The world calendar is coming to end with the much awaited Betfred.com World Snooker Championship in Sheffield which starts today at Sheffield’s famous Crucible Theatre.

Malta’s Terry Camilleri will be one of the referees in charge of some matches at the most prestigious tournament in the game. 

This is the sixth year that he will be refereeing in the world championship.

The tournament will start with Neil Robertson defending his title against young talent Judd Trump, the recently crowned China Open Champion.

1st round matches

Neil Robertson v Judd Trump

Marco Fu v Martin Gould

Graeme Dott v Mark King

Ali Carter v Dave Harold

Ding Junhui v Jamie Burnett

Peter Ebdon v Stuart Bingham

Stephen Hendry v Joe Perry

Mark Selby v Jimmy Robertson

Mark Williams v Ryan Day

Jamie Cope v Andrew Pagett

Mark Allen v Matthew Stevens

Stephen Maguire v Barry Hawkins

Shaun Murphy v Marcus Campbell

Ronnie O’Sullivan v Dominic Dale

Ricky Walden v Rory McLeod

John Higgins v Stephen Lee