The World Series of Snooker will open in Jersey this weekend before moving to Germany, Russia and Poland.

John Higgins, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy and Ken Doherty will compete with the best of the Channel Islands and the Polish national champion Rafal Jewtuch for a place in the Grand Final.

Dusseldorf will host the Grand Finals in November with the field featuring the eight leading players taking part in the first four events plus the best four local wild-cards from these tournaments and four invited players.

SCHEDULE:

Saturday:

Quarter-Finals (best of seven):

Match 1 - Selby (England) v Jewtuch (Poland)

Match 2 - Doherty (Ireland) v Britton (Jersey)

Match 3 - Murphy (England) v Desperques (Guernsey)

Match 4 - Higgins (Scotland) v Canavan (Jersey)

Sunday:

Semi-Finals (best of nine):

Semi 1 - Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 2

Semi 2 - Winner Match 3 v Winner Match 4

Final (best of 11):

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