Sportsbet.io Players Championship Round 1 Day 1

Date
Tue 17th February 2026 (UTC)
Tue 17th February 2026 (Local)

Timestamp
2026-02-17T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
World Snooker

Season
2025-2026

Round
30

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Location
Telford International Centre

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Description

The 2026 Players Championship (officially the 2026 Sportsbet.io Players Championship) is a professional snooker tournament that will take place from 17 to 22 February 2026 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England. The top 16 players on the one-year ranking list, as it stood after the 2026 World Grand Prix, qualified for the event. The 10th consecutive staging of the Players Championship since it became a standalone tournament in 2017, it will be the 14th ranking event of the 2025‍–‍26 snooker season, following the 2026 World Grand Prix and preceding the 2026 Welsh Open. It will be the second of three events in the Players Series, following the 2026 World Grand Prix and preceding the 2026 Tour Championship.
The winner will receive £150,000 from a total prize fund of £500,000.

Round 1, Day 1
(Last 16; Best of 11; Losers receive £15,000)

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Result List

01	John Higgins	WIN
01	Neil Robertson	LOSS
02	Chris Wakelin	WIN
02	Xiao Guodong	LOSS
03	Mark Allen	WIN
03	Wu Yize	LOSS
04	Mark Selby	WIN
04	Jack Lisowski	LOSS

Result Description

1 John Higgins 6-1 Neil Robertson
86-23, 69-21, 84-0, 50-73, 133-0, 60-13, 69-31

2 Chris Wakelin 6-2 Xiao Guodong
34-70, 65-58, 95-25, 80-40
80-52, 53-67, 109-0, 101-0

3 Mark Allen 6-3 Wu Yize
26-103, 68-47, 78-0, 70-57, 80-8
0-70, 67-12, 21-70, 93-1,

4 Mark Selby 6-3 Jack Lisowski
70-39, 90-25, 89-0, 0-88, 57-19
26-66, 44-98, 136-0, 73-9

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