Hot on the heels of the draw for the Wuxi Classic, World Snooker have now released the draw for the Australian Goldfields Open, the qualifiers for which get underway on 30th May 2014 in Gloucester.
One of the few remaining events to be played under the ‘old’ system, with the top 16 seeded through to the venue, the draw for the venue stages can be found here, while the qualifying draw is available here.
As is to be expected, there are a few notable omissions from the draw, Mark Selby, Ding Junhui, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Ali Carter and reigning champion Marco Fu, allowing the likes of Xiao Guodong to be seeded through to the venue.
The venue stages in Bendigo get underway on 30th June 2014 and unlike last year, will be televised by Eurosport this season.
With the Welsh Open set to conclude tomorrow, we are just three tournaments away from knowing not only who the top 16 players guaranteed to appear at the Crucible Theatre for the 2014 World Championship will be, but also how those seeded players will be placed in the draw.
Yesterday World Snooker published the latest drawsheet of this 2013/14 season, that for the inaugural Rotterdam Open, which will take place next month. Click below for links to the draw and format, as well as a run-down of the most notable non-entrants…
