2022 World Women's Snooker Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 10–14 February 2022 |
Venue | Ding Junhui Snooker Academy |
City | Sheffield |
Country | England |
Organisation | World Women's Snooker |
Format | Round Robin for qualifying groups, Single elimination |
Defending champion | Reanne Evans |
← 2019 → |
The 2022 World Women's Snooker Championship is an upcoming women's snooker tournament scheduled to take place at the Ding Junhui Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England from 10 to 14 February 2022.[1] It will be the first staging of the World Women's Snooker Championship since 2019, following an 18-month suspension of the World Women's Snooker Tour between March 2020 and August 2021, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.[2] The defending champion is Reanne Evans, who won her 12th women's world title in 2019, beating Nutcharut Wongharuthai 6–3 in the final.[3]
In addition to receiving the newly renamed Mandy Fisher Trophy, the winner of the tournament will earn a place on the professional World Snooker Tour from the start of the . If the winner already holds a tour card, the next highest ranked player in the World Women's Snooker rankings will receive a place.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Sheffield to Host 2022 World Women's Snooker Championship". World Women's Snooker. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "England's top women snooker players return to the table". BBC News. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Edwards, Joe (23 June 2019). "Dudley's Reanne Evans racks up 12th world title". Express and Star. Dudley. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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