World Championship 2014: Qualifying Draw Released

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With just one week to go until the start of the 2014 World Championship qualifiers, World Snooker have this evening released the draw for the tournament which you can read here in pdf format, or here at snookerorg with match times.

You can also see the format here.

More thoughts will follow next weekend, but the most immediate headline is that Steve Davis will play either Jak Jones or Craig Steadman in his must-win match to stay on tour, while Jimmy White will take on either Ian Burns or Fraser Patrick.

What are the stand out ties to you and who will this season’s shock qualifiers be?