UK Championship schedule, BBC coverage, results & 147s

The 2025 UK Championship takes place at York Barbican from 29 November to 7 December.

World number one Judd Trump is bidding 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, starts 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:

1. Judd Trump

2. Zhao Xintong

3. Kyren Wilson

4. Neil Robertson

5. Mark Williams

6. Ronnie O'Sullivan

7. John Higgins

8. Mark Allen

9. Ding Junhui

10. Shaun Murphy

11. Mark Selby

12. Xiao Guodong

13. Wu Yize

14. Barry Hawkins

15. Gary Wilson

16. Si Jiahui

Maximum breaks at the 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. He made another UK maximum in 2014.

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.

Liam Pullen and Chang Bingyu both made 147s in qualifying this year to take the number of maximums in a season to a new record of 16, with more than six months of the campaign remaining.

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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.

Monday, 1 December

Match schedule

First round

13:00 - Ding Junhui 6-4 Xu Si

13:00 - Zhao Xintong 6-1 Long Zehuang

19:00 - Gary Wilson 5-6 Zhang Anda

19:00 - Mark Allen 1-6 Scott Donaldson

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

Results

First round

Judd Trump 6-4 Stephen Maguire

Si Jiahui 6-0 Ryan Day

John Higgins 6-2 Ben Woollaston

Shaun Murphy 6-2 Lyu Haotian

Neil Robertson 6-2 Julien Leclercq

Wu Yize 6-4 Michael Holt

Mark Williams 6-4 David Gilbert

Xiao Guodong 2-6 Pang Junxu

Ding Junhui 6-4 Xu Si

Zhao Xintong 6-1 Long Zehuang

Mark Allen 1-6 Scott Donaldson

Gary Wilson 5-6 Zhang Anda

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