Selby is defending champion after beating five-time winner O’Sullivan last year.

And Selby has his heart set on more glory this time around, he said: “Being world number one for two years makes me want to work harder to see how long I can stay there.

"I have won the Worlds three times and the Masters three times and the UK is only two at the moment." 

The event is underway from Tuesday and runs until December 10.

The Uk Championship- sponsored by Betway - is part of the Triple Crown, and has a prize money pot of £850,000 with the winner pocketing £170,000.

UK Championship LIVE steam: How to watch the action online and on TV

Full schedule

Tuesday 28 November

First round (best of 11 frames)

14:30 GMT

Ryan Day (Wal) bt Jamie Curtis-Barrett (Gbr) 6-0

Marco Fu (Hkg) bt Nigel Bond (Eng) 6-2

Mike Dunn (Eng) bt Fang Xiongman (Chn) 6-2

Mark King (Eng) bt Boonyarit Keattikun (Tha) 6-0

Leo Fernandez (Irl) bt Ding Junhui (Chn) 6-5

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Tha) bt Elliot Slessor (Eng) 6-5

Noppon Saengkham (Tha) bt Zhang Anda (Chn) 6-2

Zhao Xintong (Chn) bt Rory McLeod (Eng) 6-5

19:30 GMT

Kyren Wilson (Eng) bt Sean O'Sullivan (Eng) 6-1

Yu De Lu (Chi) bt Ian Preece (Wal) 6-2

Yan Bingtao (Chn) bt Zhang Yong (Chn) 6-1

Ben Woollaston (Eng) bt Li Yuan (Chn) 6-2

Cao Yupeng (Chn) bt Tian Pengfei (Chn) 6-5

John Higgins (Sco) bt Chris Totten (Sco) 6-1

Stephen Maguire (Sco) bt Yuan Sijun (Chn) 6-1

Jak Jones (Wal) bt David Grace (Eng) 6-4

Wednesday 29 November

First round

09:30 GMT

Ricky Walden (Eng) bt Duane Jones (Wal) 6-1

Jamie Jones (Wal) bt Craig Steadman (Eng) 6-3

Sam Baird (Eng) v Aditya Mehta (Ind)

Soheil Vahedi (Irn) bt Luca Brecel (Bel) 6-4

Xu Si (Chn) bt Mark Davis (Eng) 6-5

Zhou Yuelong (Chn) v Peter Lines (Eng)

Hossein Vafaei (Irn) bt James Wattana (Tha) 6-4

Anthony McGill (Sco) bt Ashley Hugill (Eng) 6-2

14:30 GMT

Peter Ebdon (Eng) bt Allan Taylor (Eng) 6-3

Lyu Haotian (Chn) bt Anthony Hamilton (Eng) 6-1

Shaun Murphy (Eng) bt Hamza Akbar (Pkn) 6-1

Liam Highfield (Eng) bt Daniel Wells (Wal) 6-4

Jimmy Robertson (Eng) bt Alex Borg (Mlt) 6-1

Judd Trump (Eng) v Matthew Bolton (Aus) 6-0

Robbie Williams (Eng) bt Martin O'Donnell (Eng) 6-3

Martin Gould (Eng) bt Joe Swail (NIrl) 6-3

19:30 GMT

Mark Selby (Eng) bt Basem Eltahhan (Egy) 6-4

Scott Donaldson (Sco) v John Astley (Eng) 6-2

Jack Lisowski (Eng) v Wang Yuchen (Chn) 6-4

Joe Perry (Eng) v Billy Joe Castle (Eng) 6-1

Oliver Lines (Eng) v Mei Xiwen (Chn) 6-3

Mark Allen (NI) v Lukas Kleckers (Ger) 6-2

Michael White (Eng) v Ross Muir (Sco) 6-5

Matthew Selt (Eng) v Ian Burns (Eng) 6-2

Thursday, 30 November

First round

09:30 GMT

Higginson (Eng) bt Sam Craigie (Eng) 6-0

Mark Williams (Wal) bt Paul Davison (Eng) 6-0

Graeme Dott (Sco) bt Josh Boileau (Irl) 6-2

Liang Wenbo (Chn) bt Sanderson Lam (Eng) 6-1

Mark Joyce (Eng) bt Thor Chuan Leong (Mal) 6-3

David Gilbert (Eng) bt Christopher Keogan (Eng) 6-4

Mitchell Mann (Eng) bt Stuart Carrington (Eng) 6-2

Akani Songsermsawad (Tha) bt Fergal O'Brien (Ire) 6-4

14:30 GMT

Dominic Dale (Wal) bt Adam Duffy (Eng) 6-0

Kurt Maflin (Nor) bt Alexander Ursenbacher (Swi) 6-1

Neil Robertson (Aus) bt Rod Lawler (Eng) 6-1

Ken Doherty (Irl) bt Gary Wilson (Eng) 6-3

Chris Wakelin (Eng) bt Lee Walker (Eng) 6-1

Jimmy White (Eng) bt Ali Carter (Eng) 6-2

Alan McManus (Sco) bt Robin Hull (Fin) 6-3

Michael Holt (Eng) bt Niu Zhuang (Chn) 6-5

19:30 GMT

Li Hang (Chn) bt Gerard Greene (NIrl) 6-1

Robert Milkins (Eng) v Chen Zhe (Chn) 6-1

Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) bt Jackson Page (Wal) 6-3

Michael Georgiou (Cyp) bt Alfie Burden (Eng) 6-5

Barry Hawkins (Eng) bt Kurt Dunham (Aus) 6-1

Hammad Miah (Eng) bt Matthew Stevens (Wal) 6-3

Xiao Guodong (Chn) bt Chen Zifan (Chn) 6-0

Tom Ford (Eng) bt Eden Sharav (Sco) 6-1