UK Championship seeds, schedule, BBC coverage & 147s
Triumphant Trump beats Hawkins to win second UK Championship crown
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The 2025 UK Championship takes place at York Barbican from 29 November to 7 December.
World number one Judd Trump gets the action under way on Saturday as he seeks to retain the title he won by beating Barry Hawkins 10-8 in last year's final.
World number five Ronnie O'Sullivan, who celebrates his 50th birthday on 5 December, will start his bid for a record ninth title - 32 years after his first success - on Tuesday.
Other former champions in action include John Higgins, Mark Williams, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Zhao Xintong.
The championship is the first Triple Crown tournament of the season, with the other two - the Masters and the World Championship - both taking place in 2026.
You can watch every shot of the tournament live on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app, and there is also extensive coverage on network TV.
All matches in York are best of 11 frames except for the final, which is played over 19 frames and two sessions.
Who are the top seeds?
The top 16 in the world rankings after the International Championship automatically guaranteed their place in the last 32.
Defending champion Trump is the number one seed, with world number 10 Zhao moved up to the second seeding due to his status as world champion.
Sixth seed O'Sullivan is in the same half of the draw as Zhao, who he lost to in the semi-finals of the World Championship, and third seed Kyren Wilson.
China's Wu Yize clinched his place in the top 16 by winning his first ranking title at the International Championship.
They take on 16 players from the qualifying competition in Wigan.
Full seedings:
Judd Trump
Zhao Xintong
Kyren Wilson
Neil Robertson
Mark Williams
Ronnie O'Sullivan
John Higgins
Mark Allen
Ding Junhui
Shaun Murphy
Mark Selby
Xiao Guodong
Wu Yize
Barry Hawkins
Gary Wilson
Si Jiahui
What happened in qualifying?
Stephen Maguire, the 2004 UK champion, secured his spot in York with a 6-1 win over Ian Burns and will represent a tough last-32 opponent for Trump.
China's Zhou Yuelong advanced past Jamie Clarke and will face Ronnie O'Sullivan, while his compatriot Zhang Anda defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.
Belgium's Julien Leclercq beat He Guoqiang in his final qualifying match and his reward will be debut against fourth seed Robertson in the televised stages.
Scott Donaldson will take on Mark Allen, having remarkably come from 5-0 down to beat Stuart Bingham 6-5 in the final round of qualifying of Wigan.
While David Gilbert and Ryan Day also made it through, a number of recognisable names missed out.
Northern Ireland Open winner Jack Lisowski was beaten by Louis Heathcote, while world number 17 Chris Wakelin lost early to Mitchell Mann.
Ali Carter was defeated by Latvian teenager Artemijs Zizins, while former world champion Luca Brecel was beaten by Burns earlier in the week.
Maximum breaks at the UK Championship
Zhang makes 147 at UK Championship
There have been 23 maximum 147 breaks made across 48 previous editions of the UK Championship and qualifying in 2025..
Willie Thorne compiled the first one against Tommy Murphy in 1987.
O'Sullivan displayed incredible composure to make a 147 in the final frame of his semi-final match against Selby in 2007.
Australian Robertson holds the distinction of being the only player to achieve a 147 in a UK Championship final, doing so in the sixth frame of his 2015 triumph against Liang Wenbo.
The 2012 championship featured three 147s with Andy Hicks, Lisowski and John Higgins all achieving the maximum.
There have also been record 16 147 breaks so far this season - could there be another name to add to the list of UK Championship maximum-makers?
The full list is as follows (includes qualifying matches):
Willie Thorne (1987), Peter Ebdon (1992), Stephen Hendry (1995, 1999), Nick Dyson (2000), David Gray (2004), Ronnie O'Sullivan (2007, 2014), Ding Junhui (2008), Andy Hicks, Jack Lisowski and John Higgins (all 2012), Mark Selby (2013), Neil Robertson (2015), Mark Allen (2016), Barry Hawkins (2019), Kyren Wilson, Stuart Bingham (both 2020), Gary Wilson (2021), Xu Si (2023), Zhang Anda (2024), Liam Pullen, Chang Bingyu (2025).
What's the prize money?
Winner: £250,000
Runner-up: £100,000
Semi-finalist: £50,000
Quarter-finalist: £25,000
Last 16: £15,000
Last 32: £10,000
Highest break: £15,000
Total prize fund: £1,205,000
Previous winners
O'Sullivan leads the way with eight titles, having won his first Triple Crown event by beating Hendry as a 17-year-old in 1993.
O'Sullivan also lifted the trophy in 1997, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2023.
Fellow Englishman Steve Davis has won the title six times - one more than Scottish rival Hendry.
Higgins, Ding and Robertson have three titles to their names, while Mark Williams, Trump, Selby and Doug Mountjoy have won it twice.
Past five finals:
2024: Judd Trump 10-8 Barry Hawkins
2023: Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-7 Ding Junhui
2022: Mark Allen 10-7 Ding Junhui
2021: Zhao Xintong 10-5 Luca Brecel
2020: Neil Robertson 10-9 Judd Trump
Match schedule and BBC coverage times
All times GMT. Fixtures and start times are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.
Saturday, 29 November
Match schedule
First round
13:00 - Judd Trump v Stephen Maguire
13:00 - Si Jiahui v Ryan Day
19:00 - Shaun Murphy v Lyu Haotian
19:00 - John Higgins v Ben Woollaston
Live coverage
13:00-16:30 - BBC One
13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app (13:00-14:45 Red Button)
16:30-17:30 - BBC Two
19:00-21:00 - BBC Four
19:00-23:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app (20:00-22:55 Red Button)
UK Championship Extra
23:45-01:35 - BBC Two
Sunday, 30 November
Match schedule
First round
13:00 - Wu Yize v Michael Holt
13:00 - Neil Robertson v Julien Leclercq
19:00 - Xiao Guodong v Pang Junxu
19:00 - Mark Williams v David Gilbert
Live coverage
13:00-18:00 - BBC Two
13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app (13:00-17:30 Red Button)
19:00-21:00 - BBC Four
19:00-23:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app (20:00-22:55 Red Button)
UK Championship Extra
00:00-02:00 - BBC Two
Monday, 1 December
Match schedule
First round
13:00 - Ding Junhui v Xu Si
13:00 - Zhao Xintong v Long Zehuang
19:00 - Gary Wilson v Zhang Anda
19:00 - Mark Allen v Scott Donaldson
Live coverage
13:00-17:15 - BBC Two
13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app and Red Button
19:00-21:00 - BBC Four
19:00-23:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app and Red Button
UK Championship Extra
00:05-02:05 - BBC Two
Tuesday, 2 December
Match schedule
First round
13:00 - Mark Selby v Lei Peifan
13:00 - Ronnie O'Sullivan v Zhou Yuelong
19:00 - Kyren Wilson v Elliot Slessor
19:00 - Barry Hawkins v David Lilley
Live coverage
13:00-17:15 - BBC Two
13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app and Red Button
19:00-21:00 - BBC Four
19:00-23:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app and Red Button
UK Championship Extra
23:10-01:10 - BBC Two
Wednesday, 3 December
Match schedule
Second round
Matches TBC
Live coverage
13:00-17:15 - BBC Two
13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app and Red Button
19:00-21:00 - BBC Two
19:00-23:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app and Red Button
21:00-22:00 - BBC Four
UK Championship Extra
00:00-02:00 - BBC Two
Thursday, 4 December
Second round
Matches TBC
Live coverage
13:00-17:15 - BBC Two
13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app and Red Button
19:00-21:00 - BBC Two
19:00-23:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app and Red Button
21:00-22:00 - BBC Four
UK Championship Extra
00:00-02:00 - BBC Two
Friday, 5 December
Quarter-finals
Matches TBC
Live coverage
13:00-17:00 - BBC Two
13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app and Red Button
19:00-22:00 - BBC Two & BBC Four
19:00-23:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app and Red Button
Saturday, 6 December
Semi-finals
Matches TBC
Live coverage
13:00-16:30 - BBC One
13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app
16:30-17:30 - BBC Two
19:00-22:00 - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app
Sunday, 7 December
Final
13:00 & 19:00
Live coverage
13:00-16:15 - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app
19:00-22:00 - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app