Three secure Crucible debuts as first eight qualifiers reach World Snooker Championship

Liam Pullen will make his Crucible debut this month (Picture: Getty Images)

The first eight qualifiers have booked their spots at the Crucible after coming through World Snooker Championship qualifying in Sheffield.

The world’s top 16 head straight to the Crucible, but the rest of the professional tour battle it out at the English Institute of Sport to join them.

The qualifiers began back on April 6 and come to a conclusion on Wednesday, with the draw for the first round proper taking place on Thursday morning.

There will be at least three debutants in the Crucible draw after their were wins for young stars Stan Moody, Liam Pullen and Antoni Kowalski.

Moody, 19, becomes the first British teenager since Judd Trump in 2007 to make his C...