Eurosport will show the Jiangsu Classic, World Snooker's new invitation event in China, from June 4-8.
The first broadcast is on Wednesday, June 4 at 8.30am.
This tournament features eight of the world's top 12 ranked players plus four local wildcards.
It will be played first in Nanjing, using a round robin format, with the final in Wuxi City, hometown of Ding Junhui.
Good news, this, for snooker fans suffering withdrawal symptoms after the 888.com World Championship!
Note: there's not coverage every day as they aren't playing every day.
Are you sure about it? There are French Open matches in programme of EUS and no snooker. And more - 6 June is Friday
ReplyDeleteGreat News! I look forward to watching it!
ReplyDeleteAnd also, there's loads of Snooker on Eurosport, through the whole season! I assume EUS is Eurosport
ReplyDeleteDana - I got the wrong day so I've amended it. It starts on the Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteto Dave H - I hope you're right, cause I would like to see some good snooker again, but there are just football and tennis matches in EUS programme
ReplyDeleteGO Ali!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteit will be only on ES2??
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I've heard round robins are best of 3 frames, a bit short.
ReplyDeleteI've heard round robins are best of 3 frames, a bit short.
ReplyDeleteSorry, posted it twice!
ReplyDeleteYes, all matches in the round robin stages will be best of 3 frames. The semi-finals will be best of 7 frames and the final will be best of 11 frames.
ReplyDeleteTV schedule (BST)
ReplyDeleteWednesday June 4
08.30-10.00 Eurosport 1
12.30-15.30 Eurosport 2
Thursday June 5
10.15-12.15 Eurosport 1
12.30-15.30 Eurosport 2
17.15-19.15 Eurosport 1
Friday June 6
17.15-19.00 Eurosport 1
Sunday June 8
06.00-09.00 Eurosport 2
19.15-21.00 Eurosport 1
CCTV5 are also broadcasting.
So delighted to read this. Am having major major withdrawl symptoms.
ReplyDeleteSo who are the players? 8 out of 12? I assume no Ronnie..!?
Best out of 3 frames is unbelievable. Never heard of anything like that before. Fancy some of these Chinese guys to do well with this format. If they come out of the blocks fast then there will be no stopping them!
Well, best-of-3 isn't too bad -- think of the Pot Black Cup which is best-of-1. ;-)
ReplyDeletecheers,
Eric
It is a bit of a short format but, to be fair, this is really to showcase the game and they want to feature as many players as possible in a short time
ReplyDeleteThis is the chineses version of Pot Black. Would snooker had taken off in the UK had they started with best-of 50 or whatever they used to play in those days? The chinese want shorter matches.
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