Defending champion Judd Trump remains on course to retain his UK Championship title at York Barbican.
World number one Trump, who beat Barry Hawkins 10-8 in last year's final, won six frames in a row to beat Ding Junhui 6-2 in Friday's quarter-finals.
Trump will face three-time UK champion Neil Robertson in the semi-finals on Saturday after the Australian overcame Pang Junxu 6-4.
Two-time winner Mark Selby and 2008 champion Shaun Murphy are also bidding to make the last four.
Eight-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan went out in the first round to Zhou Yuelong, while world champion Zhao Xintong, John Higgins and Mark Williams were knocked out in the second round.
The championship is the first Triple Crown tournament of the season, with the other two - the Masters and the World Championship - both taking place in 2026.
You can watch every shot of the tournament live on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app, and there is also extensive coverage on network TV.
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Match schedule and BBC coverage times
All times GMT. Fixtures and start times are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.
Friday, 5 December
Quarter-finals
13:00 - Judd Trump 6-2 Ding Junhui
13:00 - Neil Robertson 6-4 Pang Junxu
19:00 - Shaun Murphy 6-3 Zhang Anda
19:00 - Mark Selby v Barry Hawkins
Live coverage
19:00-22:00 - BBC Two & BBC Four
19:00-23:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app and Red Button
Saturday, 6 December
Semi-finals (best of 11 frames)
13:00 - Judd Trump v Neil Robertson
18:00 - Shaun Murphy v Mark Selby or Barry Hawkins
Live coverage
13:00-16:30 - BBC One
13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app
16:30-17:30 - BBC Two
19:00-22:00 - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app
Sunday, 7 December
Final (best of 19 frames)
13:00 & 19:00
Live coverage
13:00-16:15 - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app
19:00-22:00 - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app
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What's the prize money?
Winner: £250,000
Runner-up: £100,000
Semi-finalist: £50,000
Quarter-finalist: £25,000
Last 16: £15,000
Last 32: £10,000
Highest break: £15,000
Total prize fund: £1,205,000
Previous winners
O'Sullivan leads the way with eight titles, having won his first Triple Crown event by beating Hendry as a 17-year-old in 1993.
O'Sullivan also lifted the trophy in 1997, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2023.
Fellow Englishman Steve Davis has won the title six times - one more than Scottish rival Hendry.
Higgins, Ding and Robertson have three titles to their names, while Mark Williams, Trump, Selby and Doug Mountjoy have won it twice.
Past 10 finals:
- 2024: Judd Trump 10-8 Barry Hawkins
- 2023: Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-7 Ding Junhui
- 2022: Mark Allen 10-7 Ding Junhui
- 2021: Zhao Xintong 10-5 Luca Brecel
- 2020: Neil Robertson 10-9 Judd Trump
- 2019: Ding Junhui 10-6 Stephen Maguire
- 2018: Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-6 Mark Allen
- 2017: Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-5 Shaun Murphy
- 2016: Mark Selby 10-7 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 2015: Neil Robertson 10-5 Liang Wenbo
Maximum breaks at the UK Championship
There have been 23 maximum 147 breaks made across 48 previous editions of the UK Championship and qualifying in 2025.
Willie Thorne compiled the first one against Tommy Murphy in 1987.
O'Sullivan displayed incredible composure to make a 147 in the final frame of his semi-final match against Selby in 2007. He made another UK maximum in 2014.
Australian Robertson holds the distinction of being the only player to achieve a 147 in a UK Championship final, doing so in the sixth frame of his 2015 triumph against Liang Wenbo.
The 2012 championship featured three 147s with Andy Hicks, Lisowski and John Higgins all achieving the maximum.
Liam Pullen and Chang Bingyu both made 147s in qualifying this year to take the number of maximums in a season to a new record of 16, with more than six months of the campaign remaining.
Results
First round
Judd Trump 6-4 Stephen Maguire
Si Jiahui 6-0 Ryan Day
John Higgins 6-2 Ben Woollaston
Shaun Murphy 6-2 Lyu Haotian
Neil Robertson 6-2 Julien Leclercq
Wu Yize 6-4 Michael Holt
Mark Williams 6-4 David Gilbert
Xiao Guodong 2-6 Pang Junxu
Ding Junhui 6-4 Xu Si
Zhao Xintong 6-1 Long Zehuang
Mark Allen 1-6 Scott Donaldson
Gary Wilson 5-6 Zhang Anda
Mark Selby 6-2 Lei Peifan
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-6 Zhou Yuelong
Kyren Wilson 4-6 Elliot Slessor
Barry Hawkins 6-4 David Lilley
Last 16
Neil Robertson 6-1 Wu Yize
Mark Williams 3-6 Pang Junxu
Judd Trump 6-3 Si Jiahui
Mark Selby 6-2 Zhou Yuelong
Zhao Xintong 2-6 Zhang Anda
Ding Junhui 6-5 Scott Donaldson
Barry Hawkins 6-0 Elliot Slessor
John Higgins 5-6 Shaun Murphy
Quarter-finals
Judd Trump 6-2 Ding Junhui
Neil Robertson 6-4 Pang Junxu
Shaun Murphy 6-3 Zhang Anda
Which players were seeded?
The top 16 in the world rankings after the International Championship were guaranteed their place in the last 32.
Defending champion Trump was the number one seed, while world number 10 Zhao was moved up to the second seeding due to his status as world champion.
China's Wu Yize clinched his place in the top 16 by winning his first ranking title at the International Championship.
The seeds were joined by 16 players from the qualifying tournament.
Full seedings:
1. Judd Trump, 2. Zhao Xintong, 3. Kyren Wilson, 4. Neil Robertson 5. Mark Williams, 6. Ronnie O'Sullivan, 7. John Higgins, 8. Mark Allen, 9. Ding Junhui, 10. Shaun Murphy, 11. Mark Selby, 12. Xiao Guodong, 13. Wu Yize, 14. Barry Hawkins, 15. Gary Wilson, 16. Si Jiahui
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