When you win, take fourteenth seed Brecel in the eighth-finals against the English triple world champion Mark Selby (WR 2), the third seed, or the Chinese Zhao Xintong (WR 67).
The Dutch boss Mark Williams (WR 3) is the first seed and the defending champion. He defeated last year in the finals, the Scot John Higgins. Williams will open against Englishman Martin Gould (WR 29).
Luca Brecel went there in 2018 in the first round against the Englishman Ricky Walden. Also in his two previous participations, in 2012 and 2017, the 24-year-old Limburger after a round of packing. Five-fold world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan (WR 1) is the second seed. The Englishman begins his world CHAMPIONSHIP against countryman James Cahill, the first amateur at the world CHAMPIONSHIPS.
The world CHAMPIONSHIP at the Crucible Theatre in the English Sheffield starts on 20 april and lasts until 6 may. For the winner is a cheque of 500,000 pounds (580.000 euro) ready. The first round (sixteenth-finals) will be played to a best-of-19.