How to watch snooker

Guide on how to watch snooker on the outside tables (and not only).
[Last update: April 2025]

Table of contents:
1. List of huya.com links for all tables.
2. How to use huya.com links if you are geo-blocked?
3. How to find a table number of a certain match?
4. Links that can be used with a media player (e.g. VLC).
5. How to use media player links?
6. Cool tool for opening streams.
7. Contact.

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1. List of huya.com links for all tables.

Table 1
https://www.huya.com/20072620
Table 2
https://www.huya.com/20072621
Table 3
https://www.huya.com/18501408
Table 4
https://www.huya.com/18501324
Table 5
https://www.huya.com/17455465
Table 6
https://www.huya.com/18501329
Table 7
https://www.huya.com/18501166
Table 8
https://www.huya.com/17611732
Table 13
https://www.huya.com/20072817

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2. How to use huya.com links if you are geo-blocked?

Note that you will probably be geo-blocked if you live outside of China.
There are several ways around this:
a) Streamlink + VLC - see point 4. below.
c) VPN (if you have one): set your location to China or Macau, Hong Kong, etc.
d) WireGuard (it's like a simpler free VPN):
   > download the program from here: https://www.wireguard.com/install/
   > watch how to use it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=685rOzG2Bus
   > here are some WireGuard server providers you can use:
     - https://greenssh.com/wireguard
     - https://www.vpnjantit.com/free-wireguard
     - https://sshocean.com/wireguard

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3. How to find a table number of a certain match?
   [functionality currently not supported by WST, but the order of matches on the below page may be a good indicator]

https://scores.wst.tv/live-scores

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4. Links that can be used with a media player (e.g. VLC).

To generate the links you need to have a command-line utility called Streamlink.
https://streamlink.github.io/

For example for Windows you can download "streamlink-6.9.0-1-py312-x86.exe" from:
https://github.com/streamlink/windows-builds/releases
Installation is pretty standard. In case of problems refer to the tutorial:
https://youtu.be/bCrwQjWdFFQ

[Here you can skip to point 6. for a convenient alternative solution.]

Once installed, open a command-line (Windows search: "cmd") and type:
> streamlink https://www.huya.com/20072620 best --stream-url

This should return you an url link (for Table 1) that can be used by a media player (see point 5.)
You can also omit the "--stream-url" part and it should automatically open a stream in VLC player.

Table 1
streamlink https://www.huya.com/20072620 best
Table 2
streamlink https://www.huya.com/20072621 best
Table 3
streamlink https://www.huya.com/18501408 best
Table 4
streamlink https://www.huya.com/18501324 best
Table 5
streamlink https://www.huya.com/17455465 best
Table 6
streamlink https://www.huya.com/18501329 best
Table 7
streamlink https://www.huya.com/18501166 best
Table 8
streamlink https://www.huya.com/17611732 best

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5. How to use media player links?

Download VLC Player [https://www.videolan.org/vlc] (or other free media player) -> Open it -> Press Ctrl+N (or go to File -> Open network stream) -> Paste a link -> Press Enter -> Enjoy!

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6. Cool tool for opening streams.
   [this is not required, but very convenient]

You need to have Streamlink and VLC Player installed (instructions above).

Go to the below paste, click "download" and save as .bat file:
https://pastebin.com/Yx2De1Px

Usage
Double-click on the file. The utility will print available tables. Type the table number and press Enter to open a stream.

Credit: Steve P [https://disqus.com/by/disqus_dVj4RG0zFQ]

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7. Contact.

For any questions or suggestions you can contact me via snooker.org forum: my username is Ketjow :)
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