977 - Patsy Fagan 12-9 Doug Mountjoy
1978 - Doug Mountjoy 15-9 David Taylor
1979 - John Virgo 14-13 Terry Griffiths
1980 - Steve Davis 16-6 Alex Higgins
1981 - Steve Davis 16-3 Terry Griffiths
1982 - Terry Griffiths 16-15 Alex Higgins
1983 - Alex Higgins 16-15 Steve Davis
1984 - Steve Davis 16-8 Alex Higgins
1985 - Steve Davis 16-14 Willie Thorne
1986- Steve Davis 16-7 Neal Foulds
1987 - Steve Davis 16-14 Jimmy White
1988 - Doug Mountjoy 16-12 Stephen Hendry
1989 - Stephen Hendry 16-12 Steve Davis
1990 - Stephen Hendry 16-15 Steve Davis
1991 - John Parrott 16-13 Jimmy White
1992 - Jimmy White 16-9 John Parrott
1993 - Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-6 Stephen Hendry
1994 - Stephen Hendry 10-5 Ken Doherty
1995 - Stephen Hendry 10-3 Peter Ebdon
1996 - Stephen Hendry 10-9 John Higgins
1997 - Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-6 Stephen Hendry
1998 - John Higgins 10-6 Matthew Stevens
1999 - Mark Williams 10-8 Matthew Stevens
2000 - John Higgins 10-4 Mark Williams
2001 - Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-1 Ken Doherty
2002 - Mark Williams 10-9 Ken Doherty
2003 -Matthew Stevens 10-8 Stephen Hendry
2004 - Stephen Maguire 10-1 David Gray
2005 -Ding Junhui 10-6 Steve Davis
2006 - Peter Ebdon 10-6 Stephen Hendry
2007 - Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-2 Stephen Maguire
2008 - Shaun Murphy 10-9 Marco Fu
2009 - Ding Junhui 10-8 John Higgins
2010 - John Higgins 10-9 Mark Williams
2011 - Judd Trump 10-8 Mark Allen
2012 - Mark Selby 10-6 Shaun Murphy
2013 - Neil Robertson 10-7 Mark Selby
2014 - Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-9 Judd Trump
2015 - Neil Robertson 10-5 Liang Wenbo