The final is the biggest showdown on the snooker calendar, with £500,000 in prize money and eternal glory on the line. It's a mammoth contest held across four sessions over two days, and the match can span up to a maximum of 35 frames.

Crucible ticket holders have been treated to a sequence of brilliant matches since the tournament began on April 20, and the title was guaranteed to change hands after defending champion suffered a shock defeat to Lei Peifan in the first round. Here, Express Sport takes you through everything you need to know about the final...

The first session of the World Snooker Championship final will begin at 1pm (BST) on Sunday, May 4. There will then be a break in play before the match resumes at 7pm that evening. Players will reconvene on Monday, when the same 1pm and 7pm timings will apply, and the match will continue on Monday night until a winner is found, unless a player reaches 18 frames before then.

Coverage of the 2025 World Snooker Championship has been led by the BBC and TNT Sports, following its merger with Eurosport. Sessions have been broadcast on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four. Every session is shown live on BBC iPlayer. TNT Sports broadcasts are also available on discovery+.

The World Snooker Championship final will be played over a best-of-35-frame format, with the first player to 18 frames taking the title.

Players must pot a red ball first before moving onto a colour, then another red and continuing in an alternating pattern. Once all the reds, which are worth one point each, are cleared from the table, the colours are potted in order of ascending value, starting with yellow, then green, brown, blue, pink and black. If a player does not pot a ball, the next player has their turn at the table.

The frame ends when the black is potted, or before that if one player misses a pot having amassed too many points for the opponent to catch up.

On the rare occasion a frame ends in a draw, with both players finishing on the same number of points, it is decided by a 'black ball game'. The referee will respot the black, and the first player to pot it wins the frame. A coin toss decides which player goes first.