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The draw has been made for the second Jiangsu Classic which beings on Thursday and concludes on Sunday.

The tournament's high quality field of 12 have been split into two groups of six and they will play best-of-three frame matches on a round robin basis with the top two in each group qualifying for Saturday's best-of-nine semi-finals.

Sunday's final will be a best of 11 contest.

The event takes place in Ding Junhui's hometown of Wuxi City and Ding will defend the crown he won last year when he beat Mark Selby 6-5 in the inaugural final.

GROUP 1

Ding Junhui

Ryan Day

Mark Allen

Peter Ebdon

Stephen Hendry

Li Hang

GROUP 2

Shaun Murphy

Ali Carter

Joe Perry

Mark Selby

Marco Fu

Jin Long

All times are local (BST + 7 Hours)

Thursday June 4 (best of three frames)

13:00

Table 1

Ding Junhui v Li Hang

Mark Allen v Stephen Hendry

Ryan Day v Peter Ebdon

Ding Junhui v Stephen Hendry

Table 2

Shaun Murphy v Jin Long

Joe Perry v Marco Fu

Ali Carter v Mark Selby

Shaun Murphy v Marco Fu

19:30

Table 1

Ryan Day v Mark Allen

Peter Ebdon v Li Hang

Shaun Murphy v Joe Perry

Ryan Day v Li Hang

Table 2

Ali Carter v Joe Perry

Mark Selby v Jin Long

Ding Junhui v Mark Allen

Ali Carter v Jin Long

Friday June 5 (best of three frames)

13:00

Table 1

Peter Ebdon v Stephen Hendry

Ryan Day v Stephen Hendry

Ding Junhui v Peter Ebdon

Mark Allen v Li Hang

Table 2

Mark Selby v Marco Fu

Ali Carter v Marco Fu

Shaun Murphy v Mark Selby

Joe Perry v Jin Long

19:30

Table 1

Marco Fu v Jin Long

Mark Allen v Peter Ebdon

Ding Junhui v Ryan Day

Table 2

Stephen Hendry v Li Hang

Joe Perry v Mark Selby

Shaun Murphy v Ali Carter

Saturday June 6 (best of nine frames)

13:00

Semi-final 1 (Winner of Group 1 v Runner-up of Group 2)

19.30

Semi-final 2 (Winner of Group 2 v Runner-up of Group 1)

Sunday June 7 (best of 11 frame)

13:00

Final

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