Snooker calendar: Northern Ireland Open in Belfast from 18 October after Wu Yize wins Shenzhen

Updated Friday 16 October 2026. The next ranking event is the BetVictor Northern Ireland Open at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast, from Sunday 18 to Sunday 25 October 2026. Jack Lisowski is the defending champion after beating Judd Trump 9-8 in last year's final. Qualifying was played at the Leicester Arena in September.

Last time out, world champion Wu Yize won the Shenzhen Open, beating Yuan Sijun 10-5 in the final on Sunday 4 October, Sporting Life reported. It was Wu's first title since he won the world championship at the Crucible in May, and Yuan's first ranking final. Wu beat Shaun Murphy and Judd Trump on the way, and won seven of the last eight frames of the final.

What has happened so far this season

• Shanghai Masters, 27 July to 2 August: won by Judd Trump
• China Open, Taiyuan City, 8 to 16 August: won by Mark Selby
• Wuhan Open, 23 to 29 August: won by Chang Bingyu
• Unibet British Open, Cheltenham, 31 August to 6 September: won by Jak Jones
• BetVictor English Open, Brentwood, 7 to 13 September: won by Ali Carter, beating Mark Williams in the final and taking the title for the first time
• Shenzhen Open, 28 September to 4 October: won by Wu Yize, 10-5 against Yuan Sijun

Mark Allen has extended his absence from the tour with a further withdrawal.

What is coming

Watching from Pakistan

Belfast is on BST until Sunday 25 October, four hours behind Pakistan, so a 1pm session in the Northern Ireland Open starts at 5pm PKT and a 7pm evening session at 11pm PKT. The clocks go back on the final day, so the final's evening session starts at midnight in Karachi. The Chinese events are the other way: China is UTC+8, three hours ahead, so afternoon sessions there land in the late morning here.

Prize money on the tour is paid in pounds. With sterling at about Rs 370.73, the UK Championship's headline cheque converts to a very different rupee number than it did a year ago. Our pound rate page tracks that daily, and the currency converter does the arithmetic.