Everything is ready for the start of the Shanghai Masters

The event will run from September 19st to 25th. Although this is the fifth ranking event of the new season, it is considered to be the start of a full-fledged world snooker season.

Last year's victor Shanghai Kairi Wilson will try to defend the title, which he got in the final match against Judd Trump. But this year, it will be extremely difficult to do, because the composition of the participants can be called the strongest. All top players have arrived in China: five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, the defending champion Mark Selby, as well as the four-time winner of the World Championship John Higgins. Local favorite Ding Junhui will try to get 12th ranking title.

In the final part of the tournament 16-Th best rated, half of them already know their opponents. The other half will be determined in the wildcard round.

Ronnie O'Sullivan returns to tour after a long break. His opponent at the start will be the winner of a pair of Liang Wenbo / Hu Hao.

The total prize fund of the tournament ?465200, ?85000 will go to the winner. Live broadcasts, visit our website.

All results, the tournament table and statistics Shanghai Masters 2016 available here.