Tournament information | |
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Dates | 28 June – 29 July 2022 |
Venue | Morningside Arena |
City | Leicester |
Country | England |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £328,000 |
Winner's share | £33,000 |
Highest break | Zhao Xintong (CHN) (145) |
Final | |
Champion | Luca Brecel (BEL) |
Runner-up | Lu Ning (CHN) |
Score | 3–1 |
The 2022 Championship League was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 28 June to 29 July 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. The event featured 128 players and was played as three rounds of round-robin groups of four, before a best-of-five final. It was the 19th edition of the Championship League and the first ranking tournament of the 2022–23 snooker season.
David Gilbert was the defending champion, having defeated Mark Allen 3–1 in the final of the previous ranking edition of the tournament. However, he was knocked out during the second group stage of this edition.
Luca Brecel won the tournament, defeating Lu Ning 3–1 to win his third ranking title and second Championship League title.
The 2022 Championship League took place from 28 June to 29 July 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. [1] 128 players took part in the event. The competition began with 32 rounds of group matches with each group consisting of four players. [2] Two groups were played to a finish every day during four blocks, from 28 June to 1 July, from 4 to 7 July, from 11 to 14 July, and from 18 to 21 July using a two-table setup in the arena. The groups were contested using a round-robin format, with six matches played in each group. All matches in group play were played as best of four frames, with three points awarded for a win and one point for a draw. Group positions were determined by points scored, frame difference and then head-to-head results between players who were tied. Places that were still tied were then determined by the highest break made in the group. [3]
The 32 players that topped the group tables qualified for the group winners' stage, consisting of eight groups of four players. The eight winners from the group winners' stage qualified for the two final groups, with the final taking place later on the same day. The winner took the Championship League title and a place at the 2022 Champion of Champions.
The breakdown of prize money for the tournament is shown below. [1]
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Stage One consisted of 32 groups, each containing four players. [4]
Date | Group |
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28 June | Group 13 |
28 June | Group 24 |
29 June | Group 4 |
29 June | Group 31 |
30 June | Group 6 |
30 June | Group 26 |
1 July | Group 10 |
1 July | Group 29 |
Date | Group |
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4 July | Group 1 |
4 July | Group 27 |
5 July | Group 15 |
5 July | Group 32 |
6 July | Group 9 |
6 July | Group 30 |
7 July | Group 3 |
7 July | Group 23 |
Group 1 was played on 4 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
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1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 121 | 9 |
2 | Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 105 | 6 |
3 | Alfie Burden (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 79 | 1 |
4 | Farakh Ajaib (PAK) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 79 | 1 |
Group 2 was played on 19 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
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1 | Jamie Clarke (WAL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 62 | 5 |
2 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 76 | 5 |
3 | Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 65 | 3 |
4 | Peng Yisong (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 133 | 2 |
Group 3 was played on 7 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
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1 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 127 | 9 |
2 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 113 | 6 |
3 | James Cahill (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 70 | 3 |
4 | Zhang Jiankang (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Group 4 was played on 29 June.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
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1 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 105 | 9 |
2 | Hammad Miah (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 57 | 4 |
3 | Michael Holt (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 75 | 3 |
4 | Adam Duffy (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
Group 5 was played on 11 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 140 | 9 |
2 | Li Hang (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 111 | 4 |
3 | Andrew Pagett (WAL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 94 | 3 |
4 | Rory McLeod (JAM) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 56 | 1 |
Group 6 was played on 30 June.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Judge (IRL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 77 | 5 |
2 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 98 | 3 |
3 | Zhang Anda (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 3 |
4 | Luke Simmonds (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 65 | 2 |
Group 7 was played on 19 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 144 | 7 |
2 | Ben Mertens (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 117 | 7 |
3 | Xu Si (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 61 | 3 |
4 | Liam Highfield (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 70 | 0 |
Group 8 was played on 21 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael White (WAL) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 107 | 6 |
2 | Mark Joyce (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 65 | 6 |
3 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 70 | 4 |
4 | Julien Leclercq (BEL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 92 | 1 |
Group 9 was played on 6 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
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1 | Yuan Sijun (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 95 | 9 |
2 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 105 | 6 |
3 | Ken Doherty (IRL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 52 | 1 |
4 | Lei Peifan (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 56 | 1 |
Group 10 was played on 1 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
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1 | Luca Brecel (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 98 | 7 |
2 | Robbie Williams (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 70 | 5 |
3 | Zhao Jianbo (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 90 | 3 |
4 | Oliver Brown (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
Group 11 was played on 18 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 69 | 6 |
2 | Peter Devlin (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 61 | 5 |
3 | Cao Yupeng (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 104 | 2 |
4 | Peter Lines (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 72 | 2 |
Group 12 was played on 21 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 142 | 9 |
2 | Himanshu Jain (IND) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 64 | 4 |
3 | Jenson Kendrick (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 62 | 2 |
4 | Stuart Carrington (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 67 | 1 |
Group 13 was played on 28 June.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
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1 | Aaron Hill (IRL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 101 | 5 |
2 | David Grace (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 75 | 5 |
3 | Ben Hancorn (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 88 | 3 |
4 | Craig Steadman (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 55 | 1 |
Group 14 was played on 18 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hossein Vafaei (IRN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 70 | 7 |
2 | Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 103 | 7 |
3 | Ryan Thomerson (AUS) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 99 | 3 |
4 | Ng On-yee (HKG) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 94 | 0 |
Group 15 was played on 5 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 106 | 7 |
2 | Gerard Greene (NIR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 4 |
3 | Jackson Page (WAL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 130 | 3 |
4 | Andy Lee (HKG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 125 | 3 |
Group 16 was played on 20 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Gilbert (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 100 | 7 |
2 | Florian Nüßle (AUT) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 61 | 6 |
3 | Joe O'Connor (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 111 | 4 |
4 | Zak Surety (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 55 | 0 |
Group 17 was played on 14 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 70 | 7 |
2 | Wu Yize (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 120 | 5 |
3 | Robbie McGuigan (NIR) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 88 | 2 |
4 | Louis Heathcote (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 113 | 1 |
Group 18 was played on 13 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Daniel Wells (WAL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 80 | 7 |
2 | Dominic Dale (WAL) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 88 | 4 |
3 | Matthew Selt (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 141 | 3 |
4 | Duane Jones (WAL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 80 | 1 |
Group 19 was played on 20 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jordan Brown (NIR) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 115 | 10 |
2 | Mark Davis (ENG) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 104 | 4 |
3 | Ross Muir (SCO) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 94 | 2 |
Jimmy White withdrew from the group due to travel issues.[ citation needed ]
Group 20 was played on 13 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chang Bingyu (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 108 | 6 |
2 | Zhou Yuelong (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 135 | 5 |
3 | Mark King (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 58 | 4 |
4 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 59 | 1 |
Group 21 was played on 12 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 87 | 5 |
2 | Si Jiahui (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 93 | 5 |
3 | Mitchell Mann (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 3 |
4 | Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 81 | 1 |
Group 22 was played on 12 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 133 | 5 |
2 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 118 | 5 |
3 | Ian Martin (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Marco Fu (HKG) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 95 | 2 |
Group 23 was played on 7 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Elliot Slessor (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 79 | 7 |
2 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 95 | 5 |
3 | Joe Perry (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 117 | 4 |
4 | Lukas Kleckers (GER) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Group 24 was played on 28 June.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Robert Milkins (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 78 | 7 |
2 | Andy Hicks (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 93 | 7 |
3 | Sanderson Lam (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 100 | 3 |
4 | Allan Taylor (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 54 | 0 |
Group 25 was played on 14 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pang Junxu (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 137 | 7 |
2 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 125 | 5 |
3 | Dylan Emery (WAL) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 103 | 2 |
4 | Reanne Evans (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 55 | 1 |
Group 26 was played on 30 June.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chris Wakelin (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 77 | 6 |
2 | Tom Ford (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 76 | 4 |
3 | Ian Burns (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 131 | 4 |
4 | Anton Kazakov (UKR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 57 | 3 |
Group 27 was played on 4 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jamie Jones (WAL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 134 | 7 |
2 | David Lilley (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 138 | 4 |
3 | Sam Craigie (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 71 | 3 |
4 | Andres Petrov (EST) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
Group 28 was played on 11 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gary Wilson (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 115 | 7 |
2 | Jak Jones (WAL) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 133 | 4 |
3 | Barry Pinches (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 3 |
4 | Harvey Chandler (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Group 29 was played on 1 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
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1 | Lu Ning (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 135 | 9 |
2 | John Astley (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 60 | 4 |
3 | Chen Zifan (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 4 |
4 | Oliver Lines (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 56 | 0 |
Group 30 was played on 6 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 135 | 7 |
2 | Fraser Patrick (SCO) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 101 | 4 |
3 | Haydon Pinhey (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 100 | 3 |
4 | Graeme Dott (SCO) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 72 | 3 |
Group 31 was played on 29 June.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 130 | 7 |
2 | Noppon Saengkham (THA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 90 | 6 |
3 | Ashley Hugill (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 65 | 2 |
4 | Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 96 | 1 |
Group 32 was played on 5 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
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1 | Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 112 | 9 |
2 | Rod Lawler (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 4 |
3 | Scott Donaldson (SCO) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 97 | 2 |
4 | Nutcharut Wongharuthai (THA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 54 | 1 |
Stage Two consisted of eight groups, each containing four players. [5]
Group A was played on 27 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pang Junxu (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 104 | 7 |
2 | Yuan Sijun (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 74 | 5 |
3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 127 | 3 |
4 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 80 | 1 |
Group B was played on 28 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Luca Brecel (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 114 | 7 |
2 | Daniel Wells (WAL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 79 | 5 |
3 | Chris Wakelin (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 139 | 4 |
4 | Jamie Clarke (WAL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 52 | 0 |
Group C was played on 26 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 120 | 7 |
2 | Jamie Jones (WAL) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 130 | 4 |
3 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 100 | 3 |
4 | Jordan Brown (NIR) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 117 | 2 |
Group D was played on 27 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 145 | 7 |
2 | Gary Wilson (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 115 | 6 |
3 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 104 | 4 |
4 | Chang Bingyu (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 136 | 0 |
Group E was played on 25 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lu Ning (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 129 | 7 |
2 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 73 | 6 |
3 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 133 | 3 |
4 | Aaron Hill (IRL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 73 | 1 |
Group F was played on 25 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 79 | 7 |
2 | Hossein Vafaei (IRN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 124 | 4 |
3 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 87 | 3 |
4 | Michael Judge (IRL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 76 | 1 |
Group G was played on 28 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 135 | 7 |
2 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 112 | 6 |
3 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 116 | 4 |
4 | Elliot Slessor (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 53 | 0 |
Group H was played on 26 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
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1 | Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 127 | 7 |
2 | Michael White (WAL) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 131 | 6 |
3 | Robert Milkins (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 75 | 2 |
4 | David Gilbert (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 102 | 1 |
Stage Three consisted of two groups, each containing four players. [6]
Group 1 was played on 29 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lu Ning (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +5 | 139 | 7 |
2 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 130 | 3 |
3 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 131 | 2 |
4 | Pang Junxu (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 107 | 2 |
Group 2 was played on 29 July.
Pos. | Player | P | W | D | L | FW | FL | FD | HB | Pts |
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1 | Luca Brecel (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 108 | 6 |
2 | Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 111 | 6 |
3 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 138 | 6 |
4 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Final: Best of 5 frames. Referee: John Pellew Morningside Arena, Leicester, England, 29 July 2022. | ||
Lu Ning China | 1–3 | Luca Brecel Belgium |
Frame scores: 67–68, 73–0, 15–72, 0–125 (100) | ||
73 | Highest break | 100 |
0 | Century breaks | 1 |
A total of 106 century breaks were made during the tournament. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
The 2018 Fuhua Group China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 2–8 April 2018 in Beijing, China. It was the nineteenth and penultimate ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
The 2019 Shoot Out was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 21 to 24 February 2019 at the Watford Colosseum in Watford, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, and it was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.
The 2020 Shoot Out was a professional ranking snooker tournament held from 20 to 23 February 2020 at the Watford Colosseum in Watford, England. It was the 13th ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker. The event was the third of four events sponsored by BetVictor, making up the 2020 European Series.
The 2020 Championship League was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 13 September to 30 October 2020 in the Ballroom, Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England. The event featured 117 players from the World Snooker Tour as well as ten players from the 2020 Q School Order of Merit. It featured three rounds of round-robin groups of four, before a best-of-five final. It was the 15th edition of the Championship League, and it was a ranking tournament for the first time.
The 2021 WST Pro Series was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 18 January to 21 March 2021 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. The event featured 128 players, and was played over three stages of round-robin groups of eight players, with the Final Group winner as the tournament champion.
The 2021 Championship League was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 18 July to 13 August 2021 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. The event featured 128 players and was played as three rounds of round-robin groups of four, before a best-of-five final. It was the 17th edition of the Championship League and the first ranking tournament of the 2021–22 snooker season. It was one of two Championship League events held over the season, with a following invitational event held as the 2022 Championship League (invitational).
The 2021 Northern Ireland Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 9 to 17 October 2021 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the third ranking event of the 2021–22 season and the first tournament in both the Home Nations Series and the European Series. It was the sixth edition of the Northern Ireland Open.
The 2021 English Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 1–7 November 2021 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2021–22 season, and the second event in both the Home Nations Series and the European Series. Qualifying for the tournament took place from 17 to 22 September 2021 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England, although matches involving the top 16 players, and two other matches involving English wildcards, were held over and played at the Marshall Arena. The event was broadcast on Eurosport across the United Kingdom and Europe.
The 2021 Scottish Open was a professional snooker tournament that was played from 6 to 12 December 2021 at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2021–22 season, and the third tournament in the Home Nations Series, following the Northern Ireland Open and English Open, and preceding the Welsh Open. It was also the third of eight tournaments in the season's European Series. The tournament was sponsored by BetVictor and broadcast by Eurosport in the UK and Europe.
The 2022 German Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 26 to 30 January 2022 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. The tournament was the ninth ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season and the 16th edition of the German Masters, first held in 1995 as the German Open. The fifth of eight tournaments in the European Series, it was the first professional snooker tournament held outside the United Kingdom in almost two years, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2022 European Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 21 to 27 February 2022 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. The tournament was the 11th ranking event of the 2021–22 season and the sixth of eight tournaments in the season's European Series. The World Snooker Tour originally planned to stage the event at the Stadthalle Fürth in Fürth, Germany, but relocated it to the UK after increasing rates of COVID-19 in Bavaria led to greater restrictions around sporting events. The tournament was broadcast by Eurosport in Europe, and by other networks worldwide.
The 2022 Championship League Invitational was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 20 December 2021 to 4 February 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. It was the 18th staging of the Championship League.
The 2022 Snooker Shoot Out was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 20 to 23 January 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season, played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker. The event was the fourth of eight events sponsored by BetVictor, making up the 2022 European Series.
The 2022 British Open was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 26 September to 2 October 2022 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. The third ranking tournament of the 2022–23 snooker season, it was organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by car retailer Cazoo. Qualifying for the tournament took place from 9 to 14 August 2022 at the Robin Park Arena and Sports Centre in Wigan, although qualifiers featuring the top 16 players in the snooker world rankings were held over and played at the Marshall Arena. The event featured a total prize fund of £478,000, of which the winner received £100,000.
The 2022 European Masters was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 16 to 21 August 2022 at the Stadthalle Fürth in Fürth, Germany. Broadcast on Eurosport and other networks worldwide, the tournament was the second ranking event of the 2022–23 season and the second of eight tournaments in the season's BetVictor Series. The 24th edition of the European Masters, it was the second staging of the event in 2022 after the previous event in February. It featured a total prize fund of £427,000, of which the winner received £80,000.
The 2022 Northern Ireland Open was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 16 to 23 October 2022 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Organised by the World Snooker Tour, it was the fourth ranking event of the 2022–23 season, the first tournament in the Home Nations Series, and the third tournament in the BetVictor Series. It was the seventh edition of the Northern Ireland Open since the event was first staged in 2016. The tournament was broadcast on Quest and Eurosport domestically. The winner received £80,000 from a total prize purse of £427,000.
The 2022 Scottish Open was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 28 November to 4 December 2022 at Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, the first time since the 2003 event that the tournament was staged in that city. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2022–23 season and the second tournament in the Home Nations Series, following the Northern Ireland Open and preceding the English Open and the Welsh Open. It was the third of eight tournaments in the season's European Series. Qualifiers were held from 4 to 9 October at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock, England, although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings were held over and played at the main venue. Sponsored by BetVictor, the tournament was broadcast by Eurosport in the UK and Europe. The winner received £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000.
The 2022 English Open was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 12 to 18 December 2022 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England. The seventh ranking event of the 2022–23 season, it was the third tournament in the Home Nations Series, following the Northern Ireland Open and the Scottish Open and preceding the Welsh Open. It was the fourth of eight tournaments in the season's European Series. Qualifiers took place from 25 to 30 October at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings were held over to be played at the final venue. Organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by BetVictor, the tournament was broadcast by Eurosport in the UK and Europe. The winner received £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000.
The 2023 Championship League Invitational was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place from 19 December 2022 to 2 March 2023 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England.
The 2023 Championship League was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 26 June to 21 July 2023 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. The event featured 128 players and was played as three rounds of round-robin groups of four, before a best-of-five final. It was the fourth edition of the ranking version of the Championship League, and the first ranking tournament of the 2023–24 season.