An abundance of top players will do battle for the 16 remaining places in the 2012 Welsh Open next week.

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There are 16 spots in the final stages of the 888Welsh Open up for grabs in the qualifying rounds, taking place at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield this week.

The successful players will join the world's top 16 players in the prestigious ranking event which runs from February 13-19 in Newport.

Legends Steve Davis and Jimmy White enter the fray in the penultimate qualifying round, while Crucible King Stephen Hendry needs to win just one game to secure his place in the main event.

The qualifiers run from Wednesday until Sunday, with all matches played over the best of seven frames and selected games streamed live.

Matches 45 and 58 have been held over to the venue in Newport.

Welsh Open Qualifiers Schedule of Play

Wednesday February 8

12pm
1 Tian Pengfei 0-4 Cao Yupeng
2 David Grace 3-4 Daniel Wells
3 Sam Craigie 2-4 Lucky Vatnani
4 Kurt Maflin 4-3 Stuart Carrington
5 Andrew Norman 4-0 Aditya Mehta
 
6pm
6 David Morris 4-3 Paul Davison
7 Andrew Pagett 1-4 Adam Wicheard
8 Yu Delu 4-0 Luca Brecel
9 Adam Duffy w/o Dechewat Poomjaeng
10 Passakorn Suwannawat 1-4 Sam Baird
 
Thursday February 9

10am
11 Ben Woollaston 1-4 David Gilbert
12 Adrian Gunnell 2-4 Cao Yupeng
13 Jimmy Robertson 2-4 Alfie Burden
14 Michael White 1-4 Ian McCulloch
15 Mark Joyce 4-3 Daniel Wells
16 Barry Pinches 1-4 Lucky Vatnani
 
2.30pm
17 Peter Lines 2-4 Rod Lawler
18 Tony Drago 2-4 Kurt Maflin
19 Andy Hicks 4-2 Andrew Norman
20 Liu Chuang 4-3 Liam Highfield
21 Dave Harold 4-0 Joe Swail
 
7pm
22 Xiao Guodong 4-2 David Morris
23 Liu Song 3-4 Adam Wicheard
24 Anthony McGill 4-2 Yu Delu
25 James Wattana 0-4 Adam Duffy
26 Li Yan 1-4 Sam Baird
 
Friday February 10

10am
27 Liang Wenbo 4-1 David Gilbert
28 Jamie Burnett 4-2 Cao Yupeng
29 Michael Holt 4-3 Alfie Burden
30 Jimmy White 2-4 Ian McCulloch
31 Joe Jogia 0-4 Mark Joyce
32 Steve Davis 4-3 Lucky Vatnani
 
2.30pm
33 Ken Doherty 4-0 Rod Lawler
34 Rob Milkins 0-4 Kurt Maflin
35 Anthony Hamilton 1-4 Andy Hicks
36 Matthew Selt 4-1 Liu Chuang
37 Alan McManus 3-4 Dave Harold
 
7pm
38 Mike Dunn 4-3 Xiao Guodong
39 Jamie Jones 1-4 Adam Wicheard
40 Gerard Greene 4-2 Anthony McGill
41 Jack Lisowski 2-4 Adam Duffy
42 Nigel Bond 3-4 Sam Baird (Baird plays Dominic Dale at the venue)
 
Saturday February 11
 
10am
43 Rory McLeod 1-4 Liang Wenbo (Winner to play John Higgins at the venue)
44 Mark Davis 4-2 Jamie Burnett (Winner to play Ding Junhui at the venue)
46 Tom Ford 4-3 Ian McCulloch (Winner to play Graeme Dott at the venue)
47 Andrew Higginson 3-4 Mark Joyce (Winner to play Shaun Murphy at the venue)
48 Ricky Walden 3-4 Steve Davis (Winner to play Ali Carter at the venue)
 
2.30pm
49 Jamie Cope 2-4 Ken Doherty (Winner to play Mark Allen at the venue)
50 Stephen Hendry 4-0 Kurt Maflin (Winner to play Neil Robertson at the venue)
51 Joe Perry 2-4 Andy Hicks (Winner to play Mark Williams at the venue)
52 Marco Fu 4-2 Matthew Selt (Winner to play Ronnie O'Sullivan at the venue)
53 Mark King 4-1 Dave Harold (Winner to play Stuart Bingham at the venue)
 
7pm
54 Fergal O'Brien 4-3 Mike Dunn (Winner to play Judd Trump at the venue)
55 Marcus Campbell 2-4 Adam Wicheard (Winner to play Stephen Maguire at the venue)
56 Barry Hawkins 4-2 Gerard Greene (Winner to play Matthew Stevens at the venue)
57 Peter Ebdon 4-0 Adam Duffy (Winner to play Martin Gould at the venue)