World Snooker Championship 2017 – Free Live Streaming

15/04/2017

BBC Sport will bring you live coverage of the 2017 World Snooker Championship from Saturday 15 April across BBC TV, Red Button, connected TVs, online, tablets and smartphones.

Viewers can also watch live uninterrupted coverage of both tables from the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible via the BBC Sport website and connected TV.

Five-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan believes Mark Selby is currently in the form of his life and this week’s World Snooker Championship in Sheffield is his to lose.

BBC coverage will begin at 10am on Saturday 15 April with Mark Selby taking on Fergal O’Brien

The easiest ways to watch the World Snooker Championship live from from anywhere in the world is on BBC Sport…

If you try watch BBC Sport in English-speaking countries such as Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, Spain, France, Canary Islands, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Qatar, New Zealand, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, or Dubai you will get a Geo block error. To bypass this and watch all content for all you need is a a Proxy, VPN or VPN Router to overcome location restrictions that would otherwise block you from watching BBC Live Streaming and all other UK TV services.

The BBC World Snooker Championship coverage will be streamed live on the BBC Sport website as well as the various BBC iPlayer and BBC Sports apps on iPhone, iPad, Android, Smart TV, Now TV, FireTV etc..

How to watch 2017 World Snooker Championships live streaming from anywhere…

When you load BBC iPlayer in the USA, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Australia, Dubai, Canada etc. you will get an error message.

BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK only.

This is basically because their streaming services are geoblocked based on the IP address being used to access it. You must be a UK domestic web user to access BBC live tv streaming and catchup with BBC iPlayer.

Get a UK IP address.
If you just want to watch on your PC, Mac or iPad. Then you can get a UK Proxy or VPN from Liberty Shield from only £6.99 per month.
Prefer to watch on supported media streaming devices like Now TV, Smart TVs, Apple TV, Xbox, PS4, Amazon Fire TV, Roku etc? You’ll need a UK configured VPN Router setup as British for only £12.99 with Worldwide Shipping.

Furthermore BBC Sport isn’t the only geographically-censored streaming services a VPN or Proxy will allow you to access. Other UK services like ITV Sport, BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, Sky Go and Now TV are available.

Plus with the option to switch to our USA service whenever you like, you can access Hulu, HBO GO, Netflix and Pandora.

Essentially you can access international content from virtually anywhere!

First Round (best of 19 frames)

All times BST

Saturday 15 April